Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11
PENNELL INQUEST.
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the keys from her. Being thus apprlsed
of the evidence against him, he deterlnin-
ed to anticipate her action by DrinSlns al
action himself In order that ne ; niiSn
have the appearance of being the injured
party, and out of vindictlVeness ana de-
sire to injure me as much as possible ne
made me defendant IN the aciio' ,d i ne
issues would have been squareiy met when
his death occurred at the hands OF some
unknown woman whom ne had invited 10
his house at midnight Nothing more UNI
fortunate could have occurred Tor every
body involved. as the~entire matter neces-
sariiy became public ana II the truth
could have appeared the harm would not
have been so great, but truth and yellow
Journalism are at opposite pclos and con-
seauently mass of lies, notion and 1mag-
ination was published which had no pos
sibIe basis in fact but for the sake of
those most concerned some of these mis-
representa- tons must be taken up and
First in reference to the office which |
was alleged to have maintained in the
Eilicott square. That Office was leased
ment with another man whose name can
be given, to enable him to do collection
business. Shortly after that arrangement
he received an offer Of salafied position
in another city which he desired to &C
cept. / arranged. therefore, to release
him, and no business was ever done IN
the Office nor was it used as a meeting
place in any manner so falsely and UNJUST
secondly. in reference to the alleged
statements of a New York detective
agency, whose main business seems to
have been to give their clients secrets TO
the public, desire to say that. without
knowing what arrangements were made
with them by any person, any statements
on the part of such agency tending {. Ie-
fleet in any way either upon myself or
any other person involved are unqualified
" false and have no basis in fact. Tncy
are made up of those unfounded state
ments of this class of spies which nave
become of such doubtful value that even
in the courts 1t is now almost held ina
the presumption is against their credl-
bility. ;.
Thirdly. during the pending of the d.
yorce action il became necessary Tor me
to consult with the defendant in reference
to the course to pursue. For that purpose
it was necessary that a meeting should
take place here. in New York or at AZ
lantic City, but in such cases, as can pc
absolutely proven, these meetings were IN
such places and circumstances as TO ab-
solutely negative any other idea than inc
purpose of transacting the affairs relative
to the divorce action.
Finally, it may be said that the crime
Is as great a mystery to the writer as &c
publicity has been brought upon people
more especially women, who nave entre-
Nv undeserved it, and great wrong mas
been done to all concerned, especially tf
the family which has and must suitel
most For that we must thank the Spiri
of yellow journalism which does not heS'
itate to violate every principle OF truth
honor. chivalry, justice and sanctity IL
those efforts to make news and sen pa
pers which make that style of journal
ism one of the sckening things oil mod
ern civilization.