The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-07
BY GAME WARDEN PIKE.
Reply to George cassie's Recent Com.
inunication.

BY GAME WARDEN PIKE.
Reply to George Castles Recent Com.
inunication.
Mr. Editor: ! saw an article il Tues
days Issue Of The Times from Nh. Gas.
sic that reminds me of a school boys
first composition and which Id Justice
to myself and the public needs some cor
rection. | do not wish any credit for
the article Ia last Fridays issue To which
MI. Cassie refers, as II did not come
from me, but ] understand came from
q regular correspondent of The Times.
Fl was interviewed on the day af Mi.
Classics arrest BY two newspaper rc.
porters. One of them representative
OF The Times and the other Of the Mont
pclicr Journal. 10 both Of them
simply gave d plain statement Of the
main facts IN the case, but the article
in The Times ! never saw until ii ap-
peared IN print an
MIR. Cassie says he viii swear that
his dogs have been chained for over a
month; IN fact, since the end Of the
fox hunting season. 10 this statement
| wish to take exception, for the fol-.
lowing reason, leaving the readers Of
The Times to draw their own eoncu-
sion. On The 18th day of May i was
in East Montpelier and saw one of
Mr.. Cassie's dogs running 1T large.
did not know the dog at that time, but
WINS told by parties who knew THE dog
that ii belonged To Mr.. Cassie
The 25th Of May ] was in the Town
s.f III Il efs,. all 4ls.4 =,
had another dog on his farm that had
been pitched only d week When asked
why it was hitched. the reply was made
that the dog had been running deer. On
still another occasion, while in Plain
field, about the Goth Of May, / was
informed By parties who know Mr.. Cas-
sizes dogs that two OF his dogs had run
deer past their place short time
before. Mr. Classics dogs have been
in the habit Of running deer for some
timea IN facts u year ago he. was noti-
fled To that effect and asked to take
carte of them, bit ne. paid no attention
TO the matter, until We began our in
yestigation and things began to grow
warm in his locality.
did tell Mr. Cassie that had some
trouble with dogs around Barre and
that | thought some of them belonged
70 the Italians, but did not say any
thing about being unable to speak ltai-
ian or that it was easy to catch him.
Mr. Cassie also accuses me Of being
. Republican and to this charge plead
guilty. ! am and always have been,
but as TO why the appointment as war
den Of this county came 10 me rather
thnn elsewhere / am unable to tell. as
know no more about that than Mr..
Cassie does. ] understand | WAS recon-
mended for the appointment by the SEN
ators Of the county, and upon their
recommendation Commissioner Thomas
gave me a commission, but il was all
done without my previous knowledge or
forethought on my part.
When | presented Mr.. Cassie before
the court gave the Judge the warrant
ON which had made my returns, two
little papers, which Mr.. Cassie calls Il
bundle OF papers. The court then asked
Mr. Cassie what he had to say. Mr..
Cassie signified a readiness TO pay a
fine and tho costs and hush the matter
up. but did not want to plead guilty.
The court told him he would have TO
plead one way or the other. Mr.. Cassie
then pleaded guilty and the court i'm.
posed the fine and costs a. previously
stated in The Times.
Mr.. Cassie says the court gave him
reduced rates, etc, Offering to fine him
81. That looks pretty thin II seems
20 me that any man with any brains at
all would know better than that. as the
law plainly prescfibcs that the fine for
such offense shall be five dollars and
the costs which follow as in other eases.
However, since reading Mr.. Cassie's
article. | have called up the court by
telephone, before whom the ease was
brought, and asked him ii he made the
statement Mr.. Cassie says he did. Judge
Martin replied very emphntically, '.No."
He further stated that Mr.. Cassie did
not make the statement he claims he
did in bis communication.
Although IL is hardly worth while
still I might say for the gentleman's
benefit that our potatoes were planted
month ago, but owing to the wet
weather we were somewhat late in get
ing all our corn planted, as we were
lust finishing our field of twelve acres
when Mr.. Cassie fell into the clutches
of the law. | have no doubt MIR, Cassie
would be glad Of n change in the ap.
pointment for this county, and pre-.
sumo lie is not the only one who can
say rs much; still, as long Ms / am
an official OF the state IN that capacity
shall continue TO discharge the duties
Of the office to the best of my knowledge
and ability, without fear or favor Of
any man, and with Justice and impair
TALLY to all, and whenever a Just com
plant comes 10 me, as in this case
with plenty of evidence TO back it, /
shall deem II necessary TO bring pros
eeution Of the yiolator, regardless as 10
whether lie Isl Yankee, scotchmau or
child Of sunny ltaly
u Berton Pike