Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-10-06
ABOUT THA7 CAMERA
PHOTOGRAPHER BRADWAY
GIVES HIS SIDE OF THE
STORY, IN REPLY TO REV.
STEMPGES.

10 the Editor of The Alert: In
your issue of Oct. lst, you printed an
article under head of "Communica-
tion:" signed bv one Rev. j. j..
Stempges, Ralfour, N. OAK, ana
wish space for reply.
/ note his stating this: Zone
word regarding the parties who
drummed up this charge against me
and the church. Speaking of them
individually it is sufficient to say that
the history of not one of them
speaks too highly OF them.' This
take as casting reflections upon De-
tective Russell and myself, which l
take exceptions to.
/ have refrained from putting in
print the facts about the stolen
camera, which was all was interest
ed in, but it seems this so styled
"Reverend" wants to keep 1t before
the public. Yet there are some peo-
pie not wise enough to let well
enough alone. Circumstances which
occurred few days prior to the time
the camera was taken and the fol-
lowing day led me to suspect a GER
tain party; the evidence being so
great and conclusive 1 employed Mr..
Russell on the case and to work
only in accordance with the line of
evidence we had. Mr.. Russell was
in Darlington, Fessenden. Harvey
and BalfOur, and the evidence ac-
cumulating. When our plans were
all carried out, 1 went east on trip,
leaving Mr.. Russell to keep me post
ed as to the case. About Sept. End,
l was wired at Minneapolis to come
Immediately, as we had head from
Balfour that this man Stempges had
an Al-Vista camera. Thus, with
Mr.. Russell and a little information
from Balfour, ! was successful in
finding my camera in the mans S
possession. | had suspected as to
where he got the ca me1a, and when
l asked him in presence of Mr.. Rus
sci and Constable Cameron, he said
he ''bought it in Harvey of a party
going to Chicago ''Nas that the
time you stopped over night there
when coming from Jamestown?' He
said yes. GLOW about your not get
ting in the hotel till between II and
O'Clock the night the camera was
taken?" He replied, 81 went to
valley City, "Yes, but there is
no train you could get back on
| The GOTTEN flannel blanket or screen
taken with the camera llr denied any
knowledge of, but later when Con-
! stable Cameron told him if he had
| it he had best give it up as it might
save him trouble, StempIes then ad-
| mitted he had part Of it at his gal
leIy, which l now have. Why did he
deny this and then admitting goes
| to show he knew what he was using
at his gallery was taken with the
camera and was the article l asked
1or It does not look reasonable that
any man wonld carry around screen
ten foot square OF no use to take
pictures with, for two months, and
then an innocent man know that he
had in use the identical article | was
after. Mr.. Russell says Stempges
admitted to him he took the camera.
| AS to the other mat ters in Balfour
am not interested. AS to Editor
CoWel, what he printed Sept. 7th
about my matter vas nearly correct
it was facts and needs no retraction
Outside Of Stempges, those whom l
met in Baltour think exceedingly
well Of; they have mr. best wishes,
they are deserving far better than
that given them at the hands of this
Reverend" by trying TO connect the
church for cover for his wrong do
ing. If Reverend Stempges is not
guilty then there is proper course
for him for redress. II he is guilty,
let him take what he is getting and
forever hold his peace.
John II. BradWay,
jamestown, N. Oak.
Oct. I. 1904.