Show Some Gentlemen who have been in Scolleld during the last three awful das cannot understand the statement published In a contemporary yesterday morning over tho signature of Cliarlca E Downing as coming from Corner Thomas State Mine Inspector A gen toman told the writer of thlH that he iSsnnn long conversation with Thomas at Sconold on Wednesday and that the Bub8toace of his statement wag J t01 tons This was the hest prQtected mlno I ever saw Superintendent Sharp kaa met tho requlremcntn not only of rI I 4 r 1 tho statutes 01 tills State but of every other State and he has added to It every possible Improvement that any expert could suggest Later wo have Inspector Thomass explicit denial that ho made any such statement aa was imputed im-puted to him |