The Paystreak
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issued: 2020-07-19
issued: 1897-08-14
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note: ""■"I1" "V- THE PAYSTREAK BOOK I SANDON AND CODY, AUGUST 14, 1897; CHAPTER 47 T~ A MERE STRINGER The Scandal Tunnelers Meet With Scant Success. THOSE HAMILTON CHARGES They Do Not Go Far Enough Justittj the Sweeping Newspaper Statements. to I luring the past two weeks the fair lame of Sandon lot** heetl dragged iii the gutter in many news- paper* throughout the dominion ami insomeof tin*** pubiiahed rathe lotted State*. Such an awful Mali tilling* aa the articles th*y pub linked were unheard of in any country under a constitutional govern iiieiit. It waa cimrgsd that "itidt vidtial freedom i* under constant re- •draiut and menace titer nightfall," and that "bribery and extortion are »f daily ••miri-enc*/' and **a system of Mark mail levy is practiced by .•♦.Ihihson 'astween lite magistral*-* .ii»i police." It is twedlcw to go 00 to say h«>w it i* charged that the constabulary, which iu the article implies th«* mag- latraey, i*. by the aid «f money. made the instrument of private re venge and personal prix-cmlon. bc- cause tin*** who started the**' rum ors and happily they an* no mere than rumors--to** g<**l care Uiat the newspaper uaetl a* their vehicle should have, al leant for that week** rasas, an extended circulation. Such aw«*eping cliargea must have aud did cause a glial deal of COB- Vernation among the ptiople of San- dun who have never had any ac- iiuaintance with the administrattoa of justice in this town, hatl never oven seen a policeman all the thro* thev had lived here In all proitahili- iv. For thev naturally thought tUaUfjhi* blackmailing and per Minal persecution was conducted on »» wholesale a scale they might he the next victim?*. , . To ail such a careful examination and consideration of the charges made, which are given below, ami which are all the charges that can la- heard at the official investigation of the charges to l*« held on Monday, is w-iUmhIv reoommendedt FIRST t lUUt.K. 1 David SteveiiHim Walibridgc, of the town of Sandon. the pTOvtaee …
note: Issued simultaneously in Sandon and Cody; publisher headquarted in Sandon. Published by Jno. J. Langstaff from 1896-09-26 to 1897-03-27; by an unidentified party from 1897-04-03 to 1899-04-08; and by WM. MacAdams from 1899-04-15 to 1899-12-30.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0392464
language: English
lat: 49.9755560
long: -117.2272220
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon, B.C. : [publisher not identified]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text