The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-29
Letters Are Now in Hands of Au-
thOritieS and Writer is Being
Looked For.
oFFENsE is A SERIOUS ONE AND
GUILTY PARTY ON CONVICTION
CAN BE SENT TO FEDERAL
PENlTENTIARY-DR. PORTER
NOT ALARMED.

The man who writes threatening
letters has made his appearance. or
rather his letters have, and It IS quite
likely the authorities win be able to
locate him In a day or two. The let.
tiers, though signed, are Of an anony-
nous nature. the signature evidently
being fictitious and they are addressed
to the state health officer. Dr. Jos. y.
Porter.
Following are the letters, with pune
tuation. capitalization, and spelling,
just as they are written:
First Letter.
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. &c.
jos. Y. Porter NJ. d. Mule Driver.
/ have had years experience in sch
low fever Brazil, Panama, Cuba
passed through dozen epidemics bat
Of all the dam fools headed By you IL
in Pensacola. Not a single case o.
yellow fever has been 20 Pensaco.a
this year. Dangue, Malana typhoid
no yellow fever. DR.. Fl. j. Wright. the
plucky doctor knows what he says.
DR.. Heron says two or three cases
yellow fever here-balance all bosh.
DR.. Mcmillan says no yellow fever.
Kennedy and D'Alemberte are simple
tools. Can't tell sour milk from fresh.
Now. mule driver Porter, we 20 per
cent Of the people here are tired Of
your dam foolishness and graft Y0u
killed Abel, Winters and the Norwe-
gian consul (take advice leave this
city in as hours If not bear the conse-
quences) take fool Anderson and Pier
pont your hirelings.
How about that two thousand you
got at Tampa, saying only one case
8 to thousand cases dangue in Tam
pa why are you not solutions about
Tampa. Of course, dollars govern AMI
cause we wont let Porter's oranges
come into Arkansas that state Of
course you look out for Porter. How
about that speech in Key West will
fix Pensacola same day. You did it
darn you ten thousand times.
Hurrah for Boulter He has lots of
believers. His article is true except
stegomia humbug.
Take warning! Take warning.i
Take warning!lt Leave in 4S hours.
Men in St. Anthony hospital Z
saw them chnls they gUt-nOthing
else.
CARLOS WINTERS,
Captain Warning Committee,
sic Semper Iyranls.
Second Letter.
Edyct ?. Sept. %.
Porter,
EXIT. EXIT. EXIT.
if not the cyclOps will attend yore case
malaria. Milton. Bluff Springs. Cut
ter Hamilton, BOsh Bosh. You pull
ed wool over people eyes long enough
You be dam. No yellow fever in Pen
sacola-25 cases one day s next, 5
next, bosh, bOsh, bOsh.
As DR.. Heron says, hurrah for DR..
Brain and Wright you are the bigge5t
steeomia regular blood sucker-taks
warning
CARLOS WINTERS,
sic Semper Ty-
Turned Over to Authorities.
DR.. Porter was not alarmed over
these threatening epistles; In fact. he
paid no attention TO them other than
to turn them over to Mayor Bliss, ~
whom The Journal was permitted -
make copy of them last
night. Mayor Bliss win in turn
take the matter up with the
federal authorities, as the writer
OF the letters has made himself LIABLE
TO imprisonment in the federal peuf-
Tertiary by his acts.
Written With a Pencil.
The letters we're written on LEGAL
cap. torn at the end. and ruled on b0-h
sides. an indelible pencil was used
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