The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-05
MAoERs' LETTER

W ii. HOLMES.

DALLAS, Ore., req. l, lbOO,
To THE EDIToR: will you kindly per-
NIT me TO say few words through the
columns Of your paper in my behalf.
told the truth when ! was arrested
and no one would listen TO me. Then
told it again at the trial, the whole
thing, absolutely, without 80 much as q
word added. set II all out truly, 10
help me God.
told you Shen and where saw Ray
Sink last, and all that had said and
done, just as IL occurred the last time
saw my friend, and what did get for IL?
convicted Of murder
am as innocent Of II as any man who
sat upon the jury that tried me. am
not going 10 argue TO make out case for
myself, but | beg the kind readers To
bear all the facts in their minds, and ask
themselves whether man could get a
fair trial. When a man with previous
conviction, and when once the black
mark is against his name, you know that
he cannot get justice, or really iai
trial. They will convict him on general
principles and public sentiment.
| will tell you, before my God, / had
nothing to do with II, and that | am in.
nocent OF the crime | am charged with.
pray TO God that those who convicted
me by false swearing, | pray that there
may no night pass that they are not
haunted by the thought Of the man they
sent to the gallows by their notoripusly
lying tongues.
! have very much TO tell you, aud
shall do il the best way can, but as all
friends know that my pen is 'unaccus-
toned TO public writing, | crave special
indulgence for all short comings May
Gods hand strike me down II | 70 one
inch over the truth.
We will dscuss the money matter
first, because want your readers 10
know that know that Ray Sink did
not or could not have money, as John
Hall and sam Haydea sanctioned the re-.
port that Sink was "A man OF great
wealth. II Is not true, Tor he told me
himself that his place was mortgaged for
n large sum, lie, (Ray sink sail with
good crops by Jan!l, 1899, that he could
get out OF debt, and he would mortgage
his place again and get the money aud
come down TO the valley and buy livery
stable. And Mr. Sink told ID. Manning
OF Gerygis, in my presence, Sept. 10,
1898, that he would have TO go home
first and make arrangements before he
could buy the stable. am giving you
these facts 10 you can honestly Judge and
see Tor yourself that | know Ray Sink
did not have money when he was down
here last, as he bad not harvested his
crop yet and could not have had money.
Hayden tried To stuff il into the people.
Anybody with fair sense can see that
didn't murder Sink Prosecuting AZ.
tosney Hayden knows that did not do
the crime that ] was charged with, as
Hayden told "A friend in Salem that he
did NO, believe that Magers murdered
Sink. But still he prosecuted AN limo.
cent man loT that 5000 that old man
Sink promised him | hope that sam
Hayden will enjoy that blood money IN
this world as he will not have any use
Tor il in the next world
Sam Hayden stated before the jury, |
and every word that he uttered was ialsc. |
Nobody but a man like Hayden, with a |
heart blacker than the depths Of hell, |
could utter such false words 10 jury. |
lie stated that | brought Ray Sink from.
bis home down 10 the valley. done NO
such thing, Sink came down here ON
his own accord. Ray Sink came down
hrst In May and spent day or two with
me, and then he went down 10 New bers
10 see some oi his old friends,
as ho told me " hen he left and then he
again came down In July and spent
seek with me. as We went 10 the coast
lor & pleasure trip, and in September he
came down again. did not know that
he was coming In September, as he vas