The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-23
Charles L. Henry's vilifiers Convicted
of Forgery in Their Efforts to Make
Political Capital Against Him.
FALSE AFFIDAVIT PRINTED
Statements Attributed to Charles
Nation Repudiated by Him.
DiscreditabIe Work of a Reporter
Mayor Denny's Speech at Fairmount
Hon. G. L. Knox at Columbus.
pecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 22-Followfng
hot on the heels OF the Kemmerson Rowe
exposure, the Journal correspondent to-day
furnishes another instance Of the desperate
methods that are being employed by the
Sentinel in its warfare Of lying and viii
fication Of Charles L. Henry. The 5enti-
mel laid great stress on the affidavit OF
Charles Nation. former employe Of the
electric street railway. But the afidavit
as published in the Sentinel was false and
not the one Mr.. Nation believed he was
signing. The Sentinel sent a reporter to
Anderson, who went to Mr.. Nations homo
in Van Buren township, four miles from
Summitvile. After the Sentinel representa-
tive had told Of his business and read the
affldavits Of Zumwalt and Vasbinder. Ma
ton related his story to the Sentinel man.
The latter wrote out the story at great
length and read II to Mr.. Nation, who
pointed out several mistakes and asked to-
have them corrected. He thought the cor
rections had been made when he signed
the paper. When the Sentiners reporter
left he promised Mr.. Nation that copy
of the paper containing his published state
ment would be sent to him. Mr.. Nation
made repeated inquiries at the postoffice
but failed to receive a single copy OF the
|
this city to visit relatives and was made
acquainted with the contents Of the Sem
tinels story for the first time. He iname-
dately denounced the statements therein
Ncontained and went directly to the Office
Of the Electric Street Railway Company
to correct the false impression given out
concerning his statement He was referred
to Mr.. A. A. Small, secretary Of the county
central committee, and the two visited
SumnIitville to-day. Alva r. Kaufman,
the notary who acknowledged Mr.. Nations
signature to the pretended affidavit ac-
knowledged that the Sentinel misquoted
the statements OF Mr.. Nation. Az his own
request the latter made the following affi-
davit, which convicts the Sentinel OF
grave political crime:
State of Indiana, Madison county S.:
This 22d day of October. 1894. personally
states as follows: That ne Is the same
Charles Nation, who. on the 9th day or
ters before one Alva II. Kaufman, and that
on the 18th day of October, 1894. there ap-
peared in the indianapolis Sentinel what
purported to be said affidavit, but that in
fact ii did not contain the facts as he
stated, and as he believed he was swearing
to, which pretended affidavit was as fol-
lows:
State of Indiana, Madison county S.:
This day before me came Charles Ma
ton. OF Summitville, Madison county. Indi-
ana who, being by me first duly sworn, DC
THAT for about thirteen months prior to
u Sry @ ne of vas IN soe edig adso S
Indiana, and who is now Republican can
didate for Congress from the Seventh con-
gressional district, as motorman and con-
ductor the Anderson street railway.
which railway was at the time and is now
owned and controlled solely by the said
THAT on or about July i, 1893. he was
discharged from the employ. OF the said
Charles L. Henry by orders from the said
Henry. given in writing TO the superin-
tendent of the Anderson street railway.
THAT no cause was given him why he
discharged by the said Henry the
said Lemuel Cox, superintendent, but the
said Charles Nation well knows that the
cause he took an active part in organizing
union among the employees OF the said
Henry on the Anderson street railway in
"Deponent further says, under oath,
that he had long known that the said
unons Of ali Kinds and to orsanzed labor %
in all its departments and branches which
fact was freely discussed among his fell
way. That in June 1898, an organizer
from the Street Railway Employees Union
OF indianapolis visited Anderson for the
purpose or organizing union among the
said Charles L. Henry's employees on the
Anderson street railway: That the. en-
ployes Of the indianapolis street r-ailway
were at that time receiving IL cents an
hour. while the deponent had been getting
. cents an hour part OF the time and 10
organizer came from Indianapolis he the
said Charles Nation. together with a num-
ber of the other employees OF the said
Henry, decided TO organize union among
themselves, and he took an active part
in the movement with Chris. Zumwalt, VIII
| liam Vasbinder and John Gambrel. That
after some of the preliminary arrange
Inents for tie formation OF the union had
been made ne was approached one day by
ent, and asked by the said Cox IL he had
not been interested in union labor. He re-
piled that he friend of organized la
Dor, and Cox told him that orgaEizeu labor
wouldn't 90 him any good, as .he men on
the Anderson street railway were getting as
much as the Indianapolis Union motormen
AMI conductors That he replied that he
knew that was not true. as indianapolis
motormen and conductors were getting IL
cents an hour, while he had been driving a
mule car sixteen hours day for cents an
hour.
ssrhe said Cox learned from the said
Nations conversation that a union was
being formed: that he. the said Nation.
said Nation, a friend OF organ
lied labor. And the said Cox warned him
q. the time that II he persisted in the
union movement he would be ffscharged.
this he replied that he was not going to be
And the said Charles Nation further
says under oath. that two days after this
! conversation with Cox he was sent for and
| ders from Charles L. Henry. AT the same
| time the said Cox showed him a letter
signed by Charles Henry ordering him 10
discharge him. the said Charles Nation, and
John Gambrel AZ once.
And deponent further says that he
discharged by the said Henry for the sole
reason that he was a friend OF organized
labor and had been taking an active part
in getting up the union. That the said
Henry had always been enemy OF
union labor. and took this means 20 pro-
vent a union being formed among the
ployes. That this enmity 10 unions pre-
vented the union from being formed. and
union ever formed after he and the
said Gambrel were discharged. Deponent
further says that Henry. when asked II
there were any charges against him. had
merely replied in the negative.
CHARLES NATION.
Subscribed and sworn 20 before me
this 5th day OF October, 1894
"ALyA r.. KAUFMAN.
(Seal) Notary Public"
He now states under oath that when he
was approached to make said affidavit he
stated TO the parties that ne worked for
the Anderson Electric ssreef-railway Com
pany and was discharged about July I.
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