The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-17
NEWS. S.DEMOCRAT
TOLD The TRUTH
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For unbridled mendacity the Colt
Perry political newspaper deserves all the
medals" said another person intimately
familiar with all the details OF the Gibson
case and its settlement. THE story pub
lished only in the News Democrat last
| Friday was true, correct and 10 all in
| tents and purposes an authorized state
ment.
The reasons why persons in Cincinnati
! seek TO throw cold water on IL are well
understood; but they do not alter the
! tacts, which remain as given by the
| News Democrat
! The simple fact remains that the pa
per which was so badly beaten on a piece
OF local news Of so great interest has only
put its foot I'm all the worse by the ridicu-
lous manner in which In its rage over
| being so badly beaten, it seeks 10 square
itself. To those who know the real facts
and how they came 10 the News Demo
crat the silly twaddle or its contemporary
has made II only a laughing stock today.
The Journal is TO be complimented, as
II was only one day late In printing the
news; but any story that the report
which the News Democrat published un-
der Cincinnati date on Friday afternoon
was in the other newspaper offices on
Thursday night is an absolute falsehood.
ly and puts itself deeper in the mire may
as well hereafter accept what II sees In
the News Democrat and the Journal as
correct
1T is dollars TO doughnuts that 1t re-
ceved no dispatch nor other news item
Thursday night relating TO the settle
ment Of the Gibson will contest and IL
II can produce a genuine dispatch or
long item relating TO this subject, dated
last Thursday night, or even last Friday
before the News Democrats story ap-
peared. IL may be able to induce people I
to have more confidence In its circulation |
figures.
1T says that The item bore upon its |
face, TO men acquainted with local people |
and local conditions, the imprint OF i'm
probability Can It's logcian explain |
how acquaintance with local people and |
local conditions has the slightest bearing |
apon the probability or improbabiity of |
this will story?
1T says the legal proceedings resulted |
in favor OF John Mccormick Gibson's |
mother and other blood relatives Where |
did ii get that statement, except out Of |
its wonderful imagination? There were
only two blood relatives of Gibson. his
mother and brother.
1T said that at the Wolf residence 1t
was learned that the family was in Eu-
rope Joseph A. Wolf brother OF Mrs.
Gibson. advanced the belief that the story
was without foundation. This was the
only source OF news concerning the affair
which could be located I'm this city,
Mrs. Benno Wolf, mother OF Mrs. Glib
son, resides at 1851 Westminster street.
She was there on last Thursday night
and has been there ever since There Is
a telephone i'm the house; and no reporter
called there, nor were any telephone in
quiries made of her at that time. Mrs.
Wolf Is on excellent terms with her |
daughter Mrs. Gibson. is the head OF the
family and is familiar with all the ne
gotiations and the settlement.
IF the paper that caught asleep re-
ceived that news item on what Journal
istic theory can IL explain its failure at
least TO ask Mrs. Wolf concerning IL and
on what journalistic ground did il fail TO
publish the fact that such "A dispatch had
been received, knowing the interest here
in the subject?
The whole yarn was dished up this
morning by the organ without regarl 10 |
sense in order 10 try TO square itself The
only denial worth mentioning that Il Of
fers Is that the amount Is not 100000 The
News Democrats information Is correct !
as the amount Is practically that sum
The dover question has been settled and
1t was settled practically last month"