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THE NAME "CHISCA" ORIGINATED IN THE NAME OF AN INDIAN CHIEF
AND OF HIS VILLAGE ON THE CHICKASAW BLUFFS
WHERE NOW STANDS MEMPHIS
Chisca 9 1929
RECEIVED
Hotel
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LAW
"M"
OBSERVANCE AND NFORCEMENT
PIOMINGO
JEMPHIS,
July 17'29
CHICKASAW CHIEFTAIN
from an authentic sketch fromLife
Mr. G. W. Wickersham,
Washington, D.C.
Prohitition
Dear Sir;
Have just read that you say that
"Justice to be effective should be speedy".
A very true saying; but a better one would be
this; "Justice to be effective should be impar-
tial."
The law will take up a negro or
poor white man who has one-half pint in his house
and wink at the wealthy man who has 200 gallons in
his house. A rich man here, crated up 25 cases
of good whiskey, a few days ago and shipped it to
Kansas City. He had kept it in his residence
for many years and neither State or Federal law
dared touch it, neither did either authority take
notice, the other day, when he moved it.
There is plenty of law in regard to
curbing or controling large combinations of money
in the United States. These laws are being violat-
ed every day; Will your Commission take notice of
this?
Am enclosing some clippings--Read
and see what the Writers think of your Commission.
One clipping tells of Capt. Lee, a
Memphis Millionare who was caught red handed with
i75 gallons of Liquor on his Wharf, but being this
rich, neither the State Grand Jury or the Federal
Authorities, care to bother Mr. Lee.
Had he been a Negro or poor white, he
would be looking thru the bars at this time.
Yours very truly
Citizen of Arkansas.
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