The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-05-13
sEARcps LETTER TO DORSEY.

Searcy, of Griffin, sent to Governo
| Dorsey, taking the Governor to tasl
for his wanton act in traducing Judge
sheriffs, and other Georgia officials
| We are anxious for our readers tt
see the letter addressed to Governor
Dorsey by Judge Searcy 1t is a fear
full, yet just denunciation of an out
ragged and courageous judge.
Here it is:
Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey,
ATLANTA, Ca
Dear Sir: Averse as l am to con
troversy of any kind l cannot allow
to so unchallenged the truthfulness
OF your cases Nos. 121 to 1913. county
/ No. 81 in your statement as to the
negro in Georgia. printed copy OF
which | have received from the com.
mittee On race relations. 1 assume rs
circulation is general
While no names are given either of
negroes, officers, judge or county,
there are certain facts which enable
me to identify the negroes as Ed
White and family, the county as Up
son county, the little town as The
Rock and the judge as myself.
The charges made in your state
ment as to the cases. this town and
the judge of the circuit are gratui-
tons. unwarranted and untrue.
The charge that a circuit Judge
(without naming him) promised be-
fore trial a committee of citizens that
he would put an accused person in the
chaingang when tried is wholesale
indictment of the superior court judg
es of Georgia by the governor of the
st2te In defense of them, l assume
that am the judge referred to, and in
dcfense of myself | denounee the
charge as wholly false, and as I'M
worthy the source whence it came.
You publicly indict the entire state
judiciary without inquiring the judge
really referred to as to the truth OF
the charge, If you are the author of
this charge. you have deliberately
slandereH me. II you are only repeat
ing the charge without investigation
to discover if true or not, then you
are recklessly indifferent of the char
acter and reputation OF the judiciary.
In either event your conduct is in
excusable and unworthy He who
knowingly or negligently repeats a
Islander is as vicious as he who invent
ed it,
AS to the facts of these cases, the
record will speak for itself. A brief
of the evidence submitted on the trial
Of the case is on file in the clerk
Office of Epson superior court. and
OF the court Of appeals OF Georgia.
That this brief of evidence speaks
the truth may be fairly assumed from
the fact that it was agreed to as the |
truth by the employed lawyer OF the
&C. P. Goree, of Atlanta), and |
the solicitor general Of the circuit,
Hon. E. M. Owen.
The slightest effort on your part
to discover the truth of these cases
w1uld have placed this record at your i
disposal and avoided the SANDER by |
you of the judiciary, other public off
GERS. and the people of The Rock and
Urson county.
In your entire statement of these |
ca9es. there is scarcely a fact stated,
other than that cases weer made
against negro, his son and daughter.
the cases were tried. the parties con
victed and the punishment named by
you imposed: that there was a contro
versy between the negro and white
neighbor over a land line: that the
negro w3s charged with trespass,
AID on the occasion of his arrest a
near riot was staged
The white neighbor to whom you
co3temptuously refer is Mr.. ]. Mat
Bowel heightened gentlemen, than
wsom there is no more loyal and
honorable citizen.
The facts stated IS to the land
lire disputes are untrue. Moreover, |
after this line WAS established by
The district processioners. this negro
filed objections and thereafter dis
missed them in court. This same ne
gro had a dispute with another white |
ueighbor adjoining him on another
side-a widow-.3nd not oniF tres,
passed on her land and cut her tim !
bcr but travelled to and from the
wilds with a Winchester rifle across
bis lap.
The charge against the town mar
81! Ii is untrue. The alleged facts
that enc daughter was kicked in the
3t9msch, aRd white suffering with a
female ailment, locked in jail and al
lowed to suffer there. though pleading
[os relief, are untrue.
"rhe charge that the 4herin refus-