Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 8 | Manufactured Interview

1 MUFACTUE IERVW tj Ernest hf Pratt Exposes the Tb i 1 flues Lying Methods f Further proof that Colonel Lannans t chrges against Major Young are based chiefly upon falsehoods and manufac f ured interviews was supplied yester i day by Sergeant Ernest is 1 Pratt The Tribune yesterday published the folloWing fol-loWing alleged Int rvlevrwith Pratt On Monday aferoon i reporter oC the Tribune met a volunteer I n Second South Street The wore a medal st Cl Te young man medl with the inscription Ernest 31 Pratt upon It and was asked why Major Young was unpopular with the boys The young man may not have known that he was beIng interviewed for publcaton but he replied that Major Young played In with General Otis to the detriment oC the boys In order to get something for himself and that he gOt I He also charged Major Young with having prevented the boys from being be-Ing mustered out sooner Mr Pratt sid to The Herald yesterday yester-day that he had not had any such con verston with a Tribune reporter or anYbody else the only time he had talked about the matter was on Tuesday day when he told the News that the anonymous charges against Major Young printed In the Tribune that morning were not true Mr Pratt adds that so far as he knows the only com laints about the officers have come Jlalnt I from a few chronic kickers