Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-08

Remus MODEL to catch the enemy
"comin' and gwine." They ought
to pay for it's cons truction with
out complaint. When I get time,
and the weather cools a little, l
will give the Rev. DR.. a few 'fg-
gers" resultant upon local Re-
publican administration, to ponder
over. In the meantime, the con-
sumption of the beverages that
both cheer and inebriate goes
merrily on, free and untaxed, and
with little or no abatement.
SAID Judge VIM. T. Gay in the
Enterprise last week:
81 do not know upon whose au-
thority the REGISTER bases its
statement that | offered to with
draw my suit of writ of mandamus.
The statement that | ever, at any
time, offered to withdraw my suit
is absolutely false and evidently
calculated to mislead the public"
The statement he alludes to and
denies is this: "Who asked Judge
Gay to withdraw his madamus
suit? Both Reyburn and Jones
deny having made such request,
but say that Judge Gay, on the
bench, proffered that if they would
pay the costs and permit him to
name n of the auditors he would
withdraw his mandamus suit-he
was tired of the whole blankety-
blank business ," etc.
Yet Judge Gay says, ST do not
know upon whose authority the
REGISTER bases its statement that
| offered to Withdraw my suit of
writ of mandamus'! Could | have
more clearly set down the source
of my information? If SO, by what
manner of wording? In this con-
nection, the following sworn state
ments make mighty interesting
reading:
STATE OF MISSOURI, GO
COUNTY OF IRON.
|, the undersigned, being first duly
sworn, upon oath state that | have read
the statement made by w. T. Gay in the
Arcadia Valley Enterprise, in which he
denies having made the offer to withdraw
his mandamus suit against me and los.
A. Reyburn, and in which he attempts to
convey the idea that Mr.. Reyburn and !
made the Proposal to him. I wish to
designate Mr.. Gays statement as contain
ed in the Enterprise as a wilful perversion
of the true facts Of this case. Mr.. Gay
himself was the first one to suggest his
withdrawal of the mandamus cases.
Judge Scott asked him if he would pay
the costs OF his cases, and he replied that
he would have to see his attorneys about
the matter. Later he said he could not
withdraw the cases. 7. D. JONES.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this the 5th day OF June, 1911.
CHAs. 7. DAMRoN, Notary Public.
To AL Whom II May COHcerN..
wish to make the following statement:
That on May 9TH, 1911, during the time
of the conversation OF the Court as 10
who should audit the books, Judge Gay
made this statement: he said that he sup
posed that we all knew that he had a suit
before the st. Louis Court of Appeals for
a writ OF mandatnus to have the books Of
Reyburn and Jones audited, and that the
case was to come up the next day and
that he was satisfied he would get the
writ; but he said he wanted to do what
was fair and right and if we would let
him choose or pick a man and Judge
Stevenson and | pick one that were
bonded accountants, that he would
withdraw his rnandamus suit; and | said
to Judge Cay that this proposition he had
made was a matter of dollars and cents
and that | wished to speak to Reyburn
and Jones, and when | came in / asked
him if he was willing to pay the cost, and
he said that he had not thought on that
and told him that we did not propose
to take any undue advantage of him and
i he wished to see his counsel that he
had better see him, and asked him how
much time he wanted, and he said half
an hour and he was gone out about an
hour and when he returned he said that
he would not pay the cost. Now this
is just the conversation as / remember it.
JAMES o. SCOTT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this sd day OF June, 1911.
A.. d. HENDERSON,
Justice Of the Peace.
STATE OF MISSOURI, s..
On this 5th day Of June, 1911, before
me personally appeared Jos. "A. Reybum
and IN Z. Stevenson, who being by me
duly worn say in relation to a statement
made by VT Gay in the last issue 81
the Arcadia Valley Enterprise, they nor
neither OF them, at any time, proposed
to VIM. 2. Gay that he dismiss suits
pending in the St. Louis Court of Ap-
peals. wherein the said VIM. T.. Cay is
plaintiff; on the contrary, the said JOS. "A.
Reyburn and VIM. Il. Stevenson, being
further sworn, declare that the PROPOSE
ton 70 dismiss said suits came from the