The Greeley tribune., 1904-11-02
STORY AND LETTERS OF E. e. VAN GOHREN
PUBLISHED IN GREELEY SUN
Easily Explained and Places Mess Churchill and Davis Still Deeper
in the Mire-More Direct Charges by Van Gohren
State Positively that He was Blked


lished in The Tribune of October II,
it really looked for a bit rs though
Mr.. Won Gohren We're not the only
person who had been buncoed. We
tried to figure out some explanation
of those letters. and after having
been shown the original of the one
bearing date of October s, in Mr..
Won Gohren's own handwriting, bear
ing no evidence of having been tam
pered with in date or otherwise. it
seemed that possibly some uninten-
tional injustice had been done
Messrs. Churchill and Davis by The
Tribune. A telephone call to Den
yer failed to discover Mr.. Won
Gohren or his whereabouts. In a
brown study just what course to take
that should work no injustice to the
candidates and still keep faith with
the readers of The Tribune who
want the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, who should
walk in but Won Gohren himself
1t was just like the fairy tales in the
story book. He was shown the story
! in the Sun, and admits the writing
of both letters. The first one, bear
! ing date of April 20. he says was
written shortly after he had paid
over the money. and before he real
lied that he had been buncoed.
! Asked about his motive in writing
the one of October s, he says that he
thought possibly he would be able to
get them to go his security for 5000
on the strength of their former bunco
game, then he would leave them to
hold the sack. as it were, while he
would have 5000 of the $500 which
they have failed to return to him.
He dictated the following open let
ter to Mr.. Churchill and signed it /:
Greeley, Colo, Nov. ,, 1904.
H. E. Churchill, Greeley, Colo.
Sir: 1t is fact that you did
enter into a conspiracy with Charles
Davis of Erie, Colo, to collect bill
from the state officers for me. 1t is
fact that you induced me to pay
each of you $500 with the understand
ing that you were to pay certain state
officers to draw the warrant. 1t is a
fact that you did not pay one cent to
any state officer. 1t is fact that
Mr.. Charles Davis did pay back to
me $500 under pressure. 1t is fact
that l did pay you $500 in cash. 1t
is fact that you still retain this
money. 1t is a fact that this money
belongs to me. 1t is also fact that
you stated to me that you did not
want one cent for yourself. 1t is a
fact that you did retain this $500 for
your own use and benefit.
Whatever my past record has
been it certainly stands far above
yours, as everyone knows, and / have
never asked to be servant of the
people nor asked for their suffrage.
| admit that | wrote the letter to
Charles Davis. dated October s, 1904,
and published in the last issue of the
Greeley Sun. That does not exon
crate you from the charges made
above against you or Mr.. Davis and
in my letter of September IA, 1904.
'E. f. Won GOHREN.
Mr.. Won Gohren then asked what
we thought he should say about the
letter of October s. Our answer was
Tell the truth and the truth only. -
He then dictated and signed the
statement that follows:
| Il admit the authorship of the
above letter of October 8. / wrote
it in the hope of eventually getting
the return indirectly of at least a
part of the remaining $500 which
Messrs. Churchill and Davis retain
of my money.
''E. f. Won GOHREN.
So here we have the whole explain
alton. 1t is simply d round dabout
and crude way Mr.. Won Gohren took,
unsuccessfully, it seems, to get back
a part Of the money he feels he was
bilked out of His original charge
still stands, and has in part been ad-
mitted by them las to the receipt of
the money and the return of half of
it, No satisfactory explanation of
the transaction has been forthcoming
from either Mr.. Churchill or Mr.
Davis, though The Tribune would
welcome and give publicity to such
an explanation were it offered. Dur
ing Mr.. Won Gohrens call he was
subjected to a searching examination
and told in detail of Messrs Churchill
and Davis being with him when the
warrant was delivered to him, how
the three went to the bank in COM
pany, of how he received the money
and of how each of them received