The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-02
TOO MUCH TRUTH.
Another Arrest Made to Shield United
States Officials,

O1 4uuIeu1t VA AhbU WooA1 Dmh A' OwScAA-
ingen, publisher Of the Waverly Sun, was
arrested by United States deputy marshal
and taken TO It. Scott, Kansas, charged
with sending Obscene literature through the
mail. The pretended offense was COM
mitted about four weeks ago, by the use Of
certain language which appeared in his
paper, the Sun, in whiCh he attempted to
inform his readers of the kind of an animal
it was that publishes the WaVerly Gazette.
Swearingen gave bond in the sum Of $500
to appear for trial on November 8.
No informed person believes that he will
be convicted, or that the court viii hold
that the language used was such that il
could be classed as obscene literature.
The object of the parties that had him
arrested was to cause him so much trouble
and expense that he could not continue the
publication Of his paper.
Swearingen viii be acquitted. Meanwhile
the Sun will continue to shine on the dark
iniquitiesOf the blackmsilers who have CON-
spired to do him a great wrong under the
shield of the law; and these same black
mailers viii be objects of contempt in the
community where they hve.-Burlington
Courier.
The above from the Courier (People'b)
of this place tells it's own story. On the
22d Of April, 1892, l appeared before the
United States grand jury at Topeka,
showing them several threatening, vul-
gar and obscene letters written by
drunken republican pension attorney of
Woodson county, Kansas. The grand
jury ordered the assistant attorney,
Pliney Soper, to bring an indictment
against the man who .wrcte the letters.
gave Mr.. Soper the names OF several
persons who had received similar letters
from this pension attorney. They were
Of the White Cap order, and were of the
most obscene character. One of them
was signed "White Cap" This attorney
is guilty Of perjury and forgery, and
over-demand Of contract fees in pension
claims. OF this I have offered and now
offer to furnish evidence to convict him.
/ offered Mr.. Soper to make the proper
complaint for bringing an arrest, and
through your paper and the proper
channel of the Peoples party, / offer to
produce evidence to convict the Wood
son county attorney of not only perjury
and forgery and over. demand of fees in
pension claims, but OF plain, open con-
spiracy of this attorney and some OF the |
leading republican officials of the same
county to prevent the writer from prov
ing all the above; and that an Allen
county pension attorney received 800
from an old lady for procuring de-
pendent pension, and demanded more
than legal fees in several more claims in |
Allen county.
The probate Judge of Allen county
issued guardianship papers to relative
of the Woodson county pension attorney |
for an old soldiers minor child, three
years after the child's brother had taken |
it to Texas. The pension was drawn in
Kansas, and after the probate Judge of
Allen county was notified that this
guardian was returning false items in his
report, and after one of the sureties mott
fed him Of this, and that s25 had gone
into the hands of certain attorney, and
offered to furnish proper proof of the
same, and that the next report would
contain ..some other items, he then
allowed the sworn report of this per-
jured guardian Of an old soldier's orphan