Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-30
LENIENT TO FOLKES.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED

stated that Mr.. Womack met me in the
han as came out OF the room where Mr..
Massey and had been talking. Mr.. Mas
sey and myself had been talking down
stairs IN tho diningroom, and az II be-
came necessary for members OF the
household TO go into this room We went
upstairs and had conversation In a
room. which ] have learned since TO be
captain Henry's room. think the door
OF this room was open while we were up
stairs. and. as ! remember. passing out
Of the room, | met Mr. Womack at the
door. and we walked on down the hall to
the front door, and passed out together;
ne walked with me about block. and
then turned his way. Mr.. Massey had a
talk with me regarding the resolutions,
and In the mean time Mr.. Henry NJ. Ty-
| Ter had spoken TO me. My mind had been
mace up To speak against them Whicn
| did after the matter had been fully dis
| cussed by other comrades, and the camp
| voted them down.
In going TO see Mr. Massey l acted I'M
! wisely and If / had my time to go over
again, upon receipt OF his note TO call
and see him, i should have answered that
| his dealings must be with the secretary
| OF the camp. and that the camp must de-
| eide first whether he would be permitted
| 20 attend the meeting. ] told him In our
! Interview that II he came 10 our camp he
would run the risk Of being requested 10
| retire. He came TO the camp and the
camp permitted him TO stay there, and he
! addressed them on the resolutions. In
stating that Mr.. Womack met me in the
/ NAH, QlG not WISH 10 eNdue the commit
| tee or 10 misrepresent the fact But IN
! this whole connection regarding my in
| terview with Mr.. Massey l must say that
| am very sorry | ever met either one OF
them; that this was unwise, but had not
considered the matter in its proper light,
and for this error and the unwise act
throw myself upon the mercy of my com
rades. I did not intend TO make a false
good many incidents have taken place
with me since this transpired. ana some
details had been forgotten by me. i am
sorry the committee should have thought
that / misrepresented the facts.
HE ASKS FOR MERCY.
II desire to say further" Mr.. Folkes
continued. that you will note did not
deny the charges which have been pre-
ferred against me. l have offered these
facts, which / trust will lead you 10
temper your verdict with mercy. / recog-
nize the errors which | made, as young
man, when / received the note from Mr..
Massey to meet him, and l recognize the
error in inviting him TO the camp before !
first receiving the permission of the camp, |
but you will remember that turned the |
note over TO our secretary, and stated TO |
him that l had received this note, and |
that had taken the liberty 10 invite him. |
as TO how Mr.. Womack got in the affair |
differently from some gentlemen who |
happened to remember all about It. In |
this my comrades, ! do not come here |
what Is not true, but / come here to say |
that / do not remember interviewing Mr.. |
Womack in the presence of MI. Massey, |
but do say that / stated that Mr.. Wo- |
mack, as he walked out with me, did |
mention the fact TO me.
INDIsCREET AND UNWIsE.
Now. as TO these charges. and with
my statement, l throw myself upon the
mercy OF this camp. | feel that have |
done wrong; that l have acted indis-
creetly and unwisely. | am among my
friends among my young cOmrades-cOm-
rades the sons of those who stood to-
gether I'm the days OF strife. and | do not
believe that my young comrades In TINS
State will be too hard in their verdict
among them. This is my home, my com
Tades. l trust that. although have been
injured TO a great extent upon evidence
which has gone teeming to the world, /
trust that my young comrades Will be as
lenient in their verdict as they think
proper, and l hope that l shall convince
them by my walks in the future mat
shall live above suspicion. and, II some
have lost the confidence and esteem-con-
fdence which they had for me in the
past-I promise them that L shall 50 con-
duet myself in the future that WIZ again
throw myself upon the mercy or me
camp, and l have nothing further to say"
HOW TO PROCEED.
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with applause, and when order was re-
stored Mr.. Lockwood made a short
statement, showing, or rather pointing |
ng out, the various parts Of the evil
lence which are substantiative Of the
.harges Mr. Cook moved that the
be adopted. but Mr.. Guigon
that the motion was out OF
rider, and Mr.. Montague expressed 1t
IS his opinion that the only motion that
,g,,y.l Ea ana n |
,rimand. suspend, or expel the accused
Ir. Cook thereupon moved to Severely |
eprimand the brother for the conduct
# which he has been guilty, and let
end there
Mr. Gulgon again rose 10 a point Of
rider. and said that the court could not
punish man until he had been con
'icted. He suggested that the speci1ca-
ions should be considered seriatim, and
fter the guilt of the accused had been
determined as to each, the punishment
hould be fixed.
Mr. Bosher moved that Mr.. Folkes be
suspended, pending the findings of the
curt but withdrew his motion wnen
Informed that under the bylaws he
TODD temporarily suspended without any
ction of the camp.
Captain Guigon's suggestion to consi-
Ter the specifications seriatim was then ,
he first specification. Captain Guigon ,
hen arose and said:
with reference TO that specification, q
hnk the committee has gone beyond It's !
The specification does not say
hat the delivery of the resolutions was !
or the purpose of defeating the resolu- ;
ion Ii says 1t was contrary 10 the r
aw of the camp. That is the specifca- )
ion and that is the offence charged" +
HAD NOT OVERSTEPPED. v
Chaplain Cooke said he could not see L
hat the committee had overstepped any v
olnt whatever 81 think" he said, that {
he committee has done right in telling
S that according to the evidence they \
ound nothing to show that he Folkes) y
ad any purpose Of defeating the Mahoou n
esolution The committee has done v
ignt, ! think In this" a
Mr. Chumbley here stated that his un- d
erstandng was exactly that of Captain o
iuigon. "He (Folkes) gave out the reso-
ltion contrary to the law of the camp" r
aid Mr.. Chumbley, "and we do not in | s
end TO say what his motive was. If we d
ad gone into that probably we should c
ave found that Mr.. Folkes was at that
Ime in favor of the resolutions. ana
OF opposed to them. We simply brought II
hat specification that Mr.. Folkes con- o
rary TO the law of the camp, published =
ls resolution. We had nothing to do i
nth his motive" Z,
Mr.. Stuart at this juncture made a
oint Of order that the only thing before o.
he camp was the first specification. Il