The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-09-08
JUDGE MILLER ON STATES
CRIMINAL CONDITION
THE NUMBER OF MURDERS ALARMING
He Says, and Gives the Reason Therefor The Grim
inal Too Much Protected by Legal Technicali-
tiesThe Bucket Shops and How They
Are Run,

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and is backed up by his white employ
: er, VINO is IN court to prompt the ne
groe'S lawyer. OF course it is a dill
ferent proposition if the negro ha
killed white man.
IL Is not pleasant for me to hay
TO call the attention of the grand ia
ry TO these matters. | love my stat
as much as any other man, but th
law makes it my duty to call the at
tentlon or the grand jury to these
matters and say to them what
think or the situation. | appeal tt
the men OF Kinds county, men who
are members Of this grand jury to dc
what lies IN their power to remedy
this state OF affairs. The situation j
| believe would be infinitely better il
business men and the law-abiding cit
liens generally would come forward
and serve on the juries.
SUPERVISORS COULD HELP.
The supervisors could materially
help in this matter if they would.
The law requires that the best men in
the county be drawn for jury duty.
yet our best citizens are exempt for
some reason or other, and some of the
boards seem to think that election
buns. tOughS will do to serve on our iu-
rieS.
This policy seems to be t. protect
the criminal and not give the public as
fair show. The public now does
not have as equal show as the crimi-
nal. The public is entitled to this
show 1t is said that it is better that
guilty men escape than
that one innocent man be convicted.
but innocent men are not convicted
in this country, and we are having
the hardest kind Of time in convict
ing any of the guilty.
| read the daily papers Of my dis
trlct in order to keep up with what is
going on and ! desire to especially
charge you in regard to a crime which
occurred near Clinton some months
ago. A negro charged with some
trivial OffenSe, resisted the constable. |
who went to arrest him and shot his |
horse and killed it. This was grave |
)ffenSe, but it could have been han
lied by this court and the negro con-
'icted. That negro was lynched. |
that there is one man on
,he grand jury who can give " u the
acts. don't say that he partiicpat-
I'd in the affair, but l pause to let any
'etire from the grand jury who SO de,
Ire. Any man who serves on the
rand jury takes an oath to tell the
ruth and when he don't do so he is
'erJurer and ScOundrel If this
rand jury don't indict these men
1ho lynched this negro and who are
ullty OF cold blOOded murder. shall
e greatly disappointed for | believe
hat you will have no trouble in get
ing at the facts. A crime like this q
annOt occur in my district without d
~ calling your attention to it and d
rglLg you to do your duty. Mob law
bad and vicious and strikes the very
)undatiOn of our civilization.
Il want to charge you about gamb- v
ng. Any member Of the grand ju- q
who has gambled in the last two .
ears is not obliged to give himself Il
way, but he is certainly under his
.th bound to inform on the other fel-
W. L am told that in the city of V
lckSOn gambling is carried on among y
'yS ana young men to an alarming u
OpOrtlOn. The fayOrite time for "
eSe games is on Sunday, This L
milling is not confined to any class. :, 9
ne toughS and buns together with Il
e sons of the best families are to be
lnd engaged in this delectable pas
pc, and | am told that one of the u
lllngS grew out Of Sunday crap CT
me. Gambling has a wonderful faS- tt
latiOn for young men and whenever II
gets in the blood one will not stop "
theft, robbery or even murder. dC
lie boys are not the only ones, but l
ention them first in order that some
ing may be done to save them. l a
ii now refer to the old gray-headed h;
lnerS who have grown old in the A
me. Get the proof against these "
sinners and bring in indictments d(
ainSt them. The expenses of this n;
lrt, or at least the criminal term, Sc
)uld be borne by the criminals.
HITS BUCKET SHOPS.
The buying and selling of future
tracts on cotton, grain, provisions b
stocks and bonds is unlawful i'm Gil
S state and the law says that those til
o are guilty must be fined and sent be
prison. This form Of gambling is DO
ng more to ruin men than any one ta
,ncy. am told that the operator I9
D receives the messages get 1925 ma
month, the manager $3.50 and th
t the rest of the place is about for
o. So you see it takes over three bO;
ldred dollars month to run one of da
sc places. How do they get it. izi
tainly not from selling informa- ed
l to merchants about the market, l9(
this is but small per cent of