The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-11-13
Takes Umbra@e at n jackson
Special Detailing the Sensa-
tional Oxford Episode,
And "Cusscs Out" the Editor
of the Nicksburg Post
by Wire.
In Reply, Editor eastman salts the FIX
Senator Down TO the Queens Taste.

Last thursday, OCJ. 81, we received
from our regular correspondent at
jackson, says the Vicksburg Post, and
published that afternoon, the follow
ing in reference to a sensational ep-
isolde at Oxford:
jackson, Miss, October 31.-Word
reaches here from Oxford that Miss
Lucy Lection, the woman who filed a
sensational breach of promise suit
against former United States Senator
W. V. Sullivan, several months ago,
will leave for Washington in a few
days to prosecute the case and that
she will be represented in the pro-
ceedings by one of the ablest attor-
neys at the National Capital.
"Miss Lection has been spending the
past several weeks in the town of Ok
ford, ex-senator Sullivau's home, and
an exciting affair occurred in the jus
tees court room at that place Satur-
in the breach of promise suit were
parties.
"A civil proceeding against Miss Lee
ton was being tried and, somewhat in
contrast to his former position toward
the woman, ex-senator Sullivan was in
the role of an attorney prosecuting the
claim of a local dry goods firm for
debt. Miss Lection was represented
by Hon. c. Siveley. The main point at
issue was whether she was a non-res-
ident, and therefore liable for attach
ment. During the proceedings one of
the witnesses questioned the chastity
of Miss Lection, provoking some
sulphurous language from her lips,
and the witness drew gun and threat
ened to kill her. Miss Lection at
tempted to borrow gun, evidently
with the purpose of shooting her
traducer, who had in the meantime
been taken in charge by friends, and
there was great excitement in the
court room for several minutes, effect
ually breaking up the proceedings.
Miss Lection declared that the gun
pointed at her by the witness be
longed to ex-senator Sullivan, and of
this she was positive, having kept the
weapon for him three years.
Last Saturday evening, after our pa
per had been issued, we received the
following telegram from the noted eX-
Senator:
"Oxford, Miss, Nov. ., 100 p. m.
"Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg:
Your article in issue of Thursday
about me is dirty lie as you know.
Who is responsible? You nasty dog.
Answer. w. V. SULLIVAN
AS matter of course, no answer was
sent, by The Post, to Mr.. Sullivan's dis
respectful and ungentlemanly tel
egram. Notwithstanding his deprav-
ity, Sullivan has sense enough to know
that no reply would be made to such a
message.
This degenerate Mississippian and
ex-senator says that the article sis a
dirty lie, as you know" The Post did
not know that it was "a lie We be-
lieved it to he true last Thursday, and
still believe it to be true. 1t is simply
in keeping with Sullivan's previous
bad record
Mr.. Sullivan also wants to know "who
is responsible" but adopted method
that precluded response to his tel
egram. However, the editor of the
Post has never evaded any responsible
ity that should be met by any good cit
izen, and he does not propose to evade
any now
The ex-senator then INDUCES in bill
lingsgate toward the Post. This, com.
ing from him, we esteem as a compli-
ment. If he had called us his friend,
we would be ashamed to be seen in any
decent community. Unfortunately for
our State, a few of its newspapers still
claim the "honor" of Sullivan's friend
ship.
We are not certain that any attention
should be given by The Post to the de-
PRAYED eX-Senator's telegram. But we
consider it matter of duty to some ex-
tent, to let the people of Mississippi see
this emanation from man who mis-
represented them in the u. 5. Senate a
man who is charged with having de
bauched "a young girl, made of her bis
mistress, and then placed her, as his
ward, in Seminary filled with pure
young girls; man who afterwards
struck this unfortunate woman, on the
streets of Washington, and acknuwl-
edged that he struck her, making the
miserable excuse that she had eXasper-
ated him by taunts.
The fact that man like Sullivan
could be elected to short term in the
U. S. Senate, is proof of the meutsl and
moral blight that came over the people
of Mississippi with the advent of Bryan
ism and free silver; although it may be
said in extenuation of the people of the
State, that Sullivan was probably not
elected, but his political friends, having
control of the election machinery,
either stuffed the ballot boxes or false
ly counted majOrities sufficient to elect
Sullivan and to defeat that gallant
soldier, that manly man, that r. specter
OF womanly virtue, that defender of
womanly weakness, Gen. Robert Lowry.
1t is to be hoped that the people of
Mississippi will give no further coun-
tenance TO the man who struck woman
in anger, nor to any of his few friends
an supporters.
The Atlanta Journal strongly sup
ports the proposition that as bust