The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
LETTER TO COUNTY ATTORNEY.

In defense of the good name of
Trigg county, the Cadlz Record
prints the following account of the
correspondence between Fire Marshal
Mott Ayres and County Attorney
Kelly:
In he first annual report of State
Fire Marshal Mott Ayres, which was
sent broadcast over the state few
weeks ago. he gave a Photographic
| reproduction of an anonymous letter
that was sent to Mr.. II. C. Wallis at
Rinaldo, Lyon county, last October,
! and which was mailed at Wallonia,
this county. The letter was mailed
in a stamped envelope that had had
some address printed upon its face,
which had been eraced and the adj
dress of Mr.. Wallis written above in
a badly-written and poorly spelled
hand. Just under this letter, in Mr.
Ayres' report, is the following note:
"The author of the letter is known
to this deperament."
AS soon as this report was received
here County Attorney John w. Kelly
had subpoena issued for Mr.. Ayres
to appear before the grand jury here
on the second day of the May term
of court, which was Tuesday of last
week, which was answered by the fol-
lowing telegram:
louisville. Ky, May II, 1897,
To John w. Kelly, Cadiz XVI
mailed, under special delivery yester-
day, the original letter to Mr.. Smith
at Cadiz am compelled to be in
Henderson Monday and Tuesday of
next week. Can be in Cadiz Thurs
day or Friday IL necessary, but do
not see how | can be of further as
sistance in the matter. Hame al
ready furnished you wit the papers
MOTT AYRES."
Mr.. Kelley at once replied to this
telegram by letter, telling Mr.. Ayres
that if he did not come by Thursday
or Friday, as he had agreed. that he
would have an attachment issued for
him. When Mr.. Ayres received this
letter he called Mr.. Kelly up over
long distance telephone and asked
him not to have an attachment
issued, assuring him that he would
certainly be here Thursday or Fri
day of last week
Saturday morning Mr. Ayres had
not shown up here, and Mr.. Kelly |
sent him the following telegram:
"Cadiz, KY. May 25. 1907.-To
Mott Ayres, State Fire Marshall, |
Louisville, Ky.:-Will expect you
here before grand jury Monday with
out fail. If not, will have you at
tached. Did not fulfill your primise
to come Thursday or Friday. Au-
swer.
JOHN w. KELLY, GO. ATTY"
Sunday Mr.. Ayres called Circuit
Judge Thos. p. Cook up over the
long distance telephone and told him
that he had received a very insulting
telegram from Mr. Kelly (referring
to the above telegram, and telling
him that he could not come Monday, |
as his wife was sick, stating further
that he did not know anything that
would be of any benefit to the grand
jury except what was contained in
the papers he had sent Mr. Smith
Judge Cook informed him that there
was no evidence contained In the pa
pers md nothing to bear out thel
state--lent in his annual report that
"the author of the anonymous letter
was known to the department" Judge
Cook then asked him the name of the
party who wrote the letter, as he
had stated in his report that he
knew, whereupon Mr.. Ayres stated
that he did not know the name of
the author of the letter. SO II is
clear that Mr.. Ayres has made two
statements in regard to this matter,
and it remains for the people to de-
lcide which one is true and which one
lis not true, or whether or not either
lof them is true, for in his report he
says he knows the author and to
4 Judge Cook he says he does not.
Nudge Cook then Informed Mr.. Ayres
that he would have him before the
lTrigg county grand jury If 1t took
him all the balance of his term.
II Monday Judge Cook received let
ter from Mr. Ayres containing the
following certificate purporting to
be from physician:
ITO Whom Il May Concern:
lowing to the condition Of Mrs.
Mott Ayres. 1t is impossible for Mr..
Mott Ayres to leave the city at pres
ent. Signed:
%. Y. ROBERTS, NJ. d.
"May 26, 1907"
II viii be observed that there Is
nothing whatever to prove whether
or not there is such man in exist
ence as the above NJ. d., as 1t is not
attested by any one;- does not show
whether 1t was written In Louisville.
New York. Kalamazoo, of China,
and was written on sheet of the
Seelbach Hotels paper. Would a
physician of high standing write
such certificate to be sent to a
court, or would he have written 1t
on home OF his own stationery and
had something about 1t to show the
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