The Monte Vista journal., 1916-11-04

bv J. d. FraZe!, upii'hei -Hailoi, Is
.na mouth-piece of the gang, and
-, how it does ROAR. Prod an
AIRY animal and you can bet it will
howl
The prods John I. Palmer, w. H
harlow, Lutte Riedel, P. F. Shenfeld,
1oe Tate. ]. F. Knight, j. D. Frazey,
W McGregor, A c. Thomas and
W u Carroll have been receiving
,-o FOO much for their thin skins,
and when the prods prick their ten
dor hides, it was expected they
would howl, and that real big"
noise would occur down Antonito
way.
John l. Palmer in an open letter.
nublshed in the Special Edition of
tbe Antonito Ledger, under date of
october 81, 1916, above referred to,
deals in generalities only. 1t was
ovnected that Mr.. Palmer would Of
for the voters of the Twelfth Judi
cisl District some plausible explana-
finn to each of the fifteen "Pertin-
ent Questions addressed to him,
Init Mr.. Palmer in the signed article
cbaracterizes these Pertinent Ques-
tons" as being SILLY" Probably
thew are SILLY" to Mr.. Palmer, but
the voters next Tuesday, November
7th, will testify in what light the
Pertinent Questions" were regarded
BY them, especially when he persist
emily ignores the questions, one and
all.
Mr.. Palmer states that the major
ity of the newspaper men would not
print the stuff" even for pay, but
Mr.. Palmer does not state that he,
or somebody representing himself as
John l. Palmer over the telephone,
tried to bribe some of the papers
that did print the "stuff" by Offering
them money not to print it. The
charge that money was offered as
bribe to prevent the printing of the
fifteen Pertinent Questions" will,
no doubt, also appear to Mr.. Palmer
as being Silly. Why don't Mr..
Palmer answer the questions, and
not hide behind the skirts of that
"Conejos County Gang" who have
only one story to tell, and that
BOOZE?
From the Special Edition of the
Antonito Ledger, it would appear
that booze" was as plentiful as
water. What is John I. Palmer,
District Attorney of the Twelfth Ju-
dicial District, doing to stop and
stamp out the traffic in liquor in and
about Antonito? Mr.. Palmer is ap-
parently we'll informed on the sub
ject and the charge that he knows
Of the traffic in liquor in Antonito
will, no doubt, appear as being
Silly.
Mr.. Palmer characterized the
charge of his having accepted
orbe as being "silly." The charge
that John I. Palmer, District Attor-
hey for the Twelfth Judicial District
ald corruptly take bribe, filed with
the Secretary of the Colorado Bar
association, will, no doubt, also ap-
pear silly, but to the voters of
'he Twelfth Judicial District, it will
appear as being very serious mat
ter
D. d. Frazey, Editor-Publisher of
'ne Antonito Ledger is one of the
parties against whom suit is pend
'ls TO recover funds to the People
VI the County Of Conejos, and with
'he exception of three of the men
aoo'e named, whose skins are so
'nih' suits are pending against them
oil Tor the recovery of funds belong
ns TO the People of the County of
0oheJos, State of Colorado, and be-
.ause James P. Veerkamp, Special
o0uhsei' representing the County of
OoheJos' State of Colorado, would
urop the prosecution of the
1'.'s pending, pressure of every con-
,'''aDle nature has been brought to
0'ar upon him to bring about the
,n1aSilihg of these several suits, and
was to be expected that upon the
~ '''ure OF the plot to land James P.
0''hamp, they would resort to
y base and foul means to be-
'~'ich ~ his reputation and the howl