The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-13
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ana, me was recalled by MIR.
The aeti.' i. was that ne gave some
al. anu f7r the committee to work
say ll-,7 avn personal knowledge he
poB u .y thing that he knew was
bid l"0 ,rSin.s he saw woman dressed
ll yin" ,,no WAS atterWard sald 20 pe
oa." .pt approaching the hotel. w nen
Us an tie bridge III 4rOuV u tIe NO.
be -.r who was on the Neranda,
f aisa 9". her. aud the two went off
81 sn- ~ H- did not know what time II
Il ostAy.. +bev returned, and he would
as u',' ,,.nize the lady II he should
ardy lin. Neither could he say
eeI ~ tn'. tvo had meeting arranged,
a. A'afrrs they went 10.
Q! "-e,Iiar was then asked FOR the
NJ If pprsous from whom he had Sc
his learsdy eVlhehce OF stolS - ~
are d. al first hesitated TO do So
iIaN' .t.tif the committee had the right
M syl"7 hin, 10 give the names he would
lo' If ID had not the right he would
J" a. did not consider that he was
o. a. OFF the committee. The COM
ne Insisted and Mr.. Collier named T
ni',e,-rs inf Griffin, Lee Watson OF tors
-. A. Slaughter of Jackson, Bryan
,a an and John Byers of Indian Springs.
bG SON1iONAAeAeN 49,
NJ ID. come before the committee ana
M What they know.
~ I9st Two Witnesse of the afternoon
IL h. Faulkner and his niece, MISS
wy bradley. whom it was alleged Judge
ga made the improper advances TO at
81 spungs. Mr.. Faulkner, who is an
-oo,nrrvman and not very bright, after
VDs.t deal of repetition told how Miss
SS.535lsy his two daughters and his sister
5U had gone to the Springs to get
~+sr one morning about sunup There
Al '..r met Judge Sweat, who made the pro
N Is TO Mss Bradley that caused them
n "a come back to the house IN hlSh
CO of INDIGNATION. When he was told
4 - tool place al the springs he stated
,at he at once set out to ind the man. He
i harmed that he was Judge Sweat. After
rd the witness stated, Senator Jesse
,,arcer whom he had known the year be-
4 srs as a guest at the hotel, came to see
I'm and made propositions to settle the
natter He said that Judge Sweat was
ling to pay $500 but Mr.. Faulkner tes-
4 seed that he told Senator Mercer that he
had no authority to act for the ladies, and
ii he wanted was that Judge Sweat should
rake an apology to Miss Bradley for the
insilt he had given. He said that Senator
Mercer had come to the house to see him
sbout the matter several times. He ask
81 II ne was d AldSOli anu WITCH AlC AOpAACd
NAT he was. Senator Mercer said he was
sure the matter could be settled AT one
fine when Senator Mercer came to the
house he asked to see Miss Bradley and
me other ladies' and was granted that priv
fege. The witness said the ladies could
tpU what the senator said to them when
they testified. Senator Mercer was osten-
sbly the friend of the ladies when he
called to settle the matter, but Mr.. Faux
4
N the interest of Judge Sweat as well.
Miss Leila Bradley, the young lady whor1
it is alleged Judge Sweat insulted, APP
peared in the Senate chamber along with
Mr.. Faulkner, and was called to the stand
as soon as he had finished. She is a good
looking country girl of about IS or 90
She was very timid and embarrassed in
her testimony, and the committee had
great difficulty in getting her story out of
her in such a way as to be able to under
stand it, She was first asked by Sena-
tor Carter to point out the man, who had
insuted her, and she did so by indicating
Judge Sweat, who occupied a seat across
the chamber. In substance Miss Bradley
said that she and her cousins and aunt
had gone to the spring early in the morn
ing. She was on a visit to her grand
mother at Indian Springs, her home being
in Bib county. 1t was their habit to get
up early and go to the spring. The morn
ing in question they met Jude Sweat
there. He handed them water and opened
up a conversation, one of his proposals be-
ing to run a foot race with one Of the girls
across the bridge. When they. started for
the house again Judge Sweat followed and
called after them. The others said she
should stop and see what he wanted and
she did so, falling behind her companions.
When the judge caught up with her she
testified that he asked her to take a walk
In the woods with him, and they would
have a good time. He also asked her
where she lived, and how late they sat up
at night. When she told him O'clock, he
asked her to let him come to
see her that night. and for her to
sit up for him. He also wanted
10 give her some money to buy a present,
she said When she got to the house she
al once told her uncle what the man had
said to her and he went out to look for
HIM That same afternoon, however,
Judge Sweat came to the house. Her
grandmother met him at the door and Of
Tered him chair, but he would not take
H. The first notice that she had that he
was there was when she saw him leaning
III the door. He wanted her to go out to
walk with him. but she would not and
he also asked her to come out and sit
WITH him. There were others in the room
At the time.
Miss Bradley testified that Senator Mer-
Ger had come to see her and when she
told of the occurrence at the spring he
sad he wished she was some kin to him
30 mat he might go and whip Judge
sweat that if her father was a Mason he
would do it anyhow. lie said also that
me Judge ought to be removed from the
tench for his conduct. Another time she
SSal1 senator Mercer told her that Judge
sweat would give $500 to settle the mat
YER but she would not listen to taking
any money. What she wanted was for
me courts to handle him. Pending the
completion Of Miss Bradley's testimony
lHe committee adjourned to tomorrow
morning.