Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-29
Mr.. MOLLETTE'S
RECORD CLEAR
Unfounded and Malicious Charges Of the
Democrat, Organ Of Pulliam and Lane,
Answered in Every Particular

Durango Herald.
The office Of district attorney is an
honorable one and a man should be
elected who is above petty business.
The leaders of the Democratic party,
however, imagining they have a cinch
on election. believing they own the
voters, paid little attention to the
standing Of the men named by the
party In convention, and especially no
attention to the record made by those
renominated. While the nominee for
district attorney on the Democratic
ticket. was not renominated. his part
ner was, and the two have been work
ing hand In hand and the firm will be
"Pulliam & Lane" Just the same and
the same old practices will continue
Dave Day is very anxious to have
both sheriff and district attorney
who will stand In with him, hence the
depths of degradation he is willing to
sink to In order to secure their cleo
tion. No self-respecting editor could
support Lane after saying what he did
less than two months ago. Now, The
Herald charges that every derogatory
statement coming from the Democrat
has eminated from the office of Pull
liam and Lane. We know positively
that some months ago Mr.. Pulliam
began seeking information and writing
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detrimental to the standing of Mr.
Mollette, but this is something Mr..
Mollette courts. His record is clean
and Mr.. Pulliam or Mr.. Lane can not
bring anything forward to the con-
trary. In this connection The Herald
is pleased to be able to give space
to a number of letters bearing on
Mr.. Mollette and the letters are from
men Of standing. one of them being
from Hon. e. C. Stimson, at one time
Democratic nominee for governor and
who addressed a Durango audience the
other night in Durango, and when
here he took pains to set Mr. Mol
lette right in regard to the Cripple
Creek affair. We want every voter TO
read every line that follows:
Aspen. Colo. Oct. 16, 1908.
A. Rex Mollette, ESQ.,.
Durango. Colo.
Dear Sir:
learn from the newspapers that
you are candidate for the office of
district attorney, and that some one
is causing to be published the charge
that you were arrested and tried for
emasculating a bull in this county in
1889. / was in that year the district
Judge and am familiar with the rec
ords of the district court Of Pitkin
county and In justice to you i write
this letter and say that at no time
while you resided in this county was
any such charge ever made against
you, that such intimation is wholly
false. Your standing in this commu-
nifty was the very best during the
years of 1884 and up to 1891 when
you left this county. / believe in CIV
ing every man a square deal" and
hope this letter may be of some bene-
fit to you.
Wishing you success and with re
CARDS, Yours truly,
THOMAS A, RUCKER,
Ex-District Judge.
At Cripple Creek, In 1896, MIR.
Mollette was prominent as mem
Der Of the good government
league, formed for the protection
Of the people Of that sang-infest-
ed town from the lawlessness of
the police department under the
"Three-Fingered" Jim Marshall
and Bob Mullins regime, the lat
ter being the deputy who led the
fight against the miners on Bull
hill, and who afterwards became
police magistrate. In his efforts
to bring about reform, shared by
all the leading business men of
Cripple Creek, Mr.. Mollette in
CURED the enmity Of the chief Of
police and Bob Mullins, and while
attempting to enter the police
court one day to defend cowboy
preacher and wife, who had been
arrested while speaking against
the corruption Of the police and
city officials, Mr.. Mollette was as
sauIted by one Doc Dawson,
policeman, and struck over the
head with a revolver. Dawson
was afterwards indicted for this
by the grand Jury at Colorado
Springs, and dismissed from the
police force. Tho chief Of police,
Marshall, and Mullins the police
magistrate were also removed
from office.
The following letter to Mr.. Mol
Iette from Hon. e. c. stimson,
former Democratic candidate for
governor Of this state, and who
spoke here few nights ago, fully
vindieates Mr.. Moliette:
"strater Hotel, Durango, Colo,
"oot II, 1908.
"A. Rex Moilette, Esq.