The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-08-14

oOFAx GRANT PARISH La, SATURDAY AUGUST NO. a


''Let the Truth be Known"
| In reply to our article of two
weeks ago. under the above head
ling. the Shreveport Progress.comes
back at us with q proposal to bet,
viz:
The following hes been handed The
Progress, and while it IL perfectly aware
that m offer Of wager ID no guarantee Of
the Instability OF an opinion; yea, It is
no evidence Of strength of position, still
ut the same time it does show that men
are willing to risk their money on their
/ declaration.
The Progress does not make the offer,
but Il any one desires to Join in with
Colfax Chronicle, and run the risk Of los
ing . thousand or % dollars, The Progress
will no doubt ind the one who gave this
wager and then will zee how the affair
terminates.
| Now dear Chronicle please bear mind
that what You write is here published.
The Progress was too fair to the public
to initiate your style, BY saying this with
out letting its readers read what you had
| 10 say.
Here IL the proposition. Now do some
thing or candidly admit 10 your readers
that you were injuring the character OF
. gentleman about whom you know moth
| ing Ut al:
1900 that O'Malley was mover in Joli-
ct Illinois. and particularly in the peni-
tentiaEy OF that OF any other State charR-
ed with any crime. The Same amount
that he hes never been convicted Of felo-
ny In his lie or has ever been tried or
convicted in the parish of Orleans for
suborning witnesses in the italian or any
other caee. The same amount to apply
that he has never been in Louisiana or
anywhere else either convicted or sem
fenced for any crime that would impair
his citizenship in Louisiana OF any other
State.
If Tho Progress should win this wager
It will donate the same to the Charity
hospital Of Shreveport In token Of good
faith snd to end this controversy here
after We will deposit this thousand dol
lars In any responsible person or pefoons
hands named by the Collar ChronioIe.
This 10 simply . question Of put up OF
ehut up Which will the Collar Ckfon.
iclo dol
II The Colfax Chrouicle or those sup-
porting its cause deem the controversy
not Of sufficient Importance to inveeti-
gate these facts, which are the body OF |
THE proposition, We will guarantee to re-
fund them any expenses that they may
have 10 incur in furthering this investiga-
ton; or We viii 20 further and accept |
any reasonable proposition from them to |
prove the untruthfnlness and the malic- |
iousnees Of the accusation against Mr..
O'Malley."
We have neither the means nor |
the disposition to bet about this |
matter, but simply reiterate our re-
quest to the Progress to slet the
truth be known" The proposed |
bets, our readers will observe, are
somewhat different in terms from |
the matters we asked about The
bet about imprisonment is made to
apply TO the Illinois penitent,ary,
or that OF any other State, whereas
our nee Of the term ''in the Joliet,
Illinois prison, we believe it was"
can just AZ we'll apply to work
houses and houses of correction.
The bet that be has never been
convicted of . felony is not respon-
sive to our suggestion that the
Progress explain to its cousins Of
the rural press just how innocent
Mr. OMalley is of the charge of
subofniDg witnesses before the
courts at the time he was run away
from New Orleans in the italian
lynching affair"
Now, we have seen charges very
to these in the public prints,
md have heard them made time
and again without refutation. The
Progress agrees to accept any reas-
proposition to prove the I'M
truthfulness Of these accusations.
In view Of the fact that Mr.. O'Mal-
ey sets himself up as q public CEN
'or, harsh and unmerciful .criti-
User Of every body and every thing.
be public is entitled to know as to
he tfuthfulness of these charges Il
L We have been guilty Of repeating !
Islander upon an innocent gentle
nan, We shall take pleasure in max
ng the dasesde honorable, and will !,
lpologise as publicly as We have