The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-15

stage play which was done for the pur.
pose Of Tightening and itatimidattng
me, which did not accomplsh your OBJ:
1ect as 1 proceeded TO tell the exact
truth, and I'm response TO !intimid ton
and. threats refused 20, admit lie.
i told YOU the truth that night and
again repeat II that any charge made
bylyou or any other person to the con.
traryS IS utterly untrue. / want to dis
tinctly inform you that i am o gentle.
man and am accustomed 10 dealing
with gentlemen, and was very much
surprised with the discourteous treat.
tient at your hands, as heretofore all
my dealings and acquaintance with
government employees has led me 10
believe that all government employees
were gentlemen. therefore was very
much shocked and surprised when I
came to knowfy you. want to distinct.
lyi tell you that I am not o criminal and
am not going to be treated as o Grim.
inal. Never before has anybody had
the audacity to- attempt to put me
through what the police circles term
the Third Degree. about which j had
only read up until the time II had met
you and Mr.. Hesse. Since my meet
ing with you Il have become personal.
ly acquainted with the workings OF
the Third Degree, which, Judging from
my own experiences I can say that It
is utterly contemplate and unfair and
beneath the dignity OF the Official rep.
resentatives OF this great government
Of ours. ltlmayS be hard on my wife
and FIVE children for me to lose the
position I have been holding with the
government for several years as a re.
suit Of charges fled by you, but ] want
to say that Il | am dismissed twill be
because Of false charges and false eyi.
dence.
You came to me utterly hostile with
a biased mind, determined evidently
to make me give you a statement
which was false. In other words you
were trying to induce me by threats
or cajolleryl to make false statement
which would implicate other EN-.
ployees OF the Fairmont post office.
No man living can get me to commit
perjury, and 1t would have been per-
jury II / had complied with what you
wanted me TO do. insisted on telling
tho truth and still insist on telling
you the truth. and you nor no other
man, can make me tell a lie. lido not
know why you are pursuing me and
have pursued me In the manner In
which you have shown, only you know
that and perhaps some other people.
Replying to charge No! 6, / desire
to state and say that never defied
the authority OF the inspector IN any
particular, and any charge that ] ever
did defy him was false. 1t Is true
that the inspector showed me his com.
mission and asked me to read 1t. !
took tito the electric light which was
hanging from the cord in the center of
thereon, but the light was SO poor I
could not read the fine print on the
card. II am obliged to use glasses
constantly when reading under artifi-
cial light and did not have my glasses
with me that night, and any charge
that the inspector read the commits
sion to me is false, for the reason that
he did not read 1t TO me. 1t is true
that was directed and told to take
an examination on the morrow, and l
refused on the grounds set forth In
my affidavit which is in your posses.
sion. It is true that I was forced to
sign an affidavit setting forth that I
refused to take the examination, but
the affidavit was not changed to suit
my wishes at all. It was prepared to
suit. your wishes. 1t is certainly not
true that was told by the inspector
he was tired worrying with me and
would wire the Department for my dis:
missal on the morrow. What was told
me was told by you, and was to the
effect that you were going down to
the office to have me dismissed in
tho morning. What power you have
to dismiss people do not know. OF
course you knew what you were talk
ing about when you made the threat,
because you would not say anything
that was not true, occupying the posi-.
ton which you do. It Is most rldicu-
lous for post office inspector to go
around over the country indulging in
threats and giving a third degree to
employees when you have no authors
ty whatever to dismiss anybody.
Your superiors only have the right to
dismiss for proper cause. Just as they
will have the same right to dismiss
you for proper cause.
want to most distinctly inform
you, Mr.. knight, that you can not bluff
me. will not be intinaidated,s as !
have always told the truth and always
intend to tell the truth, and will not
permit you to induce me to commit
perjury. And I will say to you that
in view OF what I have learned OF your
methods, that will not subject my.
self to any further interview with
you unless responsible witness is
present. Twill not be mis.quoted, and
will not permit you to mis.quote me.
I shall take great pleasure In re.
tanning In my possession as a curtosi'
ty letter written by a post office
inspector wherein he shows his In.
ability to read the English language,
where he refers to affidayits supposed
to have been taken before Allison o.
Fleming, when anybody could easily
distinguish the fact that they were
taken before Allison s. Fleming, ana
your mind certainly must have been
wandering in a most unmistakable
manner, Mr.. knight, when you per.
mitted yourself to write the charge
that I took a certain examination on
May 2S, 1915. I deny that i ever took
any examination on May %, 1915, and
defy you to show that I ever did.
Perhaps you took an examination on
May 2s, 1915, or perhaps this was the
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