Of course we have all been deeply interested in its
history, and proud that you were found as you were, without
the defenses of a bully.
I will not trespass further on your time than to subscribe
myself,
Very truly your friend,
B. WISTAR MORRIS.
Mr. Justice FIELD.
A copy of the following card was enclosed in this letter:
AN UNARMED JUSTICE.
PORTLAND OREGON, _August 19_.
_To the Editor of the Oregonian_:
There is one circumstance in the history of the Field and
Terry tragedy that seems to me is worthy of more emphatic
comment than it has yet received. I mean the fact that Judge
Field had about his person no weapon of defense whatever,
though he knew that this miserable villain was dogging his
steps for the purpose of assaulting him, perhaps of taking his
life. His brother, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, says:
"It was common talk in the East here, among my brother's
friends, that Terry's threats to do him bodily harm were
made with the full intent to follow them up. Terry threatened
openly to shoot the Justice, and we, who knew him, were
convinced he would certainly do it if he ever got a chance.
"I endeavored to dissuade my brother from making the trip West
this year, but to no purpose, and he said, 'I have a duty to
perform there, and this sort of thing can't frighten me away.
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