The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-22
New Haven, March 81, 1901.
The Other side of n story.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
! Concerning the stories told in the Chi
cago papers about what they say was
done in Highwood, near Fort Sheridan,
on the first pay day after the canteen
saloon was closed. the New Voice, Chi
cago, March IA, has this to say:
| Now, all these stories, one and sew
eral, collectively and individually, are
| falsehoods. To take the Americana
| story:
/. There was no declaration Of mar
tial law" in Highwood, and no two COM
| panies of soldiers were sent from the
| fort to the town to protect It, nor for
any other purpose. A patrol Of possibly
| twelve men passed through the streets,
| but this Is common occurrence and In
no way Indicated any special disorder.
g. There was no 'rioting;" no build
ings were injured, neither stores nor
saloons. During the night tailor's
shop was burglarized, but whether by
soldiers or others no one knows.
8. Not shot was fired in the town.
4. No special deputies were sworn
in under anybody Gordon is not mar
shall of the town, the marshaPs name
being Roger More.
s. No villagers were injured SO far as
can be learned Only one soldier was
hurt in any serious manner, and he was
hurt in a fight between two soldiers.
s. Citizens Of Highwood unite in pro-
nouncing the past week one of the most
peaceful weeks that have occurred in
connection with a pay day at Fort Sher-
idan, in spite OF the fact that the garri-
son is larger than usual on account Of
the recruiting Of the Twenty ninth reg
fment there. as
The statement made by the Tribune,
Times Herald, News. Inter- Ocean, Post
and Journal that new saloons have
opened in Highwood since the closing Of
the canteen is also unqualifiedly false.
No new saloons have been opened in
that place since the canteen was closed.
Between May 10, 1900, and March 10,
1901 two new saloons only have been
opened in Highwood, and these were
opened before the bill to abolish the
canteen was even introduced in con-
gress. The fight at the notorious Hulk
table resort, when real riot took place
and the attack on the marshal of the
village by gang Of drunken soldiers |
when the marshal in self-defense shot
and seriously wounded three of the sol
dIers took place while canteen was
running in Fort Sheridan.
The New Voice now holds UP to the
scorn and contempt Of all honest men
the lying newspapers and lying news
paper editors Of Chicago who by the
methods above exposed, are attempting
to establish propaganda for the restor-
alton of the government saloon. Edi-
the New Voice says: "It Is sell
dom wise to call any man a liar, but
there come times when 1t Is the duty of
an honest citizen to say to demagogue,
You liel and by Gods help I will prove
It, We hold up to scorn the editors of |
the Chicago Times Herald, the Chicago |
Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, the Chicago |
Evening Post, the Chicago Journal and |
the Chicago American, Gentlemen edi- |
tors of these papers. we challenge you
to produce single line Of mitigation,
or excuse for your conduct
When you tell your readers that the
number of saloons in Highwood has |
been increased since the canteen at
Fort Sheridan was abolished; when you
say, as some of you have said that
.welve new saloons have been opened |
n established there, you make state
nent that you know to be false. When
,ou represent to your readers that there
nave been unusual disorders in the sa-
oons of Highwood since the abolition
# the canteen at Fort Sheridan you
gain make statement that you know
o be unsupported by any fact. There
s no excuse for you. Fort Sheridan is
.nly twenty-five miles from Chicago.
f you did not know the character of
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