The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-10
SAYS AFFIDAVIT
WRITTENBYBA
Kenyon Swears Commissioner
Was Author Of Attack on
City Judge.
FLEMING NOT ACCUSED

| A compete retraction OF the charue
Mat ne had held any conversation
with Judge Martin A. FIen1Inu in
regard TO Bill Stafford's peddlInq
| whisky. and charge that the first
smIdavit, which he had signed, had
.. Bass, and In the presence Of
commissioner Ed Heron, were the
FEATURES OF new sworn statement
OF {. l.. Kenyon this morning.
kenyon's affidavit declares that
at the time he signed the original
anidavlt he did not know II con-
Judge Fleming, or any statement
mat ne had even had a conversa-
tlon with the city Judge charging
Stafford with selling whisky.
Kenyon departed from a statemen,
appearing In the morning paper that he
had a conversation with Judge Martin
Elcming. about William Stafford selling
liquor. N
Kenyon's latest declaration was made
before Dan l.. Fain, a notary public,
who succeeded Stafford as clerk Of the
city court.
The young man, In previous affi-
davit which had a large part in the. in
dictment OF the former city court clerk
by the grand jury on a charge of SELL
ing liquor set forth that he talked to
Fleming about Stafford disposing Of
barley corn and Fleming said, What
has he gone back to that again?"
When seen by the Judge following
publication of the affidavit Kenyon
stated that his conversation with Flem-
ing was about the automobile pur-
chased by Hamp Kelly and for which
Stafford stood as security on notes.
In his declaration OF Saturday morn
ing Kenyon said the statement in the
morning paper. given and signed by
him. was made in the presence of Miss
s,nnsr olah sweeney; secretary = to commis-
Heron himself and Commissioner K. d.
Bass. He pointed out that Bass dc
tated the statement to Miss sweeney,
who took 1t off on typewriter.
The Affidavit.
The affidavit in full follows:
State of Tennessee,
Hamilton county.
Personally appeared before me,
Dan l.. Fain, notary public, In
and for Hamilton county, Tennes-
see, y. L. Kenyon, who makes oath
that in the statement signed by him
and published In the Chattanooga
Times. Saturday morning. July 10,
he did not intend to say that he
time on any occasion and discussed
with him (Judge Fleming) anything
regarding MIR. Will Stafford. the
clerk of the city court, selling
whisky. but on the contrary, the
conversation that he had with
Judge Fening was In regard to the
fcar that Stafford had purchased from
him and refused to pay for. On
that occasion Judge Fleming stated
to me that If Stafford owed me for
the car that he would have TO pay
for the car If he remained as clerk
OF the city court. The statement
given and sigHed by me was In the
presence of Miss Olah Swaney, Mr..
Ed Heron and Mr. r. d. Bass.
MIR. Il. D. Bass dictated the state-
nent TO Miss olah Swaney, who
took It off ON typewriter I aid
statement that 1t contained any
thing rejecting on Judge Fleming,
or that 1t contained any statement
that had had O. conversation with
Judge Fleming charging Stafford
with selling whisky. because / had
had no such conversation. / have
the highest regard and respect for
Judge Fleming and have known him
all of my life, and the only connec-
tion that / have with this matter /
or the only interest that / have ever
had In it, was IN getting my car
back or getting pay for II
Sworn and subscribed to before
me- this July 10, 1920.
DAN L. FAM,
Notary Public.
II was stated that the automobile
1hich figures in the case was the per-
onal property Of Kenyon, and that the
otes on the car were from Stafford
D him.