Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-05-10

the threats that he has made of killing
people. Every word that has appeared
in the Record concerning the matter Of
which the dive-keeper writes is true, and
can be easily proved.
The chief thing we wish to notice is his
assertion that we suggested to any one
that we would sue him and divide the
profits" That is absolutely without
foundation in fact. The writer has never
taken any part IN the divc-keeper's 8
troubles, and never counseled the giving
of aid to the one he had persistently
mlsused until letter written by her
asked for aid, nor until letter from
lady across the ocean said: i pity,
from the depths of my heart, any man,
woman, child or brute beast who is
dependent upon R. II. Thistlethwaite." I"
Both of which letters are now in exist
ence, and would doubtless "look welp' in
print. AS to the attitude of the couft
officers during the Dickson trial, there
was not one of them, as we'll as Gen.
Standlsh, defendants counsel, who would
the wretch who dictated the wicked,
cowardly. assassin-like letter within the
tolls of the law.
AS matter of fact, the writer, when
he swore that on his part there had been
no i'll feeling toward Thistlethwaite until
the letter was received, told the truth.
AS Is well known here, the man who
penned the Times letter never asked
favor of the writer that wasn't granted, =
even when his venomous tongue was
wagging against US. The statement that
| the writer desired to drive him out of the
country-that he ever said as much to any
| one, that his actions at any time denoted
such wish, that he had threatened to
make him poor man-ls utterly false,
| and cannot be proved by any reputable
| regretted that he was making himself q
poor man as fast as he could.
As to Capt. Braithwaite. the writer
1 does not think that he wished the crime
to go unpublished, but that, with others, he
| could not believe, not being posted on Will.
Transport affairs, that any woman would
write such letter. And 1t IS possible
that he had forgotten, as a year had
elapsed, whether he or his wife had
/ signed the bond. The writer will not
entertain the thought that he or any
other reputable citizen of Bismarck was
opposed to an effort being made to pun:
lsh any one who would write such q
letter.
The dive-keeper refers to the editor of
this paper as "a self-appointed protector
1
nothing to be ashamed of in that And
it was for Just such an effort as the
dive.keeper refers to-helping a young
girl to right her wrongs as far as they
could be righted-that the cowardly
character assassins, knowing that they
could not injure the Record editoEinsaDf
other way, formed conspiracy to send
the obscene letter. But we will pursue
exactly the sane course should another
case of the same peculiarly outrageous
kind happen in this county, and the
victim need friends who will stand by
her to the end.
The editor of the Record doesn't care
| one snap of his finger for the abuse of
the conspirators who caused the letter to
/ be sent. When it was received he
believed that it was duty that he owed
| to every respectable family IN Emmons
county TO turn 1t over to the postoffice
authorities, to the end that the matter
might be thoroughly sifted.' And we
| truly believe that the action taken will
be the means of preventing recurrence
of such methods, not only IN Emmons
county, but throughout the Missouri
| Slope, where the fact Of the prosecution
| is known. AS for the postoffice authori-
ties, their suspicious pointed in certain
directions at once, because from inquiry
they learned that the circle of people IN
| this county vile enough to attack an
unoffendlng person for the purpose of
hurting man who neither loves nor
fears them was extremely limited, and
because several OF the filthy expressions
slons frequently used by the one whom
they believed dictated it, in referring to
4 those whom he hates.
1t is hardly conceivable that any one
made in the human image could do such
| q thing; but it UdS done.
And that suspicion pointed in the right
! direction is borne out by the testimony
of the defendant, who swore before the
| commissioner that she had directed for
the man under suspicion the envelope
that inolosed the obscene letter
and gave minute details of the
circumstance. True, she denied it
| afterward, and sought to put the
responsibility on her attorney. But
he denied it on the witness stand; and
certainly he-being the city attorney of
client, who committed perjury either be.
fore the commissioner or before the
court. The dlve.keeper gives the late
defendant, who swOre that she directed
! the envelope for him-a "character" by
| stating that she Stands before the COM
munity clear of the least breath OF
| suspicion" But references as to his own
character are still lacking. Besides, he
forgets that the legal crime was in
mailing the letter or causing it to be
mailed" which could not be proved,
although the defendant had sworn thai
she addressed the envelope for Thistleth.
waite. There are a. great many crimes,
we'll known to have been com mitted by q
certain person or persons, that cannot be
legally proved, and jurles sometimes lei
the tool 60 free because the principal
cannot be reached.
AS to attempting to get the defendan,
to swear to anything, that is untrue.
\ The writer has had no communication
with her or hers since the letter was
written. There never was reason to
suppose that she would admit the writing
of the letter while her husband lterated
and reiterated that he would leave her if
he found she did write 1t.
The editor of the Record has had some
bitter fghts.-mostly political-in this
county, and has given and taken some
hard iicks, but during the eleven years
he has been here, not one line In his
paper, not one word from his lips, has
been used to injure an opponent through
reflections upon the innocent loved
ones at home. And may our hand be
palsied and our tongue be stricken dumb
if such thing should ever come to pass.
As to the eplthets in the Times letter,
they amount to nothing. The one who
| penned them simply wrote as he talks,
and he couldn't have avoided them if he
had tried. But we commend his judg.
ment in taking up his pen in lieu Of