Kari: I thank you for the added information [I think]. It just proves the old saying that "if you dig around in the past, you're going to find some skeltons in the closet." I believe that the Washington Post probably had more accurate information than the paper in Fond du Lac, WI. The Post did have some court records and police reports available that were not available in WI. And what was reported in the Fond du Lac paper would reflect what Arthur's family believed to be his situation. Having done some marriage and family counseling; I can attest to the fact that there are two sides to every story. And there have been a couple of occasions when I managed to talk men out of doing just what Arthur J. Sackett is said to have done. The differences in the reports reminds me of when my mother's brother, Elbert, and his son were shot and killed by a deputy sheriff. The coroner's inquest concluded that they were drunk and were threatening to shoot the deputy with shotguns. News paper accounts reflected the conclusions of the inquest. And I believed that they were probably right. However, some of the family and some individuals who wrote letters to the editor of the paper; believed that there was "bad blood" between my uncle and the deputy and the deputy murdered them. Best wishes, Thurmon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kari Roehl" <kariroehl@charter.net> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 6:51 PM Subject: [SACKETT-L] Arthur James Sackett-Son of Howard Treat > Here's everything I could dig up on Arthur James Sackett. It's very interesting what the two different newspapers reported. He was from Fond du Lac and it's paper reported favorably to him. His wife was from Washington, DC, and the paper there said he was basically a scoundrel. I can't figure out what happened to his children. I've tried finding them under Sackett, Sanger and Harrington. Maybe they were adopted out to a different family afterall. Sad. I will continue with his brother Edwin Hiram and sister Ruth Eliza when I get a chance. > > Kari Roehl <CLIPPED>