The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16
Attorney Washington R. Prescott Feels InsuIlsd.
WASHINGTON II. PRESCOTT,
attorney and Counsellor at Law.

| ,ounty Attorney Of Knox County.
OitN Sohcitor of the city of Rockland,
Maine
:, IroVidence II. L., Oct II, 1899.
10 the Editor OF The News:
lou Dublished> an editorial In your
Insue "a "a Yesterday i'm which. while you
uiu not refer TO me by name. indicated
plainly who was meant. The article
III question placed me before your read
ers IN a false lighh and As calculated TO
40 me great Injustice | refer 10 vAur
article referring TO the criminal prose-
cutlon now pending against the state
ssuperlhtendeEt OF the Anti f-Saloon
did nor come TO this state IN on
gage in anv movement and did not
Know or the existence Of this league
uhtll had been here "A number or
months. | came here TO engage An tha
practlce OF law in this city and state
anu nave had law office i'm the Banl-
Si "uiIuihg ever since / have been
here. NV Office is on the nintb noo,. %
the BaniSan building and has no con-
hectlon Whatever with the Office of The
t-Satoon league which ls ON tho
tonrth iioor. j have been retained by
the league for a short time 10 act a
lIs attorney Tor part OF my time only.
ana my connection with II has simply
becn that of attorney and couuseiIor
ana nothing else. In connection with
my employment | have made<a number
of addresses.
All mat have had TO do with parties
prosecuted by the league has been done
III open court. ] have had no business.
no taik. no communication whatever
Witn any persons accused of crime or
against which the league had evidence
MY business with such persons has
Deen confined to what has taken place
IN open court Neither have I ever adj
Vised or counseled anyone 10 have any,
thlhg To sav TO such persons NV
knowledge of the pending case is con-
lined TO what | have seen i'm the pa
pers. | know nothing further than
that. | am not Mr.. Plass attorney and
never have been.
Your article assumes that | have had
some intimate relation with the state
superintendent OF the league in it's
management OF le. rue work | hay,
been its paid ATTORNEY. tried it's cases
and gave advice when Il was sought os
me- Only part of my time has been
taken i'm this work. The balance of nv
time has been given to my private
practice.
My engagements with the league ex-
pired on August IL. Since that time
up 10 the first dav Of October I was
not the attorney of the league. except
In this way that during that time
was hired 10 attend 10 the trial OF few
cases as thew came uD and made the
usual charges for the cases tried
No man can point TO any act of mine
in connection with any case here or
elsewhere that is not honorable. Your
article evidently labored To be funny.
but succeeded only in being insulting
to me and assumes manv things THAI
do not exist What you have said has
a tendency 10 hurt me in my business
and to affect nv standing here as a
man and as LAWYER. ! want those
false impressions corrected and the cor
rection placed IL as conspicuous place
In your paper rs was the article to
which | have referred. Simply justice
to me demands this. and ! ask that Il
be done. Yours truly.
WASHINGTON r.. PRESCOTT.