The Washington times., 1922-10-15

away for any reason except tOr nls
own personal sickness or u. 8. v.
B. business may do 90. but time
lost from school viii be deducted
from his pay"
either as malicious liars or cringing
towards.
II Indictments are returned
against any gambler or against
!. any official I win permit your
order to choose Q special prose
cutor and win pay his Tee Tor
proeecuting the same. ,..
On Monday night at o'clock
at Clarendon met John Wise,
who ! understand TO be mem-
ber Of your order. and another
young man IN whom ! have the
highest confidence. They told
me that they had ascertained
certain facts which they thought
! should know. They then told
me that they had been into a
gambling house which they called
"The Hilltop" and which was
under investigation. a map Of
action was made then which I
have never told to anyone. They
first swore- me to secrecy. making
me promise that i would not
even use the information which
they gave. We left the confer
ence after talking for an hour
and q half with Q definite plan
and object In view. i never
mentioned II 70 any official nor
anyone. else. ! am Satisfied that
the young man who was with
Mr. Wise did not mention 1t.
No one knew Of that conferences
outside OF the three who were In
It. received information on
Wednesday morning that the
Hilltop had been closed. I was
astounded at this information. !
know that no one had received
the information from this office.
know that no one at the court
house ever knew Of the con.
ference Mt Clarendon through me.
I am equally confident that the
third young man at the confer.
ence did not give the tip which
you speak Of.
II will be worth your while to
see IL the tip went out through
your order. I am not making an
accusation that Il did, but by O
process Of elimination II looks very
suspicious. ..
Asks Cause Of Delay.
I would Ike to ask you why it
was that you waited for months
after forty men had investigated
this matter and then presented
to me certain facts (which your
own member made me promise
that I would not use) on the night
that you say the house closed7
Did you really think could ptll
y raid and get evidence after the
thing had been closed up? Why
not give me the evidence while
the thing was on? II 10 a trifle
strange that 30 many Of your
members frequented these places
as you say for months and yet
said nothing about II until after
they were closed7 Are you howl.
ing now BECAUSE they were closed
or do you want them all open
again? What Is your position?
When they run, you keep quiet
when they close. you publish
abroad what they have been doing.
This Is not aiding the authorities
to catch them.
"In conclusion I beg to state
that have never been In q gamb-
ling house In my life: That 1
have never gambled In my life;
that have never taken O drink Of
intoxicating liquor or purchased a
drop from q bootlegger; that
have filled my office to the best
Of my ability without fear or IA
vor, but with an earnest desire to
to do simple justice to all:
that have never sent q letter or
published - notice except over my
own signature and have never
made an accusation that I am not
willing to back up publicly: Some
Of your members, whom l know,
have done all Of these thing land
more). Clean your own house.
Do not send crap shooters to me
to aid In gambling investigations.
want 20 deal with people who
are honest and reliable. am
willing to accept tips on law VIOLA
TONS from anyone and will inves-N
tigate anything that is brought In.
I welcome information from your
order or any individual member Of
Il, and will act on II promptly and
to the best Of my ability. have
no fight with you. I simply want
y5u to prove your manhood by
backing up before the grand Jury
your statements. II you are not
willing to do this there is no use
In addressing me with unsigned
articlese printed on telegraph
poles. In other words. come
across. II you are AFRAID the
.tta,s ~.,iti h,,rt x,a,, Il y,ttt g.,
and furnish you a guard. I can
do no more. There are many good
men In your order. IL they have
the good OF the county and Of
your order at heart they will start
a little Investigation from within.
Very truly yours.