The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-06-23
Poker John Allen
Steals Whisky
Was District Attorney and Can
didate for Congress At The
Time.

who is making all sorts of unpro
ven charges against Maj. Varda-
man. it would seem is not with
out guilt himself, as the follow
inc sworn affidavits, which have
been brought to the COrlnthlan
office by the gentlemen whose
names are signed to them, I'M
doubtedly prove ;and the less he
charges others with wrong doing
which he has not been able to
prove the better it will be for
his own reputation. In fact hv-
ing in Il glass house he should
not engage in throwing stones,
for murder will out no mat
ter Of how long standing.
The fact in the ease of the
theft Of the whiskey, 50 w. w
lobe. who served the warrant
and collected the fine OF $1,000,
states as follows: Mr. Allen,
priced off cieat to the door of
Streatman' mill and took the
jug OF whiskey therefrom. Mr..
.Jobe, after the Warrant had been
sworn out, went to a picnic ex-
pecting to find Private John
and arrest hun, as he said, like
any other common thief, but he
MAS not nI-nsant, hut ---zes..'zss
h party, who had assisted IN drink
sing the liquor was and ON being
Mtold there was a warrant for
Fhis and Aliens arrest was IN thu
Nhands of the constable, and
&paid a fine of $40, it being said
$that the "Private furnished
{ the money.
What makes the matter still
worse is the fact, SO Mr.. lobe
) saws. that Allen was district at
torney at the time andwas also
candidate for Congress. Read
the sworn statement OF these
two prominent and reputable clt
Nizens of Alcorn county, and draN
your own conclusion about the
man who is engaged IN the III
HOLY but abortive effort to down
HVardaman:
q Copied from original document
State Of Mississippi
and !. III. Allen
On affidavit Of g. w. Street
man for breaking door and tax
F.. ing whiskey out of said Street
f. mans mill on the 18th of june
! 1880
I July 1st, 1880, forthwith re
] turned mexecuted by order od
7 the prosecutor July 10th 1880
Il w. w. .Jobe, Constable.
81 The within cause was this day
Edismissed by order of prosecutor
u j. l.. Mclean, j. p,
b Personally appeared before mt
the undersigned Justice of Peace
rs. NJ. Nabors, who says under
oath that the above is a true
Icopt of the Justice docket OF
page 1S9.
S. N. Majors.
Subscribed before me this 10th
day Of June 1911.
j. G.. Tyson, j. 7
n Personally appeared before the
Il undersigned, "A Justice of Peace
NV. w. Jobe, who says under
oath that in ease Of State of
Mississippi VS.. Allen was
settled by paving $1,000
and all costs.
W. w. Jobe
Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me this 10th day of June
1911.
J. G. Tyson, J. p
The name left blank i'll thu
affidavit is done so purely from
the fact as the Cor-inthian IS in
formed by Mr.. Jobe he only
crank part Of the whiskey after
Mr.. Allen had distracted it from
Streetman.s $, is a private citizen
taking no hand in politics, and
that it was understood at the
time that Allen had furnished
the money to pay the fine, also
offering Mr.. Streetman another
gallon of whiskey, which he in
dignantly refused to accept. Ed
Daily Corinthian.
We presume that Allen just
couldn't sleep and was strolline
around to pass off the time and