VIM. LARKIN

Wilmington, March Z, 1327.-25'

TO TIIE PURL.IC
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WE, the trustees of st. Peters Church in the
Borough Of Wilmington, State of Delaware, see
ny an appeal to the public by William I.arkn,
wherein he charges us, Peter Pierce, Bernard
M'Cann, Hcrnard MGuigen, and John Durnin,
with uniustly assailing, and most wantonly SLAM
dciing, the said VIM. l.arkIn's character. lie
then proceeds 10 say he feels il duty lie owes
10 himself and his friends to repcl the unauthor-
iscl base and unfonuded charges made by those
calunn.atols, and expose them TO that contempt
u ey merit lie then comes forward, honest
inan like, 10 exhibit to public view u statement of
tho Ilcts connected with the lottery case alluded
10 he requests the public to recoIlect the pc
riod the Legislature granted the lottery, in 1922,
FOR raising the sum OF 5000 dollars for the use of
st Peters Church and payment of debts, over all
expenses; he then states the managers of the
iottcry then agreed that one of them should sign
the tickets, and receive the money, and pay
the prl2es--this was the most substantial part Of
the business, although poor Billy says it was un-
orunatc for him, or, as the seit-crcated trustees
would have il, it WAS unfortunate for the Church
! the trustees arc a set OF mpudent fellows, for
not pityng poor Billy's severe loss, and not the
losses ofthe church; poor Billy goes on to in
form the public he sold the lottery to Thomas
Hope, who commenced to sell the Tickets; and
after the sale OF the first and second classes, hon
est Billy tells tho public, with the most bare
faced fasehood, that he paid the church, in cash
and note, and payment ofdebts, the full amount
andupwar.s, SAY 1905 dollars. As he treats the
public opinion with the same insolcnce as he has
treated the congregation Of St. Peters Church,
We row challenge you to come before any three
or more respectable men Of the Borough, and we
are ready 10 meet any hour you appoint, face to
face, and if you can produce one solitary docu-
ncnt of receipt or settlement for any sum o
money, even for one dollar, since the commence
ment of the drawing Of the lottery until thi.
day, we shall acknowledge your assertion to be
true, and if YOU cannot produce any receipt ol
settlement from the trustees of ST. Peter.
Church YOU must be the most abandoned crea
turc upon earth--we challenge you to produce i
. in forty-eight hours, or you stand convicted, a.
you are; so that we shall prevent you from
. imposing any longer on the public. Our for
. bearance for so long time with you, was from
motives of charity, not wishing to niure you


character, as we would do, for any man in bust


ness; but we see you are the same obdurat
= and perverted wretch still, after all our indul


gence to you. We point out all infamous false


hood on the face Of the document you have SC


before the public, where you say you sold ST


classes of the lottery to Thomas Hope for so


dollars each, to be paid by Hope as each elias
was sold. You state that after the lst and I'd elias.
}. es were sold, you paid the church the sum
II 1905 dollars in cash and note. You could not pa


out Of one thousand dollars, which you state 70