Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-10

was accordingly carried to that apart
ment. The Judge seemed to be very
shaky and was evidently unwilling
to allow himself to be trusted alone
with reporter. So be remarked OH
entering the parlor: 81 suppose you
have no objections to Whippcr being
present y No objections having be
offered, Whippcr, who was near the
entrance Of tho door, was invited to
come in. And so tho keeper entered.
TIE INTERVIEW.
Judge Wright talks with lisp.
His appearance and his speech gave
clear indications Of the bender that he
has been on. In simple plain unvarn
ishcd English lie was OH the verge Of
dclirium trcmcns. lie spoke slowly
and as deliberately rs possible, and
several times during the interview hal
to be p;omptcd by his keeper. He
consented to be interviewed upon the
condition that his statements should
.hc published entire without any thing
being added to or taken from them.
These prcIlminarics having been ar
ranged the Interview began, the Judge
and the reporter sitting 1T the La!l c
and the keeper, Whippcr, sitting on .
chaira little to one side
Reportcr-W We'll, Judge, where are
you going?
Wright -(Stammcring)- that's Il
difficult question to answer. Probably
from here to Washington.
Reporter What are you gcing to
Washington for?
Wright Well, you sec, ,lilhtcr
,Juthtice Willard, of the Tluprcmc
Court, suggested 10 me on The 9th
no, the 2lsv Of February that | had
better SO to Washington an,l spend
about three weeks. lie tI,uid could
take the briefand papers with me, and
write my opinions there aud oon
municatc with him by mail. (.l 10 g
rauSc). On Wednesday we met again
and adjourned until Friday lie me
sec Friday ! don't remember
the da'c.
~ his point Whipp,r interrupted
ard with The a>si<ar &C Of ,he rcror
Ter refreshed &c Judges memory as
to dates. Whcrcupon the Judge con
tInurd his somewhat confused state
mrnt
he 'lhy before the signing Of the
or'l'r- 'c,me see-the 2G h, Mither
Ju>i;.h Willard suggested to me the
lr"rr;cty Of going to Washington or
TO Florida. lIs thought Florida
would he the best because The Chief
Justice would b, able to 90 there
shortly, and he would like to have me
there TO consult. = ftcr tic court nd
jo1rncd he said | might leave that
night. | asked him ~hat about the
court. He said / needn't attend ccurt,
as he would adjourn it from day to
day until [ returned. concluded that
| would take his advice and 90 to
Washington, and I didn't attend
court OH Friday.
Reporter But why did you sign
the order for the release Of T:da Nor.
ris, which was recognition orIIamp
ton as Governor
Wright-I signed the order. You
see the case closed OIL Friday night
previous, and the court adjourned
from Friday till Monday. NIither
Willard sent for nc Oh Saturday to
come to the consultation room. IIc
asked me that there should be a de-
clsion at once. | replied that hadn't
given Il thought to the case yet. We
met on Monday and he again asked
for n decision. ] differed with him
stating that two days in haJcas cor.
p"s case were equivalent toa convic-
ton (the Judges own words.) On
the 9th he presented an order to be
signed. [ said was not prepared to
sign an order. General Conner was
in the room at tie time; lie never
loses his temper; but Justice Willard
does. | said to Willard you must
wait until Saturday, and by that time