Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-11
MARION JACKSON
AND HOTEL MAN
SET RIGHT
John Edmondson, Lessee Of En-
pire, Denies Statements Made
Public by Carl Huicheson,

The following letters given to The
Georgian in reply TO charges made
BY Carl HUTCHINSON explain them
selves:
Editor The Georgian:
Attacks upon myself personally are
immater.aI
They we're expected Others will be
made Bat protected vice can not re-
vive itself in Atlanta by slanderng
me or any other individual am only
one of a committee which commit
tee represents 80 per cent, if not
all. Of the Protestant churches of Ar
lanta.
Therefore. if the attacks injured
only me, / SHOULD ignore them.
But when these attacks hit and hurt
not me. bat innocent third parties, IS
is known 10 those who make the at
lacks. the public should be informe l.
John EdmOndson is known in At
lanta and throughout the state o.
Georgia He needs no defense from
ne. as his friends and acquaintance
know that he would not operate
QUESTION: Bile house The Hotel En-
pire. in the Jackson Building, was
leased to him a year or more ago .Jf
period of I'VE years.
Whether OF not r EdmOndsph
makes money from his lease, he mas
10 pay the rent. for She simple reason
that he is financially responsible n
dependeni o. his connection with TINS
hotel Therefore. on strict" business
principles. temporarily, 1t is lmm1-
teria1 20 the owners of the building
whether or not he makes money from
the hotel
ii present he is losing mon y
through no fault Of his but throu5a
attacks of members of the under
world and It's defenders made upon
me personally The continued slan-
ders deter decent people from solnS
To the hotel. The other KIND 90 not
FREQUENT II for two reasons,
FIRST. EdmOndson Will not toter-
The second is that I have requested
the chief OF police II anything Is
wrong in the Jackson BullhlnS 10
pull il" before any other place
At the outset Of the canlpaiSu
against protected vice mace L.ils
request of chief Beavers IN the pres
ence of several nc wspaper men. ]
rcneat the request To-Day.
Furthermore. I have asked lndlNld-
uals. and | now ask them ana an
others REGARDLESS. of their motives.
10 have tine Hotel Empire pulled II
there is anything wrong with H.
Will gladly pay the fee Of any lawyer
Who will convict any bellboE, clerk OF
PROPRIETOR in the place of sanctlonihs
an, immortality. hnd ] shall consider
the showing up Of the place not az al. s,'i
attack upon me, but as q PERSONA
favor ..,,
consider II as a favor.
The Jackson Building is owned bE
Ave persons. tine heirs Of my iathef
estate. These also win thank the in
dividuaI that puts an end TO anything
wrong upon their property.
And i'm future the public VIII ap-
praise at their proper value the men
vino i'm seeking to discredit a work OF
thr churches Of Atlanta, make at
tacka upon me which do not hurt me.
bui iniure others who have done them
uo harm. -
have only pity for the blindness Of
these men and their tools.
Since these alta ks have reached
the public through your columns
would appreciate your giving the
same publicity to this letter.
Respectfully.
MARION ". JACKSON.
Here IS statement by EdmOndsOn:
Atlanta Ca. June 10, 1913.
ATv attention has just been called
to an article I'm Sundays American
wherein Carl Hutchinson states in
substance that Mr.. Marion Jackson is
n party to the Keeping of disreputa-
bic house in the Empire Hotel in the
city of Atlanta
/ beg to state that l have leased
from the jackson estate, Of which Mr..
Marion Jackson one of the heirs.
hotel known a. The Empire Hotel, In
the city of Atlanta, having been in
possession Of the same since August,
1872 and that any imputatiOn that
this hotel has not been conducted in a
proper manner is slanderous and IN
true.
If Mr.. HutcheSon can establish that
enc of my clerks has ever greeted a
guest vino was about to register with
the language, with or Without /
will give him $1,000. and If he can not
establish this, il there is any manly