The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-21

II don't believe there's q man down
here who's rot nerve enough to ar
rest Fulton Tuttle- The warrants
out III right. you can say that; but
don't 70 any stronger. I'd bet q
nousand they never pinch him
Lane va good prophet. They
never did actually arrest Fulton Tut
tie. They never would have issued
the warrant Il We hadn't hammered
them into II by getting the whole
town talking about the case. But,
the process Of actually putting Full
ton Tuttle under arrest and making
him stand trial was very different
thing. The warrant merely slum-
berod In the .plgeonhole Of the desk
Of the chief plumbing inspector. Tho
next day and every day for ton days
published . short two-column Tut
tle-warrant editorial on the nrst
page. At first addressed It to the
city attorney. chief piumbing tnspso-
tor, police judge and chief OF poiioa.
asked II anybody had heard whether
the warrant had been served. Then
/ changed II into the form Of re-
wuTd. Offering to pay one hundred
dollars to any person who GOULD prove
that futile had been arrested.
More Vheeas Within Wheels.
On the afternoon Of the tenth
Gay the chief plumbing Inspector
and pale. his hands trembled. He
locked aud acted Hike q man on the
verge Ct nervous prostration.
Look here" he pleaded, won't
you LEI up? DIT dare serve thst
warrant I'm helpless. I'm appoint
Cd by The mayor. and II arrested
fulton futile I wouldn't have my
Job three minutes. futile absolutely
owns Bill Lamb nut up the money
for ria last two campaigns and has
promised to send him to ConSress.
Bill don't dare make the Tuttles mad,
and u make EN- mad IT'S nil OF
with me and BILL Won't you quit ?"
was sincerely sorry for the Man.
moro because OF the mental and mo-
rzl limitations which prevented his
seeing in municipal government any
thing but IN organization for per-
sonai profit than because OF his en-
barrassment over tho Tuttla war
rant
Why don't you 70 right to Tuttle
with your troubles7" / asked him.
III he's anything Ike decent he'll
submit to arrest. pay . nns. M the
pipe and forget It."
He took my advice. ana the fol-
lowing day we printed a story OF
Tuttie's arrest and his payment OF
fine Of .lfty dollars. We did not
neglect, however, to call attention to
the difference in the treatment ac-
corded futile and the treatment ac-
corded Mrs. Wilson. she was taken
to court In . patrol wagon and waa
sent to tho workhousc. Tuttle's law
yer appeared for him. pleaded guilty
for him and paid his fne for him.
futile was not compelled to endure
tho unpleasantness Of contact with
the vulgar atmosphere of the po-
lice court. He sat In his iuxuriously
Furnished otiice and let his hired
man attend to the sordid details Of
hts prosecution. The nrst advertising
echo Of our stand IN the plumbing
case came . few days later. when
the Comptroller OF the Currency
made ono Of his periodical calls FOL
national bank statements. Tho Tut.
tie National Bank and the Second
National Bank xoldiy informed Aus
tin, when he called fnr their stare
mentA which the newspapers had al
| ways printed a. advertising. thai
their boards had decided not to use
| the Sun any more Tho futile Cor.
| poration controlled both institutions
| In St James It was tho practice
Of the savings banks and trust COM
panies to publish statements when.
I eeteE the national hanks did, i,.ti
Austin was turned down q, the Val
ley Trust Company and the Prov
dent Savings Bank. They were alss
controlled by Tuttle.
| The Gem Mills. big flour com.
pany that did an enormous bushes,
in the city and throughout the Mid
die West. had been figuring witt
| Austin on q years Contract to covel
advertising to run daily. Shortly AZ
ter tho loss Of the bank statement
the manager Of tho Gem Mills tolt
Austin that no didn't care to advar
tise In the Sun. This was another
company owned and operated by tn,
futile Corporation. The Valley Trus
Company and the Provfdent saving
Bank had been advertising with VI
regularly on contract When thef
contracts expired, q month later
they declined to renew.
/ About the same time We begai
preparations for Issuing our annua
edition. which II quite an event II
the life Of tho Middle West news
paper in the smaller cities. Not ,
factory or wholesale house In which
there was Z cent Of futile mona,
gave Us an inch Of advertising.
/ Chcors From tho Plain People.
WAS still free from misgivinE
NJ to the final success Of the paper
for our circulation was growing
steadily. but l appreciated the i'm