The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-11
ADVERTISEMENT
Hawkins Case,
70 the Editor Of the Herald

Louis Republican, giving what the local re-
porter of the Republican in Dallas had to say
in regard to the above case. Also an article
written by the reporter at Springfield, Mo.
at the request Of w. T. Chandler, and ther
comes the local reporters comments upor
the article of w, T. Chandler, together
with his version Of the facts and perversor
Of the truth as il il. In so far rs his state
ments are concerned to the Republican or
the 9Th Of May, we would like for the Dial
las reporter 10 tell US when and how hs
learned that Hawkins had abandoned his in
tentlon to sue out IA writ of habeas corpus
and how he arrived at his reasons given for
the same. We say in justice to truth NO
such idea was ever entertained by the de-
PENDANT or his counsel MS abandoning that
wr! Of right, neither hpd he or his counsel
such fears as he gives for his reasons. 1t ORR
| ginated in the imaginary brain of this re-
porter, or from some one who like himself
knew nothing of the facts, or whose mind was
poisoned against this defendant, allowing
his snimus without sufficient cause to control
his better judgment IF he had any. We
pronounce his statements in regard 10 the
habeas corpus utterly untrue and unfounded
in fact, and his declarations false and rotten
to the core. AS to the influences as men
toned by Mr.. Chandler we have nothing to
say but we do say that the article referred
to by Chandler is an outrage upon the truth
and is the promptings of " mind, whether
| from IN licious motives or otherwise, that
would do injustice to any man who is COLI
| fined within the four walls of prison, and
that, too, simply for defending the most sacred
rights of a freeman protecting the chastity
Of his wife, Shame upon any man who Is
so lost to honor and manhood as not to hunt
down and slay the traducer of the virtue of
his bosom companion. He who would fold
his arms and quietly submit or skulll like a
cowardly spaniel at the feet of his adversary
is unworthy the name Of man.
In the same article, the Correspondent of
the st. Louis Republican" says ''it is
generally believed that Hawkins would
jump his bond,' and public sentiment
is almost universally or the side
of the victim. How did you get
to be So wise, Mr.. Mac with a
long tail to your name? This is only
the prolific imagination of prejudice or the
off spring of maddened brain and is untrue
in reason and in facts.
This correspondent of the st. Louis Re-
publican seems remarkably well posted in
the Hawkins case. A little further down his
trade he says all he has said is from his own
judgment, ETC., the result of careful investiga.
ton. The result of his investigation
is widely different from that of those who are
paid to investigate the case, we must say.
He says it is also known that since the
murder that two of the principal witnesses
for the State have been gotten out of the
country ana coulu NOV Do iouhd curing the
hSpeas corpus iriai' on Whlch Hawkins was
aollit'ea 10 DALI ana lheir absence "eAta
lohS way loWaFo the lsVGfao'o terhilhauoh
cl INC proceeIlhS7 IN DIS 0ehail' ecouhaei
LOT Tue ueiehueiV never heafd OF the apseace
OF Dut one 10, witness l9r inc otate (oaWYersl
lVr w1oni iiHwN'i's phu suoPenn issued ana
p'"ceu III sIc MINUS W tue oherlli OF D"llas
county NoS Us u 9'st witness, puta VII
ness Tor Tue defendant. When tne case WAS
calleu LOT Vrlal' 10 our uuer astohisIthehV, ne
was reported 10 nave abandoned
Ihe country hawklps was more IMAM
ANXIOUS Tor MN, IN proof OF Which
l assert that great dlligence mas been USED by
iiaWh!hs coEnsei 10 ma MS Whereabouts
ana want NM DaiIy on nnal trial, and would
DC w''I'ng 10 pay reasonable price lot the
'n,ormatioh' 30 II lhis Is the states witness
ail'lueu TO- we are rs anxious rs the state
can DC Tor MS presence AT inc mai trial
uoh know what inc gentleman means by
'haV'hg Deen Sotteh out OF me country, nor
10 whom ne aiiudes, whether 10 the state or
10 the deiendent hawkins. But say That
II Sawyers Is the witness and ne alludes to
the defendant as having gotten him out OF
the country, ne simply utters an unmiti-
gated talsehood' Because we wanted that
witness then, ana Will be loath TO go to final
trial without nm.
And in regard to the Information obtained
AT Richardson by TINS reporter we know
nothing, AS the interview was secret 50 far
ms we were concerned The result OF an inter-
view was published the next morning in the
HERALD, IN which appeared statement
made by W. NJ Alexander, a witness for the
State and while The ingenious reporter may
have failed to elicit all the facts from that
witness or any other witness in regard to the
sanderous language used about Mrs. Hawk
ins. we now state for the gentleman's infor-
nation, that MIR. Alexander and several other
witnesses swore TO the insulting language
about Mrs. Hawkins SO unequivocally that
no one who heard the evidence will doubt
the truth of our statement; From his ignor-
ance on this point we can but conclude that
tins investigation has not been as car tul as