The Forrest City times., 1908-03-20
A PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS
 FROM SHERIFF W. E. WILLIAMS

Doubtless you have read the slanderous statements of Robert Not at believe there s reputable citizen in this county who would believe word that he has stated be Now for solid On Tuesday the first day of January Ioo7 had paid their liquor license year o roo7 the above date each of them filed my receipt by judge Folbre granted license and the third day of January Tucker Swan applied my receipt and presented two checks and making in all Ssoooo Mir Nelson this The cashier Torres City put the checks and the the safe
 found ont from Judge Fobre that he had refused the license then the bank had the S8oooo marked Bob Swain the checks and believe the then destroyed Mr. Nelson this have just he says the note was destroyed however not clear this point but the whole thing Up right then and there. One day City Marshal Jack Davis the of the Beck Company and while standing there Judge Fobre walked up and said him: Judge s9n dld not grant the hquor license to fucker Swan lie prohibited from doing for Grggs township dry ship It this day and time. that this entire thing ending that Swan says his money three days after Why does he tell the truth if he 10 talk about this a and that he the following Monday attorney. R. l. Williams insisted the Judge granting the cense emphasize this calling attention the fact that Capt M Collins paid me his money for liquor license day after Tucker Swan paid in their and the following Monday the day of January 1oo Capt Collins received his license from Judge Fobre.
 Divine Carr who waited on the the after holding the 7h and 8th days of January adjourned the county the regular day of the probate held January and Tucker Swan poll of the or dry and to report to the court the said 2 day of January
 you bear mind elow-eitzens that Walker SeaboTn the application for Tucker all went to Whecey the speaking, Mir Carr the court house to sec fl he eond find the application and bond which Seaborn told that they had made dgnt search and found all the applications for liquor license together with the bonds office, except this particular of Tucker Swan n that funny coincidence There is but conclusion from this circumstance and that bitter political enemy mine who kin thief stole this application liquor license of the clerks office Right that hung hook heris office and this same thief he stole this receipt. to impress felowczen that Bob Swan had up only S4oooo in the o check and eashed paid Still he tells the people that robbed his wife and children o S8oooo (. Mcaron, Mir N. Dillon others called him down. and proved to the crowd that Bob swan had made this The
 truth Is have already said you were returned to Swan in person and the has either been destroyed
 wish to append tbs from Mir r II. Tucker which reads as follows:
 To the Public 9 '2''
 As the Tucker Swan liquor license matter wish to say in all fairness Sheriff Williams that we paid to him each S4oooo on the rd day o January 1907 cheeks of Forrest City, and signed by Mr N which made in the aggregate cheeks refunded and never paid As to the date do remember.
 Now ielow-cizens have collected from ar Fucker in fines Scr enamhe tne S d Iae ot %6s5e running from April Ith S5ooo Joe Alexander S5ooo r H. Tucker s53oo and T. H Ihcer S318oo making te aggregate S58oo The named - "ee HofAs Tor 4 tucker therefore he assumed and paid th 4ne and q want 10 state further that have collected Mcknight Sf5l3oo fines, the l o hiskey in St Frane county and have paid this money county nens Tucker s@aa Read what Mr. s6l c 1e be ope n man 9i that grand lury has 10 say on the subject
 T foreman oi the grand for the March term ooz time that want Tucker swan indicted for the sale o whiskey ~ @
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 Af Swan further that he A Tucker asked me intended make Jim Wallace pay SSoooo never did make Tucker "an put np their checks for Ssoooo This a helr own instance without solicitation part Then %ly should he ask ii intended Jim Wallace put up oooo as he knows full wei that Jim Wallace applied I' 10 snow you the fallacy ot this argument Mr. fucker and Mir Wallace told Saturday evening Iqeker Swan to hire Mr. Wallace them
 @ @5ooo per month m the event that they succeeded get ing th license Wallace every Saturday and busy
 Ar swan has always persstenty denied that operated Blind Tiger, the Gray Kenton dnng The september what appeared before the grand that they @hskey form Bob Swan but order show people Bob Swan H append the following of anuary c.
 Certificate of k Internal Revenue Office Dis