The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-08

would justify the creating of such an
citizen and also as an editor to pro-
duce them. If you know nothing that
would justify the inference, then it is
reprehens.b.e.
You also say in your article THAT
residents Of the place (meaning Mil
toni showed no disposition to give in
formation relative to the shooting and
preferred not to be questioned" Now
the inference is clear and unmistak-
able that residents Of Milton (names
and number not stately were in pos
session Of information regarding the
assassination o. Corbin. and the state
ment Is positive that they showed
no disposition to give information
relative to the shooting and preferred
not to be questioned"
cannot say whether this be true
or not, but will say that if The Pensa-
cola Journal will either publish the
names of these residents OF Milton
or furnish them to the state ATTORNEY
(who is now in Pensaco!a) that it
may be Of some assistance in bring
ing Corbin's assassin to justice, and
that the good people Of Milton will
greatly appreciate such a service from
a paper which hitherto has lost no
opportunity to paint Milton in very
dark colors. and on occasions (as in
this case) by downright misrepresen-
tation.
l say that your account Of this date
relative to Corbin's assassination IS
absolutely false in many respects, and
in one respect its falsity IS either will
fu1 or made without an effort to as
certain the truth or faislty of the
statement, and with no other appar-
ent motive than to create an impress
sior that Sheriff Collins assassinated
Corbin or had 1t done. The state
ment refer to is contained in the
first part of the last paragraph of
your article. and IS as follows: "Cor-
bin did not appear in Per sacola at the
preliminary trial of Sheriff Collins.
but was, held in Georgia at that time :"
Now the fact is that Corbin did ap-
pear and testify for the government
at the preliminary trial of Sheriff Col.
Inns in Pensacola. and if the writer
of your account Of the assassination
| OF Corbin did not know it, he could
easily have ascertained the fact. The
| fact that he did not do so shows eth
er gross carelessness on his part
without any regard for whether what
, he wrote was true or rot or a down
! right propensity for lying.
| Your news" article is also untrue
as to Corbin being called to the
! front door Of his home and shot
dead. five bullets entering the
; body" @**
| ta) Corbin had no home in Milton
! but boarded (when here) at c. F.
! Clark's.
'(b) Corbin was shot on the street
In front of Clark's store
(c) Corbip was only shot twice.
Now, Mr.. Editor, will say that I
myself was a government witness
against both Collins and Penton and
suppose one of the most important
witnesses the government had vet I
have never had the least fear of being
killed on account of it
| I write this article in justice to
the good citizens OF the town of Mil
ton has compared to it's population.
I am sorry to say that we, like all 9TH
err towns. have also our criminal ele-
ment. This, however, the good citi-
zens are trying by every legitimate
means to eliminate (but we don't
mob 'em). I have consulted no one
about writing this, and no one even
knows that am doing so. I am writ.
ing in the interest of no individual
but of our town, and for the purpose
Of correcting false impression OF
our people. At this time. perhop nc
one knows who killed Corbin excep,
his murderer. but every good citizen
Of Milton deeply regrets the tragedy
and will lend every assistance IN their
power to bring the guilty party to JUS
tice, whether he live in Milton, Pen
saeola or Kalamazoo.
The Journal has large circulation
in Milton, and in many respects oul
people are Justly proud of "our Yves,
:. florida paper" but few more I'M
called for and untruthful broad
Sides aimed in our direction NAV
cause US to lose some of our enthus
iasm for The Journal II you can't OF
wont say any thing good for Milton
please don't misrepresent US in order
to say something to the detriment O
the place and our citizens
H. S LAIRD.
n. B-Since writing the above F
. NJ Penton and W. B. Simmons, O
; Alabama, have been arrested fol
, above crime, and are in Jail l know
nothing of the evidence upon which
they are held. II. S. L.
: The Light That Failed.-"Uncle
. rfeasa ~