Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-17
TIE Hemingway csse
Me>.nn. Mis.. MArch 8

NS>>OU. Miss, AaTC0 y. A>Ss
/ To the Editor oi Tie Times peGlNcTSi,
The columns . tyoGs paper sire lc@Iiv
I too valuable 90 waste Ia the discussion
of the Hemingway case, bat Il The casu
i, to be heard over, the State ought
10 be reprt>euted. dou'i thiaS Col.
.ins lirmiuswsv ,hoTld do all the
t~cstityiug. anj.rhcu reuderlhe verdict.
for he is 4 nephew OF ihe poor, per>e
culei man, ani nls also the book.
keeper, and perhaps va. manager in
the office. and he is douhly interested.
The fact Is, | VISIT 10 ssA il Collins
Hemingway did not also have the
combinations to the loCss, aud 1t he
kept the books ia such s shape :hat he
could not tel, within SSlj,0NQ of how
mu-h cash should be on hsHd. then,
shall we people in Mississippi rely on
ANYTHING else ne does or say,:
In order 10 strengthen his case. |
wish 20 ask him who are the three or
four men in JacSsou-besjdes himself
that have the safe combinations: All
Eieminsway's books were examined
every two wears. his moueT counted.
and be was never short tin 1870: hence
he money was stolen during the last
wOyeags. Has any mau In Jackson
become slddeuiv rica: What tour
men iu Jackson have $4,000 that
suddenly obtained: Al Nj. Eli
tor. it might not matter to sCul.ius
Hemingway how many other men he
could throw this crime Oh. Jus. % he
i Off his ~pcr,ecUtcj uuCle-who
bad combiuaiious-but W.; 4
good man,
Col W l. II. had 4 fair trial. cost
ing the STATE thousands Of do..3Ts.
He employed tie aV'e>t lawyer, in
Mississippi to Iefcud Lin; every trjcS
AMI te'hnicaiiiy OF law vas ~resorted
IN order to SCOUT him. aud after
conviction appeal 10 the supreme
followed, aud hi, conviction
va. confirmed, We al feel sorry Tor
hin. but when persecution IS spoken
Of VIC taxpayers feel tina! we" SIRE
he ~reT>clntcd ones Robbed Of our
money ant or property already tax
ri enough. then our behaved party
betrayed and ~tj-graccl; on, we icei
hat wc are the ~per>e'ulcl oucs:
Another thing queer 40 - i:"that il
la. taken Collins II. - long to iui
lHt that three or ilvr Others had those
combinations, aud that during The
TreasnTer's administration those
.Ltevcs have stolen nothing. uotwi;h-
,,1ntiu. the combinations have never
been changed Perhaps they had taheu
,uou-h,
Collins llamingwsg'. statement
that Bis uncle. entire salaries
mi p~ergui>il-s for fourteen years
we're only 500 or $500 above the
eZpesca,; nevertheless bis
owned stock in the c. ;. B9us.
eyeral Plantations, and ! great deal
II fuc stock, all made while il eff e. ,
)h he Was quite : Spectator. ana
ieTv successful Ia real estate sud far
just think OF a man who
au bay s farm in Eoahoma county
IN credit fuT $4,000 pay interest aui
axes snd IN fourteen wears make
5000 gu 4 half Interest in said farm,
which consisted Of only 1850 acres Of
aul-Fcrhsps only one-bali cleared
,ui hist under water about half the
imr. Such farming - his ought to
De so iudueemsni 10 emigration -
ONE IN: snl then that Jackson real
state was no poor investment, Bat
We can't understand when and where
ID the MONEY came from ia tuy these f.
aul different interests, and Won
sill see that thew were soon scQUired.
.fter the Treasurer went into Office
ant Collins give u the Gate Of each
IT these inyc.imeu-s:. Then are we
to accept biz s,a'emeuta u being
lnQucsiionab.c AMI entirely correct.
" is there only Que side to ihi: thing:
y to pe%iiii0n'.'t has been thoroughly
demonstrated that nine ont Of ten
nen will sign ANYTHING through &
.hsrilsblc feeling but naariy sll the
nen who sign tor g pardon will also
ign against 1t IL the opportunity
From what We all know OF
inv. Stone We don't think > tonira
'eiiti0n !. Necessary. Every Mi..issi.
lpian il sorrv TIL: MISTER hss again
JeeD agjigte1
SUBscgIBER-
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