Evening journal., 1916-01-26
DR.. O'DAY PUTS IN
COUNTER CHARGE
CONTINUED From PAGE u

AR'AhhANA n ii0AAA AaEt H.
ernor. II is ,feared the O'Day case
may have a serious effect within the
ranks Of Kent county dur
ing the approaching campaign.
During the hearing on Monday the
following letter from Clarke to Dr.
ODay was read and put in evidence:
Dover, Del, Dec. 81, 1915.
Or. e. +. ODay, Dover, Del.
Dear Sir Your letter Of December
80 received. There was absolutely
no necessity for you to write me that
you would be on hand to answer my
suit, as you are compelled to be on
hand, and so far as ! can see, the
only object of your letter was to bluff
me into Withdrawing my suit by init
mating that you have an account
against me, and If my opinion is cor
rect your bluff certainly will not
work, as I am prepared TO swear that
/ owe you just fifty cents. and that
was for a call | made on you a short
time ago. and on that occasion | did
not really need medicine. but pre-
tended ! did as an excuse TO call on
you to get a settlement for my work
for you. But you would not mention
the subject and / did not like to
mention It, The only way, in my
opinion. that you can show/an ac-
count against me is by entering a
false one on your books, and | can
not believe you would stoOp to such
low work. but time will tell. And
even II YOU do this trick, I am con-
strained to believe that your scheme
will miscarry, for / believe justice
will obtain in this matter.
IF your books are produced my at
torney and myself will not hesitate to
give them a critical examination, and
If there have been any false entries
they will. no doubt, be detected and
then something else will happen.
No. Doctor, am going to do some
thing that will prove / have a little
manhood i'm my makeup something
which I do not believe you would do
for me if conditions were reversed,
that is. If | had treated you as badly
as YOU have me-and that something
is to give you little advice or warn
ing. I have the original manuscript
of the letter l wrote for you, as well
as the typewritten copy sent to the
Sunday Star; also the letter OF re-
ply from the Star. At the trial it will
be necessary to produce and have
read the letters. What do you
think the people will think of tho
letter and of you as its originator
What do you think DR.. Wharton
Reynolds Clough. f. NJ. Soper, and all
the others mentioned in the letter.
will think of you? You must re
member that the letter attacked all
other candidates for the Gubdrna-
torial nomination and eulogized your
self.
The letter was written at your di-
rection, and an effort made to have II
published at your direction. And
think of the lies in the letter, as, for
| instance. the statement that your
father was prominent Democrat OF
| Sussex county, having served his
county on several occasions in an Off
cial capacity" when, according to your
own acknowledgment 10 me, he only
served his county on one occasion. and
\ that time as Levy Court commissioner
and the lie about sending out hundreds
of letters from your Office to friend;
all over the State urging them not tC
allow any false religious sentiment ol
prejudice to interfere with their duty
as Democrats to vote for Tom Mona
han.
You must realize yourself that youl
action in having the letter written was
dirty. mean and despicable, and wher
the knowledge OF your work becomes
public everybody else will think so
and the comments from the press o.
the state will. in my opinion. place
you in such a ridiculously discredibl'
position that all hope for politica
honors at this or anv other time will
be killed forever The public gener
ally has no use for a man that woul'
be guilty Of publishing a letter of tn
. character of yours. You have tn
warning. act as you deem fit.
Will say in closing that I am 81