The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
Old TIMER
KNOWS MERRY
Wonders at Editors Harvesting up
With Crook. Were They Angry
Because Game Was
Broken up?
Dickinson, May II, 1913.


am not much at letter writing but
just feel like telling the people few
things about Charley Merry. knew
six weeks ago when ne was getting all
those letters which the Recorder-Post
published that he was getting ready for
another swindle. We fellows that have
known Merry for Is years and more ex-
pect him to break out with new swim
die any time.
Probably the people did not think
that they were giving Merry any hold
on them when they gave him the let
tiers. But they were. They can see it
now.
do not know what W. A. Carter
and Oliver Whaley harnessed up with
Merry for. Perhaps they were promised
a big lot of money for publishing those
letters. surely never expected to see
Mr.. Whaley trotting with Charley
Merry. He lived here for years while
Merry was carrying on his crooked work
and surely must know all about it.
From what can hear Merry just camped
at the Recorder Post Office during the
| winter.
noticed last week that the Recorder
Post took good care not to mention
Charley Merry's name in their railroad
article. They led one to think that
Merry succeeded in getting his articles
of incorporation signed up but they did
not tell who the parties were. l.. for
one would.like to know. 1t was said
right after Merry got those checks from
the north cashed that Mr.. Wha]ey called
on persons in the city and tried to get
them 10 sign the Incorporation articles.
and they refused, telling Mr.. Whaley
that no man c0siid afford to hitch up
with Charley Merry.
don't think the Recorder-Post made
very good stab at squaring themselves
last week. If they had come out and
said that they had found that the
people had no confidence in Merry and
that they would wash their hands OF
boosting any of his schemes, the COM
munity would have thought they had
seen light and were getting out of
bad place as easily as possible.
Trying to put the PRESS man in the
wrong for just giving the people time
ly warning looks bad. 1t made the most
of us disgusted. The Recorder-Post ad-
mits that Merry got some money north.
What did he do with the money? llas
he been spending it around the city?
Charley Merry has surely not offered
to turn any of his graft back. He never
does.
The PRESS did not make it half
strong enough against Merry three
weeks ago. A man like him who has
been twice convicted in the Stark county
court house deserves whole lot. Some
of us remember when he took leg bail
at Moorhead 10 or II years ago and
when he found that the officers were on
his heels threw himself into the local
Jail on a previous conviction. But the
officers got him at that and he served d
term in Clay county, MINI.
The Odd Fellows Building &. Loan
Co.. the North American Live Stock
Ins Co., taking $3.50 from Charles Boil
by in St. Paul. and dozens and dozens
of crooked deals all over the country
are fresh in the minds of many. There
are any number of men in Dickinson
who can testify to Merry's crookedness
in the past.
l noticed that the Recorder-Post ad-
mitted the PRESS spoiled Merry's
game. 1t was not Merry's fault that he
did not graft whole lot more people.
The PRESS exposed the old scamp and
saved the people lot of money. This
was the right thing to do.
JOSEPH FISHER.