The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-10
COMMUNICATION.
Editors Of the PIoNEIa ExPRHss:

COMMUNICATION.
Editors Of the P1oNEn ExPRsss:
To addition to the special denial in.
sterp0sed last week to the many false
statements continued In that lying
communication, explanation or pro-
testation published in the Pembina
County Democrat, over the sigma
ture of j. B. NJ. Genin. I wish to
challenge the soi-disant, IN. A." to
DENY the following fact, ii lie dares:
Rev. ]. B. M. Genln, can you deny,
First, that during the month Of Sep
TENDER, October and November, A.
ID. 1895, you repeatedly offered to sell
the Pembina County Democrat to
Mr.. N. d. Gagnier? Second, that you
repeatedly promised Mr.. Gagnier to
give him complete bill Of sale aud
immediate possession and delivery of
the plant Of the Pembina County De.
mocrat as soon as he (Gagnier) would
arrive at Bathgate? Third, that you
reiterated these same promises to
Mr.. Gagnier during the first part Of
March A. D. 1896? Fourth, that prior
to my arrival at Bathgate on the 10th
day of March, A. D. 1896, that you
made, executed and delivered to Mr..
0agnier, bill of sale of that news.
paper plant? Fifth, that after the
execution and delivery of that bill of
sale you induced Mr.. N. d. Gagnier
to send for me in order to manage
and edit the Pembina County Demo-
crat?, Sixth, that after my arrival at
Bathgate you suggested to Mr.. Gag
nier and myself that we might pub
lish and edit "French Sheet" in
connection with the Pembina County
Democrat? Seventh, that you ad-
vised us not to notify Mr.. Wilson,
that you had sold us the Pembtna
County Democrat or demand possess
sion thereof, until March 25th, 1896,
that Is, until after the Democrat was
out, for fear Mr.. Wilson might get
mad and ''pi" everything through
meaness and thereby cause the De-
mocrat to miss one issue? Eighth,
that on the 25th day of March you
got so mad at Mr.. Wilson because he
had published in the Democrat, that
"ex-priest, now Lawyer Perrault,
was the guest of Rev. Father Genin."
that you swore Mr. Wilson would
never publish another number of the
Democrat and that we should take
immediate possession of that plant
the next morning, 50 that Frank
Wilson could not and would not get
another opportunity to sneer at you
In the Democrat? Ninth. that all the
agreements. terms and conditions
Of the transfer of the Democrat
were written, stipulated and agreed
upon between you and Mr.. Gagnier
before my coming to Rathgate, n. d?
Tenth, that ON or after the 24th day
of March, 1896, you Informed Mr.. Gag
nier and myself that you had been
lying to Mr.. Wilson and Attorney
Stack, of Bathgate right along, by
telling them you had not sold out the
Democrat to Mr.. Gagnier, while as a
matter Of fact, you had sold the same
to Mr.. Gagnier and Mr.. Gagnier had
the bill Of sale in his possession all
that time. That in order to avoid
being caught In your willful and de-
liberate lies you begged Mr.. Gagnter
to return to you the original bill of
sale and that in lien thereof you pro-
missed to give him another bill of
sale. dated March oath, 1895, and to
avoid and save yourself the odium of
being called "the prince of liars?"
j. G. PERRAULr.