Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-14

| called upon the editors OF the
leader and asked that they
publish in as CONSPICUOUS place as
hey gave to Ullrich's letter my reply
since that letter misrepre-
sented facts to such an extent that / |
might suffer the loss Of the good will |
and confdance of people who read the
article, comprising as it did, series
of filings at my business integrity and
honesty. | was told by Mr.. Cooley
one of the editors Of the Leader that
l would have to pay at the rate OF SC
per line and that the rate would be
cut little. l refused to pay as re-
queSted and herewith hand you the
letter that l asked the Leader TO pub.
lish. 1t is TO be deplored that the
Leader will lend its columns to men
like everyone knows Ullrich to be, to
attack citizens of this city and then
hold them up for money so that they
can defend themselves before its
readers. If this is the policy to be
hereafter pursued by this paper l
think it has lost it's usefulness as a
news paper.
That the article written by Ull-
rich is libelous, is unbeatable. and
the fact that the Leader published
that article makes the editors guilty
of the same offense. Mr.. Cooley de-
tends on the ground that he knows
nothing wrong of Ullrich and feels at
liberty to publish anything that he,
Ulrich, pays him, Cooley, for. l will
not at any time pay tribute TO pir-
ates who try to rob men of a fair
name. If had committed some of
the acts which Ullrich is guilty to my
OVID knowledge, and if was pursued
by men whom had grossly wronged
to the extent that they sought my
life with a revolver, as | remember
that UIlrich was pursued by man
He Ullrich seeking refuge in the law
office of III. Wipperman) and number
less other acts with which am person
ally acquainted, then | would not CEN
sure the Leader. Thus far | have
conducted my business with the sole
aim of giving a man dollars worth
for every dollar that he gave me. l
am content to let the people with
whom l have had dealings Judge as to
my honesty and integrity.
Following is the letter that | asked
the Leader editors to publish so that
their readers might know both sides of
the controversy.
If 1t were not for the fact that
every statement contained in the
above letter were untrue, | would not
take the pains to answer. The fact
is that if | left this letter unanswered
your readers would be justified in be-
lieving every assertion made is true to
my probable injury.
First. | did not say in my letter in
| the REPORTER OF the 23rd day of jan
uary last. that Mr.. Ulrich was under
$40, 0000 90 bonds. | did say however,
that he was under bonds pending his
appeal and | stand ready to prove it
If | had had the time to 90 to the
| Appellate Division where Mr.. Ulrich's
case now rests, ! would have ascer-
| tanned the exact amount of his bond.
However, this was not my object in
looking this matter up. Mr.. Ulrich
tried to have the people in this
vicinity believe that he was free and
not in the clutches of the law OF
Illinois. | did not believe his aSSer
| tion to be true and consequently made
| investigation. [ notice also that he
/ does not deny that he was found guilty
of the, crime with which he was
charged and sentenced to eight
months imprisonment, Sl500.oO fine
and that he make restitution of sc
much of the property Of which he has
alleged 80 have defrauded his victim,
as possible. 1t seems a trifle out OF
place to bubble over the amount OF
the bond and leave the main point un-
| touched, that he stands convicted of a
crime. The people do not care how
much il is or was. They do care
though, whether be stands an &C
quilted or guilty man.
Second. Mr.. Ulricb says that Mr..
II. Wipperman, my father was ad-
miniStrator of the estate of Christian
Warning, deceased. This is untrue.
Mary Warning the wife of Christian
Warning was the ADMINISTRATIVE. She
asked Mr.. Ulrich to sell the land left
by her deceased husband. Does this
make Mr.. Ulrich the Administrator?
DECIDEDLY not. Yet he would have the
readers of his advertisements believe
that he was a trusted officer of the
court that looks after the interests of
widows and orphans. | say again
that ho iS not warranted in advartic.