The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-31
CAMPAIGN ITEMS.
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one pretending to be in kingspoTt; the
other that | was assaulted by Massey
men at Greenevillp, Feb. II, by an or.
ganized plot. / vas assaulted by an
organized plot but The plot was planned
a I'd carried out by the Sells gang of
thugs and rioters | know some OF
them; so do the Sells men. | can name
spme of them. YOn, perhaps were
not one of them yoll-were hiding behind
public good. Oh, Mr.. Pro Bono Publico
you are a fine follow, may or may not
be small in statue but large when you
slale falsehoods; haven I been in john
son City long; came here only few
years back. You are known. want
you to get from behind Pro Bono Pub
leo so others can see you as see you.
Tue wilds and guilds that you do
work:
Dissembl, d with an outward show,
The tribks and tolls that in you iurlI,
Satan himself don't know.
If you cant state the truth as to the
assault on me at GreeneviIle, you had
better keep silent. | will try to en-
tighten you, that is if your brain is
susceptible to the truth.
The Sells gang assaulted me by a
well planned conspiracy. Did you
know the Sells men crowded the stage?
Pro Bono Publico you didn't know
that did you? When l took the gavel
and raped for order, the whole gang
Of Sells men went wild. Then the man
Dick Donnely, who they put mp for
chairman, the man of whom the East |
Tennessee Times Journal said: "Dick |
didn't drink water but got full of
white liquor and near beer until you
could hear itslosh as he moved about" |
uttered the words, "take him out" and |
turned his head to see if the gang of !
thugs and rioters were going TO obey
his command, they rushed on me like
gayel from my hand and they backed
away. ] then picked up my cane and
began to pound ON the table with it.
Then three of them came at me again
grabbing my cane. These were Sells
men. They had white badge or rib
bon, the emblem worn that day by the
Sells men. One of these three I recog-
hized as Mr.. George q. Sells, brother
OF Mr. Sam Sells.
While we were wrestling over the
cane, someone hit me on tie head.
What happened during the next min
ute or two, l have no distinct recol-
lection. When I recovered my senses,
blood was running down my face. My
hand were covered with blood. AS
reached for my handkerchief to wipe
the blood from my face, | recognized
Mr.. George llinkIe, chef of police of
GTeeneville, standing by me. Some,
one asked inc if ! was badly hurt |
replied, ~ don't know" DR.. Robinson [
came TO me and asked me the same C
question and got him to examine the II
wound. When he looked at it he said n
he could not tell how bed | WAS hurt C
rs the wound WIS bleeding profuseIy. >
some of my friends wanted me to "
cave the Stage but re-, s"r The blood S
An down over my cnl ar. Shin, vC,t Fl
.nd coat. While | ~. sci ting there. Z
Pc icenan IIinlile hal to keep the 81
Sells gang Of thugs and rioters from at "
acking me again | distinctly remem- p
Der one man who made two or three h
attempts to get at me. This man was b
me, Oscar Hicks, of Newport. Do you
NOW him? If you don't / have told u
old You Mr.. Pro Bono Publico. He is p
he same man Mr.. Sells made post Il
master at Newport, turning out poor p
woman that Hicks might get the h
,lace. That the Sells thugs and riot &c
You, Mr.. Fro Bono Publico, have Il
made the statement that the Massey 81
nen did il. When you made that p'
tatement, you knew il was false and III
on did it ndvisedly. | will state fur r
her what omitted TO say above. AT &c
er the convention was over and / had tt
1T the convention hail and was on III
ny way to my hotel, Mr.. Sam Sells te
nth Oscar Hicks and two or three la
lhef men, passed. within five or six OF
,et of me. None of them spoke or to
ven seemed TO look at me- That they W