Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

Thomas King. the road builder. has recently learned what hundreds had found out great many years ago. | soon after newspapers got started: that is that when a man starts out to have a Journalistic explanation made in vindication of himself he never knows precisely where he will come out. For thar reason most peo- pie who feel that they have been mad vertently wronged by a newspaper de- eide to let it go at that
 A week ago yesterday an unknown man was before Justice Burnett on charge of drunkenness and disturbance of the peace. He gave his name as Tom King. and so his name appeared in'an afternoon paper which described his shortcoming in all it's horrible de- tails.
 The next morning while Thomas King. the road builder. was eating his breakfast, his small son. who was looking over the paper, said: Father, | I see you're not to be trusted away from home alone" He showed him the story of the crime of Tom King MT. King, under the impression that somebody was trying to islander him quit his breakfast and came to town to see about it. He first went to the justice of the peace and found that Tom King had actually been sent to jail from that court. MT. King re- monstrated with the court against his allowing unknown and irresponsible people to come in and claim an hon. Ored name. MT. King said that he knew that he had never gone through
 
 righted, but for years he had been the only man in the valley by the name of Tom King. Such incidents as this would not hurt him among those who knew him, but he said that there were a good many strangers coming in; they would read the story of the ar rest and afterward when they learned of the champion road builder of Mar icopa county. they would quite nat urally couple him with the culprit of whom they had read. Justice Burnett saw the force of MT. Kings reasoning and promised officially to enter all other Tom Kings who might be brought before him as a John Doe.
 Mir. King next called upon the news paper. He did not blame the paper for the publication of the article but having stated his case it was agreed by the city editor that MT. King had a grievance which ought to be removed. He would fix it up in the next issue.
 MT. King went away. and the city editor in the rush of the afternoon forgot the name but did not forget the incident and his promise. Ac- cOrdingly, the paper appeared that evening setting Mir. King right before the public in the following language: "The Thomas West who was mention ed yesterday as having been arrested for drunkenness, and who was sent to jail is not Thomas West, the we'll known road overseer." MT Kins has not yet discovered precisely how he has been vindicated and he has been unable so far to connect any Thomas West with the case at all. But he also decided to let it go at that. The correction, explanation, vindication or whatever else it may be called. re- minds MT. King of the old arithmetic conundrum. 'If apples are twenty-five cents a bushel in Kansas City what will seven punches of celery bring in KalamazoO2'
 Justice Burnett. remembering his promise to the road overseer. caused the name of the defendant to be en- tered upon the docket as James Roe" there having already been a John Doc entry for that day.