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KUNTINGDON, PA., OCTOBER 14, 1862.
WHO IS THE LIAR ?
IS DAVE CALDWELL AN HONEST MAN P
We find in a "Monitor" extra, printed in that office on last
Sunday, an article over Caldwelrs name, charging us with
having assailed him in the columns of the " Globe," with hav
ing taken ILLEGAL fees while Prothonotary. We have ex
amined our columns and find that we have not charged Cald
well with having taken ILLEGAL fees—but we have
charged him with having taken LARGER FEES than any
one of his predecessors, or his successor. We are not a law
yer, owl therefore did not say, and will not say, that the
EXTRA fees Caldwell charged during his term were illegal
or not. The legality of his charges we leave with the law
yers and Court to determine.
Caldwell does not deny the important fact we have charged
upon him—the fact of him having forced out of the pockets of
the people, fees no other man has ever attempted to collect. Ex-
amine the Record Books, all who doubt our statements.
Suppose David Caldwell should be elected Sheriff! Have
the people any assurances that the fees of that office would
not be increased to a figure to suit Dave's idea of legal fees ?
Forty and fifty cent EXTRA fees, on all business of that of
fice, would make the office worth looking after. No wonder
Dave wants to be elected. It would be fat picking for an
honest and brave man like David.
The records prove all we have charged against David—and
we will agree that HE may appoint a committee of honest
men to make an investigation, and to report who is the
LIAR, David or ourself.
P. S.—We also charge David Caldwell with having charged
and collected more than he was entitled to, on road views,
in more than one instance. See Quarter-Session Dockets.