The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-26
MANLY STATEMENT
OF SHERIFF LOGAN

County:
Gentlemen: wish that | had the
opportunity and time to see each and
every voter and Taxpayer OF Polk
county in person. but the duties OF
my office requiring So much of my
time land the time being short be-
fore the primary election, find that
it is impossible for me to do SO, and
| take this means of asking you for
your influence and your vote on the
3Oth OF April
| have been Sheriff of Polk County
for about four "a years. and was
marshal and Deputy Sheriff of Lake
land for three go years before be-
ing elected TO my present Office.
have always endeavored to perform
rly duties with justice and impair
TALLY and without fear or favor to
anyone. My official life is open, and
court the closest investigation. |
have never done anything knowing
IL that was not right and just, either
as a private citizen or a public Off
cial.
When | was elected to the Office
OF Sheriff of this county | determined
that would try and rid thu county
OF blind tigers" professional gamb-
lers and the lewd negro women whm-
which had infested this county
for number Of years. and say
without egotism on my part. that
there are less OF these evils going on
in this county now than ever before
in its history, and there is not an
open. notorious blind tiger" in Op-
Grafton in Polk county, and fewer
criminals have escaped during my
term of office than ever before, and |
have caught several that committed
crimes before my term and had got
zen out Ol tne STATE.
When ! first assumed the office !
began to wage a vigorous campaign
against the blind tigers" and sew
eral OF them openly boasted that
they would continue to sell whiskey
IN this county regardless of the wish
cs OF the people or the officers. They
commenced Ivy trying to bride me and
iLy deputies, and failing in this, they
attempted TO bride witnesses, hut |
kept after them until have run
them out of business. and the places
where there were once open, motor
lous blind tigers. are today occu-
pied by brick buildings and legiti-
mate business, and if elected again, {.
shall continue to wage the same Wig
orous warfare against them in the
future that ! have in the past
The blind tiger element, and
hose in sympath! with them hay.
tGlcd 10 create the impression
throughout the county that have
collected fees and money which was
not allowed by law, and which | was
net entitled to. These charges were
first investigated by the Board OF
County commissioners, and then by
the Grand Jury, composed of
eighteen tlSD men selected from diff
fereht parts of the county, the Grand
Jury summoni,I2 seventeen or
eighteen witnesses before them in
examining the charges, and in caca
ease ! WAS cAon"ratcd, and | am sure
that no one will dare say that there
was any undue influence used with
either body. In justice to the pro-
PIE at large, and myself, wish to
say that every bill of mine that is
PAID by the county, is first examined
by the attorneys for the Commits
sioncrs and approved by them before
they are paid by the County Com
missioners, and the Board Of County
commissioners examine them even
after they have received the approval
OF their attorney, before they pay
them. and ! am sure that in neither
ease would a bill have been approved
or paid unless | was entitled 10 il
under the law of this State.
| ] have made il :. rule on each pay
day night when ! knew that there
would b. a crowd of professional
gamblers and lewd women at any OF
the miBes. TO either 20 around or
send my deputies and raid the gamb-
| ling dens and arrest all found violat-
ing the law. and instructed my depu-
ties TO bring every professional
gambler or lcwd woman TO the Jail
and not to accept bond from them
under any circumstances, but where
negroes would be arrested and il
could be proven TO the satisfaction
OF me or my deputies that they were
( Il ork inc rarrpr- w. would acrnnt :.