The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-11
4 SILENCE BR0k EN
THE CHARLESTON NEWS AND COZ r
lER'S ' EDITORIAL.
h"mors About ncrow w-ihe Preachers
fo open 0B the trfaf Next sunday.
Ihe Sufss GaId Come, TO
the Front again.

CHARLESTON. S. c.. July 10Th,
Ae'rs oad C0micr Of this city. whicf
had proscIved silence since the trial o.
br Mellow for the murder OF Editor
Dawson. is out in an editorial on ia,
subject to-day. The article says:
The Aers oHd Courier kept silenr
after the murder Of CAPTAIN Dawson
ana before the trial Of hs SLAYER. be
cause 70 did not intend that there should
be the slightest ground Tor the cbarc,
lhat 10 had attempted ia any way to
shape ihe course of public opinion
Tine Ncrs Mld Courier has kept silent
since tine trial. because it was well
aware that whatever views it expressed
would be attributed TO personal feeling
and individual prejudice. II ha.
preferred 10 await tho judgment
" the country. and to set up against
ihe verdict of the jury in the Court Of
Sessions the verdIci OF the larger Jury
ol lhe country. We doubt that the YER
dict woald have been different II Cap
tam Dawson lad been shot IN the back
n TIE very presence Of the court.
aud ailer the frenzy Of three
hours waiting with his silent
guest, the defendant had with
moisiened towel .enderly wiped
away from the cold. still face the white
wash and mould from the grave IN the
closet underneath lhe slairs. We
doubt that under the circumstances
thc result would have been different IL
in his confession Dr. Mellow bad ad-
mitiel ho shot bis victim in the back
as he was leaving the Office. In
view Of the result OF the
trial the defendants attorneys might
haYe saved lhe State the unutterable
shame Of this judicial travesty had they
moved tO quash the Indictment for
murd D upon ihe ground that there was
"a statute of South Carolina providing
that the killing Of +. ". Dawson was
Ii punishable oifense
Inc city , full of rum0rs about the
Mellow case to-day. II Is Understood
that most of the pastors Of the leading
churches Will on Sunday next preach
au tAe subject of the Mellow verdict.
adultery. and murder. At the meet
ing which adopted resolutions denOuuc-
ing tne crime. ;he pastors Of Methodist.
baptist. prc-bytcrian. lluguenOt. Con-
gIegati9nal. Lutheran. and Episcopal
lAuIchcs were present. Rey. l.. 7.
iiDrne, ol So. John IS. the church at
which Mellow Wor.hlped. and 1T which
Mellow received an ovation on the Sun
Jay ailer Dbl. acquiital. was absent.
10 is known that Mrs. Dawson. the
widow of Editor Dawson. had TO appeal
.o the police last night for protection. /
ihl policeman was stationed on htri
premises. NeDow 5 and Dawson s lots |
lIlHn each other in the rear. Persons /
lu lhc rear piazz9s n both hOuses can /
inverse. and Mellow can easily get /
lvtr tue back iouce INTO Dawson 's /
PREMISES.
ifls said That Yesterday afternoon
icDJW cndtav0rcd 90 communicate
,un the Swiss maid. who was On the
'iazzl with Captain Dawson $ daugh-
er. auI that abe maid reported The
act to Mrs. Dawson. lt is also said
has Dice repeated The attempt later in
ho evening, when Mrs. Dawson APP
'eaicd to lhe police authorities for pro-
ecti0n.
Another story is going the rounds to
he eject that one of the white jury
lcn. who had been intoxicated since
le ,Iial. was heard to boast in a bar
o0m that Mitchell, counsel for the
ute. might have saved himself The
rcuble of speaking on Saturday. as the
uy bad made ITS verdict on Friday.
still another rumOr is to the effect
bat ,hc bruise on Mellow 8 head. to
,h.ch his friend, DR.. Forrest. SO feel
lgly testified. as coming probably from
'oW-Ou IS five ounce malacca cane. can
e accounted for in another way. The
tory is that it was received on the
lOliog of the murder i'm the house Of
ne Of lne doctors lady patients with
hom the doctor had attempted one of
lc "tle little iudiscreti3us, which he
Sd confident his friends Will over
.ok
lt is said that the affair leaked out
,o late % he introduced during the
nal, bat ihat tine solicitor is 10 posses
ON Of the facts.