| Show II EXDEPUTY SHERIFFS CASE Commissioner Francis Armstrong Answers Ed Davis Complaint Ant Aoonfn the < mr > r ot llcnp lri Colonel Trnmlin Alii Rf rr od I Court Cnlllngi County Commlsqonor rrancls Arm Iron ho nde detendnt on the Mh of last August In n 1 25000 damage suit brought liy exDeputy bherlff nd Davles filed nn ansvvcr In I the Third district < ourt today denying i each and every allegation of Davlcss complaint nnd making charges of In competency on thu part of the exolll cer Davie Ii l Tvlll bo remembered wa appointed deputy under Sheriff Lewis when the present county administration administra-tion took hold and last July was dismissed dis-missed from service by the board of county commissioners Later he filed a suit against CommHsloncr Armstrong Arm-strong demanding damages In the sum of JJSOOO alleging that his reputation and standing In the community had been Injured by reason of defendants talking about him to various persons and dlligliiB to them that hi a laeklngln tbe qUallllcntlon 10 perCorm hi dutleo Mr Arntrong In hi anwer denies ech linol evry allegation or the complaInt com-plaInt anll further anwrlng nllge tht Q8 II mmer oC the bonrd oC county coun-ty commllonrs It WM hi duty to uptnle and wnlch or the Ier Connanco or the dutle or the depty I heTlIt com obervatlon OJI In Cormatlon Mr Armtrong an he b lIv1l thlLl Pavle wn not romletrt Cor th 11Oltlon nnd that Cor lhe ood of the public and the efllclency of the service he was dropped from the payroll pay-roll It IH I alleged as an act of Incom potency on the part of Davles that he could not make proper returns on papers pa-pers given him to Ben lhal he reI urnd Ihe nnmeB oC Iroon OB hovlo been served when they had not been causing trouble and confusion In the 1 otnce and additional I expense to the county It Is I also set out that different i persons had given notice that they did not want Davles to peifonn the duties of a deputy sheriff Sir Armstrong further says that he communicated these facts to the rest of the board with the result that a majority of It decided to dispense with Davless services Waldemar Van Colt Le Grand Young and O F rutnam and Hay Van Colt ore Mr Armstrongs attor neYB |
