The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-10
THE PLOT THICKENS

So the newspaper which loudly procaims that 'the
province of newspaper is TO give the news first last and
all the time; coolly informs eXpecant public this morn
ing that TO the further developments in the
the News Democrat not in position to speak because they
have not reached Stage OF development sufficient to De
made public" .........,... ..,..,
MAJ we infer that our morning contemporary has inside
information which it is Withholding from the pubc9 Is it
possible that it is acquainted with the identity of these
mysterous strangers who have hired Dick Lghtfoot to
that he story did originate with the News Democrat
and the admission of Attorney Hal Corbett that the only
prosecution he knows of that asked him he
would take fee to prosecute Mayor Smith, Were we
getting when associated the interest the News
Democrat evnced in digging up partial records with the
interest Dick Lghtfoos mysterious strangers" displayed
offering invest money prosecute Mayor Smith! Was
there relation between Democrat representative
first presenting the charges to County Attorney Clay and
the mysterious stranger offering fee to Hal Corbett and
Judge LghtfoOt How did the News Democrat learn that
someone had offered TO employ these atorney Does Hal
Corbett go about telling newspapemen when clients offer
to employ him on mission he considers beneath himi
Does Dick Lghoo who thought The Evening Sun mperti
in asking him the of his client, tell the News
Democrat reporters when he has accepted employment
matter which is not to the professional liking of Mr. Cor
bei Or did the NewsDemocra know about these clients
before the attorneys approached on the subject
The ADMIRATION to the public to remain patient until the
News Democrat gets ready to nge s secrets was grau
this morning All the patient people asked was that
tell the truth far the matter has become pubc but
since has acknowledged that it possesses further norma
ton it pertinent to inquire how reconeles ITS protested
dsnterestedness and policy of giving 1.-THE news first last
and all the time, with such naive retcence Has it sud
denly but too late recalled the words of the Preacher:
''There time to be silent and time to speak, does
consider this which comes within its edl
toal expression of March s. 1910: 1.-The value and useful
of newspaper is often forcbe through things
leaves unsaid than things it pubshesi"
Suspectng the relationship existing between the News
Democrat and the mysterious prosecutors" admit the
forcbleness of the 'vaue and usefulness of the News
Democrat to them through things left unsad to future
developments.
This admission of further information revives interest
in its excuse publishing the charges which dug at
the city hall and presented to the county attorney against
men of whom it says: They highly respected, honor
able and upright men, and we cannot feel that act
done on their part committed with desire to deraud
the city or ransgess the law and that the lefty lost moth
ing by the transactions"
Here were perfectly innocent men-nay, "hghy re-
spected honorable upright men, innocent of any In
enon engaged in nothing that lost the city penny, not
under any charges the county attorney and yet
the morning prints accusations which reflect their
moral character brand them abroad graers this with
out allowing them the opportunity to explain the circum
stances and without publishing facts, which, instead of dis
creJtng them, would reveal them scrupuousy abstain
ing from the things charged against them
It's specific denial this morning that bore any nlwl
toward Mayor Smith is given the lie by the parting hng
che made no great effort sell the property in question to
the citv Possibly to the sOphists of the NewsDemocra
the difference between half lie and whole lie is half the
TRUTH but if they will look at their files for May, 1908 land
If they haven't them will loan them Ours) they will ind
there story about the first deed made by James T.
Smith or his father and turning TO Council Proceedings
folio 562 and 563 they will find unanimous resolution
requesting the mayor to sell property he controls IN
Block &C."
These truths showing the malicious maevolent nature
of the screed in connection with It's statement that IL is
withholding information in its possessions; the fact that the
News dug up the charges and presented them TO
the county attorney and its refusal to publish the names OF
all the men implicated and the real facts about the others
indicate hidden motive other than to give the news hrst
last and all the time"