Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1915 — Statement from Mr. and Mrs. Oxley. [ARTICLE]

Statement from Mr. and Mrs. Oxley.

We, Mr. Mrs. Fred Oxly, wish to correct the false statements that were published in Wednesday night’s paper concerning our two children 3 and 4 years of age, which we left in care of Mrs. L. V. Martin after receiving a telegram calling me to my father’s deathbed, on Monday, the 14th. My father died Tuesday, the 15th, and I returned home that day and rema\ed till Thursday to make arrangements for my husband and I to attend the funeral and to find a place to leave our children, which w&Ee' impossible to take along on account of our baby’s foot being so badly cut that she could not wear her shoes, and we told Mrs. Martin to care for them till we returned, and if necessary to get a doctor for the baby’s foot. That we would try and get home that evening if possible. But the funeral was delayed waiting for a daughter to arrive from Cavalier, N. Dak., and anyone doubting this may write to Bert Calkins, Dr. Shrouitz or Lawyer Harney, all of Momence, 111., and we wish to announce to the board of Associated Charities that the clothes they provided for our children will be found at the home of Mrs. L. V. Martin and we do not thank Mrs. Martin for reporting that our children had no clothes as it is a false statement, and we can prove that it is. Also her saying that we refused to pay for caring for our children is not true. We had scarcely been home an hour when she sent her grandson to us with a note threatening us and stating she had been to see a lawyer and we sent her a note and told her we would pay her soon as we possibly could. And we did pay her and have a receipt showing we paid her in full. And I, Mrs. Oxly, sent for his father, not for help but because I was sick and worried from hearing the false reports on arriving home from my father’s funeral. And the report that my wife tried to take her own life is not true. Never on any occasion did she ever try to take her life. And if it was reported it is not true.— Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oxly.