The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-08
CASE DISMISSED
Mrs. Arlington Makes Another
Failure.
SHE IS NOT SENT TO JAIL.
Judge Whitaker's Appeal for Protec-
ton Against the Malicious and
Frivolous Persecution of a Vile
Tongue"---Mai. Bledsoe's
Fiery Retort,

The Arlington Whitaker perjury
case came up again yesterday morn
ing at IL o'clock before Mayor Russ,
1T had been whispered about that the
two sides to the controversy were
loading up with some lively talk, and
when court was called the Mayors of
fee was comfortably filed with peo-
pie.
Mr.. Whitaker made a motion that
the court shall find that the case was
frivolous and malicious. and that Mrs.
Arlington be taxed with the costs and
that in default of the prompt payment
of said costs she be sent to Jail with
privilege to the Board of Commission
ers to have her put on the public works
of Wake county until said costs be
satisfied. He reviewed his connection
with the Arlington matters, beginning
with his connection with a case for a
certain claim against A. III. AIRING
ton for the benefit of one Afford, which
claim subsequently became the proper
ty of one Ayent. Bum and Battle
We're employed as counsel in that case
in 1887 I became the administrator
i ~
and found a claim secured by mort
gage on her interest in a judgment
against the heirs of the late A. III. Ar
rington and Cooper.
''She bedeyiled and besought me 10
take charge of her business. [ declined
over and over again, and it would
have been infinitely better had / al
ways declined, but she was a woman
he e.4-s r
her out of my Office, but was finally,un-
fortunately, over-persuaded by her
and wrote up that famous contract.
to the terms of which she demurred.
told her that | would not take the
case under any other consideration:
that the case was very uncertain one,
that there were points in it that our
courts had not yet passed upon, nota-
bly, whether her divorce obtained in
Illinois would hold in our courts, and
even if it did what would be its effect
on her maiden property which proper
ty was then in controversy.
But / won the suit. I fought II
IN the courts, and / can prove to-day,
as lawyer. Of the success ia vim
ming this noted case
There was no man, no lawyer who
was as great as Spier Whitaker; none
so able; none SO handsome: none so
true; as Spler Whitaker until / won that
suit-in Mrs. Arrington's estimation
and then she tried to pay me as she
did others with her tongue. her vile
filthy tongue, with which she had
DETAINED the honest, noble Judge 10
Davis, the charitable and generous
Cooke, the gallant Bum, the memory
of he Ia 4
all those who had preceded me as her
attorney to whom she had paid with
single exception, to my knowledge
not a cent except the pitiful
sum of fifty dollars. But
declined to be treated in any such man
ner. ! have not brought her case for
nothing. She was no kin TO me. /
owed her nothing, and / took her case
for the money there was il it and IN
der no other consideration. ! demand
ed my fees IN accordance with the con-
tract. She assented and signed.
''since then she has been bounding
me with her vile, filthy, tongue. She
has talked about me, besmeared de-
famed me and DETAINED others as well.
she would not hesitate to enter any
mans closet. She has not hesitated to
do it. and if she could discern a skele-
ton there. turn the light on it. No
man who ever deals with her escapes
her vile tongue.
.tAll are scoundrels' is the character
she gives the men whom the people
have placed in high position, in whose
hands the scales of Justice, the liber-
ties of the people. themselves, even
their lives. Must these characters be
longer besmirched by the filthy tom
que of this vile womall?"
..No man who has not been there can
imagine the mor1 ification of man
brought up i'm court like this to an-
syer such a vile malicious charge
II have tried aud tried and tried 70
be the philosopher, and let no charge
like this disturb nae.
Il have 40 skeleton, and that is the
reason ] am not a coward h'lte
enemies. OF course: perhaps | Lave
done wrong. perhaps some think I've
done them wrong when | hadn't. The
people know me- 1 say to them, Mr.
Mayor, through YOU to protect me, my
wife and my children, @Tf ! am guilty
of anything wrong, let it be shown,and
I'll shake the dust from my feet never
TO return But if the charges are not
true, / beg my neighbors, my associ-
ates, TO protect me from this vile Wo-
man.
"Woman Is neither on the high Pc
destaI, nor is she down in the dirt.
"Her counsel boasts that he appears
for her because she is a woman. Tie
time has come when no respectable
lawyers will appear for Mrs. Airing
ton. / ask YOU in the name of law, JUS
tice and peace that YOU put stop 10
this persecution, and place myself in
this temple. and appeal TO yon to put
a stop to it,"
Major Bledsoe then spoke for Mrs.
Arlington, and turning TO Judge Whit
aker, said: Here is man who has
sued a woman and convicted her of
perjury. The ghost of Hamlet will
not down al his bidding that he may