Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13

was pigeion- holed; no use, the plutocrat
and his little band of hired men were the
most influential, and people outside the
sacred domain had to tramp to Rookie
feller's Bay Pond postofi1ce for their mall
or go without, though by going there they
violated his warning notices and became
trespassers! A fine condition in this
Gland of the free"--a United states post
office three miles inside a private park,
but by the grace of one william Rookie
Teller.
Lamora draws a pension from the
United states Government, and when this
plutocrat found he was up against a
poor but defiant veteran, he again turned
to the courts and found aid In them. Last
January he SECURED all injunction against
I.amora, by what kind OF affdavits I will
not say. but here is Its sweeping COM
mand: Ordered that the defendent,
Oliver Lamora. and each and every one of
his associates agents. servants, en-
ployecs and all other persons going with
or under his instructions, direction or re-
quest, be and each of them hereby Is.
cnioined and restrained, during the pend
cncy of this action and until further order
of this court. from in any manner enter
was the plutocrat's victory, and it holds
good to-day. Lamora cannot go or send
for his mail including his pension check.
lest he be in contempt of court and liable
TO prompt imprisonment This would get
| him out of Brandon and this the Rookie
Teller gang have hobed for, but so far
the veteran Is out of Jail. Last week
was Informed by one of hts friends that
| his own resources and those of his neigh
bors were about exhausted. he has had no
mail since January 4, and unless he could
get his pension, on which he depends
mostly for living. it would be soon
'ovcr the hills to the poorhouse"
Readers of the Republican, do YOU real
| lie what this Infamous abuse OF wealth
and power means? To my certain knowl-
edge the Post Office department has beer
written to by several citizens who know
the facts and are indignant at this perse
cution. hut naught save indefinite replies
: are made Here is n sample The De
I partment has no knowledge that any at
tempt has been or will be made to prevent
Mr. Oliver I4amora from having free &C
cess to the post office at Bay Pond La
mora knows, so do his friends. that mis-
step now gives Rockefeller the chance e
slap the veteran in Jail, and they believe
this is just what no hopes and Is wait
ing for. And you cannot convince many
of these honest. rugged friends that Rookie
Teller doen't own the Cnitcd States Pos
Office besides the thousands of othe
things his money has bought.
The public hears much of Standard OH
persecution Of independent operators %
of it's masters ways and railroads, rebate
and insurance companies. / have here a
briefly as possible shown how one hound
a moor old veteran who has done n
wrong" The feudal system seems to nav
planted itsolf in Franklin County \. Y
pretty successfully. I am a plain bushes
man and have suggested to the depart
ment either to reopen the Brandon pos
Office so those not Rockefeller vassels ca
get mail by the grace of William Rocke
Teller. or have that injunction, now stand
ing against Lamora and others. dissolved
= Will some of your patriotic lawyer read
ers take the matter up in the interest c
citizenship and Justice?