The leader., 1905-02-01

act of an honest man, Is the
work Of q laWIess ooWard the
kind Of work ali assassin would
I do. This letter was not posted by
honest men. 90 the contrary It
was posted By an outlaw and brute
lin the shape Of i man. It may
have been caused from malice f04
wards Mr. Murray. / want to
say, however, that / believe il was
caused and prompted by a desire
ION the part OF the perpetrators to
incite renewed interest and excite
ment IN AN unnecessary inyestiga-
tion set on foot BY my personal
and political enemies; aye; set on.
foot BY men who employed law
yers to prevent me from making
my official bond. Matters not
whether this culprit is political
enemy or not, be is 4 violator Of
the law, and should be punished
for his act: It is your duty, and
it IS my duty, to make every
effort to arrest and bring this
man. Or men, to justice. Let as
offer 500 reward for the arrest
and conviction Of this scoundrel.
Some Of you have received notes
from him. The man who wrote
that notice has left the style and
imprint Of bis writing there. You
all have your conclusions drawn
as to who the criminal is; you
may differ as To who it is. 90 for
ward though. Secure letters that
have been written and signed BY
the party Or parties believed to be:
guilty and deliver them to me
with all other evidence that can
be collected and / will place it il
hands that may bring the sneak
ing scoundrels to light.
Mr.. Chairman, / want to head
the list Of subscribers to the re-
ward with $40. And now here /
wish to say since Mr.. Hoyt has
come to our county to make inves-
LEGATIONS, though employed with
the money of my enemies, / want
TO ask my friends to accord him
every protection and courtesy
and to aid him If you can il run
ming down all midnight maraud-
ers and assassins. IF you want to
destroy the value Of al property.
let the outlaw rule. IF you want
TO see all property double III
value; if you want to make your
land a basis for credit, then come
forwardan and aid the legally con
stituted authorities in enforcing
the law. Without your help the
courts and officers are pOWerIess
and cannot enforce the law. With
your honest, earnest help, | want
to assure you / will need no detec-
tive to put down the outlaw. Il
will do my duty regardless Of
personal feelings or interest. /
want to thank you for inviting me
here today.
Be it further resolved that we,
as citizens, want to assure Mr..
Murray of every protection that
we can offer in his behalf and that
of his tenant.
(Signed) D. P. Butler, J. M. ]
McGeAee, q. "A. Godbold, Fl. A.
Gotten, @. e. Cam, G. w Byrd,
w. f Jones.
On motion the report was
adopted.
On motion by j. nj. McGehee,
the Franklin Advocate was re-
quested to publish the proceed
ings of this meeting.
g. NJ. CAIN, Chairman.
BARTLEY McGEHEE, Sec.
The following amounts were
subscribed for the arrest and con-
viction of the party who posted
said letter: IA. M. Newman, $1O;|
d. p. Butler, $5; j. M. McGehee,
So; w. Z. Jones, $5; j. M. Gill;
ST.; G. M. Cain, SIS; G. NJ. Muir
ray, SIS; G.. NJ. Temple, 50. so; b.
E. BoWlin, ST.; FL. A. Gotten, 81 I
G.. a. Godbold, ST.; Bartley Me-
Gehee, 80; j. NJ. Temple, SI; g.
P. McMorris, ST; j. H. Holland,
81; B. r. e. Byrd, 81 r. 3. Nc
Gehee. 81