The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
Attorney General Jackson Re-
ceives Threatening Letters.
Efforts Also Made to Discredlt
Him.
NEW STORY STARTED.
That Prosecutions in Leaven-
worth Are Dismissed.
On Other Hand Others Have
Eeen Commenced.

Tn ordar to get even with the attor-
nov eenaraI of the state. F. S. Jackson,
FOR his efforts to close the saloons and
dives in Leavenworth, certain parties
from that town are circulating ugly
charges against Mr.. Jackson, and the
attorney generals office.
man known to be friendly with
Leavenworth parties, who was an en-
Move in the last legislature, was max
ing this sort of a statement about the
state house a few days ago:
"I am informed that several OF
those fellows in the attorney generals
office are making this law enforce
ment business pay them wen: 1neS
are feathering their nests. Ihey ne
new cases against LeavenWortn JOINT
lists every few days, and then httle
get 800 apiece for each case DISMISS
ed That's easy money for them' ana
suits the Leavenworth people.
when this came to the ears OF At
<orney General jackson he SAID:
att is only necessary to say, con-
corning that matter, that so Tar as 1
recall at present this office mas not
dismissed a single liquor prosecutor,
or other prosecution in Leavenwortn.
charles D. Shukers, assistant attor-
new general. is in Leavenworth, where
he has filed another batch OF about
dozen liquor prosecutions. II seems
to be possible to start cases againsl
the I,eayenworth law violators Wnen
g. assistant attorney general goes ov-
err but the county attorney seldom
gets into the game.
at is a hard proposition for an as
sistant attorney general TO 90 nue.. .siN
cause as soon as I arrive In town.
som melody Is sure to know ABOUT IL,
and inform the saloons. Then they
keep close track of everything L 90 as
long as 1 stay there. IL Is inlpGssaD a,
10 make a move without lne hho"-
ledge of the saloon crowd
ga friend of mine over there IN
T,eavenworth said to me the other DAY
while 1 was at work there 1t Wouio
he lust as we'll for you to stay pretty
close around the hotel in the even
inps wouldn't go out on the street
~ was YOU. There are plenty OF
people over here who would IKE a
chance to ''git you In the DARK.
don't know as there is any special
danger, but that shows what some
people think about It,
IF the attorney generals department
was at all inclined to be terrorlzeo Dy
threats it would have long since oe-
eisted in its anti-saloon crusade. All
Jinds of threats are made, from Civil
var to plain ordinary assassination
Attorney General Jackson keeps all
the threatening letters which ne re-
ceives. and he now has a pig package
few more to the collection. When
ever any special effort is made, or any
new actions brought, against the
saloons, a new crop of threats Is re-
ceived by mail.
Of course all such threats are
ANONYMOUS, and most of them are
printed, to disguise the handwriting
Of the author. One letter postmarked
from a southeastern Kansas town an
nounced that the saloon keepers mad
determined to dynamite ten churches
FOR each saloon which Jackson or his
assistants closed. The letter was filled
with profane and indecent language,
and exnressed the writer's conviction
that it would be a good thing for the
community to blow up all the
churches and kill all the Christians. In
order to carry out this holy war. 1t
was announced that the saloon men
had formed themselves into a military
organization for offense and defense.
Threats to treat Jackson and his
assistants the same way Governor
Steunenberg was treated are plentit-
full. The letters would indicate that
men of the Harry Orchard type are
plentiful in Kansas. 1t will be remem-