The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-06-23

| them. ana thar MI tfauu iult thfn ~
had carried me- tn Chicago. III. and ha'
had me to go into the presence of thre'
witnesses and sign 90 contract Ia the
ere,-t that ! WAS receiving S2WnD u
ITy three of The ca~t-~ against the al
| legged chute BURNERS at the November
| term. 1920 past nud that the defend
ants were to select the three eases q
h. tried. and then was fo dismiss tbe
REST -a mock trial told Tip Ray
| that Do Art Brand said that he had ever
paid me auv money or talked 20 nae
about those cl~e~ hc was liar ana
and that ! would face him in
b. Tip Ray went of and afterwardS
told me that De- -uw Brand and that
Arr Brand ~aid that 90 they didn't shuI
their damn mouths about that
that Dee ,vnuid deny thai they ever paid
him a. cent of money uud that he would
uof face me
You viii SEQ in This print and NJ.
fidavif of Tip Rays sworn to by hiia
part of the conversation that oecurred
between said Art BRAND AMI fle Said
Tir Ray ou flc -~fh day of This lasi
MAY N1u will also -ec Hu affidavn
sworn fo hV Iuhit- Carter. citizen oI
fhar community who i~ mot imdicieu
uur iu auy wuy connected with The
-hufc burning in these ca>e~. but NJ
rri-iirnr aud a -ympufhiler. iu which
iie -ay- fhut Arr Brand cime Q" him
and told him that if they didn't shui
fHeir months. that De- Ar
Brand would deny their paying him
cent OF money They had cummittee
so Tin RAY and fuiic Garter tell me.
composed of several men, to get up
funds for Art Brand af hiS request
THAT De- solicited Them fn 'lp that 80 Thar
h. could get thrm ouf % fruuhle thai i
luhie Carter acted as fhe treasurer
II tH, committee. and they say that i
Art I;riud hud Them to get up S-iHi'tH
.he StIsuu he told them was tu cover
.b. ,.Xr-u.eS fhlt De- claimed hc incur
-ed in carrying me to Chicago. when
le well knew he was never Boo chicago
with me- Doe his life.
This committee 81 men afterwards
anne ro Bardweu to ~ee mo on the 9th
lay of June and said that Art Brand
iad requested and required them o. pay
iim this money IN green-hack> and that
was in different payments. aud that
.u oue occu~ion the only evidence they
.ad shat they had paid him was that
i-y lucked "a few hundred dollars %
lving enough money made up among
be- boys 90 pay him and that they had L
ID give him some small checks. aud thai
fey have found fhs cheeks were cash II
o hv him. FROM some -ourcc Art ,
.raul bias iea rusd chat fhes had fhe-s. ,
lucelled checks. and now De- States. sot.
am informed that be- did get the
.oney from them hut paid if 90 me To- |
Iayfield. XIV. and in Fulton by and
bat he has mo- contract signed hy me ,
or was 90 im the prcsencs. of amy Wit Z
ass or witnesses. but that he just paid 4
% me and be- and were by ourselves 4
Vow. I wish 10 further state hsfore 4
81 and man that this man. Art Brand q
ever ia his life was with mo iu Fulton. 4
s. that I new .r saw him iu Fulton IN +,
81 life. that never in hi, life any .
here mentioned the chute eases 90
., nor Offered 20 pay any money. and
hr had, / would have mashed hi> \
outh and had him arrested in addi
on. and that ! learned that De- was =
ltting out his talk that be had paid
e after he learned that De- was caught ,
"a that he couldn't deny receiving the \
oney from these chute burners.
emt 20 him ON the street and asked q
ma III he had told 10 and he said he did. a
id then and there went into his col .
r. and I refer you 20 the sworn affi- r
wits Of Luhie Carter and Tip Ray in
hich they state that he started ont 10 4
ny that they had paid him any money
It'll he learned they had the cancelled
ecks on him. =
Il trust the good people Of this dis J.
ict will fully investigate this man. y
n Brand. and that nobody viii be-
we the lie that he has told. for there q
not a word Of truth in his statement N
-tatauarfs that hc Maid me for he .,
4 not do H.
Respectfully.
BEN :. ADAMS" =,