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Woodruff said nothing, and Pike, frustrated, stormed throughout Little Rock in an unsuccessful search for `` Vale '', asking his friends to keep their ears open.
Finally he learned through the grapevine that the culprit might be one James W. Robinson in Pope County.
Without further inquiry, Pike jumped to the conclusion that Robinson was guilty, and, following the honorable route that would eventually lead to the dueling ground, sent a message to Robinson through his friends, demanding that he either confirm or deny his complicity.
Robinson did neither.
To Pike, silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt, and he determined to get Robinson onto the dueling ground at all costs.
On April 11th he wrote an open letter in The Advocate, making it known `` to the world that Jas. W. Robinson is by his own admission a base liar and a slanderer ''.

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