Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-01-17
The Jnry-RO0m Conspiracy.
ProoE Estrong as Holy Writ of speer's
4S Nefarious Plot. -

20. g.Turhsr. Of spsrtanburg, one
l5of the perjured United States Jurors
Ewho agreed with others to convict
Ethe defendants ia the. election trials
Fat Columbia lest month before hssE:
ing the evidence, and, after being
sworn as juror to End a verdict
upon The evidence alone, has publish
ed statement in the Carolina Spar
tam which is as villainous in language
as it is absolutely false in fact. The
statements made by the NeaOs and
cOurter, alleging that cadcnses had
.been-haldAy .GreenbankaandzRa
ical iarers and AN agreement inferred
into to convict the defendants, with
or without evidence, for political pur-
poses. were based upon afidavits
made by certain jurors who were
present at the caucuses, but who could
not. consent to enter into the damna-
ble'conspiracy: These af6dayits were
held'by the counsel for the defence,
and would have been submitted to
the Court if Judge; Bond had not
wisely determined to put an end to
the shameful prosecutions. =1e'i..'-
If the statements made by the cor
respondent of the -News and Courier
needed any corrohoration, Mr.. Long
very emphatically and satisfactorily
nails Turner's lies, and shows fur
thermore that the Government prose:
euting officers were in league with
Turner and his miserable allies to se-
cure convictions at any cost. Mr..
Longs statement is as follows:
To tile Editor of the Carolina Spar.
TAM: Sir-The letter which you pub.
Iished from Claude G. Turner, of the
3lst, of December, 1888, in which Le
uses my name. and, denies certain
charges against him and others, pub
lished in the News and Courier Of the
14th OF December last, calls for a
short notice from me. Twill try and
give you some plain, simple facts in
reference to the matter.
Mr.. Turner, Oh Saturday evening,
after the jurors had been empanelled
to try the Marion cases, and were
locked up in the Court house, pro-
posed that we should organize de.
batting club, which we did, and elect
ed juryman Julius Littlejobn, (color.
I'd as chairman. Turner also re.
duced the subject to writing, which
was as follows: Whether or not.
there was a juror on the. panel with
.he intention Of defeating the Gov
ernment iu convicting the defendants
And if 80, what would be the result, |
Is there were the eyes Of fifty mill
ons Of people watching and waiting |
,be verdict Of this jury 2" Turner led
>f in the debate, and made a long
speech, in which he stated tina: in
order to establish a precedent we
must necessarily find a verdict of
guilty.
1t was the intention of the Govern
nent officials to secure such a verdict
Is we all know. The other eight,
whose names 1 will give you, all ex-
pressed the same opinion. They are
IS follows: Middleton Ray, OF Spar.
anburg; Fuller Pricket, OF Orange
,urg; ]. II. Johnson. of Clarendon
}. c. Wolf, Of Lancaster; E L. Ar
hur, of Orangeburg; Julius Little
ohm, colored. of Greenville; Joseph
Bush, coIoreo, Of Georgetown; G. W.
'hilds, colored. of Edge6eld. Istated,
3 juryman, that l intended to- give
be defendants lair and impartial
rial, and that if it was the intention
t the Government to pack the jury
nd convict innocent men l was the
'rong man so also did Mr.. Grant of
a@sa@ aestells.oi .ess se case went WenN