People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-10
SErH URsAs IN TROUBLE.
Who is 10 Blame? Let the Matter Be
Sifted.
LANsINe. KANs.. Dec. "A. 1Sa4.

LANSING, KANs., Dec. "a, 1894.
EDITOR VoICE-Dear Sir and
Brother: | address my article to
you for the reason hat having been
allied with it in the incipiency of the
lite reform movement, and having
watched the budding forth Of each,
with like concern. Looking TO the
Que as Joshua who should help to
stay the hands. While the other
should be To us a Moses who should
ledd Us out Of the present wilderness
If our acknowledgements. l naturally
turn 70 1t when OYerlakeu By the
storms of life aud the dark clouds Of
persecution are gathering arOnnd me.
As a medium through which to eX-
pUSe my wrongs to an ever just and
avengeful people. | will begin by
sd ing that in order to make my
cdse clear to the public mind it will
be necessary for me TO mention
the name of Warden Dick Chase
of the state penitentiary However,
owing to the attitude Of the VOICE
with the present administration |
will refrain as much as possible from
referring to him or any otner member
OF the party AMI yet make myself
understood, and had | not been the
victim Of an outrage, such as no man
worthy the name OF father could en-
dure in silence my pen would have re-
manned silent. Notwithstanding
considered Mr.. Chase a dangerous
leader and as Bros FOrney and Lambe
will remember | notified each of them
last summer by letter that the mat
inee being given here at the pen
was not particularly productive to
the advancement of the reform move
ment, however deeming the proper
course for me to pursue was to act as
my best judgment dictated and abide
The results, which form of action
was proceeding to carry out to the
best of my ability, and which had in
CURED the enmity of Warden Chase
10 such an extent that he had sum-
marily dispensed with my services,
which was all right and proper from
a political standpoint, and thus ended
all our connection in so far as l was
concerned. However, common de-
cency has some demands on human
lty, especially in such a case as we
have lately passed through, the ex.
pOsure of which is the object of this
article. When on sending our little
daughter to the house Of a neighbor,
whose name is Andrew T. Kyle and
who is an old and heretofore respect
ed citizen, on an errand for milk, the
child was instructed by the wife to
go to the barn for the purpose Of max
ing her errand known to Kyle, who
was there, with the assurance that
he would attend to her wants. but he,
on becoming aware of her presence in
the barn, caught her up and attempt
ed an assault on her, which her youth
and the close proximity of neighbOrS
apparently alone prevented.
l say the average citizen can
scarcely realize combination of cir
cumStances that would actuate a
man in such a case to add to the diff
Guilty of obtaining justice, arising
from the Disagreement Of social pO-
sitiOnS, on account of long residence
on one hand and a comparative stran-
ger on the other, which may be exper-
fenced in such cases, and which to
judge by the efforts being put forth
by this offender to represent himself
as injured innocence, prosecuted by a
common Assassination Of character.
and his success, too, in preventing
even the remOtest hint of the crime To
reach the ear Of the public through
the press and the attempt being
made to mould public opinion into
the belief that the character of an
old aid respected citizen had been
'assailad by common blackmaller,
would indicate that, assisted by the
ableSt legal talent at his command.
this guilty wretch will endeayOr to
offset with this kind of an arraign-
ment the tears and sObS of a confd.
ing child, hence in view of the above
conditions of the enormity of the
crime, when anyone seeks to add ia
the difficulties in obtaining Justice in
case like this, simply that he
may be avenged for an Offense. the
enormity of which rested in an un-
willingness the to bow knee of seryility
and acknowledge him the lawfully au.
thorized dictator and manipulation OF
every living creature in heaven above
and the earth below, as did Warden
Chase, by being among the first to set
up the cry of blackmail.
l may not be censured for referring
his name. l have spent the better
part of ten years in Sumner county,
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