Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-17
Deliberate Lying.

Yesterday afternoon when the Kee-
nan Hemphill assault was made, Bob
Ewalt heard d call for the police and
he being policeman by virtue of be-
longing to the fire department ran to
the corner to give his assistance. He
met the editor of the DEMOCRAT. also
fire policeman, who told Bob to let it
alone and not interfere as it would
injure his business if he interfered-
Guttersnipe.
A scrap occurred on the streets one
day this week, over the joint question:;
one man was Knocked down, and when
one of our special police undertook to
arrest the fighter another of our spe-
cial police interfered and asked his
brother in office to keep his hands Off
Special police of this city should bear
in mind that this is not an administra-
ton of loyalty. If we had not been
saying so much about certain individ-
ualS in connection with the joints, we
would give names, but will leave that
for others to do.-Beacon.
Both Townsley and Armstrong
either deliberately lied in the above
paragraphs for the purpose of working
off the venom of their spite against the
editor of the DEMOCRAT, or they will
ingly permitted themselves to be i'm
posed upon by others who lied, for the
same sneaking dirty purpose.
The facts in the case, which either
of the hypooritical old grannies could
have ascertained, had they desired, are
as follows:
Keenan, had met Hemphill, the
''joint spotter," who was at the time
in conversation with Hu Aphrey, a
member of the so-called law and order
league. keenan, says that Hemphill
attempted to draw a revolver when he,
keenan,, struck him in the mouth with
his fist and knocked him off the side
walk. Hemphili ran into Griffith's
grocery, and keenan,, after picking up
some cartridges that fell out of his gun
or pocket, passed on around the
Farmers and Merchants Bank corner.
Some one called police" and the
DEMOCRAT editor and Mr. Ewalt came
upon the scene after all this had occur
red. We went into Griffith's and saw
the spotter putting cartridges into q
revolver which he afterwards put in
his pocket. We inquired of bystand.
ers what was the racket aud were told
the facts as above stated. Going down
the street we met Mr.. EWalt, who haC
come from the north. He asked us tx
go with him and help arrest Kee
} nan, when we told him we did mo-
care to get mixed up III the affair
Keenan, would not run away, and the
J officers could get him when the!
wanted him. We also told Mr.
, Ewalt that he ''had better not ge
mixed up in tit would do no good
and We explained to him what we ha,
: learned about the affair. An hour OF
| SO afterwards warrants were issued
and the parties arrested. Had either
Townsley or Herr Most desired to b.
honorable, manly, or truthful the,
would have ascertained the facts il
the case before saying anything abou
it, But their desire to put US in a ba,
t light before the public, and to appro
priately ciinch the many petty littI,
lies and accusations formerly made
induced them eagerly to malign an,
Islander. We do not know whether O
not, either of them were on the seen
or whether they got their information
from some cowardly. sneaking. oil
reprobate of calibre like themselves
| a. L .
the statements above made and tb
public generally Will have no word Q
criticism for either Mr.. Ewalt or til
{ editor of the DEMOCRAT.
New York Evening Sum- The prin
u cipal intent and effect OF the pres
: dent s message is to put unequiyocaH