The herald., 1896-12-04
W. l., Alias "Bud," Price Says
He Is a Criminal
HIS OWN STATEMENT SPEAKS
By ljjs Own Evidence He Should Be Be-
biad Prison Bars
csaplete Denial b. Affidavit Of George F.
Z & 1''A-~s: :, 81 Brown -f
Mr.. Snyder Makes a Fair and open
Statement of the Case, Which En-
tirely Exonerates Him--Evi-
dence of Misrepresentation.


dence of Misrepresentation.
The Times and its henchman. w. l..
Price are cleverly hoist by their own
petard, as will be seen by the sworn
statement of G. W. Brown in another
column The Times had all the facts in
its possession last Friday night. but
to give its story the appearance of truth,
it suppressed facts and falsified the rec
ord. and the outcome of it all is that Mr..
Snyder is not only fully vindicated but
stands higher in the estimation OF the
people than ever. AS for Mr. Brown. he
has shown himself to be manly man
and entirely above Suspicion of having
even contemplated the committing of
the crime imputed to him by the Times
and Price.
As for Price, the sworn statement of
Mr. Brown and the recital of all the facts
in the case by Mr.. Snyder, show him to
be entirely the right man to be on the
political dirty-work staff of the Times.
1t Is clear that Price started out in the
affair TO make money for Price. and be-
ing defeated at every point, he formed
an alliance with the Times to besmirch
Mr.. Snyder The whole affair culmi-
mated last night. branding Price as
most Infamous character and the Times
as being entirely willing to employ such
material to accomplish its aims. But
both the Times and Price overreached
the mark. and they stand before the
community deeper in the mire of degra-
dation than hitherto.
The Times and Price appear to be
congenial spirits. but their combined
efforts to weaken Mr.. Snyder's candi-
dacy and disgrace Mr. Brown have
proven themselves to be a boomerang.
Price is not worthy of the contempt of
any one, for he is too base for one to
think about. The Times is at the bar
of public opinion on trial for maliciously
attacking worthy citizen, and that the
public will condemn it in unmeasured
terms there is no doubt whatever
The only escape there is for Price is
that his story is flase. and that he will
so assert himself Ii il is true he can
not escape the peritentary, for his act
or acts were felony. Hence he must
either confess himself a willful liar OF
stand trial for committing felony.-F'rom
The Herald of Nov. -.
The Times on Saturday morning No
Vember Il, appeared in its usual and an
ticipated role, attempting to injure and
defame the character of an honored and
respected citizen that man being NJ P.
Snyder the anti-water-com cand;-
date for mayor.
This time Otis has called to his aid
most worthy assistant in the person
of W. L.. alias Bud Price.
The attempt of the Times is to show
that MIR. Snyder, two years ago when
candidate for the council from the
Second ward, violated the purity of
election law by reimbursing one George
F. Brown, the Populst nominee for the
same office, for the money he had ex-
pended in his campaign prior to his
withdrawal as a candidate.
In endeavoring to establish it's case
the Times is obliged to rely almost ex-
clusively upon the evidence of that we'll
known character Bud Price and a
letter written by Mr.. Snyder, with which
by stretch Of imagination. they seel
to irjure Mr.. Snyder.
Mr.. Snyder's statement. which is giver
below, will fully explain to any reason
able, unprejudiced and honest man just
how he came to be associated with 8
man Of the caliber standing and char.
acter of Pirce.
Mr. Snyder is fully exonerated from
the malicious charge made in the Time:
by the showing which is made below
The candidate, George F. Brown
makes a full, fair and unequivocal state
ment exonerating Snyder, under oath
A careful reading of his affidavit an,
the statement of Mr.. Snyder is the bes
possible evidence that the whole schem,
is one on the part of the Times to injur
Snyder, and on the part of Price it wa
purely an attempt at blackmail.
Prices statement of the whole affai
Is contradicted in many material point
by the best evidence, and that is him
self. BY his own statement. if what h
says is true, he should be behind prisol
bars.
Price has bene threatening for tel
days to sell these letters to Julius II
Martin, the Republican candidate TO
mayor He said that he had been offere
$1,000 for them, and wanted Mr.. Snyde
or his friends to put up $500
This offer was declined and Price wa
told to do his worst. Among other
who have been talking about the letter
10 Charles ID. Platt, the party who wa
in the blackmail case of T.. f. Crandal
Sackett Cornell is also mixed up wit
the letter 1t will be seen that the thre
make an interesting trio They are tn
persons who seek to defame the charat
ter of NJ. P. Snyder, who has resided her
for over fifteen years and has been er
gagged in an honorable business callin
during all of that time.
The complete exoneration of Mr.. Sn!
der of either a charge of bribery or
violation of the law of any kind is Ell
bodied in the following facts:
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