The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-07
WELL KNOWN POET AND INsUR-
ANCn MAN TELLS now TRAV-
ELERs ARE TREAT IN
SOUTHERN W. VA.
Man who Insists Upon HIS hlSheS
Almost Certain to Land In Rospi'A
in q Few Kours.


Moundsy!Ile, w. Va. Sept. !. 1871
pwlrh. II Teter. Esq. Correspondent
Tho IntellIgencer, Wheeling. w. ' a
Dear Sir-Svme time s!nr". In run
linr a symposium OF some OF the crimes
attributable 70 tho PaldUin-Felis dctrc-
.:ve force. you mentioned the 'act tnN'
i: ono time had been ASSAULTED ms
announcement has brought many II"
Vur.cs 10 me - 10 when ~heTe """
how Il happened and about what o"h-
age was done
For tho beaef: OF al those WI" an
t!cipa,a n trip thorough the southern
part OF our state. .ct me say thal WIZ"
YOU arrive ut any given p0'nt from
Williamson To Bluencld and It IS your
frs, trip TO that part. should YOU lie
accuSted by some dRpper looking chap
who calls YOU MI Johnson. MT. 'AS
lor," or what not. ma asked as I" your
business and from whence You nan,
should you set that chap rlght on "''
tho questions asked and your l"tr'''a
ton u him IS acceptable all WEI NC
we'll. and you are just as SAFE tNrre II"
any section U. the state. but should you
suggest that you arc in the habit Oh
taking care OF your own aNalrs' l II peN
q two dollar note that within the next
twelve hours YOU will be 1T subject
over -. eve - the c"ronerE verdict
reads. with some blunt instrument or
Tho Kind unkruwN." Tho latter part OF
;h!s paragraph IL what happened I" me
when | said | was not IN IN" Napit "I
telling my huS!H"sS u strHnr"rs Inc
next part OF TIE story after i.c o'uht
irstrumeut' part il. When H"u are
healed and your eyes are back |" norma!
YOU are SuWmuned TO appear I"'Hre
Justice OF the peace. and THIS man IL
also q Raldw!n-Felts dct"ct:N". and Ii"
fines the chap who hit y"V som" tW'n'S
and costs fur assault and battery This
closes tn. incident. rs far as they ar"
concerned 1t * dom" ~ very matter
OF fact way. and has been don" 5" often
and 30 long that Il makrth not ripple
on tho waves.
A Rod Of Iron
The bunch that found me az their
prey have found many others. ard I'll"
worry conditions row causing al IN"
trouble in our good state are brought
abou, hv the work OF these chaps, who
rule with rod or iron.
While II has been so'nN six years
since my having met IL" enemy and
WAS theirs. / am glad - know that
while II Is como Il Is not forgotten.
one coming from 4" her part OF this
state or from ano'i"" state. and used
10 being 4 public $pH!ted citizen. with
all tina: goes with T.. has often told mo
Just what he would do should he 60
down into The Baldwin-Fe!ts country.
Now. l am not wishing anyone 10 be
raped over the head with q blackjack
or the butt end Of n tnrty-four. but this
- Just what would happen should he DO
The real American part.
whols SyBtem wrong.
.hr' lata leo "a
Armed men sworn In as deputy shcr!fTs
for no other purpose other than 20 as
sumo thar much more authority should
be discontinued. Every man and woman
who know Of these conditions should
respond to your preferred opportunity
ard make known their cases through
this medium Of Information. Hundreds
OF cases lihe my "wn ara on record. and
nj. these people should toll Of them. T"
yet rid OF the detective system would
70 most welcome 10 tho majority part
e the Cit!zeury q" the counties crtnGtng
under tho system
| SAID the whU.e system g wrong. I
.old tho truth Tho operators who pay
these detectives know T. - wrong. The
men themselves know II IS wrong. and
Tom Felts, who prestd"s over the de-
uberat!ors OF the system. knows Il 81
wrong. The trouble today that - being
heralded broadcast al over n" word
is directly attributable 70 the system
All the civic organizations in the land
can 20 on record as standing back Of the
governor IN his stand against mob rule;
tha United States soll!ery Will force the
miners back 10 their homes. and lot us
hop~ thcrc Will he no bloodshed. all III"
Mother June9es IN the world may pour
all the oil al their disposal on the
troubled waters. but none Of these re-
move IN. cause. Like tho cancer that
may be thought removed. let ono par
t!c!e o! tho root remain and new can
cor IS the natural consequence An thes"
periodic troubles can be done away with
aul With credit 10 all parties by the
removing OF The armed detective sys-
TEN. Aud since the very party now In
power Glimost unanimously SOL prom
ised the good people Of our state 70 do
this very thing, 4 g r1 10 tho people
to demand OF that party tho redemption
Of !ts platform promises.
Held Up to Ridtouls.
Our state - being held up 10 rid!cule
on every hand. We are Mi pictured rs
belonging 70 one side or other. no mat
ter how fnr We are removed from the