The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

! sent me a message. By referring to the
Wilmington Messenger for the purpose
| Of refreshing my memory. issue of July
! 10Th. 1891. in Il card signed by T. r
KingSbury. | find the message and
threats reported to me by Mr.. j. \
Crews We're. az near rs | can recall
them. rs follows:
TEL Kinesbury | say he is a hypo-
critic and i fraud The threats We're:
II say King~bury is "A liar ana he
knows when lie lies. | have the mcdi-
cine for him. and | shall spread it al
about. | have Il mission, and | mean L
destroy him. He must be driven ont
Of North Carolina. | will drive him out.
He and | cannot remain III it. H.
, ought To lie driven ont of the Methodist
church. If he is driven from the Mes
sengcr he can find nothing to do-no
, other paper in North Carolina would
have him; he cannot get employment out
of the State. | can Get 4 place outside.
| have the Methodist preachers Of the
State III my back
Q. Did the message and threats re-
ferred to appear in any paper:
!. Yes. Published in the Whining
ton Messenger. July 18th. 1897, in a card
signed II. L. Kingsbury. | desire to say
that it was not the written articles
published by DIR. Kilgo that greatly
moved. disturbed. aroused me. but fire
spoken words - harbed and personally
severe. | forbore to write for i week 81
more. 50 wounded to the quick | was.
for it entered into my soul. decorating
/ and profoundly moving il. and robbin@
me Of peace. happiness and much OF
sleep for nights.
O.. What is your age. DR.. Kings
bury?
\. Seventy years next Monday.
Q. DO YOU know the general char
actcr of j. \. Crews.
s. Yes. lie is 4 man Of high char
acter and veracity.'
The aftidavits to the same effect was
published by DR.. Kingsbury soon after
the receipt Of the message with zorro
boratory affidayits Of j. \. Crews. who
brought the message. and of j. j. Royal,
who in part heard DR.. Nilgo deliver it
to Crews. Mr.. Crews was notified to
attend and give his deposition. His let
ter is here. saying he is unable to do so.
hut he adopts and reiterates his aft
dIvit heretofore published. Mr.. Crews
high character is shown by the affidavit
Of Mr.. jackson. one Of the owners Of
the Wilmington Messenger, but this, on
objection Of DR.. kil@o was ruled out.
while he was allowed to introduce Rev.
r. Y. ivey and j. b. Hurley to show
that Mr.. Crews did not live with his
wife. On cross examination they both
stated they did not know why he did
not live With his Wife,, or whose fault
it was. In DIR. Kilgo's argument he
denounced Mr.. Crews on that evidence
as 4 man OF bad character, and said
his (kilgo'sD article in the papers last
year fully answered DR.. Kingsbury.
His article was not in evidence. and
was doubtless not sworn to when printed,
and yet he asks you to disbclieve Or.
kingSbury upon an unseen. and I'M
sworn newspaper article which is not
given in evidence. His attack upon M.
Crews insisting upon ruling out evidence
as to his good character should arouse
your Indignation. There being abSo-
lutcly not !: word of evidence to contra
dict the District Conference proceedings
and the matters shown by Dr. Kings
bury'S affidavit. | do not see how YOU
can possibly fail to find that he has
been Il W~irc-puller in North Carolina.
If to have the Methodist preachers at
his back-to have the medicine for him.
and to Strew it." is not wire-pulling. it
would be difficult to prove an instance
of it.