The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-17
How the. American Views the Case,

HOW BHCE AmCAlO NAOUS OAhO OeADN
The American of last Tuesday pub
fishes the above defense of Mr.. Me-
Dowell, and accompanies it with the
following editorial remGrks.
eve present this morning a synopsis
of McDowell's defense, which gives In
brief every statement made by his wit
nesSeS in his behalf.
plete and explicit reply to this paper as
soon as certain racts already within ITS
knowledge have been put In form Ipr
publication: This will be very soon,
When it is made it will leave little OF
Mr., McpowelI's Vindication which he
will care to pre IeFVe for future refer-
ence. 1t will show that Mr.. McDowel!
is appealing to the public on perJured
testimony; it will show that win lie COM
planning of slander he is dealing In SIAN
der, it will show that after pursuing
| the Americans witnesses for days with
| the most piteous pleadings and fearful
entreaties, picturing to them the dis
tress of his innocent family and the
social ruin 1t would entail upon those
| who were innocent of his acts he IN
| duced three of the Americans wit
nesses to relent and qualify their origi-
| nal statements; that where prayers fail
| ed he bent every energy to the task OF
| imneaphipg their credibllity ana after
| the utmost stretch of his powers he
| cOntrived to find a basis Tor accusar
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| twenty-seven; that he then proceeded
| with a characteristic lack OF candor ana
| truth to class all as "thieves, aduIter-
| ers, drunkardS and murderers, anu
| we will show that he has thus assailed
| some of the most upright men IL the
| county, We will show that while inns
| pugning the moral character OF some OF
| the Americans witnesses he has MIN
| self turned to some of the most disre-
| putable rapscallions on earth for vim
dication of his character. We will
| ahow that he has paraded evidence In
| his defense to which fhe American
| would not apply because of the notori-
ousIy lewd vile and indecent character
of the witness. We will show that al
most the first thing he did after reach
ing Arkansas was to enlist in ms serv-
ice number of negro noodluns, by
whose aid periured testimony was
suborned for Mcdowell, and the negroes
| who freely, voluntarily and without IN
ducement made their statements, TO
tie Americans reporter were thus per-
| shaded to denounce their own state
| ments and their own signatures made
| i'm the presence of reliable witnesses as
"forgeries," We will show that in
| swearing to these statements they com
| n1itted ueriurY and whoever procured
them to do so committed subor-
| nation of perjury.
Jobn Henry Mcdowell was playing the
| mons role in church and Sunday school
10 win the favor of the preaoherS and
the women he was playing also the role
/. of negro leader and lover in the mys
} terious night meeting.
-Gs'The American will show that Nc
Dowell has paraded the evidence of 9
man who denounced bin in bitter anC
: unmeasured terms, but asked that hl'
statement be suppressed for special rea
sons. which he assigned, and that thu
American has been blamed for sup
pressing a favorable statement whicl
/, he never made.
t charges of forgery, of perversion, and o
3 suppression brought against Mr.. Camp
1 beil are unadulterated falsehoods.
> WThe American admits that when
Il followed Mcdowell behind the barre'
{, door OF the Loyal League it fOHowe
81 him into very bad companYi and