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As a final word on the subject, I wish to say that the logfhing corapany does not owe "Ir . fdetz one dollar and it has not trespassed ujon his rights or property in the slightest degree , It owns the Ca.mei'"on dam as surely, and its title to it is as perfect and unas¬ sailable, as to trie office building in wliich it transacts its busi¬ ness . Fietz 'a^-^vc did a day's v/ork fox" th; logfdng company for which he has not received his pay, and it never agreed to sell him any land at -^H^.oO, ox' any other sim per acre, and his "clai.ms" to the contx^ary are tru.mped up, ima{;;inary and without foundation in fact.
The logging company exceedingly regx-'ets that fdetz rias so far declined to make proof of his pretended claims against it in a legal way, so that the people might know to a certainty v/h.o was right and v/ho v/as v/ro:ag in tlie Fdetz trotrole: and the officers of the logging company hope that he will yet see the error of his way, and yield obedience tc* the law as all good citizens must. Since this trouble
stax'ted the logr^n.- cb:rpany has been, a^in is now willing a^rd anxious tc agree wit'i fdetz to submit his pretended clsdms to arbitration. It nas agreed to bind itself not to appeal fi-o;''J th.^ av/ard, and to abide fully and promptly by whatever decision three disinterested >:.^n m^ay render. Ho fair and decent man, who miakes any px-etense to good citizensiiip , v/ould decline t:5uch an offer. Whether Fdetz will persevere in his i^efusal to arvjitx'ate, qk' nutti. , x-eally, no more concex'ns t -e logging ccripany than other good citizens of Wxe state. The Camer¬ on dam is a thing of the past . Last spring .^^ietz shut down the gates and -fhe water ca.rr1ed It away. ;^d.etz- and his fi'iends can no longer say that the reason he does not submit to ax'rest is because he must remain at lio.me and watch the dam, and thus prevent the logging company fro.ra driving its. own logs oi't of the luv 3r . I'hey .mu.st find some other excuse for lawlessness nov/. '^h^ state of Wisconsin v/ants Fdetz and the daun that is gone needs no axmied v/atcaman, Thex-efore let Fdetz come in and stand trial, and if he does not, let no honest man here¬ after say that his lav/lessness is excusable,
T.J. CO^T'^TOR, Attorney for Hississippi Fdver Logging Company . .
Object Description
| Page Title | Letter from T.J. Connor, Mississippi River Logging Company, to the Eau Claire Leader, Aug. 1906 |
| Author | Connor, Thomas J., 1856-1928 |
| Source Creation Date | August 1906 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
| Digital Identifier | TP495000 |
| Description |
In this long letter to the Eau Claire Leader, Mississippi River Logging Co. attorney T.J. Connor lays out the company's case against John Deitz (whose response is given here). For background on the Cameron Dam controversy that prompted the exchange, see the Deitz entry in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History. By the time this letter was written, Deitz was already lionized in the press as a common man fighting for his rights against a giant corporation. Connor tries to undermine that image by explaining point-by-point why the company believes that Deitz has no legal claim to the Cameron Dam, and portrays him as a scheming, violence-prone, and unstable misfit. Four years later the conflict culminated in a violent attack in which a deputy was killed; Deitz was convicted of murder, and the lumber company took over the Cameron Dam. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Connor, Thomas J. Letter, Aug. 1906. Digitized from the original manuscript in the Alfred Eugene Roese Correspondence, 1904-1909 (Northland SC 36) at the History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland, WI. Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1700 |
| Document Number | TP495 |
| Size | 8 p. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1700 |
| Owner Collection | Northern Great Lakes Center Area Research Center |
| Owner Object ID | Northland SC 36; WIHV96-A386 |
| County | Sawyer County |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | Lumbering and Forest Products; Progressivism and the Wisconsin Idea; |
| Event Date | 1906 |
| Event Years | 1906 |
| Economics | Property; |
| Land Use | Dams; |
| Manufacturing and Industry | Logging; |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | Page 8 |
| Author | Connor, Thomas J., 1856-1928 |
| Source Creation Date | August 1906 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
| Digital Identifier | TP495008 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Owner Collection | Northern Great Lakes Center Area Research Center |
| Owner Object ID | Northland SC 36 |
| Full Text | -8- As a final word on the subject, I wish to say that the logfhing corapany does not owe "Ir . fdetz one dollar and it has not trespassed ujon his rights or property in the slightest degree , It owns the Ca.mei'"on dam as surely, and its title to it is as perfect and unas¬ sailable, as to trie office building in wliich it transacts its busi¬ ness . Fietz 'a^-^vc did a day's v/ork fox" th; logfdng company for which he has not received his pay, and it never agreed to sell him any land at -^H^.oO, ox' any other sim per acre, and his "clai.ms" to the contx^ary are tru.mped up, ima{;;inary and without foundation in fact. The logging company exceedingly regx-'ets that fdetz rias so far declined to make proof of his pretended claims against it in a legal way, so that the people might know to a certainty v/h.o was right and v/ho v/as v/ro:ag in tlie Fdetz trotrole: and the officers of the logging company hope that he will yet see the error of his way, and yield obedience tc* the law as all good citizens must. Since this trouble stax'ted the logr^n.- cb:rpany has been, a^in is now willing a^rd anxious tc agree wit'i fdetz to submit his pretended clsdms to arbitration. It nas agreed to bind itself not to appeal fi-o;''J th.^ av/ard, and to abide fully and promptly by whatever decision three disinterested >:.^n m^ay render. Ho fair and decent man, who miakes any px-etense to good citizensiiip , v/ould decline t:5uch an offer. Whether Fdetz will persevere in his i^efusal to arvjitx'ate, qk' nutti. , x-eally, no more concex'ns t -e logging ccripany than other good citizens of Wxe state. The Camer¬ on dam is a thing of the past . Last spring .^^ietz shut down the gates and -fhe water ca.rr1ed It away. ;^d.etz- and his fi'iends can no longer say that the reason he does not submit to ax'rest is because he must remain at lio.me and watch the dam, and thus prevent the logging company fro.ra driving its. own logs oi't of the luv 3r . I'hey .mu.st find some other excuse for lawlessness nov/. '^h^ state of Wisconsin v/ants Fdetz and the daun that is gone needs no axmied v/atcaman, Thex-efore let Fdetz come in and stand trial, and if he does not, let no honest man here¬ after say that his lav/lessness is excusable, T.J. CO^T'^TOR, Attorney for Hississippi Fdver Logging Company . . |
| Event Date | 1906 |
| Event Years | 1906 |
| Type | Text |