Show i wm put to alie colff BY A EDITOR sheriff fowler writes a letter and the editor makes a reply sheriff fowler has ben writing to the vernal express and the communication has evidently been published as written judging from mistakes here it is as it appeared in the columns of our provo city V july ath 1892 editor vernal express sir your issue of june of which you was particular to mail mp a copy of your abuse is not truthful or eyen fair in its statements in regard to the capture afT exand others I 1 came antu bour town a Et ranger to most of conr citizens I 1 was treated very kindly also was my friends that were engaged in the pursuit and capture which I 1 appreciated greatly sir you abuso mo for something that I 1 am not guilty of nor responsible for I 1 think I 1 am too much in sympathy with friends that assisted as those men did to take credit from anyone when you I 1 ar rived in heber claiming credit ahat belonged to others you wilfully beat the fact and I 1 call for tha proof acain you aay I 1 spent most of my timo weila in vernal on tha shady side of the street will you point out a time while in vernal that I 1 rested on the shady side the of street or otherwise until the third party that was nut captured when I 1 arrived there was placed in jail you style mo the provo lewoc the veracious office holder an ornamental liar ac ac thank you my reputation as a criminal officer ia too well established to need any advertising from dirty little republican sheet like yours will you point out the first lie I 1 ever told concerning the capture of those people i or any credit only this and I 1 assert without fear of contradiction that those men would never have been chased and captured had I 1 not started en the trail and encouraged my associates to geyn chase that is all I 1 claim in the affair and that yeu cant daae from da or you would if you differ in politics why let conr personal abuse enter in you say I 1 enjoyed the hospitality of those whom I 1 belittled I 1 believe we are in the habit of paying for hospitality and I 1 certainly think 1 paid all that would take pay while there that is I 1 would dearly like to become acquainted with the writer of that article irti cle it may be well enough for him 10 learn some facts he can do BO intelligently unless to misrepresent ia the deayn of the concern heapy THOMAS P S clease faive this space in your paper asi you were so free to abuse mo oblige the editors edi tora reply is a keen one and emphasizes alia oft repeated fact that it wise to get into controversy with newspapers it is as follows THOS eab dear sir in re plying to your welcome letter I 1 will not take advantage of the editorial we but take the bamo opportunity open to you I 1 am surmised zed that you should waste eo much piper and not touch the point at issue viz Did you or did you not tell the reporter of the dispatch ahat be quoted as direct from your lipa you dare not answer it if you said it you cannot deny it and if you did net eay it you are afraid to endanger your political chance s by accusing the democratic organ of lying you my article from baart to finish I 1 did not eay that you arrived in heber claiming credit that belonged lo 10 others or that you belittled the ot those whose hospitality you enjoyed I 1 merely remarked that sheriff jones did not do these thinas but you may substitute provo for heber and wear the shoe it it fits you I 1 did not mean to insinuate that you neglected your duty any time and I 1 believe you did some very hard and credi tab le work but you luck I 1 did not call you an ornamental liar but I 1 said that bome evil minded per sons who were inclined to misjudge you might do so and they have if you arc not a veracious office holder I 1 cheerfully apologize for and retract the charge although you were so particular to do justice to all you did not mention oar own deputy sheriff mr kemp lon who prevented the fugitives tives from slipping through your fingers at the eleventh hour pud if you deny the truth of my account of the capture you brand kempton lee and fraughton aa liars you cant lay any political egg on this nest either I 1 annaa good a demo crat as you ever dare be and I 1 am not in it for the spoils you are no doubt a good officer and of reelection re election if you had eaid that vernal people were rings in their noses and fed on lucern it would have been a d lie but would not have proved you an incompetent sheriff I 1 met you twice here and you impressed me aa very gentlemanly and unassuming FO I 1 was the more to read the gasconade iu the alleged interview be honest now Mr FowIer and tell cs whether you or the dispatch is at fault hoping for more light I 1 am very yours W M banice bc nicE ed express the editor comes down to tha very question hat the people of utah county would like answered endeavored to get the information but failed it finally learned however that sheriff fowler bad told the same story to other dersons than the dispatch reporter |