Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-04-30
COLLINS FIERCE ROW.
q. ~. Boom Believes That His
Report OF the Matter De-
serves Publicity.

THE Transcript. about two weeks
ng.,, kHv.. 4. rrln,rt ~ the trouble he
L M..c,, T.. w. Collins AMI f.. \ Pierce.
.Ai,.l ~ MlpDr',r~ that ~: friends ~
Alr. pierre. ,lr..iI corrections necrs'
sAavv. II there. ilDve been an! mis-
Represent ntI,.i,s, We trust Mr.. Boom :"
communication will serve toc''rrtct
them; aud At any rate t 'errun"rrlpt
hopes 10 lea We further prOres dug"
to t,+. rOiIrta. asa,. .. .a.5 ,Gl.t+
BOOM's LETTER. ..1r
\ n BELLEVUE, April ~, w. !
EnITOR TRANSCRIPT: .-. Z
\ A c.m,nnumrn',v TON published III
y,mr tissue ri the 18th INST. relative
to II dispute bet " cen +. W. Collins
ana f. A. Pierce, places Mr.. PIE ~ III
th.. light. not Onlyo"t beating Mr.:
Collins H. II ''l,ny dr"l" hut ri having
pr.,vOkp,I the n.snuit spoken al.
Now. ~ justice I" MIR. Pierce. ""d
with no di@iesI,rct 10 Mr.. Cabins. /
desire. y0u 10 give equal puhl'city to
she t.,Ii, wing facts, III y hi"h l am
,l".r>n,lnlly aware.
b Dnr ug the hnyimg season ~ IN
Mr. Collins made ~ contract with
Mr.. fierce to cn nI"l put IN stack"
some hay Ow ned by vAJr. Collins. Mr..
Pierce. completed his contract. u"d
made u request for his pay. Mr.. Cot-
iins amil 1t would b- Impossible for
hin, to pay for putting up the hay.
ST.. finally, the! come I" another
agreement; that Mr. Pierce should
deliver t. MIR. Collins. at tho Falls,
Il e.. rtuin number ~ tons III. hay t"r
the stumpngc. and tnkr the hay
(Ihe amount due Mr.. Collins to be
deli vere.i ~. H. needed 1t during the
seaaon% Of '96-'97.) All Went well
until the severe storms III last winter
com. on making the roads almost
for teams with loads,
hay. Mr.. Collins got out
Of hay ana notified Mr.. PierceOf the
fact. MIR. Pierce told him to get
l,aled hay from, Mr.. Muthies''n, ns lie
mad made arrangements with Mr..
MuthiesOn to supply his customers
W hen he could not get in. Instead
OF doing this Mr.. Collins sent d stute-
mpnt to Mr.. Pierce thren teni"g suit
in his wife's name Tor the value Df
the balance q. the hay at So per ton.
and 81 each for two trips to seq him.
On receipt Of this note, or bill. Mr..
Pierce took u lnmh Of hay to town
and delivered 1t to Mr.. Collins, at the
same time rendering to Mrs. Collins
cash for the halunre due in hay at
the selling price Of hay ON that day.
This money Mrs. Collins received,
and gave a receipt in full for all
claims on MIR. Pierre. ~. ...-.<... . -
y In regard to the Boosting and fn-
sulting letter your correspondent
speaks of l. will say that on one OF
Mr.. Collins 8? trips che left at the
IIOuSV u UVNV, " ~ - 'IAA ASO'A
sent to me l ain afraid that should
have been guilty Of assault and bat
terry. too. the next time I met the
writer. III uswertO this note, before.
and not after the final settlement, as
your correspondent would have the
public believe, Mr.. Pierce did write
M. collins u letter, which l presume
was pretty strong. With the as
sault, we have nothing to do, only
to say that the above is a fair state
ment of what led to the attack Of
Mr.. Collins upon Mr.. Pierce. Up to
the receipt of the abusive note from
Mr.. Collins I never heard Mr.. Pierce
speak q word unfriendly to- Mr.. Col
Inns. Respectfully,
q n RnOM