, 1921-10-27
Mailing Lies and Liars

Editor Tribune-It ought not be
necessary for n citizen not a candidate
for public office, and not directly o
aectcd with the present municipal
campaign, to issue q statement in de-
Tense of himself. but on ccoun Of
certain accusations against the under
signed. emanating chiefly from the
followers Of Mr.. J. ]. Gfblin. who IS
making an effort to indu>s ue people
to elect him Mayor OF Casper.
I want to say that I DID NOT own
the property known as the Golden
Gate Inn on the Elkhorn road, con-
Quoted by the notorious Belle Rear
don; DID NOT rent It to her, and had
no interest. either directly or indl-
rectly. in tho place. The facts are
that I sold the property almost five
months ago. and long before there
was such a place as h Golden Gate
Inn.
On June IL. 1921. I began negotia-
lions with S. s. Call and j. ]. Hart OF
Douglas for the sale OF an se-acre
tract of land. part of my original
homestead. known as the east half OF
the northwest quarter Of section ID.
1919. The deal was closed and the
land transferred under contract drawn
by the law firm OF Nichols & STREET
on June IS. the consideration being
SIC. 100000. At h time OF the sale the
premises were occupied by an employe
Of Tho Tribune and his family.
The so-acre tract was plated into
an addition to the city of Casper.
known rs h "Cali-Hart Tracts" and
placed on h market. See county rec
ords for a verification of this
On o about July "a. the house and
two or three lots were sold to the
Reardon woman by tho agents for the
Call,Hart tracts. She ordered the ten
ants to vacate, began to haul lumber
for he construction of what was the
Golden Gate Inn. some time between
July 25 and July 30. the resort being
completed and open for business
about August 10. II my information is
correct.
I was out, of the city on my vacation
practically the entire month of Au-
gust. but when I came back 1 was in
formed hat the resort was operating
full blast. Property owners in the
~neighborhood complained that young
girls were being allowed to frequent
the place. and hat vice OF the lowest
~ 4 Noidlf
teered to help them close the place. /
then interviewed Mr.. Purcell, count
attorney. Mr.. veitch, ounty commits
s.oner, and MI. Marquis. the sheriff.
Mr.. Purcell told me to get the evi.
dencc and he would act. Mr.. veitch
and I secured a legal description OF
the place. together with what evidence
we had. which was laid before Mr..
Purcell. and Mr.. Marquis closed the
place after raiding It a couple Of times,
I believe. The balance of the story is
history-and ashes.
The yarn that i was owner Of the
resort was. to my knowledge. first cir.
culated by Mr.. ]. j. 0fblin, candidate
for mayor. Upon confronting Mr.. Glib
lin and demanding n retraction, he pro-
duced Mr. Lincoln F. Kelly as his au.
thority. After both Mr.. Kelly and Mr..
Giblin had been appraised of the
facts, they both admitted that they
had circulated the statements without
due knowledge Of the facts. and Mr..
Giblin gave me his promise that he
would correct the statements a hun
dred times q day IL necessary" so that
the people would know. the truth.
Whether he has kept his word or not,
1 do not know. but the fact that his
henchmen are still circulating the lie
Is evidence that he had not been over.
Jealous In this regard, thus forcing
me to mako a public statement in or.
der to correct the work of a coterie of
political amateurs who know no sense
of honor in a political campaign.
To be accused by one political fac
ton with being in partners with old
Belle In the operation of a Joint; and
then have old Belle so to the sheriff
and charge mo with burning down the