Deshler, Jan. 15, '94

Ed. DEM. Northwest:

Sir, I would like to reply to the article in your paper about the death of Peter Witham, who died in the Napoleon jail last Friday, at 11 o'clock a.m. He was forcibly taken from his wife and daughter on the Friday previous to his death by the sheriff, under orders of Dr. E. M. Gherett. He was taken from his sick bed and taken to Holgate by train and then across the country in a buggy, and his family were not informed of his condition after be was taken away,so that his wife nor children could not be with him at his last moments.

Yours, L. E. S.