The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-12
Letter to The Editor
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 Editor The Advertiser
 nope you will give me an oppor- tunity of correcting the mislsadins fn- h tryiSs @ to sxeass T him5sif i Mfomn'lss from ats taeking with knife an old man who sfsR sS:sIis s sl. ss S,ss SSs published for him, Evidently considsred his savaSe attack on conduet6r Coz. 6S,s,, 6Srn with 2 sharp knife such ! small he never msntioned it. Those who who saw the savassnsss Of the attack viii continue to believe 1t the most import asr aer My arasa M ssts M s syse,nE eysE Stosd sa that. he cut Conductor cogburn and cut him from behind. zTs. aS 9s. s Bsssss @ SsS asss ss y.s.as sssnss convey. that T or condpctor cegbufn ES:isf ESs5 a. s .sgs sEf ts p ss Ssa on the evening on which he caused the who saw him win nnits in the state
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 You threatened to put me of. didn't Captain cogburn shovea him away. aec on. now, I've no time to fool With that Mir. McEnttire cut at him, once in the back and once in the hand. l only saw the first cut. for as soon sg the. trouble started I got busy. Rsd Been ffsSose knoeaes hs aa Mss cogbufn for the third time.
 xo,,s Hs was giid srt and 0tit saying T will cut
 
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 I stepped in front of him and threw pistol in his face.
 I said, T dare you to put your hands on him or try to cut him again. If you try 1t I will stop you"
 At this moment his friend Beck rushed up with his pistol out He called out, If you want to shoot I will exchange shots with you"
 The affair cooled down, however, without any further trouble and we pulled out of Ozark on schedule time.
 have given true and correct ac. count of what happened. In testimony to its fairness and truth 1 can call up- on those who witnessed the affafr. Postof1cs Inspector c. A. Harrison of Birmingham, Miss Mamie Mitchell of Jacksonville, Fla. and P. c. Stevens Of Montgomery.
 have no i'll feelings towards either MT. Beck or MT. McEntire I hope they bear me no Ill will I regret the trouble, but not the part took in it could not stand idly by and see an ir@ nocent man and a man as old as Cap. tain Cogburn, siashed up for no great CT offense than Keeping order on his train and protecting young lady. And in doing what did I only discharged that part of my duty, which connpels me when 1t is necessary to assist ff maintaining order on my train.
 Respectfully yours,
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