Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-06-05
= oASTAROLY ATTEMPT BY
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
THE BARoF OXFORD.

disoarment proceedings against i.
Hon. Lee ". Russell. one Of the
States most worthy and most
respected sons. /. leaked out
last week that these men (nos all
the BARI, behind closed doors. in
a carefully guarded claRiestine
way. had assembled and agreed
to damn this young lawyer II they
could. ~ last they cas-; their
ballot. = secret one. uf c1urss.
Among this number were some
of the individuals wh0 in 1911
banded themselves together for
the purpose of preventing this
young man lrsa going 70 tn
state senate. They made a most
ign0nini5us failure IN this bus
have never been satisfied wIsl
this crushing defeat; they have
pursued aim, Il many instances
mahgnsd hin, early and ate
Every citizen VI this town: every
well informed citizen % the coua-
~ knows that certain members Of
this grttp have continually and
persIstsntly pursued and perss-
cuted this man. Some Of thsss
men personal enemies Of this man,
nos one hecan really call friend
among this crowd aud yet this
crowd, calling themselves law
yers, took the liberty under these
circumstances 10 sit on his case.
4 packed jury from the frst a.
every citizen well knows. This
proceeding IS nothing sAo-t Of aa
attempted assassination OF cAar-
scte-, no use to dodge the issue;
and the result Is that the eatirs
community. the county u large.
avery few OF the hangers on OF /
this crowd 70 the contrary, are
up n arms a. this outrage.
The p-esext Of this ext-aor,If-
nary move Is that Mr.. Russell 4
voluntarily, withs1: any fee what
ever. had defended 4 studea, OF Z
-oe University named 3. r Gr.s-
som, charged with Carrying :
pistol. fighting and carrying
snacks- Yong Griss0n. the
drst honor man OF the senior
class had been expelled from the ,
UnIversIty. Charges had been
made against hin IN the courts :
aud M Russell undertook MS
defense and TINS young naa vas
acquitted, not OnIy once but seven
times: i've times before one mag
lsIrate; twise On the sane chs-S-
80 before another magistrate. In
me Latter case \ jury vas de-
handed and this jury upheld tie
jurisdiction OF the former court
throughout. declared there was
no wrongtoing N sane oy any
One II their verdict a.d freed this
nan for the seventh time. Ger
tain officials VITO had been beaten
81 their ova game by attempting
% prosecute tina young Elaa and
IL taking the sane cases to aro.h- f.
er justice. shsn sought revenge
AMI then sought out these law
yer friends 20 asd them n punish
ing the lawyer who had been able
to protect the defendant from
their Vaccinations OF their Owe
making Perhaps some Of these
lawyers may think the people Of
this community and county wiIl
stand for this Mr.. RUSSELL was
supposed TO have been chargei
with collusion with the first JUS
tee that tried the czss and there
by procuring n sc9uitial. but
this theory = exploded because
Ehsse irrit.ted os5ciass sought out
their own court, selected their
own jury and this Jury 10, only
turned Grisssn Loose but can
DleteIy exone-ated the justiSe.
the lawyers and all concerned. +
II should De sa;d that the justice
charged with this Is splendid
citizen, al honest an uprigh,
gentleman CoRfede-a,s SOL
der.
It waz SAID further that Mr..
Russell had made certain afi6a-
wits which were = breach of the
legal ethics aad all such bosh as
that Every fair minded man in
this county knsws that Lee u.
Rusreu is an honorable young /,
man, that his moral character Is I
above reproach, that measured
from any view point there Is not
4 one of his accusers that would
dare say that Mr. Russell does ,
not measure up TO the very high
est standard, that he Is one Of the
ao.ess young lawyers of MS age
N the State, tina. no honest man
viii dare challenge his integrity |
and unblemished character. But
these nen would destroy himI