The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-11
j. III. SOUTHGATE.
for G.. A. OGLESBY. Prosecutor.

Being graduate of Trinity College
and having the good of that institution
at heart and being also an Indifferent
party to the controversy deemed ii
duty / owed my ALMA MATER to
accept appointment coming to me, as
it did, through the President of her
Board of Trustees although ] knew that
an honest execution of the commission
imposed upon me would cost me much
discomfort, many tribulations, aud,
probably. several friends. On the day
after receiving this commission or ap-
pointment, / addressed and mailed a let
ter to Mr.. Southgate. President of the
Board of Trustees and. through him, no.
tifying the defendant. DR.. Kilgo. that. as
representative PRO TEN of the prose-
cution I would take the dispositions of
number of witnesses therein named
giving the time and place. On the
18th of August, / left Raleigh for South
Carolina. and on the cars. somewhere he
tween Greensboro and Charlotte, n. c.,
DIR. Kilgo handed me the following or
der:
Durham. n. c., August /. 1898.
Mr.. r. G. Beckwith. Raleigh. n. G.
Dear Sir: You are hereby ordered to
take the deposition of any and all per-
SOIIS WUOSe ildiHts anu duuiGSHGS Dt
furnished you by the defendant, DR.
Kilgo.
Report these names and addresses to
me as you get them and close up the
work in South Carolina before leaving
there.
Yours truly,
(Signed) G. A. CGLESBY,
by G. II. SOUTHGATE.
And Mt the time Of the delivery OF the
same the DIR. expressed surprise that /,
a graduate of Trinity College, should
be aiding Judge Clark in this prosecu-
ton" of him. / replied that I was in
no wise aiding Judge Clark or any one
else in any PROSECUTION of him, but
that having accepted the commission of
my college as PROSECUTION pro tenn
to. in good faith, ascertain what is DIR.
Kilgo's reputation in South Carolina.
should discharge the duty of PROSECU-
TOR as a lawyer, without fear or favor:
that | thought / was doing him and the
college the greatest favor possible, being
Indifferent friend to all the parties,
and. therefore, seeking the truth only.
Believing that the Board of Trustees
wanted the truth and the whole truth
relative to the Doctors reputation in
South Carolina, / went about finding
it in business-lke way from those
who knew it, and not, as the Dr. says,
i'm a sneaking. back handed manner, con-
trary to the ethics of the legal profess
sion. In order that j might inteiligently
examine and cross-examine those wit
nesses whose dispositions ] was sent into
South Carolina to take mot one of whom
! had ever heard of. excepting DIR. Car
Isle, President of Wofford College, be-
fore their names were handed me by
the prosecuting witness) / sought out
and talked with many prominent Meth
odists, laymen as well as preachers,
in the several towns and cities | visited,
relative to the matter in hand and for
the purpose of getting necessary and
material facts relative to the character
of and sources of knowledge of the seve-
raj witnesses to be examined. These
gentlemen, and there are no more hon.
erabfe men in South Carolina. also
talked freely to me concerning DIR. Kigc
and his reputation as / was the accredi
fed representative of one of the institu