The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-30
(Paid Political Advcrtisement1
Sheriff Endorses Find y
For County Prosecutor
To the Citizens of Harrison
County.


] want to submit few facts In favor
OF the reelection OF A. Judson Find
Z ley to the office Of prosecuting attorney
OF this county know him as know
my own brother Every day for four
years | have been associated with him
as man and an officer. IN the court
room and out Of IT, also know the
nature and character of his official
work and the work required of his
ottice. The work OF his Office and mine
are continually cooperating in en-
forcing the law.
A. Judson Findley should be re-
elected to this office for the record he
has made as a prosecuting attorney.
Many Jurymen have told me and !
have heard II spoken by hundreds Of
Z the best citizens of the county. and /
believe It. that "A. Judson Findley is
one OF the best prosecuting attorneys
Harrison county has over had"
He Is man Of ability BUT rs to his
ability, the records of the criminal
court can speak best for him. l am
informed by those who have examined
the same that the acqulttals in the
criminal court during the entire term
OF his office have been less than fifteen
per cent Of the convictions; a record
that has seldom. II ever, been epuallcd
in this or any other county Of the
state.
When the liquor laws arc enforced
the greater part Of crime is eliminated
Mr.. Findley's vigorous enforcement of
the liquor laws of the state has proved
this to be true The first year OF my
administration as sheriff Of the county
It was not uncommon for me and my
deputies to be called out to make an
arrest in case OF homicide or felon-
ious assault, two to six times a week
The jail was then crowded with men
charged with that character OF crime
Now we are seldom called out undor
such circumstances and when we are
the crime is usually due to liquor.
Grimes OF all other character have
been reduced from fifty to eighty per
cent, as is indicated by the records OF
my office.
AS to Mr.. Findley's fight to enforce
the liquor laws. let me give you few
specific examples: Convictions in Har-
rison county for the violation Of the
liquor laws during the first two years
of the prohibition laws, were 14S and
the fines more than $4,000 Since the
first of July, 1916, my office Inns assist
ed in arresting more than fifty alleged
bootleggers of which many have been
convicted and more than thirty have
been held for the next grand jury. Evil
dence recently turned over. mostly
through his office and from the county
to the federal authorities, caused thirty
one indictments to be obtained there
and ten persons have already con-
fessed upon the same.
Mr.. Ftndley is a great prosecuting
attorney, because he is in thorough
sympathy with the laws he is to en-
force. This is one OF the chief Qualih-
cations for the incumbent Of this Office
The man who would put zeal and spirit
into the enforcement of the law must
believe in the spirit and efficacy Of
that law to the public good During
no part Of his administration has he
given any quarter to the bootlegper
the gambler and those who violate our
laws. Neither does he wait for Some
one to bring the evidence 10 him. When
complaints are made TO him. az they
are by the hundreds. he goes on;
among the people and plans and
works with the officers o. the law ID
gather evidence Of the crime com
planned of. He believes the laws are
made for the protection Of your per-
son. your property, the preservation
Of your health and the promotion Of
the morals Of the community: that the
bootlegger. gambler and keeper Of
houses Of prostitution is q parasite up.
on society, breeder Of crime. vice and
misery; a person too indolent and
mean to make an honest living. and
who, for his own ease and convenience
seeks to destroy the laws that were
made for the protection Of the r!ghta
Of all the people; for these reasons hr
hunts them down and prosecutes thcm
as far as It is possible for one pros
ecrting attorney 10 do IN a corotv NJ