Gilpin observer., 1910-09-08

GUS suits against this paper, the OBJ
server prints the following signed
statement of Rev. Nj. NJ. Eaton, for
merly of this county:
Some days since / received the
following letter from H. A. Hicks of
Denver:
Denver, Colo, Aug. 4, 1910.
Rev. NJ. NJ. Eaton.
'Goldfield, Colo.
Dear Sir:
If | were to furnish you trans
portation from Goldfield to Denver
and return, would you be willing to
run down and see me some day nsxt
week? / have a matter that l am
anxious to talk over with you, which
it is mutual interest to us. Kindly
drop me a line as to whether or not
you would be willing to do this.
Very truly yours,
'(Signed) H. A. Hicks
Replying to the communication l
suggested that my time was worth
something and if his business with
me was of such Importance as to
justify something for expenses in ad-
dition to transportation, | would COM
ply with his request. To this letter
received no response. Being in Den
yer Wednesday, August 3lst, | call
ed at Mr.. Hicks office and not find
ing him in left a note on his table
to the effect that if he wished to
see me to send word to my hotel and
l would grant an interview the next
day. Mr.. Hicks framed the following
note in reply:
Denver, Colo. Aug. 31st, 1910.
Rev. NJ. NJ. Eaton,
Bell Hotel, City.
Dear Sir:
viii you be kind enough to call
at nay office at 1890 tomorrow
Thursday, at which time | shall
be glad to see you.
Very truly,
'(Signed) II. \. Hicks
Il give these preliminary details
simply to call the attention of the
reader to the gentle means employ
ed by Mr.. Hicks u obtain a chance
to blackguard and villify those who
perchance have risksd his dspleasure
by venturing TO differ with. him. for
while Mr.. Hicks is in no sense an
atheist he steadfastly refuses TO ac-
knowledge the existence of a superior
being.
After inveigling me into his Of
flee, on the pre:ense of wishing to
see me upon some matter of mutual
interest l found myself in the pres
ence of Mr.. H. 9. Bols.nger, bosom
friend Of Mr.. Hicks. Suddenly Mr..
Hicks drew from his desk an article
clipped from the columns of the OBJ.
server and asked If l had seen it be.
fore. Recognizing it as an article
printed during the time / was a con-
tr!butor to the columns of the OBJ
server, l gave an affirmative reply.
Assuming a belligerent attitude he
then demanded to know if | were
the author. Knowing that Mr.. Hicks
was involved in a controversy with
my former employer (Mr. StulD and
realizing that the article in question
had some bearing upon that contro-
versy, ! suggested that / did not
care to discuss anything pertaining
to the matter. Whereupon the veins
a af
gan to swell and shaking big fat
fist under my nose he threatened to
smash my g d face all over
the office II l had the temerity to
deny the authorship Of the article.
With a big bully, apoplectic with
rage, upon one side and an Individual
with faulty balance wheel on the
other, naturally l did not deny It. 4
can cave your face in. shouted the
gentle reformer, or words to that
effect. Inasmuch as weigh about 125
pounds (dressed) to the irate gen.
tleman's' 200, or thereabouts, | sug-
gested that for him 10 whip me
would certainly be going some
Whereupon the guardian angel of
the paramounts' fairly frothed at
the mouth with epithets. Ep!thets
so vile that even the nastiest hide
could not contain them for any length
of time without spllling. He even
cast aspersions upon the name Of my
woman who would have
long since died broken hearted and
disgraced had she been SO inexpress.
IDLY unfortunate as to have given
birth to such monstrcsity of devil
ish passion as the thing who stood
before me. Hypocrlte, blacknailer,
CRATER. were about the mildest terms