Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-02-17
COLLINS HELD AS ALLEGED STRANGER
QUOTED WRONG
THEY CLAIM
Representative Did Not Report
Their Words Correctly
'Tis Said.

That the Alma police are not being
raped as hard as The State Journal
of Lansing would have one believe, is
very evident from the expressions
that were heard around Alma late
Tuesday and on Wednesday follow
ing the publication of an article in
the Tuesday issue of that publication,
which was printed under the head,
alma Police Work Raped"
As near as has been so far ascer-
tained, the brilliant space writer, who
was in the city for The State Journal
last week, had "A definite object in
view. 1t may have been spite work
on his part. He best knows.
At any rate three of the seven said
to have granted interviews to The
State Journal representative in regard
to the police claim TO have been mis-
represented in the article referred to.
They arc Rev. Shoufler of the Baptist
church, Rev. NJ. W. Duffey of the NJ.
+. church, and II. S Babcock of The
Record, which the cub" called the
Standard.
Rev. Shoufler does not agree that
the representative overheard" him
talking in the Western Union office.
Instead he was questioned by the
representative, and in the article re-
ferred TO says that he was misquot-
ed. He is backed up in this by the
operators at the office. who heard
the questioning He did not say, 81
know Of numerous Instances concern
ing the sale of whiskey that were so
apparent TO every one besides the
police that ! can only think that the
police lack alertness not to have been
cOgnizant Of the transactions" He
admits that he told the representa-
tive that he had seen drunken men in
Alma, and that possibly our police
were not as alert as possible, this
being the substance of what he gave
out. and he also advised that the re-
porter seek ministers VINO had been
in Alma longer and who better knew
conditions here. he will write ask
ing a correction.
II. :. Babcock says that he told
the representative that If he was
quoted. he could state that in his
(Babcock's) cpinim the police force
was honest and efficient 1t is re-
ported that he said il was entirely
adequate
What Rev NJ. W Duffey thinks of
the article is best 10 be gathered
from the following copy of letter
which was mailed yesterday to the
State Journal, IN which a retraction.
or publication of the letter as de-
nial is asked for. The hetter follows:
February l6, 1921
The State Editor,
The State Journal,
Lansing, Mich.
dear Sir:
Il very much deprecate what
seems to be the effort.of your repre-
sentative TO bring the city of Alma
into disrepute among the large cir
Gle of your readers in this part of
rhe state. We are very sure that AL
ma is no worse than other city of its
re in Michigan, some Of a. helieve
that Il is better than any other city
Of its ize in the state IN particular
/ feel that the attack on the local
police and the eo0rty officers IS n
warranted
When .your en.s---'st.st.fe, Ar.
Forrest .,ii.iscn ri me an Interview
| s,..s''.fteu uniy on his promise that
'se would quote me only on such mat
lers and IN tbii,gs IS would sicrify
nJ approval I'm answer 10 his o.es- !
ion, Why should q murder be ne
'essary to unearth a whisky ring in
.natiot county, ] replied that / did I
lot know that slseh was the case. hut |
nat the murder may have accelerat-
ID the unearthing Of such illicit bus
hess.
IN answer to his question as 70
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