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Show NLANDEKM REFUTED. The fallowing com poudvnee needs a few ivordri of explanation. On the JWth lilt., tho TuLune published ono of its characteristic, villainously scandalous scan-dalous articles in rtgard to the domestic do-mestic uflairs of Mr. Duncan Camper, of Mill Creek. It charged that Mr. Casper had cruelly beaten bin little otep-Bon, which beating resulted in tho child's death; that while tho boy was sick ho had no attendants, and was left to dio liko a dog; while his mother, who had also boon th subject sub-ject of inhuman treatment by Ca-tper, was lying in child bed in an Adjoin ing room. Tho beat ovidenco that there was no truth in tho arliclo referred re-ferred to was the fact of its publication publica-tion iu tho Tiit.une; but the mourning mother of the dead child 'and tho physician who attended him' during his sicklies j have thought it proper to deny the charges. Tho communications wero sent to tho Tnl-une, but as tho editors of that libellous sheet havo nut the manhood lo publish them, wo havo been requested re-quested to do so: THE MOTHER'S DLNI.il,. Mill Ckik, Oct. 5, 1875. EJitvri lhralJ: A statement in the Tribune of Thursday, Septrmler :Mih, respecting my sn'a death, waa false in every particular, excepting to tho marriage. My tun had every attention. Ho waa taken nick with the diplheria on Monday, September Oth, and waa sick until Thnr-day. tho 'J:h, wlu-n he d d, at h.;;i o'cW k 11. m. The 7Vi-"of 7Vi-"of alo slates that M r. Ca-pcr and his mill were in the canon at the tuno ol the death, which is also false, as thev were all at home. Mr. IIammt --at up wuli my boy until one hour U liiro he died. He then left the I room Li he down a little while. Mv m)u Jul not wish Mr. Caeper to leav"-t leav"-t him, oven lor live miniiw.s; he wanted ;him with him all the tune. Tnal paper al.) says that his (step-father, Mr. Ca.-per, be'at hirn most uninerci-I uninerci-I limy, vtineh s.-v-ertion is entirely false. 1 My hoy n.u ten years old. I was not i confined until live hours after his death, though I had tx-en expecting lo Iv sick for a week belore. Tuero were plenty attendants in tho hoiiic at the lime. l'lea-e insert lliia in y ur paper, aLd obl.ge a wounded mother, Eliza ilth Casi xa. THE rjlYS.CUN'S TC-T1M0SY. Bu Cottonwood, i.etob,r h, lS-.V". ' Kit::s T ;i,ue: I An article iuyour i.-suc of Septem-l-ero-'lh, hcadtd, "Child Beating j Bad Snowing l-.r a Step Father," is nothing but a villainous, slanderous' j false hnod from beginning lo end, ex- ex pt the marriage to the child's 1 I mother. It is true the boy died, but he died of diplheria. On the 7th of September Duncan Casper came for me Ui go and see the toy, I found hi throat badly swoIpij, the dipthenc pedicle form ; I prom mnced il a lery nialinaut cas", and expressed my dout'W as to his recovery. Mr. C.i.-ier came fur me again tne following follow-ing day, and appeared to want lo dr everything 10 relieve the little sutler er's condition. Mr. Camper could not Ik1 out of sight ten minutes uniil the' Uiy would call for him, which doe's ! ml lo-jk much like inhuman treatment. treat-ment. As to being left alone, he had all the attention that eou d be Ih-bIow.-iI by tin two otep-j:slers. 1 elayed until midnight with him, and he died about 4 o'clock the following morning, Mr. C.isper's hoys were also at home, and did everything in their power for little CharU-v. H. C. Hullinuek, M. D. |