The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-10-28
now MAINTAINS his GOD NAME. tan.s,

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ling Aler with criminal libel. WHY did
this Honored. Famous, Reputable, and
Good Citizen, who THE WORLD Is
charged with libelling, not swear out
warrant and have Hon. ). N. wisner
arrested for the same offence when he
50 boldly and feailessly attacked him
through his paper in 1884, when in :
muddle about the Martinsburg Post
lOtice. All, he knew two well his an
ltagonist. He knew Wisner could not
be scared, and would make matters
rather warm for him. Well, he win
likewise reach the mme conclusion
with THE WoRLD before he Il through.
The following Is an editorial taken
from the Martinsburg Independent, of
Saturday, March LIST, 1884. edited by
]. n. Wisner. The people Of Martins
burg well remember the time Of its
publication, and tho unpleasantness
existing between Wisner and Evans.
It Is as follows:
THE INTELEIaGNcER AND THE
cHARGk AGAINST EVANS.
The unctuous complacency with
which the Wheeling Inteliigcncer has
been dealing out one-sided morsels
about the Martinsburg Post Office inn
broglio, is hardly creditable to the
fairness that should abound in what
ought 10 BE- 4 state paper. Its editor.
Mr.. Hart, was present before the com
mittee on Post Offices and post roads,
as were also Judge Hoge, Prof. j.. X.
Clifford, and Rev. II. Il. Keys, Of the
colored Baptist Church heard the
case heard Mr.. Amey's affidavit
read, which stated that he and Evans
waited 1T the house opposite the Jail
for about one hour for the crowd To
come and do the ynching. He heard
Evans admit the truth Of this and
heard him say that he made no attempt
to give the alarm and heard him al-
NIT that he followed with the crowd to
the placeof lynching he heardiiimlad-
mitto member IL the Committee that
he had heard various rumors before Of
| the lynching, but had not on those ru-
mors attended. The question was then
| put point blank, How come you to
attend Thorn on this particular even
Iingf' and the answer, ssHedidn't know
--he couldn't explain, unless II was
Impressed upon him that 1t was true
I that evening. Mr.. Hart heard al thir.
| That is the case. There was the jail
Of the county with its sleeping iailor
and sleeping inmates on one side Of
the street, and Geo. r.. Evans on the
other side, for an hour, with the pre-
vious knowledge Of what was to occur.
i Were the officers OF the people alarmed9
/ Was the jailor awakened and told that
stigma was to be placed upon the
4 Courtsthat the sacredness Of the law
was 70 be violated. One hour live
minutes Of that time devoted to prompt
action and the history Of Berkeley
County would not have been disgraced
by such record, nor the mindsof
many citizens burdened with regrets
for hasty action, for surely, no man
would like such q principle applied 10
himself. 1t was . deed Of darkness,
and to be done only Mt midnight. If
correct, legal, moral, religious, It
should have been done at mid-da Al
legal execution would have occurred III
the day time
!. We do not think Judge H0ge refers
to this in his eloquent lecture on the
majesty Of the law, wherein he places
VI the tin shield on q one-armed town
i sergeant and then invests him with the
lregal attributes Of the law and sends
him forth to quell disorder and tnrbn-
lence. These are the facts. Will Mr..
! Hart deny them 7 This is the record.
Dare the Iatelligencer openly endorse
the occurrence
!, We would like to ask our readers If
they have as yet read IN the columns
Of THE Womb language as strong and
! forcible against Mr.. Evans good name,
FAME, credit and reputation, as is the
! above which Mr.. Wisner published
: And yet this is not all. Still more 10
, follow. We feel sighted that Bro.
Wisner cannot now be arrested to keep
us company. But then no danger with
Wisner. He don'tscare. The : clique
have hopes Of soaring Aler. But in
the end We feel safe in saying they
will be disappointed. Mr.. Wisner, to-
gether with Faulkner and Walker, we
understand win represent Mr.. Evans
in Court Of course, it's UNDERSTOOD
Feidt viii also be on deck. We trust
our good Brother will keep his past
publications before him, as they will
also be in Court with THE WORLD.
We don't Know how Evans viii get
around them, but think that Bro. Wis
ner's article, together with witnesses
win satisfy the public that Evans was
on one particular night associated with