The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22

highest priced criminal lawyers that were OBJ
talnaho. yet 10 came to Hight that even thoy
were acquaintances. n not friends OF Font NJ
len, and while everything possible was done, we
lost the case. Font Allen on the witness etahd
under oath, sworo that he was IN the house OF
the widow Of the deceased at least four or five
hours the day before the day OF the murder. As
to juet what preteNt that he gave Tor belng
there do not at THE time remember In Mr..
Aliens statement IN tho Tribune he states that
the gun was identified the gun OF the de-
frpdant hero he makes a false statement. The
gun was not identified at all However, John
Black swors that he SOLD the deceased cartridges
for gun that looked like II and that II was OF
the came caliber, however. as the gun was a
90 automatic, and a. there wTo lots OF them IN
circulation at that time u you'd be almost I'M
possible 20 Identify ono unless II had some hpc-
cial mark. and 1t bore no marks at all mat came
to light, and was Just Ike gun that was owned
by Font Allen. Again Mr.. Allen sdssteps the
truth when he Gays that he was lnlotmtu Vi
tho murder the next morning wyatt McNabb'
the constable, who was the first officer at the
scene 0f the murder went from the house OF the
murder direct 10 the office Of the district at
;57Hcy and there found the district attorney IN
a nervous condition and asked him TO his
gun which he had formerly shown TO everyone
and he made all kinds OF excuses ana fnaly
said that u was up at the house aud later when
uader guard when asked for the gun, for fear
THAI the district attorney might shoot his guaTd.
ho gave other excuses, and refused 10 produce
the gun. however at his final trial Ne produced
gun and u man that swore 70 nave hdd IL oor-
rowcd all this time Further Font Allen states
that the Jury was only out few minutea Again
hero he misstates the tacts' the jury was OUT
about two or three hours. lie further states
that the prosecuting attorney and sheriff and
deputy sheriff were disqualified on account OF
being friends Of his. well yes and no. the prose-
cutting attorney absolutely refused to withdraw
and went Through the preliminary trial and
and put off and only withdrew just "A few daye
before the final trial came off, and only then
because no had to save his political hide, rs
Font Allen was his appointee and very per
sonal friend, and as to the sheriff and deputy
sheriff, they were disqualified by Claude Fuller.
the most notorious and crooked lawyer IN north
west Arkansas. and he admitted It with his own
sheriff disqualified because Claude Fuller,
the defense lawyer could not dictate to him and
tell him who to call on the jury. and after he
disqualified and the coroner taking the
place OF the sheriff, we kred to dlsqualify the
coroner as being biased, but my council gould
find no laws where we could do anything at
all, and got n picked Jury picked by the
coroner, special friend Of the defense attorney,
who happened to be the fellow who picked
Font Allen up on the street and taught him the
legal profession, and SO to speak, was father
10 him, and had to get him out OF the scrape
IL 1t took all the money he had. and he'admittod
Il that those were the conditions before the
jury.
Further to show YOU the conditions, Judge
Naples who was the judge at the final trial. and
who also allowed the murderer TO go on a
small bond, lost the next election and was
beaten by a man not half way as well known
and Judge Naples, himself. has bsen known
to make the remark that the Allen murder trial
was what lost him the election. Furthermore
IL Font Allen in a good citizen, ana all the citi-
zens of Eureka Springs think so. why did he
leave Immediately after the trial TO parts un-
i myself
until received this letter, however. have
known that he was at Eureka Springs. Fur
thermore, IL he was not guilty, why was II that
when l had not been at Eureka Springs not
two hours did at least six people tell me
that they had their suspicious. and one or two
suggested certain party, and when ] suggest
ed the name to the others they all said that
had IL right. Why lay IL all on Wyatt McNabb
when at least five or six we're willing to sug-
gest the information. IL was merely case
where the law was supposed to prosecute the
law and while ! spent some four thousand dol
lars attorneys fees and other expenses in the
IL was a case that a fellow could not beat
the law at Its own game with its own Judge aud
jury picked by it, own private clique and the
rsal prosecution which was the dollars that
willing to sink in the case and me a
stranger from the outside, what chance did |
| did. They told me that | would never get
an Indictment and IL is remarkable that did
get as the real prosecuting attorney and not
my lawyers went before the grand jury. My
lawyer insisted on going before the grand jury,
but John Combs, the prosecuting attorney would
not allow same and went before them himsdf,
all, and IL It had not been for the fact that the
whole gang was afraid of their political hide
the indictment would never have come through
at all. To this day and only a few days ago /
was In Eureka Springs, you can ask anyone
about the murder and they will all tell YOU the
same thing. and that the gang got Allen out.
got out and is free, but II you will hunt up the
stenographic records in the preliminary trial
you will find that he is sraight-out crook and
rounder, besides being murderer.
As to myself. wish to say that when the trial
was over as far as was concerned, had done
all that l could do as the law let him loose, and
l have no inclination 10 do any more. However.
as he does, feel II my duty to answer them, as
being one OF tho most vitality Interested persons
in the case. A. l.. BuDD,
South Side Square.
Fayetteville, Ark. Oct. 10.