The sun., 1898-02-02
Wednesday, February 2, 1898.
Coop morning!


John F. Salisbury in Wilmington Mon
day and in Dover yesterday, Will not
escape the attention OF the people OF his
State. His actions were those of a man
who is wholly irresponsible and sub
sequent events have proven such to be
the case. John +. Salisbury came to
Wilmington Monday for the avowed
purpose of killing the owner OF TIE Sun.
When Mr. Salisbury left this city the
owner of The Sun was still alive and
Mr.. Saulsbury was an insignificant SUBJ
ject of thorough disgust. John f. Saus-
bury came to Wilmington Monday night
stating that the object of his visit was to
seize the owner OF this paper and drag
him by the heels to Dover at which
place tie unfortunate would have been
tarred and ieathercd and driven from
town. John +. Salisbury brought
with him constable and i'm
posed on that gentlcmal's good ma
ture by walking Lin up and down Mar
ket street in the face of the piercing
blasts of the snowstorm. Saulsbury's
game is great big bluff. lie knew at he
very time at which he was parading the
streets with gun in his pocket, cane
in hand and constable at his side, that
the owner of THE Sun was q hundred
miles away. lie knew that the owner Of
this paper had been out OF town since
Nunday Clearly then, Mr.. John +.
Salisbury was blutiing. Mr.. Saulsbury's
action on Monday was childish, and
placed the old and respected Salisbury
family in an unpleasant position. John
F. Salisbury was conscious of the fact
the publisher of this paper was out OF
the city. He and his lcutenants
made no efforts whatever to
discover the gentleman they pur-
ported to want. No; the time was
spent on the street corners, where John
+. could give vent to his feelings in in.
decent language. The residence OF THE
Suns owner is quite as well known as
the Office, and to have inquired for him
there would at least have given the affair
4 sembiancp of truth. The owner ui THE
Sun will not bp carried or dragged to
Dover by john +. Salisbury or any Of
his seven up'' con~tubvs. \ cHpias
laced in the hands Of Sheriff Shaw, oi
Kent county. ur Sheriff Finn, of New
Castle county, the proper authorities,
will he readily responded to. Mr.. Saus-
bury. ctpn in Wilmington was rldicu-
h- add disgusting, but his statements
in the House Of Representatives yes,er-
day, just before Il At hody went into Sos
sion, made the most absurd scene ever
witnessed in Delaware. lie then
stated that TIE SuN's representative
in Dover would have to leave the town
before night, or he would be tarred and
teatllered and driven out. Well the
citizens Of the State capital are law-abid-
ing people and Furthermore the day
when John +. Salisbury could rally
around him enough men to pcrpcrtrate
such nrfarious thing is passed. Sauls
bury's many dangerous threats on the
lives of the owner and representatives OF
this paper. would justify the latter in
acting solncw lat severely toward the
honorable Kent count ian. and not nccc&-
sarlly to curb their desires. The sooner
John +. Salisbury and his implicated
friends stop bultlng in the matter per
tanning t" the First National Bank OF
Dover and get right down to real solid
facts the better it will be for them. Every
line printed in this paper about John +.
Salisbury was true and TIE S,'N has no
apology to make. The greater part Of the
story was taken from his own llttcranccs
Every line printed about Slul-bury's
conicdcratcs in crime is true and TIE
SuN stands ready and anxious to prove
all at tn" right time and in the right
placr-tlc courts. It is indeed en-
cuuraginG t. learn that John +. Suuis.
bury knows n,ol" about the loutilg of
TIA" 'ir~ National Bank uI Dover, han has
aIrcady been printed and as Mr.. SauIs-
bury has promised to publish all he
knows. over his Signature. THE SrN
offer, him its cuum- wherein to print
the same, and Will also guarantee him
all the space possible and the regular
rates for correspondence.
'rIlE editor Of TIE SrN did NOT believe
what appeared in the Republican in it,
representative conversation with John i.
Salisbury. TuM SrN on Monday con
tanned statement that John F.had been
a Beneficiary in the Iupting OF the
First National Bank Of Dover. It's head
lines contained the startling and -rnas-
tional informal ion; Five. How John
+. Salisbury assisted Teller Boggs in
plundcring bank by issuing worthless