The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-18
QUICK JUSTICE FOR VALIANT.
a Bold Front Maintained by Him Dur
Ing tho Short Trial.

, ltSl, was IEleu UelOIS -
Case and a jury in the AssiZe Court to
day, CONVICTED and sentenced to death
F Policemen, in couples and threes, were
! stationed every ten yards around the
, immense block occupied by the Palace
, of Justice in which the court sits
, Every door In the palace was shut and
, guarded by SentinelS with fixed bayo-
nets. Nobody was admitted unless
they had special card of Identity
The cynosure Of all eyes was the pris
Oner who stood in the dock with an Of
y licer on each side of him. lie was,
like Ravachol, entirely self-possesSed
and gaZed about the court room as
though he glOried in the interest he
5 was creating. Throughout the day,
he never lost his attitude of defiance
: and justification.
J Baron Rothschlld was not a member
OF the jury, contrary to public eXpecta-
ton. In reviewing the details of the
. bomb. throwing Judge Case said the
people who had been hurt the most
were not the members Of the Chamber
OF Deputies, but spectators of the pro L.
ceedings. That was not my fault"
retortcd valiant. The deputies are
IN the highest degree responsible for
. the social misery prevailing. 1t was
they meant should feel the responsi-
biilty. When questioned as to his es-
cape during the confusion following
the explosion, Valiant denied the
, story that a sentinel had stopped him
at the door by threatening to pierce
J him with his bayonet if he advanced a
step. The prisoner declared energeti-
Cally That he did not wish to flee and
even il he had it would have been ut
terly impossible for him to have done
SO, because he was wounded in the leg
lie gave the lie to witnesses against
: him and held steadily to his pose Of
martyr III the cause of humanity. The
only regret he bad was that he rad
, been obliged to injure irresponsible
persons in the crusade.
Describing the manufacture Of the
bomb, Valiant declared that owing to
Ihe dimensions Of his apparatus, he
had the alternative of putting in a
!. large number Of projectiics, which
: would wound many persons slightly,
or a small number that would do more
: effective work. He chose the former
II plan, 50 that the prGjeCtileS would Kill
4 few people outright. Valiant ad-
l. united thaG he had been condemned
five times fcrpetty thefts, but he ad-
l ded, mendicancy AMI theft were tho
necessary results Of the present social
/ condition Of the poor.
Il lhe prisoner asked permission TO ad.
Dress the court on his mode Of life.
Il ms being granted, he said that he
had cndravOred to lead AN honest eXis,
tence. Employers had proii:cd by his
poverty 10 pay him starvation wages.
, FINALLY, without money or work, he
determined instead OF furnishing sub
!, mlsSlVely to voice the feeling Of revolt
that was fomenting discomfort every
"here among the poor. lie read a
written anarchist speech that he had
held III his hand ever since the opening
OF The court. In this speech, he cX-
; pressed the grievances of the poor
against society, but made no reference
to bombs.
- lie was lluent aud declamatory. and
read his speech in IL clear ana pleasant
voice as he leaned over the rail f the
uock. Valiant was emphatic in his
denial OF the statement that he had
taken Mtrchand'3 property as well AS
his wife, evidently considering the
former charge to be 4 dishonOranle
one. lie said he desired TO clear him
sell of this reprOach
Judge Case read cXtTac.S from the
prisoners declarations 10 the effect |
that Ii" had become convinced by stu
dying philosophical works, including
those OF Herbert Spencer, that nnarcjI-
| l"n was the l0Elcal Oul come Of the op.
PRESTON OF the poor by modern society.
III regard 10 the outrage, the prisoner
Explained that he had chosen the
| thHmOrr OF Deputies a5 the place to
throw the bomb in order not to hurt
innocent persons. Unfortunately ne
did not succeed.
lWO ShOr; reCrSScS were taken. one
Ill the cO;iciu3lOn Of the hearing Of wit.
nt@S'$ and another at the conclusion OF
the address Of the public prosecutor,
bertrand. III" latter closed by de.
mAndlnE tn" capital penalty. Vail
ianl " 'WErr ,'r, LaliOri, made no de-
fIrF. ,,l,I.
ne @aid, h;ul given him absolute liberty
H5 to Ia" lilr Ui dsl"uSu to be- followed.
lilo iT1l polni was that the bomb had
Killed nOnudy. valiant, he declared,
was not lnji.3'cr Of criminal vanity
J Ic simply wdn'c' TO remind the dupu.
ties OF the mi crdbIc poor whose claims
the leGislatur" "tCrnally shelves. tie
could not forget that crime, which is
closely allied to the universal s,cial
movement, u increasing daily.
He appcaIctl to the sympathicS Of the
Jury III hrhalf Of valiant, wHo WAS IN
lil"gltlmatc child, abandoned in nfan-
icy Wy his mother and grew up to he.
c"ln2 m"ndicant and "A VaEabOnd, not
from vicious InClInatiOn3, bat from
ioTc' Of circumstances. When he
heard the sentence Valiant shouted
I"NrlcOm" death"
Louisville, Ky, January 9.-John
| Newton Il student at I;ussGlIvil,e, Ky,
committed suicide last night. lie used
morphine. When found in his room
this morning the following advance
account OF the trage iy, written by
himself, was discovered on the
table: Jack Newton, Of Cadiz Ky,
| who had been attending school here
| for the last six months, was found
| dead this afternoon In DR.. ITarrcIl's Of
fee with dagger in his heart. No
cause IS assigned for the rash act.
Newton had always been considered
an eccentric fellow by his fellow stud
ents. lie was about 2Oy years of age and
the son of the Rev +. Nj. Newton, a
Methodist preacher, who resides at
| CadlZ. NY. EYidentlV he had hnnn