The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1892-04-09
,.Slishod by reque't1 -..s
r. II. TA1LoR's LETTER.
,.vs HIS RESPECTS no THE
CLARION AND OTHERS.
=. The Story About Himself and
" Miss Watkins b False.
ys THAT HE SKIPPED" NJ THE
LIGHT OF THE MOON.


n. Charges Against Hin a.d sas
q. n.l,eves . Scheme Was On
Foot to Murder Him. a
,,,,o. Of the State Ledser'] ,, :,
',,''t ~ tha daily Clarion Of March th
IA u VI" under T the heading. "A Legisla
~ a' 'L1othario, appeared . very cen
wv u.;onsI n and damaging article In whicl
.'y'M; a M;ss Watkins, Of Newton, figure,
y anIromipently, I to which wish =
w WA i Il vou will be 10 kind as to permi
2 = .sr sui IN the outset the whole story 4
es'; s,ss IN -, toto. and then proceed to an
.lss .s il and explain my conduct In thu
Hse'a 'TSe article says, "Mr Taylor was ab
!. ~ f,om an his seat sereral days lust week
sns snss.mablv on a visit to his wife and
Ps;IS .s;v in Newton" That is rs base q
si.aSoad sI,. as any paper ever published,
n',Vl n ,Ss journal Of the House will sh0x
~ ~ WI vas present euery day Of thai
~ T. and never failed to answer to my
.ms ~ M at roll call except Saturday morn.
w shsn was suffering extremely
n M faeial neuralgia. I invite the At
.stion III Of the public to the record on
ssa ~ uoint went home on Saturday
~ s.uIns % Of that week and was still sut-
r ..;na with neuralgia when I got there,
Sics sies caa prove BY Mr. Williams and
,rxife, T Mr. Williams I here refer to
INV wite's father.
me NJ article goes on to say that ] re-
,,nsd rn he latter part Of the week in a
.rstur>pd NJ and unsettled frame Of mind.
/ E Vas drinking heavily" etc. All Of
shieh is base calumny, and as false as
And asain says the noted Clarion
4hat hat while Messrs Williams and Tay-
or ,rv mere enqaged IN conversation with a
S;m mrtv. Ioh, dear Clarion, why
ont rd YOU tell who that ''thi,N party''
mn. Mr. Taylor eluded the vigi-
ance @ d Mr.. Williams" etc, all Of
M rhicb | will euleayor truthfully to ex-
lain before Ihave done. The Clarion
peaks Of me deserting my wife, but
Iss, is faent caluminations on the
wNapsdah.rs. Perhaps, Mr.. c.,
pu will hsvo an opportunity OF telling
who the Others" are. - 20
lhavc not left the State, us you sup
pE had when you gave birth TO
smtice, nor will ! leave the State
tyou dave proven tho truthfulness
he vAo}e article. ID e3 NY
Again the Clarion says, with cons
asTsb!c air OF braggalocio, that two
bings Il least are certain, ''one is that
tyir Is gone" etc. Now, having no.,
Nd the ialaous article, erso much of
ii | thought necessary, I will pro-
ID to tell ny side Of the story In a
kiga'ferwui.d and honestway. When
kt Jackson on Saturday evening to
pomy home knew nothing Of the
pn0rs alIoat at ull. The first that |
eEpi it my wiie,told me, and this is
0ut The substance oft: When my
ie beard tha, Miss Christal Watkins
dgorH. she went to see Mrs Wat
n and Mrs Watkins told her thai n
sihe cause Of Christal's leaving
a ! had been aiding her to carry on
dsDdcstine correspondence with an
heEnan-that l had given. .har into
elaHds of another. She went ortoi
lny wife that Christaf told these
ts 10 some of her female friends, and
Atshe knew it was so:r Mrs. W.
taton to say to my wifc that Mr..
akins-her husband-and McWil-
@-her brother had gone to Jack
asnd that if they believed l had any
hs to do with getting Christal of |
d would never get back to Newton
pin. She was very tndi9hli howard
wife and refused 10 tall her koOd-
sEhen she started to GO home. |
Now, this is all know, land did not |
an Of them suspicioning me further)
nj got back to Jackson on the fol-
nAE Monday. But I am too fast
~ here. On Sunday morning 'aftgr
wye iold me what Mrs Watkins |
dsald' went to see Mrs W. myself,
@mpanv with her brother-tn-law,
Marine Watkins, but she refused
M TO speak to me, but finally she
al totalk and said a good deal. II
enber very distinctly one thing sho
ana 1t was this, that Christal had 1
threatening to leave home for
stal weeks on account Of the way
alaer acted, saying that she could |
ana would not stand 1t much Ion
And Mrs. W. said then and there
aer (Cs) father was to blame for |
1aole matter. Now / don't say /
~ was, for don't know anything
n their family troubles, except
sIy sMey and others say. Now, ID i6r
ssplng her of in a financial way is
.th s,lea, people may believe whatso-
saey Will. can state facts, but 1 I
sat ~ the power to make people b.
soa asm. .a. But its my, duty to de-
~, ~ 'na' part OF the story which
N " me with seduction and rObs
Ns;a NJ ner virtue as being a wilful andd
sIlHus sMs lie as dark and base as the
tsaS tSacAest regions Of the damned.
,,ss's ~ose who have tried to ruin my
saswt m..i nave cast a stigma on hers.
ras. %s.les who have drawn the in.
N ANY, Sas,I must prove us guilty, or re-
%eK snh upon their own heads the
ahss.u. hu iohtempt OF the public which
4. "00r they have tried 70 cast
jsstssaana j. snail try to explain why III
bsson II s1s, as ! did on Monday eve.
eth,t' eth'I' AS | have stated before. / (
thI,s IVA. was suspected Of aidin0I
hmIsS IMSp,aLLture, NJ, L pecuniAkllS land \
I'D wi,b ~. saa naa no idea Of sbeingl
WIN seduction, but on NV M. 1