The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-04-15

you suggest, If at all, and what the |
fee-liquid or coin of the realm?
You know. as does any other white /
man of Southern birth and surround |
ings, that Mabe Phillips has suffered |
more, and been disgraced more, in his |
sentence than would Perry Edwards |
if he were sentenced for six months /
twice a year for the next ten years to |
serve on the hard road; while from
financial standpoint, Perry's time /
(should he ever succeed in getting it, |
for six months will not be worth to |
exceed $3.50.
But, you appear to be making the |
effort to have your readers believe !
Phillips has not only made moonshine |
but has been selling it also. If this
was not your intention then it looks !,
as thought it would be valid to charge
you with an effort to so color your
production as to amount to an effort
to deceive an unwary reader. If you
have anything tangible in the shape of
evidence, or where discriminating evil
dence can be found, of Phillips or any
one else having violated the liquor
laws of our state by selling or other
wise, | here and now call upon you to
come before me and let we have it,
but-please don't make such a fiasco
of it as l understand you did before
the recent grand jury.
However, in order to ease the pains
of any of the friends of Perry who
think he was unduly afflicted with the
law, | beg to advise there lies in my
office safe sufficient data to justify me
in submitting another selling" case
or so of his for the consideration of
jury whenever deem it advisable; so
you see that up to the present time
Phillips seems to be the one to COM
plain of favoritism shown another.
In conclusion. The good people of
this county have selected our present
county Judge to deal out justice and
mercy as he sees fit under the law and
as each particular case demands, with
out any hard and fast rules as to how
he shall do either; while l have been
selected by those in authority to rep
resent the people, and the whole peo-
pie, in the duties of prosecuting at
torney of the court over which the
Guilty pICSluCoS d1lu dS SuGh
prosecuting attorney | shall never
consent to use my office, even in its
advisory capacity to the Judge. for the
purpose of persecution as | see it, but
for the general good of the community
as | see it. | do not claim to be in
fallible by any means, but | do claim
to know a good deal more about the
situation in the Mabe Phillips case,
viewed from the standpoint of law and
facts involved, than you or any of the
other friends" so interested in hav-
ing him sent to the gang. and | have
no reason whatever in changing my
mind since the day l came to the con-
clusion, and so represented to our
county Judge, that $1,000 fine, if con-
sented to by Phillips, would be good
and safe disposition of the situation
as it then presented itself.
; Again. / do not know what Judge
Smith expects to do in the future. but
you may rest assured L. n. Green will
handle the affairs of his office as he
deems best, and he has no intention tc
hold either a convention or primary
, for advice as to what is best to do.
Sincerely, L. n. Green.
Ocala, April Ia.
Dear Lou: The reason didn't turn
my guns on your apology" day be.
fore yesterday was because | didn't
have any guns quite small enough.
Sorry / had so much misinforma.
ton. Part of it ] obtained from you
, had labored under the impression
that you were prosecuting officer, but
, it seems to me and others that you
have suddenly become attorney fol
the defense. Should advise oul
friend, Col. Ray Bullock, to collect his
fee expeditiously, else the defendant
might think he should pay it to you
instead.
+, l have not gone into the law l ad.
nit that you know more than | about
that tangled road which a man com.
, PEELED to travel on often when trying
to go one way finds himself face tc
: face with his own self going in the
Opposite direction.
| do not express myself so much fol
/ law as for public sentiment. Youl
, public bedamnativeness will probably
not allow you to consult the people or
: what they think of the sentence The
public has a long, weary job in max.
, ing law and justice run on exactly
/ parallel lines, and l fear it will not
: have much help in that direction from
the legal profession. Before | said z
: word or wrote line regarding thi:
matter, the public had expressed it
= self to me, and what l wrote wa.
( mostly the voice of its expression.
D do not always agree with public opin
? ion, and when | don't I say so, but
/ never speak of it scornfully, as tho i
: was an ignorant child. Public opinion
thought that the Mabe Phillips cas-,
= was the time to make an exampl,
E THAT should strike the great evil O