The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30

captured three of them and was after
the other one and pressed him SO hard
that he surrendered himself to Dun
| can Mcdonald. and Duncan Mcdonald
/ turned him over TO me- Asafor the re-
| ward, ! had nothing TO do with it. and
as to- who got liz do not know. The
/ state offered a reward, andsthey would
no. pay ittto the Sheriff, so | got no
! reward, and as TO who got il, | do not
/ know.
Houston claims he shot bad man
on the streets Of Missoula by the name
| Of Simons. Facts: simons was q
| dcre iiond and q gambler. Isn't 1t
| fact, Mr.. Houston. thai You got be-
| hind stack Of cordWood with II rifle,
| had someone drive Simons out OF a
| building into the open and you, the
brave officer, shot sSimons from behind,
without giving the man a ghost of "A
chance? II you don't know. ask any
one who saw IT," says Van Worinef in
| Ills letter.
Another Lie-The facts are that Sim
ON shot n policeman and tcrroriaed the
| rest of the town. lie drove everybody
+. on the streets; MI the police officers,
| and had the street to himself When
showed up. Simons was behind the
woodnie and ! was In the open, rs
ali Of the people Of this town know.
] "A year ago last summer when
| Houston was chief of police, no beat
| Thomas Mullen with n club after he
| Mas down, ana two men holding Null
! len: Houston helped throw the man
into dray and when the fellow started
IL rise m. with his head cut open,
| covered with blood and unconscious
Houston again hit him On tho head
1 with club Ask any number OF 100
4 people who saw the facts. This Is Il
fair sample Of Houstons bravery" says
Van Wormer.
Another lie: the facts are this big
drunken brute. six foot three. was on
the sidewalk bullying everybody and
making a lot of noise. told this man
Mullen that he would have to go inside
and get off the sidewalk that would
not allow anyone to make that kind Of
T.. noise on the street. He asked mo
who was and told him that was
an officer and he told me there wasn't
enough officers In MissouIa to arrest
him and told me to 20 to the shot
i piace.' I took hold of him ana the
fight started. An the people around
there know the results. It was d case
Ct beating him MP or get beat up my
self. This fellow was q fighter, and
dragging OF what he had done in other
towns, and ! handled him as l would
handle any other rough character that
tries to run this town.
Again Van Wormer says:
He calls attention to this record as
sheriff;
4 1T Is claimed he took out OF the
county treasury IN two-year term
op~r $4,000 df THE peoples money II
the way Of salary and fees. IL yo,
don't believe Il. go and look at thu
records in the court house,
Another lie:
The facts are did not take any
thing more than what belonged to me
, | We had Il democratic board of count,
commissioners and n democratic audi
, | tor, and was "A Republican sheriff
and don't think these gentlemen eve
, | let me have one cent that did not be
| long to me.
, Isn't II u fact that Int n short tim
! | back when yon We're chief of polio
q Under Kemp. your son used himsel
and the police department tn get evi
donc", Illegally. against the wife q
}. 4. Callahan OF Wallace, in the no
| trrious divorce case. aud offered mem
, hers OF the force money to get the evi
denceF Did Harvey do this Withou
j Your advice. Bill9" That's more fror
Van Wormer
Another lies ] had nothing To Il
with this case, nor my son either.
BIN Houston, explain WHY men hav
leen asked TO visit the i'nngalo,
raoming house and have been assure
hN the inmates that such men nee
not fear arrest because Houston ownc
the building Win Houston explain i
detail his connection with numerou
; notorions resorts. both while commits
: sioner and chief of police and sine
e that time, including the prrscnt?' ask
y Van Wormcr.
II Another lie. do not own the Ex
$ change building, and have nothing 4
t do with IL. l have nothing 20 do witt
L other notorious resorts. and if YOU ga
Il so, you are dirty liar.
c Mr.. Van Wormef YOU say | am
coward. You and all of your con
4 trmptihle clique cannot face me on tn
t street and Tell me that | am n coward
T My record as an officer and characte
g l. an open hook. ] have lived here TO
n ." years, and the decent people q
o Aiissoula all know me, and the con
= t@mptible ours and character assassin
+ know me too.
I Now Mr., Van Wormer you may hav
. written this letter, but my opinion i
? Tat it was dictated by my enemies
ne OF whom is William Beacon an
!. everybody knows why he is bitter to
n ward me, The Milwaukee official
can tell YOU why Mr.. Beacon Is =
c bitter against me. l have a few othe
: enemies around this town and none o
. them would hesitate TO pour poiso
into that head of yours and u.s. yc,
aS a dummy TO assassinate my char
aeter. .. .r -r.