Show old not force her daughter to obey her stepfather step father neither did the bed clothes tell a terrible story last evening C C richards and J D attorneys had served upon the standard publishing company a notice that the following statement published in the standard and axam alner on the richards affair on julij 1905 was untrue on ons occasion when the attempted rape is alleged to have taken place a person who ought to ehnow states that the young girl was forced by her mother to obey her stepfather step father meaning the plaintiff and that ia the morning the bed clothes told a terrible elory the mothers name is alice lewis richards the daughter had withdrawn and denied the statement she had made this paper also withdrew and retracted all the statements made in the T G richards affair and it it has not been explicit enough so far as richards is concerned then we do hereby withdraw recall and retract all that was said reflecting in the least on alice lewis richards good name and reputation wo do not believe that the mother of the girl abobo referred to forced her to obey her stepfather step father or that the bed clothes told a terrible story we with draw it all |