The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19

might be predicated an Indictment against me than all other people in the world could possibly give truthfully. It was given in open court under my oath. had nothing to fear then; have nothing to fear now. Seigel was convicted by Jury of twelve men and there are going to be other convictions againt this same bunch of gamblers The gamblers and vioIators of the prohibition law and all other law breakers, have received neither aid nor comfort from me. but, on the con trary. the sternest enforcement of the law. No gambler or law-breaker has ever had the temerity to approach me with an offer or insinuation to pay for protection in the commission of crime.
 Every reasonable man knows that, If testimony worthy of belief as these four wise men of the grand jury false ly and maliciously assert was produc- ed, had been offered before the grand jury, the grand jury would certainly have indicted me. and would have deserved both indictment and convic- tion. That the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Liars did appear before the grand jury and testify against me, ! do not doubt, but the honest men recognized this tribe by their. counte- nances. and hence the failure of the four wise men to indict me
 The second charge is. in substance. that one Tiv Kelly an unfortunate negro. was taken from a train at Car din, a little town in this county, was arrested and placed in jail and his trial was delayed until after dark, and he was tried. fined and turned loose up- on the community without any pro- tection whatever. This negro was taken from the train by what is sup posed to be striking miners, and rough ly handled. The Sheriff hearing of the matter and having inofrmation that the negro was liable to be killed by the miners, sent a certain deputy sher- if to that town to investigate the mat ter. and lpon his arrival there the negro had been fined and turned loose, and the negro appealed to him for pro- tection,' and went so far as to offer the said deputy sheriff s2 if he would protect him or escort him to the near est military camp some few miles distant, where he could get protection. The deputy sheriff notified the Sheriff of the condition of affairs, and the Sheriff notified him to play hands off and have nothing to do with the me- gro. that he did not wane to be re- sponsible for the negro's life. If there is any law in this State protecting q citizen. and fnapeaching a Sheriff for cowardice in being afraid to do his duty this seems to us a clear case of inpeachmert,f and we therefore recom- mend his impeachment in this mat ter..
 During the strike a negro was taken-off the train by the city author ities of Cardin, and not by the deputy sheriff. I heard that this negro at Cardiff was a non-union miner and some union miners were likely to take this negro from the city authorities at Cardiff. II at once 'phoned to my dep- uty at Brookside to go at once to Car diff and see if he could find any grounds for the rumor and to give the officers who's had the man in custody any assistance they requested and that if more help was requested or re- quired, to advise me. The deputy, af- ter going to Cardiff. 'phoned me that there were no grounds tor the Fumor, and that eyeryt thing was qniets that the Mayor had given the negro a trial and was going to release him. phon-