Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-16
....,tiopal Story From Atlanta
D.,,5ding Well Known Man.
.osMzRLy RESIDED HERE

=. several Years Engaged IN
q !. prastIe. Of Law in Gainesville
!. j. We'll Known throughout
nj. Section of the State
,.,,. from The Atlanta Journal
JoaS 1Itb inst, Hon. Sidney c. Tapp'
Z 'Is s, nv years a lawyer of this city
10 [ ~ Atlanta, where he is edit
~ The American Republic, is
asa by a lot of pIutocrats who
-. written him all sorts Of threat
' !. letters. and as a result Col.
s s has secured permission from the
authorities to become a walking arse
al so to speak
col Tapp, as he was known here
- we'll known in Gainesville and
.s,ongbout this section Of the State,
NAT The Sun reproduces the story,
rbich makes interesting reading and
S as follows;
The Story.
conspiracy more subtle than
rrstlow's, more gigantic than the
,lots Of Harry Orchards bloody gang,
/. alleged to have been launched by
group of money kings and corrupt
T1ited States Senators against the
ne of Atlanta's Cromwell, the Hon
cradle Sidney C. Tapp.
So says Mr. Tapp himself.
And so convinced is he by the many
suspicious things that have been hap
uening here of late anonymous let
ters threatening messages, secret
telephone ealls-that he has secured
4 permit from High Sheriff John w.
Neims to carry e pistol.
Though / still stand undaunted,"
said the famous editor Thursday
morning, 81 have taken precautions.
shall continue to write my editorials.
shall denounce the scoundrels, mil
Honaires and Senators though they
BE- OF course, shall be ready for
heir hired assassins and shall be
more careful how go about at night"
Il is these editorials to which Mr..
Tapp referred that have leagued half
The United States Senate against him,
As be believes Since last January
they have been appearing in Mr..
Tapps monthly, known as "The
American Republic" a publication
which has not been paralleled for bat
teaH sarcasm since Timon OF Athens
niled by the seaside. or the icono-
elastic Brann heard the call of go"
Adrieh, Plat, Depew, Elkin, Knox,
SDOOner, Stone and Bailey all have
been described by Mr.. Tapp as more
NJ Tor stripes than Senate seats.
= A plaboIIeaf Plot.
4 have heralded them" he says,
RON one end OF the country TO the
other, And now, 1t appears. they are
unable to survive my warfare and are
Planning to put me out OF the way"
For some time, thinks Mr.. Tapp. cir
eamstanees have been pointing In
that direction.
Last Tuesday morning came a
ehnaE in the drama Of "Tapp Against
Iyrants." It was in the Office Of The
Evans Printing Company, 1904 De
'a'ur street where the editor die
'a'es his Phllippics and where The
American Republic is brought forth
onee a month. Mr.. Tapp's six and a
-lI ieet OF patriotism reposed in an
:, am chair and nearby sat Jack Evans.
.S private secretary, taking down the
-, 'a' utterances which on the
-,'l OF this month win starle the
so''a. Only the night before Mr..
. ''pp had been sought out IN his room
: 'ae Aragon Hotel by two strange
- - giving their names as ]. W. and
y. j. stone As he was debating the
phone rang.
LAY On Msouf," Cried Tapp.
81. pr Tapp answered and a husky
!, - called from the other end Of
q, 'e are coming down TO see you
Writing
- 'rm voice Mr.. Tapp replied:
C'-ae on. I am ready for you"
49,, 's1 be told the men IN the chop
-a lAHFn VA q In - -