The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-03-18
PAID ADVERTIsEMENT
Merritt, Wn., March IS, 1910.


To editor Of The Echo:
In looking over your paper OF Feb.
18th, recently come to hand, l beg to
call your attention to several errors
that appeared in that issue in reference
TO the trial Of myself VS.. the State OF
Washington, w. B. Smith, complain
ant
The trial having been reported in
correctly let justice step in even at
this late date and report correctly GER
tain facts that have thrown discredit,
and later scandal, upon myself and
other parties in this vicinity.
On the evening Of Feb. 18th, Mrs.
H. B. Smith came into my house UNI
invited and in the presence of Peter
Peterson and his two sons, Harry and
Frank, and myself, ran down the chaa-
acter Of Mrs. Peterson in frightful
manner, using the most disgraceful
string of profanity and smut without
repeat that it has been my misfortune
to listen to, in which damn drunken
sow" was the mildest term used. She
then made repeated threats on the life
of Mrs. Peterson.
Mr.. Peterson, Directing to these
threats, caused her,so make a vicious
and savage attack upon him with two
steel frying pans which she snatched
off the wall and heaved, with the
agility of an African Amazon, thru the
open door into the face of Mr.. Peter
son, while H. B. Smith, her husband,
who had arrived on the scene, made an
unsuccessful attempt to hold her, hence
the complaint against Mrs. Smith,
sworn out before Justice Taylor, Feb
ruay 10th.
On February 10th, Miss Alice Jones,
young lady attending school here,
was grossly insulted by little Raymond
Smith, who used foul language to her.
Miss Jones slapped him for it. At
noon Mrs. Smith was waiting for the
young lady on the Great Northern rail-
way track over which Miss Jones goes
to reach the depot, where she is max
ing her home with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. H. L. Mann. Mrs. Smith chased
the young lady down the track, vowing
vengeance. Miss Jones was compelled
to take refuge at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Peterson. I offered to see Miss
Jones home safely, as Mrs. Smith had
posted her son out near the track to
signal her when Miss Jones attempted
to start for home. AS soon as Miss
Jones and l started westward on the
track the boy signalled his mother and
she came out to the track on a run,
dashing over the passing track onto the
man line like a demented savage. She
made lunge past me for the lady,
whom drew to one side and allowed
to pass behind me and run for the
depot.
Mr.. Smith, seeing that the lady had
an escort, followed his wife from their
hotel and seeing the lady escaping his
wife's clutches emitted a roar and ran
at me, at the same time reaching for
his gun pocket. Mr.. Smith not having
an enviable reputation, had provided
myself with the necessary artillery for a
defence, which l used to cover my re-
treat to the depot, Mr. Smith following
at an agreeable distance.
That afternoon Mr.. Smith took No.
4 to Leavenworth, where before Justice
Rice he swore out false warrant.
charging me in the second degree with
an attack on his wife with intent to
kill.
l had a warrant sworn out before
Justice Taylor for his arrest, and
Deputy Sheriff Debord came for Mr..
and Mrs. Smith on No. /, Sheriff Fer
guson serving warrant on me.
AT the trial l refused to plead guilty
and l was not asked to take an oath 10
keep the peace. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Kemp refused to prosecute the
case and it was dropped.
JOHN F. ROGERS.