Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-28
MARSHAL IS HOT.
He Doesn't Like to Be Csnsured for His
Neglect Of Plain Duty

J OnIouiCic sucIS dpkcAeu al altlSsC
headed. Neglected Duty" making
some very grave charges against me.
What you said Is either true or false.
1t the conditions you speak of are true.
| agree with you. that they ought to
be remedied; if they are false, then
you have not only slandered me, but
the good people of the county and town
as well, by sending broadcast mali
cious and slanderous stat ements.
You charge. that on last Saturday
the "CIimax Was Reached" THAT
numerous persons were on the streets
in a drunken condition." ''In one in
stance a drunk man on horseback
blocked the sidewalk for fully five
minutes or more and ladies could not
pass for his rough and pro tame Ian
guage and the danger of being injured
by the horse he was riding"
Again you say that Conditions are
rapidly. approaching the bad aud dis.
graceful condition that prevailed a
few years ago when it was charged
that whiskey and beer was sold in GER
tain public places of business
Again you say that "Our streets
should be made safe for the passage of
ladies at any time, day or night, which
| is not now the case"
! will say that was on the streets
and IN several of the torres during the
day, the entire day last Saturday. did
not even go home tor dinner, and con-
tinued on duty until two O'Clock Sun
day morning and if there was a drunk
man IN town. or one under the influence
OF whlskey, failed to see him. and /
think | saw most every man that came
to town on that day, neither did /
smell the scent of whiskey on any
man S breath. Since your slanderous
attack have gone to every business
house IN town and inquired of numer-
GUS citizens of the town and those of
the county that frequently visit the
town to see it could corroborate you
in any particular. | have taken the
names OF those interviewed, which
will submit for your inspection at any
time, to the number OF seventy-six,
|4ss-sa<f.. ams,d,,rs.~ eli cIasras of citi1e,sss
and have not found one single person
that corroborates your slanderous
statements. | invariably put the fol-
lowing questions to those intervit wed |
did you see the drunken men in
town on last Saturday that Bishop
spoke OFF,
How do you regard the conditions
in town now, as to compare with form
err years, as to drinking, bootleggiPg |
and disorderly conduct?"
"Do you think it unsafe for your
wife, or daughter, or sister to be. on
the sreetts of Crossvllle alone?"
did not find single person that
saw drunk man.
| did not find single person, but |
what said, there Is less evidence OF
whiskey being brought to town and
less drinking than they ever knew in
CrossvilIe.
did not find single person that
was afraid tor their women folks to
be on the streets. alone. IN perfect
safety, either day or night.
do not say there is no whiskey be-
ing brought to town, tor occas iOnalIy
you will see little evidence of 1t, and
have arrested a few drunken men
since the Bone Dry" law went into
effect. But do say, there is less of it
being made and brought here than any
time in the history of Crossville, or at
least tor the last twenty-five years
since have been living here. am
borne out in this statement, not only
by tie seventy-six persons interview
ed, but by the courts, as we'll. Not
near 80 many indictments are found
now by our grand juries, the business
of the courts are transacted now in
one.half the time it formally took and
not single person IN the county jail.
Now, by the way of parenthesis,
will offer you. or any other person a
reward of $500 for sufficient evil
deuce to convict any person on the
charge of conveying or selling whiskey
in the corporate limits of Crossville.
AS to your drunk man on horseback,
according to your statement, you saw
him yourself. This man ought to be
indicted before the grand jury. He !
ought to be arrested and tried by the ,
authorities. now demand
Of you his name, also the names of
witnesses so he can be apprehended
and brought to trial, and | assure you
hat / Will spare no time in bringing 7
Jim to justic You may give me his 3
name, also the witnesses, privately, If
5ou prefer.
Now, Mr.. Bishop, there is no use for !
'ou and me to enter into any further T
as to the conditions that !,
Prevail in Crossville, the people know !.
hese conditions, and anything you or Il
should say would not change the
situation. You stand condemned as !