The Osceola times., 1886-06-26

MISSISSIPPI co. MUDDIE.
SmxxIrr W. Is. HAsKIS's Reilly To
PxosxcurIxG ATTORNEY w. Is.
EDRiHGroy.
OscEoLA, ARK, June IL, 1889.
10 the Editor of the Gazette: Ia
your issue of the 9th inst. notice
an article under the heading Of "The
Other Side" which does myself and
Capt. Mcvsigh great injustice. but
~ w. Is. Edrington, the prosecuting
attorney, made the statement, and is
alone responsible, I shall deal only
with him. ! shall not trouble N.Y.
self to notice bis accusation In detail,
as the statement Of Cspt. McVeigh
Ms published in your issue of the S,h.
is tho one truthful and straightfor.
ward statement that ! have discov-
cred during the whole newspaper
oontrotersy, and Elrington's state.
ment is made for the sols purpose II
prejudicing The public against me.
We will take no notice IL 0,st
part Of the statement oncerning the
other ,nformations against me. and
will only say that | should not have
been surprised to 6nd that ho had
filed two or three hundred Of said
informasions Of like character ~ the
one on which the pretended removal
was made, as there are no tricks,
bc they ever so low, that Mr.. Ed
rngton would not rssort to in the
hope Of doing me al injury. But ]
must say that the story about one
Lucas beating a young man with
brass. knucks is false and Rroundlsss.
II is true that Mr. Lucas acted as
deputy sheriH for awhile, and had a
difficulty with young man, and
knocked him down and went
. once to q ma. tratc and
submitted his case and paid his fine.
Mr.. Lucas was sftcrwara indicted by
tho grand jury fora breach II the
peace and not for carrying brass
knucks. Lucas wife died shortly
after this occurred, and he left before
! was aware Of tho fact. In regard
To Edr;ngton's statement that ak Of
the grand jurors were on my Official
bond, no came within four Of telling
the truth, which ! will admit Was
pretty close for him, .Mcssrs. Ajax
Goodrich and W. F. Williams were
the only two members Of tic grand
jury who are on my bond, and it was
through their influence that the
grand jury in their report recon.
mendcd that the alleged shortage be
looked into, aud il any existed to
bring suit ON my bond. We will
here take up the report of the grand
jury and zee what is in il. t
The first item is delinquent tax
1880, &ll45,05, that Is the remains
of the tax for that year Of a tax
amounting TO about sl8,MO. and
any fair minded man will admit tina,
this was . close collection for al
overAowed county, and il ! was no,
credited with tho list it was an over.
sight Of the clerk and ] am entitled
to the credit. The second item is
fines and forfeitures terror, $3.50,
and may be correct, as ! settle by
the county clerks books, and keep
no book Of 6ncs collected. Third
item, county fusds, 1882 settlement,
t222.8i, simply means nothing, ss
no showing is made ~ to that amount,
and ! hold . quictus from the clerk
for all taxes collected tha. year
Fourth item, delinquent tax 1881,
tl340,43, stands exactly in the same
attitude as the first item. Filth item,
school fund settlement, 1884, $503,.
IS IL IN the salne fix as i:em No. 3,
MS I have my receipts for all school
funds collected that year; and now
for the sixth item, due on sixteenth
section, including the year 1884 =
$3.50, that is more than double the
whole amount collected since the
land has been in cultivation, and
hold . receipt for 900 paid on tia,
account, with the pr"viso in said re.
ceipt tina. il that slnonntis is fpund no,
due on . settlement, the money viii
be refunded, and ! am satisfied tha,
At least tl00 will he returned to n,s
on settlement. The seventh item
of $50 fine IN the mayors. court il
al right, but was not charged before
my last settlement, but was paid in
To the treasury long ago, but cannpI
show up on the record until anoth-l
settlement, and As to the assertion
Of Mr.. Edrington that there were 3N
acres cleared on the sixteenth sec
ton Of which he speaks. even ths
prihcs q lisn would NOT have ths
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