Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-08-27
TRIGG COUNTrS REQUEST.
Turned Down Very COld.-GOvernOr
Wilson Fires Back Some
Hot Shot.

and resolutions which has been for
warded him by the county officials Of
Tr;gg county, stating that the pre-
sence Of troops was not desired in
that county and intimating that the
soldiers had committed acts of law
lessness. Trigg county, which is In
the dark tobacco district, near the
Tennessee line, has been the scene
Of an unusually large number of night
rider depreciation.
Governor Wilson before proceed
ing to reply quotes in full the letter
and the resolutions, which are dated
August Is, and forwarded from Ca
diz KY, and written on the letter
heads Of the Planters Protective as
ISOLATION. the organization Of the
dark tobacco growers. The sigma
lures are led off with the names of
County Judge G. b. Bigham and
Sheriff ". G. Brosdbent, of Trigg
county. The letter and resolutions
recite that at a mass meeting attend
ed by 800 citizens of Trigg county,
those present pledged themselve to
make every effort to restore order and
peace. Among other statments the
resolutions contain the following:
Without reciting the various acts
of violence and without touching on
auy acts Of lawlessness on the part
of the soldiers, we desire to assure
your excellency that we can do all or
more than the soldiers can.
The resolutions state that the pre-
sence of the soldiers is hindrance to
the execution of justice by the civil
tribunals and declare that their with
drawal would be in the interests of
law and order
In his reply Governor Wilson COM
mends the spirit shown by the mass
meeting and expresses his belief that
those present can restore order in
Trigg county if they will do all they
can to live up to their pledge. Ifsuch
a pledge had been taken at the outset
of the depredations, II months ago,
and carried out there would now be
no neod of soldiers in the county.
But, says the Governor, dur
ing that Is months hundreds of peo-
pie have been intimldated by secret
bound league and long list of crimes
recorded And during all this time
not one of you who offer this pledge
has caused the arrest OF anybody, al
though many of the crimes we're so
open and shameless that many of you
who sign these resolutions not only
knew Of the outrages, but knew where
officers could have laid their hands
ION the perpetrators. You have not
made a single affidavit, caused a sim
gle arrest or even asked for war
rant. The people Of your county
were made to feel that they could not
rely for help on either yourselves or
the peace officers. And while you
did nothing yourselves, you never
asked aid of the state government,
but showed hostility to the state gov
ernments measures to protect life and
property"
In conclusion the Governor takes a
parting shot at the signers Of the res
olutions for eugrossing them on the
stationary Of the Planters Protective
associatiop.-.a name which he says
recalls the raid on Princeton, Hop
kiDsville and number Of other places.
On the ground that the lives Of . few
brave men, who have attempted to
prosecute the night riders aud who
have asked for protection would be
endangered and their properly put to-
further risk of destruction, he refuses
to Withdraw the troops. Such . step.
he says, would remove what little
proteetiu has Of late been afforded