Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-10
XLc Equal Rights Case Negro
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Xhc Equal Rights Case Negro
via aEasnss Legal Talent.
This case Of the e1pulsisn Of FOUR eelored
e A'xsns frsm the Delimonies Restaurant
kept By two colcrei usn, - reported in
Mondays DanocaAr 10 creating oonsidsra-
bic Of fiattsr sssng the celsrsd people sf
the city. Tbs trial ~ not snly interesting.
but highly amusing and the ssurss Of 20
email ansyaacs to our Radical brethren. .whs
Ind themselves thus suddsnly called upsn -
put into practice their psstsseions u faith
in the dc:,rine Of eqa.' rights.
AZ announced ysst rday, the trial com.
at 4 o'clock. Judge Murphy for the prosseu
.ion Jno. W. Thompson Thompson With
. "p"-for the defence. The csuucil for
the prosecution opened the case with .
short speech on the new order Of affairs,
the necessity OF sustaining the laws, pre-
serving order; and, As coiorsd people had
rights that white men were bound to re-
spect, tho necessity Of showing that they
also aai rights that rsgrses were bound to
respect. The council for the d fence
thought it was very peculiar case; = reg
ular conspiracy he couldn': understsnd /. !;
it locked We da.x 70 hm-and it grew
darker a. il proceeded. johnson was the
first witness called. He testified 10 the facts
substan.ial vas reported yesterday, telling
4 straight under the most desperate
attempt At cross examination by The csun-
ssl for the defence. The witness was TOO
much for legal talent At every tit.
Bollss was called second. He testified
very precisely ts the leading points IN the
eass. Cross examined A. preceding Wit
ness. Thoroughly irritatsd, our Thompson
With . Up" brought all his legal lore to
bear upon Bolles, and was unhcrsed every
time. Got mad at the crowd, raved at the
counsel for III, prosecution, accused him OF
changing his platform, and Was brought up
with jerk BY Bollss, who asked if he
hadn't changed mis- too. He yelled out that hs
wasn't there to answsr ansgro's questions,
and shouldn't do it any way. The crowd
chssrse even his homer, the Court, and
oil the Jury smiled audibly. The case was
growing mere peculiar every moment.
Rallying for the last charge. he prspouudsd
the following clnchsr Didn't you. Bollss,
bring this case to vindicats the colsrsd
race?
Yes, cir, and tho Anglo>Saxons Of
1swa will sustain me. The answer came
with oil the elo9usnos Of . ratsful spirit,
proud with ito newborn hope, aud con-
scious Of right. A sickly smile fingered on
the face Of the bafflsd legal talent ~ hs dis
missed the witness. Another was called,
who testified - the preceding witness had
done, but Thompson had seen enough Of
negro Wit, and didn't GROSS examine
Ovens, for the defence, vas called. who
teld his story, showing that the propris-
tors ofthe saloon had only acted in accord
ance with their custom in not giving the
parties what they called for, and he'd tried
to have them leave without any disturb
ancs; and That, to accomplish this, they had
used no harsh Or uncallsd for means. Be-
fore he had finished il was painfully ev,-
dent that the counsel for the defence need.
ed rest and little quiet before he could
proceed with the case. II wa% very pseu-
liar; regular conspiracy, and he must
have . little rest, % the court adjourned
until ? P. N. to day.
At o'clock the ssurt assembled. The
room vas hllsd with anxious spsstatsrs,
but no Thompson appeared. Messengers
were dispatched in all directions. An hour
passed. and still no counsel for the dsfsacs.
Descriptions Of his person and habits we're
filled out and placed in the hands Of the
nest trusty police, with orders 70 and him,
sick or well. Az We 60 to press the crowd
were still waiting, asd no Thompson could
be found. 1t is such peculiar case
regular conspiracy"