New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-22
Open Letter to F.. A. Nell
benny from the Dis
trict Attorney

Il received to prosecute you, do 20
o know that if | had received an
J. money for the purpose Of pros'
!. cutting you or any one else,
would have had the common d.
, cency to resign my office as Dis
| trlct Attorney, before accepting
6ribe, and | understand that yo,
: have intimated that you lknoy
who gave me the money. Now
am talking to you as an indi
vidual: 81 double dare you o.
any other, anywhere, at any time
to show me that any man or set Of
men have ever paid me any money
to perform my duty as an Officer
Of the State Of Louisiana. Yoc
openly charge me with having ac.
cepted a bride, this you must
prove or you and l shall have an
accounting!
Say. your proposition to ex-
anime your books at Avery Is
land to ascertain what. shipments
you have made, any reasonable
intelligent man can hardly believe
you were serious. Try you by your
lawyer, and with your own evil
dence Well, well, where do you
get that stuff from? | will make
you this proposition, if you will
guarantee me that the man whom
the Grand Jury had in mind when
it made its report, will not come
into Court and plead prescription
# the violation Of the law, | will
file an information against HIM
and try him as my duty requires
me to do, [ again dare you to tell
me that man will not plead pre-
to the charge Of violat-
ing the game laws. An honorable
man never pleads prescription to
an honest debit. nor would he
plead prescription to an offense
ne has committed against his
State unless he is afraid of con-
7iction.
Well of all the impudence, nerve
ind arrogance, you are the limit,
vour suggestion Of appointingl
hree investigators, you take uponI
'ourself the liberty and authority
o name them. Why not appoint
'ourself. your detective and your
elative who has been reporting
0 you what is going on, to sit as
board Of investigators. | be-
leve that you are blood hound,
vhen it comes to enforce the
anne laws against the little fell
wv, but when it comes to enforce
ne game laws against the big
iolators you are a jack rabbit I
18th broken legs. and the likes t
you talking about barking ,
ayotes.
By the way if the people would
elleve that statement you vim Z
in your letter about
'me one taking shot at you, you
now and are positive, that the
ostmaster at New iberia, who 2
as present, the member Of the Q
olice jury Of the Parish of The r.
a. the dentist who was present,
lie business men present, and DR.. :
f. c. Liable who has been twice
ected by his people to represent
em in the Constitutional conven- A
ons, and also elected to the Leg "
lature. and the District Attor- te
", are not men who would de- o,
,erately encourage the shootingl
great Conservationist like +
u. You certainly are a martyr :
Conservation.
Now | want to ask you a few ~
lestions, that you can answer: ~
LIST. When did you get breed 70
5 license. Give the date, month OF
d year? 60
End. How many months prev NO
Is to the shipment of ducks to
I'm Haywood; and how many =
'nths previous to the shipment
the Grnnewald Hotel? Ia
'rd. Did you ship any ducks ne
the Grnnewald Hotel during an
year 1919? Give the dates. We
nths and years. the number in ia
n shipment and to whom, Civ sp
. the name and address Of the 1ul
son to whom you shipped sal
rks to. in care Of the Grune- ms
Id Hotel. The manager has
ted in the newspapers that you
| shipped ducks to you'll /,
'nds at the hotel and that they
been prepared there. You gu
that in the Daily States did yes
/ mott VII
tn. Did you ever gee the let car
that your old friend Ward 1Vt
tie, if not, I dare you again to pre-
me permission to have it ane
tied? II I
IN. How manv Rlne Geesa