The Southern herald., 1914-05-01
Judge JackS0n Says he did
Hot discuss -IHficip4
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Dat4A yAA4-L9L-. HI Az gGAgAa41-
zgficle the ChrDuicIs Sad that
Judge Robert Jackson has ben
q1osed a. saying N private eoz-
versatiOn. that IN the event the
men indicted In connection with
the failure d the First Nstchez
Bank should spply t9r a change
Of venue that be did not know
whether he v0gd grant It OF MT;
bat that II be did be Woud send
the case to Amite county for trisi,
where there has bee1 a bank
alare."
TIE gticle vas Submitted to
Judge Jackson, who said there
was 10 truth in the statement at
trib1ted TO him, Ill Of which wa.
published in the Democrat Of the
18th instant, together with editor
.ial comment.
Nov comes the Chronicle rep
reducing the article from the Dem
ocrat's column and makes the foil
owing statement:
Immediately uDon seeing the
foregoing eiitorta! in the Natchez
JaiIy Democrat, the editor Of the
Chronicle called Mr. F. r. Noble
over long distance telephone AMI
reousted verlfcatiOn 0i the sub
Jet matter contained in our crit
icism Of Judge Jackson's discuss
Jon oi bis probable ruling on an
anticipated motion in the case OF
the indicted Natchez bankers. In
response to our request Mr.. Noble
sent us the following letter:
Martinyille, Miss. April IA,
1914, Editor Chronicle: Refer.
ring to phone conversation, will
state az briefly as | can converse
ton ! had with Judge Jackson, on
train coming out from Nstchez the
night he was going home on ac.
count Of sickness. Judge Jackson
and | were talking about the bank
failure, ETC., and in course Of con
versation he said if he gave them
a chance at all he would give it tc
Amite county; | said to him he
just as well give it 10 Jefferson, a:
| Amite had not had a bank failure
he said yes they have and referred
| to the bank failure at Gloster.
am quite sure Judge Jackson vii
not deny this when his mind is
called to the time and place of The
conversations | hope this vii
give you about what you want"
Il
"The Chronicles attitude in this
matter is not to be misconstrued
We have no quarrel with judge
Jackson, nor any partisan lnteres
in the fate OF the Natchez bankers
However, we stand on our frs
statement, viz: If Judge Jackson
has been correctly quoted land w
are now quite certain that he has,
lhis attitude is absolutely Unfair t.
the defendants, ETC. "The Dem
ocrat is eminently correct in tn,
statement that serious mistake
have been made just this way anc
| the present instance is one of tn
most serious Of all; but we submit
that the serious mistake is that 0
Judge Jackson, who DID discus
a case which was pending in hi
court, and our informant stand
ready to make oath to the conver
sation quoted"
When seenby a Democrat repre-
sentative and questioned relativ
to the above, Judge Jackson said
Il know Mr.. Noble end met hin
. aboard a train while ! was en- rout
home, but most positively di
not discuss thequestion OF achang
Of venue, as such a question ha
never come before me. | do nc
mean to question Mr.. Mobiles hor
esty Of intention, but he is certai
lily confused in the matter.
There is no man in Natche
leyen who can say that | discusse
the matter at ALL"
Judge Jeckson's statement
. sufficient for those who kno'
.tt. .Il t..o.,,