The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-16

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MID Aaae poliGic, add wAen saowh
NE article gOimg the eeandh
% eosno paPors Co t&e eject, that hi
Hbaltom was o6eo worth ~t000O0 'aad
!. had SmieA Fepressntod his eounty in
Sh6 state leRillaapFe he said thar BtlI
Da1lon'6 Siepredattoab had naost I'll
been conened to. the rich valley n
Which KfeanO counyy % locAkea 6nd
Il thiS county lived . very prominent
gO@gIsman, In NO way related TO Mill
: Wageem, named M. C. Dalton, wh@ was
tw6efh $3.50 900 and who had twic~
represented Fresno county I'm the
state legislafmro.
Mf. WGir had Oftoa Waited the 6ne
estate OF d. G. Dalton. The old gen.
sleimanWh0 Was nearly 90 years old
!, was killed ct nip hoAe las: August b.,
b6tpG ihrewI from . herse and drag
:. 9sd 70 death.
AE. Weir does not cay positively
thai Bill Dalt0a never represented
.Nia esuaty In the legislature. But he
G@ye his (Mr. Weir'S) businese has been
Ea and about the state legislature for
twenty YeArp aud he never heard of
Bill DaltOn beiMg in the Legislature
and Ihi9ks the story efhis wealth and
rrumimSmce In drAWn from III. T.. Dial.
Gon.-SR0cial 20 the Dallas News from
LSGGvie@, T6xaa.
: Fro@ the above. ONE 10 led to be>
llegs thai, REll Dalton waa never nOth-
lag -Slse thaa o desperate. NY refer.
eeee telny article printed IN your iS--
sas e the IIih. lHSt., It will he acted
!. thas claim Q personal knowledge Of
paltan'a career ap 70 and. including
1cBS, 1 was then, (though 4 do net
ciAlmiO knew positively that Dalton
was o law maker In the Golden State)
rsane, ~ DaltOn's parity Of character
and honesty sf RnrpoSs. During my
knowledge Of hin covering four ycArs
I'm ,CaliGsrnia, BiIl Dalton Wss respect
sed by al with whom he cane in. con-
.gact.
BilI Daliou never committed dep
FedatlOns In FresnS -cOuaty, 1Or- did
he do any act cOntrary to Law until
after che Coffey vile AFFAIR.
Had he b~en an outlaw his fate
wouId have been sealed when he went
1~ CoGey vile to assist his brother
/. EmmeIt, FOR Surcly he wOuld have
boea arrested. BilI's career As q knight
oG She reaa evidently dates from that
tima.
ma --s~I \ a~ak 49, k1- 8a NaAa
hma eommQm penoe. ahould be brought
ess Th0 fore Oseo In o while @Rd be.
/. cauSA there 10 new dead the hOldeSt
81 bAn.iIts since the psIrny dayS OF
.1fFaak and Jesss : Jasne0, 10 Il. fair 70
charge 70 tie dead Inan's account
crimes And acts Of which be was q
inwpc@we NO. @ new born babe!
Referring again to my llth inst.
special, 1Oted his poverty, never
claimed Aia rich, bat added the de.
!, @is0 Of HE fasher.iH-laW may have
@ad probably did Increass AiS fuA6A.
DaltOM's brothers did Once, 40 I
read I'm che papers at the timo, raided
: Sr we're - charged, q train at AIila,
. pOint In Fresns eOuHty ON the
,6SatheEn Pacific Railroad, and they
were hArbOr ed or rather came to Bill's
house In San Louis ObEspO county
@@d-6y that oct Of Deing i'm his heuse.
nan Was arrested and for O while
4antl the matter was siGtcd and his
Ina0esnoe PrOven) remained In jail
81 Fresno. This is no doubt what
E -. G. Weir had reference to - to
. DMl4oa's crime committing In the
-c@wmsy of Fresno.
4 kaOw positively Of Bin having
boes delegate at enc time frOm Liv-
Asn@sesa Precinct (when he was
mAfriod) 10 the Democratic cOnven-
tIem Of Mereed county; as the reports
- 9qnAictiRge ~ to his Legislature
eA9per and correaROndentS are eager
ly gFasping at any biz Of newS Gen.
esENiag hin, 1 wOuld euggest -
aeaAAiag Thomases, that . line or q
wiro 20 ths E$Aminer, San FraaciS:
eos big daily, win settle tina matter
cor Oaca aud for g~Od.
AZ Ger me I believe Bill get there,
and sAet he made . record e fesE.
.Iaps eAampion II the Peeple,, I q NOT
es9ak wiah y perfect ksowlsd&s 81
tha trwth i'm this particular, but youE
j Feaderq eau denend ON the word, Of
hia Wiass whO has tpld the negg Of his
ceseer sad whIeh can be relied On,
laRA Asn believer In justice, aud
I'm mkiaW yoaF spapa fok thia. Raaster