The sun., 1895-04-08
WERE THE BOLTS DRAWN?
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO CRIBPLE A
MOUNT VERNON NEWSPAPER

| An Apparent TamperinG with It's Press.
but Editor Brush Say. II May Have
Been nAccidcnt-Ir Not, tho Deed shouidn't
he Put on His Political Enemies. He Says.
MOUNT VERNON, April IA paragraph printed
In one of the New York papers to-day caused
SONS surprise here. 1t was to the effect that On
attempt had been made to prevent the pubica-
tion on Thursday OF new local paper by loos-
cninR the bolts OF tho press. The paper 10 tho
Sentinel which was recently started by DIR. L. +.
Brush. who organized Mount Vernons first city
Government in 1902 aud retired from the
Mayoraty at the end of his first term in October
OF last year.
DR.. Brush bought out tho West Side Gazette
two or three months ago. changed the name of
the paper TO the Sentinel, and began n warfare
upon the Democratic city officials and upon. as
he phrases it. the disrerutable Republicans. He
is Republican and his paper, he says, is an
Independent Republican journal, advocating
national Rcpublicanism aud independence in
matters OF local concern. THE Sentinel will
evor strive to guard Mount Vernon from politi-
cal trcksters and dishonest men," the paper
says and then devotes itself particularly to at
crat who held various local offices long before
Mount Vernon was made n city.
men IN Office that ots eonsiderabe s f feeling was @
aroused, and the Ncrs. which speaks for Judge
iisey fashion. When the he story W that IA an I1 attempt
had been made to cripple the ScntinCl's press was
made public 1t coupled with q statement
that IL was suspected that some misgu uded ad-
herent of the mon attacked by the Sentinel had
sought revenge in that way.
Tho Senitnct's foreman said that the four bolts
that hold the rack to the bed of the press which
Is IA flat-bed Hoe cylinder press were loosened to
within one-quarter inch OF the ends, and that
they could not have become so had they not
been unscrewed by somo one. Had the trouble
not been d discovered In time the press would have
been wrecked. he said.
Dr. Brush said to-day that he was not satisfied
that the condition OF the bolts might not be duo
to accident: that he could not say that he srs-
pected any one OF his opponents of such trick.
and that he deporcd ascribing the mischief, IL
such 1t was. to any political enemy.
Those OF the Doctors opponents who were
seen to-day treated the ex-Mayor's modesty
satirically.
"A couple of months ago DIR. Brush caused
ono OF his appontees to Office, health in
Haven trains and say had shot the Doctor"
said City Treasurer Henry Esser. a Republican.
Then the Doctor came out and said that
hundreds called on him to express sympathy
and to rejoice at the news that the report was
false. All he wanted was sympathy apparent
ly. and guess this crippled press story was
started for a similar reason."
don't believe it at all" said Judge Appel,
"and l think the story is fake got mp by
Brush. don't believe there is man in Mount
Vernon calling himself my friend. mean enough
to stoop to such low caper as that. think
the story is q malicious attempt by dscredited
politician To being opprobrium on political Op-
ponent he could not vanquish fairly"