The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-30
NEpN EspAY. AUGUsT 80, IS.
CAamp. FsrgnsOn's Trial.
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a The examination Of Alexander oaeer va
ra continued yesterday
sac Tbs witness testified 70 The gooo Guar =.
-. Der Of The prisoner, CHAMP fefgoso 80
o.as .b., f,o,. = s,,mstion, he learned that tb'
$500, ~ Champ was good in the neigh
.s--,.--s 81 he resided previous 70 tn
4...v Champ and his party Oh N
-, ~ Nav, 1856, and had converge
- ,-',b chem upon The subject Of snrren-
- Stated that be had advissd 9hem &c
surrender, as he lhought il would be fof she
best He'd asked them Il they were going
% surrender. They ssie they were. Al
hat time Champ did nOi have more than
three OF four men With him. ChsmP's cir
cunsssnces At that date were extremely
limited l
rrhs vitnsss hsrs detailed some pnflicu-
lars which hsd no impoEtant besring on the
case. BE stated, tmoeg other things, that
IN February or March, 1861, Lieutenant
Mecss vas IN command Of 8 rebel sqasd
which passed BY him, but be could not de-
tssniue whether Champ Rss With them or
not
The Wines was then cross-examined 10 a
considerable extent, bat no newer facts than
those ELECTED the other day, appeared.
AllhAt AaAlefou Ma1 AtlobAGl NtAa4Nar iol
the defense. Bsing duly sworn, his sum-
masy vas ss folioEss
Rosidea in White county, Tennessee, and
knew ChAnP Ferguson Cor at least three
yesrs. Champs character in that county
Wss good. Champ, 70 the knowledge Of the
witness, had little farm which was worth
81 GOO Or $ ,oe9--the witness could not de-
termine which. The witness was present
ct Chsmp's surrender on the Gath day Of
Nay last, and proceeded . confirm pregi-
oes isstinouy.
The Commission adjoarnsd 70 meet 20
morrow morning ct 8 o'clock.
THE PEIsoEER.
L may be Of Interest 10 our readers 70
know how the prisoner looks At the present.
In candid manner, after daily waits 10 the |
Commission Rooms on High street. where
The accused is being tried for his life, We sc-
knowledge thai neither the physique or
physiognony Of Champ Ferguson would 4
justify the conception Of villain, 81 al Of us
understand it. The pale, sunkeu features,
ths mild, despairiag eyes, the hopeless ex-
preston Of the eountenance, ell would indi-
cate that he is not the brutsl, cowardly as
ssssn which the evidence would lesd US to
believe.
But to murder helpless msn in hosPi-
tai !? This simple instance, 80 far unrsbut-
ted, il true, stamps Champ Ferguson with
s5T eternsl infsmy.
There ia the cold-bioodcd assassin written
in every line Of such stated fact, which
calls forth the indignation Of every human
being, astve OF alien, white or black.
ssill, Champ FergusOn-the man who has
set there IN the presence Of his aeousors for
thirby-sx days--dOes not look the murderer.
II may be that the ghosts OF his numerous
victims alright him, and that remorso and
mental torture have dragged him down to
his present lamentable physical condition,
but with all that, and in the light Of direct
and positive testimony, the physiognomy Of
Champ Ferguson would not condemn him.
But how decspsivesre spPearsncesi The
pale prisoner who sits daily in the presence
81 his aceusers may be tho most cold
bioodod villain Hnhang. We hope there
fore thats generous public will refrain from
expressing any opinion until the accused is
pronounced Guilty" ID .#rtr