Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-07-11

Charleston Gradually Awakening
to It's EnOrmity.
THE DOCTOR STILL A KAsHER


BEcDow stnl Continues His 0aenslve A.
tentlons 60 the Dawson servanes-Ad-
ditlonal Evidence. bearing en- enc Case.
Capt. Dawson's Newspaper Speaks at
Last-To Turn on the Cans of the PuIpit.
CHARLESTON, S @, July 1.-THE city
Il full Of rumors about the Mellow case.
II Is understood that most Of the pas
tors Of the leading churches viii, on
Sunday next, preach ON the subject of
the Mellow verdict. adultery and the
murder. AT the meeting which adopted
resolutions denouncing the crime, the
pastors Of Methodist, Baptist, presby-
terian. Huegenot, Congregationalist.
Lutheran and Episcopal churches wer e
present. Rev. Il. I. Horn, OF st. Johns,
the church at which Mellow w0rships
and at which Mellow received an ova~
ton on the Sunday after his acQuittal,
was absent.
Mira. Dawson Requests Police Protection.
II Is known that Mrs. Dawson, the
widow of Editor Dawson, had to appeal
10 the police for protection, and police
man was stationed on her premises. Nc
Dow's and Dawsnn's lots adioin each
other IN the rear. Persons ON the rear
piazzas OF both houses can converse, and
Mellow can easily get over the back
fence into the Dawson premises. 1t Is
said that McD0w endeavOred to commu-
uicate with the Swiss maid, who was on
the piazza with Capt. Dawson's daugh-
ter, and the maid reported the fact to
Mra. Dawson. It Is also said that he re-
peated the attempt later in the evening,
when Mrs. Dawson appealed to the po-
lice authorities for protection.
Another story Is going the rounds to
the effect that one Of the white iurymen
who has been intoxicated since was
heard TO say In bar room that Mitchell,
counsel for the state, might have saved
himself the trouble OF speaking on Sat.
urday, as the jury had made up its YER
dict on Friday.
Another Of the D0ctor's Indlscretlons.
Still another rumor is to the effect that
the bruise on McDOw's head, to which
his friend. DIR. Forrest, so feelingly tes.
tilted as coming probably from Dawson's
i've ounce malacca cane, can be ac-
counted for in another way. The story
Is that Il was received ON the morning
OF the murder in the house of one Of the
doctors lady patients, with whom the
doctor treats as one of the little indis-
creti0ns" which he Is SO confident his
friends viii overlook. 1t is said the af-
fair leaked out too late to be used dur
Ing the trial, but the solicitor Il in nos
session of the facts.
The News and Courier Speaks.
The News and Courier, of this city,
which had preserved silence since the
trial Of McDOw, for the murder Of Edi.
tor Dawson commenced, finally comes
out in an editorial on the subject. The
article SAYS:
"The News and Courier kept silent
after the murder of Capt. Dawson and
\ before the trial of his SLAYER because it
did not intend there should be the slight
est ground for the charge that III had at
tempted in any way to shape the course
of public opinion. The News and Courier
has kept silent since the trial because il
was well aware that whatever views il
expressed would be attributed to per-
s0nal feeling and individual prejudice.
Ii has preferred to await the Judgment
Of the country and to set up against the
verdict of the jury in the court Of ses-
s;ons the verdict Of the larger jury. Of
the country.
An Honest Verdict Impossible.
ssWe doubt that the verdict would
have been different If Captain Dawson
had been shot in the back in the very
presence of the court and after the
frenzy of three hours waiting with his
silent guest the defendant had with
moistened towel tenderly wiped away
from the cold. still face the whitewash
and mould from the grave in the closet
underneath the stairs.
I'VE doubt that, under the cirCum-
stances, the result would have been
different il in his confession DR.. McDow
had admitted he shot his victim IN the
back as he was leaving the office. In
view Of the result Of the trial the de-
fendant's attorney might have saved
the state the unutterable shame Of this
judicial tFavesty had he moved to quash
the indictment FOR murder upon the
ground that there was no statute 0f
South Carolina PROV riding that the killing
pf +. IN. Dawson was q punishable Of