The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-20
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE, ETC.
Someone Feels Hit by Our White Cap Ar
ttcle anu Squeels,

ttcle ana squeels,
1t is customary when man feels
himself personally wronged and seeks
the columns of a paper to assist him
in clearing himself, to at least have
the manhood to stand up and defend
himself over his own name and not
that of ''Subscriber." Constant
Reader" or "a Resident Of - ST.,
etc. No man or woman should be
ashamed to hold for their rights,
especially if they are innocent. 1t is
also customary to keep your mouth
shut until you are personally hit. If
innocent you do not feel as If it was
meant for you and if guilty it would
be policy ut any rate to keep still.
But, there are people who are so con-
stituted and have no check reins on
the Aperture in their heads, who on
the least provocation tell all they
know. not very much in usual cases,
but just enough to keep them ever
lastingly in trouble. Such character
81 -. - .iave aired his weak position
H. e columns of the Times last
we.N over the highly enlightening
signature of "A Resident of Harvey
s.. ana thus conclusively proved
tina he iin0ws just enough or the
white cap matter to find it extremely
convenient and necessary to forget
suca little matter as signing his
n:su,e. In our article Of two weeks
ago we never mentioned any names or
even limited as to Harvey street. Ii
we nave names in our possession OF six
residents of Harvey street, we never
SAID so and never will. We have six
names, but whether they are the
same names "bandying" around the
mines, we don't know and don't care.
In our opinion the assaulted parties
and their neighbors are not demented
to such an alarming extent as to dis
qualify them from giving vent to
their suspicious. In town like Ely,
where everyone is known to everyone
else, it will take more than a white
cap to hide your identity. Circum-
stantial evidence is all that is required
to prove the guilt in some cases.
Besides, it would be wise for the six
who took part in the intellectual past
time to put "gag" on some OF their
near and dear friends and relatives,
neighbors and others.
In regards to threatening us with a
municipal court Investigation we will
sa one thing which will prove highly
gratifying to the Harvey street resi-
dent who thus uncerimoniously PUSHES
into print. Do it. A man who swears
out warrant or goes into the courts
is compelled to sign his name which
the party who makes the howl never
will do. The article in the MINER
relative to the gossips OF Harvey
street was signed by the lady, wife of
the assaulted party and it will take
more than six of these hurt citizens
to disprove that she knew what she
was talking about. We will take the
testimony of one whose name backs
the statements made in preference to
six who are ashamed to mention
theirs.
There are many residents OF Harvey
street who felt that the article did
not hit them and therefore did not
feel hurt. The old saying of "A
guilty conscience needs no accuser"
sometimes comes home with telling
effect Paste this in your hat Mr..
Resident of Harvey street and when
in newspaper hurts your
personal feelings, read it and examine
into the case carefully before you
.'suueel." The writer says: 1--WE
have agreed that If our names are
used in connection with the assault
again we shall make it our business
to have an investigation and when
we have proven that we took no part,
or knew of no intention to make the
assault, there will probably be a
chance for the assaulted party to
answer to charge of reformation of
character, and l assure the Miner this
will be very pleasing to the six citizens
of morality" "Defermation" OF char
acter, indeed. As far as we can see,
the assaulted party could recover for
defamation of character, but, when
we have proven that we took part, or
knew of no intention to make the
assault, ETC." then we, the immaculate
and unknown six will sue for "defer-
nation" of character, and look at
the joy and pleasure connected there
with in the last lines of the above.
In conclusion we will say don't be
rona I'd inn thu inHacf fiQn