The daily sentinel., 1908-12-26


Grand JunCiIou been caiicu upon
to suffer the odIun ana unde>lr-
ed publicity attached to an al
legged hold-Hp, embodied in one
oi the most sensational, yellow
hair raising and unreliable
stories the morning publication
in this citk has ever sent forth.
and that is saying u great deal
in view of the extended selection
pure fakes that that sheet has
perpetratcd during the past year.
In spite of the fact that ii was
Christmas Day when people are sup
posed to think only of the bright and
happy things and when even cold
truths about unfortunate and tragic
occurrences should be made for that
day as conservative and gloomless as
possible the morning Yellow yester-
day morning. in bold face. black type,
under flaring headlines on the front
page gave out "A most sensational
story to the effect that a man from
Montrose county had been sand
bagged by thugs, terribly injured,
and lay in critical condition. 1t
was a frightful narration. The only
trouble was that during the course
of the article the Yellow contradicted
its statements several times. 1t told
the affair, of the arousing of people
at the st. Regis in order to get assist
ance TO the scene of the holdup in an
alley nearby. then went on with a
large number of details concerning
the alleged holdup. 1t was truly a
sensational story but another
trouble was that, like several holdup
stories in the past that the yellow
/ has run and which have added lustre
to its proud title of The Yellow" il
overlooked the truth.
In this wild and elaborately fea-
tured story there was nothing but
most positive statements to the effect
that the affair was a bold, terrible,
almost locally unprecedented holdup.
After thinking ii over even the
Yellow itself must have concluded
that it went too strong yesterday
morning. that this yellow story might
cap the climax and prove the last
straw on the camefs back of the
reading public's endurance. In this
mornings issue the Yellow refers to
the affair as an alleged holdup" and
/ goes still farther toward admitting
that it got little too yellow by say
1 ing that it is now attempting to as
! certain ''whether the man was II vic
tim of II carefully planned holdup or
whether the victim of the over
j MARTY Oi COhNINii CFoNu VI SitISt-
mas merrymakers." Then today it
goes on to say that the mans wounds
are not serious. which doesn't hinge
well to the first thrilling story Again
this morning the Yeellow states that
the man has no recollection of the
attack or of any details surrounding
it."
Yet in the great story yesterday it
declared that the man saw two assail-
4 i IL,
it lead its readers to believe were
furnished by the victim himself
Officers who have investigated the
case declare emphatically that they
do not believe there was any holdup
by thugs and sandbaggers. The man
himself doesn't remember how he was
hurt or just when and where he was
hurt Facts brought to light and
evidence thal were plain on Thurs
day night do not indicate in any de
gree that there was holdup. The
man was painfully injured on Thurs
day night but not necessarily in
holdup, in spite of the Yellows great
story. AS far" as can be learned the
man himself is not asking for an
investigation of the affair. That he
was out with a most congenial com
pany of friends Thursday evening
and Thursday night is well known
but some of them do not seem to
know how he was injured There
are many things that make the great
story look laughable in spite of the
fact that it is a dirty libel on the
good name and reputation of the
I town.
The man who was injured Thurs
day night was up yesterday and feel
ing fairly good and today he is out
on the streets. AT no time was it
4 considered that he was dangerously
hurt
And again the Yellow adds laurels
to its saffron colored crown made up
with created sensational spasms
Ii is great business.