Show ft larm aay A KEPLY statement TM oer in yow last issue sheriff brown ln as having said in alit I had sut attempted to ani job on him if the sheriff this assertion I desire simply that it is not true to I do not vouch for the truth but rn sometime gince aard tome that the tb criff it of of Tenses T the and the names given by whom it iTa agaid tho ronld bo I to institute w against him but declined witnesses named would unless th davit of what their testimony make fal bo and tho would other evidence subsequently Sab corroborated bvm ky studer camo to roy officio und eaid he had come to make an affidavit ho dictated while I wrote the and after it was read to him amp and swore to it before me asa public two other witnesses and rondo substantially cam the statements but I declined aada to coed because of their general pro tion for truth and deput veracity the language of W S now and in the funny business come sheriff brown saya he sent those men to malse such statements I thought it funny should desire to destroy his affidavit which he had made go deliberately until I learned who advised do so it seems funny that men will swear to falsehoods and just for the fun of tho thing and the idea that a man would put up a job on haia and employ men to swear falsely to that which if true would send him to the penitentiary is so exceed ing funny that some people are in dined to regard it as a subterfuge respectfully sept |