Public Feud at the Bijou Theater

A considerable talk has been made about me by T. H. Campbell, and as a public journal has seen fit to publish his statement, I take this means of giving the public a history of the difficulty in question. On Tuesday afternoon this T. H. Campbell came over to my place of business with a warrant to arrest someone. Tuesday night Campbell came over to the Bijou Theater. He was pretty drunk, and attempted to go into the theater without paying the admission fee of twenty-five cents. The doorkeeper stopped him. As I approached, Campbell, who, I believe, is a constable, shouted 'I'm an officer, and I can go through any part of this house that I choose!' I told him he could do nothing of the kind unless he had a search warrant. He then treated, and went off apparently satisfied. I did not see Campbell again till yesterday afternoon, when he approached me in front of the postoffice with the remark: 'Any man who goes to the Bijou must carry a gun for safety,' and followed it up with the statement that he had hung three men just like me. I called him a deserter, and so it went on for some time, till we finally stopped our growling. I desire it understood that I run a quiet, orderly saloon, and also a licensed theater, where I employ the very best talent I can get, and try to do an honest, legitimate business. I think Mr. Campbell is a 'little off,' and is more to be pitied than blamed.