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ll Sal es ald begets hes meee ope ¥o . vo out of school es they oat ot i entitled to it and enjoys it, : ~ et eee GIS ie cate Tee ee teal OE ; is the vay it fe cane at the Springs you haye to ay * gpproved by loupe one who Will aey you will not take the | tani and talk ~ r vo : the gartlers fixere and er te men it is safe to cay in the country and he enjoys that reputation among then and is rather proud to know that he has thet reputation, They all refer to hin es being a reguiar fellow a right guy a guy that will hold atiil, a fellow who will stand for an open werdict, 4 very alice repute- _tton for a city official, but he hae reelly earned it honestly end is fully re is wig Leo McLaughlin as the records: of the dally press of Hot Sarings will disclose was the City Attorney about twelve years cgo when Cilef of Police vas shot and killed by @ cheap tin horn genbler whoAces 6 native son of Bot Eprings, arkansas but who hed not resided thee in yeers but who had returned and had been ordered out of town by the ief of Police OscarhEulliva:, but who refuseé to leave upon the advite of the City Attorney wo acted as - bie counsel and advised him nct leeve, that Sullivan was not yunning © the town, Mchoughlin and Culliven were very unfriendly due to conflict of authority, it was said that each wanted it all end would not split, © this may not be just right because on the other hand Sullive: was seid > to be @ hard botled baby who would not allow things €o co the way the a City Attorney would have liked them to go, tiat he was playing up te . the church element and blocking gambling anf threatening raids and no” money was to be made in the town while Bullivan wae Chief of Police and McLaughlin City Attorney because they could not get together. Things went along until one evening Sullivan sas shot and killed ty the =_—«_ gambler he had ordered to leave town tho fired the shots from an auto- mobile in which was seated at the tine ap a witness the City Attorney _ who was also the friend and attorney of the gachler and the cong of =. ' the Chief of Police and who became the chief defense witness, Word - -* west out in the underworld to save the gambler, witocss vere dug up to backup the story that was told by the Gasbler ané the City stormy, that Bullivan was the aggressor thet he was picking on a weakling, tha he was the town bully and all sorts of talk went around to discredit the dead aan who could aot speak in defense of his name it was even aid he was trying to extort moucy from the gambler and that McLeughlin -bed advised him not to pay and that was way the Chief was antagonistic to the City Attorney, well et any rate the City Attorney certainly did not dignify hie official positiun in this instance and be has earned for himself honestly the reputation of being Leart and soul in accord with the workings of the criminal underworld which also includes his good man Fridge who he appointed az Calef cf Police frocz a Bath House Attendent.