There was nothing in the miserable swaggering
billingsgate of the publication which merited a moment's notice, but
as in one passage he stated that he had attempted to chastise me
with a whip, and that I had fled to avoid him, I published in the
Marysville Herald the following card:
A CARD.
Judge William E. Turner, in a "statement" published over his
signature on the 12th instant, asserts that he attempted to
chastise me with a switch, and that I fled to avoid him. This
assertion is a _shameless lie_. I never, to my recollection,
saw Judge Turner with a switch or a whip in his hand. He has
made, as I am informed, many threats of taking personal
vengeance on myself, but he has never attempted to put any of
them into execution. I have never avoided him, but on the
contrary have passed him in the street almost every day for
the last four months. When he attempts to carry any of his
threats into execution, I trust that I shall not forget, at
the time, what is due to myself.
Judge Turner says he holds himself personally responsible in
and under all circumstances. This he says _in print_; but it
is well understood in this place that he has stated he should
feel bound by his oath of office to endeavor to obtain an
indictment against any gentleman who should attempt to call
him to account.
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