The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-05-23
'ICN0RED' SAYS
SHERIFF, by THE
CITY POLICE"
FLAT CONTRADICTION OF THE
CHARGE THAT THERE HAD
4 BEEN NO COOPERATION.
SEEKS TO % HIS FULL DUTY
Sheriff G. X. Houser VIII GIVE Out
Full Statement of Exact Circum-
stances Regarding Alleged Bootleg
gng Here.
Wednesdays Daily Herald,


Flat contradiction of the charge by
city officials that cooperation has
not being given by the county officials
in the enforcement of the laws
against bootlegging was made this
morning by Sheriff G. X. Houser. who
made the counter charge that the city
officials had continually ignored him
Psince he entered upon the duties OF
his Office and that he had been and
is doing all in his power to enforce
the laws.
"The city police force have abso.
lutely ignored me in all cases ever
since I have been in Office" said Sher-
iff Houser this morning. 81 have nev.
err been asked by the city officers to
assist in any arrest, although | have
repeatedly offered my services. l
have done my best and God knows
there is no man who Is more willing
to do his duty than | am When the
people of Maury county elected me
sheriff | promised to do my duty
without fear or favor and that prom
ise I have endeavored to keep to the
letter"
Sheriff Houser stated that he would
not attempt to make full statement
regarding the situation today, but
that at an early date he would make
a statement that would reveal the ex-
act status Of the situation. He said
that he had no desire to develop i'll
feeling between the two sets of offic-
ers, but that he did not propose to be
imposed upon or made the goat.
Concerning the relations between
him and City Marshal Tom Mclean,
Sheriff Houser said that there had
never been any friction between
them and that although his statement
regarding the attitude toward him
was true in. general he had never per
sonally called on City Marshal Nc
Lean and that the city marshal indi-
vidually had offered to be of service
to him whenever needed. a',
Sheriff Houses said that If there
had been any delinquency in his Of
flee it had been because of lack of
deputies, owing to the fact that dur
ing the time the anti-fee bill was
pending he was not permitted to ap-
point as many deputies as were need
ed Now that the anti-fee bill has
been declared unconstitutional, he
said, he will appoint additional depu-
ties that will make the Office more ef-
ficient.
81 want to work in peace and har-
mony with all the officers and lido
not want to encourage anything that
will create friction, but am>going to
set myself clear before the people.P
said Sheriff Houser. .o'sE
The Sheriff said that although he
had offered his services to the city
police upon any occasion they had
not called On him for assistance, but
on the other hand when he had called
on them for assistance they had al
ways refused or failed to respond.
Sheriff Houser said that he had
worked many nights on bootlegging
cases and other law violations and
had been successful in many of them.
He said that he and Constable Goad
had gone out on cold disagreeable
nights to hunt for bootleggers when
other officers would have hesitated to
get out. He said that he feared no
man and that he felt that his posi-
tion was like that of soldier, never
to count the danger or the risk but
to go wherever duty called.
County Attorney Hugh r. Shelton
is out of the city today and probably
will be away for ssveral days. Before
leaving he stated that upon his re-
turn he would give out aestatement
regarding the situation