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

Il nrr.Iillt. re-.
-. GOV EIlerbee, South Cafoilh:i:
Sanator NcLaurin. Bennettsvlii~ So
.. Mai. Duncan. of S~pantanbhre' w
-. Mai Duncan. of Hartonburs; Kew
n y Brown and Hev. w. /. Meadows
Rev Mr.. Campbell. J. g. Anderson -.
NJ Davis and Miles \. Johnson, OF i'oc"
Hill: Prof. Rembert.
The reading of these dispositions con-
snmed until t o'clock. 1T when houi
oroument began with Il speech OF ABOUT
twenty minutes by the prosecutor MI
Oele>bv. Mr.. Dukes pastor.
When he finished DR.. Kilgo took the
door in reply. He spoke for nearly two
honrs and n half. beginning his speech
NJ 1870 o'clock and closing ut 6:4o. Nhen
no finished he was completely exhausted
and almost i'll.
III was a great speech said those
who were permitted to hear II. some sald
it was the greatest speech they had ever
listened 10.
Certainly it was exhaustive n bril-
liant. reviewing every particle of the eVl-
dence and replying to every charge ;iio
%insinuation made against him.. If there
were logical blemishes they We're amply
atoned for by 4 glory of color.
Epigrams are in DIR. kilgo'S way. they
come to him naturally. He is Il master
of grac &c and beauty of diction as Judge
Clark is of deXterity and of logic. Give
INN even the driest of subjects and like
the ugly duckling he will turn out to
be a swan. DIR. Kilgo's style plays II
points of light and shade and acts Will:
a fine suffuSion. like sun-spotS sitting
through green leaves. Suffice it to say
that this afternoon he surpassed himself.
AT the conclusion of DIR. kilgos
speech, the board took Il recess until
$50 o'clock. On re-asSembllng. Dr.
Oglesby. as ~proecutor. closed the arSu-
ment in a ten minutes, speech. Before
beginning. though, the Doctor distin-
guished himself by asking that all re-
porters be requested to leave the prem
Uses. Only Mr.. Odell seemed to be III
accord With the spirit Of such a motion
and it failed to pass.
In this connection it might here be
proper to state that as for the News
and Observers representative. having
been excluded from the meeting, he had
no desire to overhear anything said by
DR.. OgleSby or anyGne else. and IN order
that there might be no appearance Of
eavcsdropping. he spent his time in the
reading room. by invitation Of members
of the faculty and board Of trustees.
AT the conclusion of DR.. Oglesby's
speech it was announced by the char
man that the case WAS clOSeu ana NOW
in the hands of the board as a jury.
At this point Judge Clark stated that,
being himself Il juror. he had Il fifty
minute speech that he would like to de-
liver. The chair stated that he was at
liberty to speak as long as he chose, but
that. under the rules of practice gov
erning juries He should have said
grand %juries. nothing that occurs in the
jury room could be divulged. and if
Judge Clark made the speech he would
not be at liberty to publish 1t III any
manner. Thereupon Judge Clark APP
pealed from the ruling of the chair. The
chair being sustained, the Judge stated
that as it was his desire to have the
speech published. he would withdraw
and use the document as he saw fit.
Judge Clark further called attention
to the fact that during the afternoon
session. at the conclusion of the evi-
dence. Il resolution had been adopted
to the effect that no one should speak,
before the board. on the evidence, eX-
cept the prosecutor, DIR. OgleSby, and
the defendant. DR.. Kilgo, and that in
passing this %resolpution, it was under
stood that members of the board were
to speak when the board retired to make
up its verdict.
In order to make sure of this
Judge Clark said he had asked DIR.
OgleSby. during the evening recess. TO
allow him to have the concluding speech.
The Doctor declined. saying that the
Judge could speak all he wanted to in
the jury room.
After Judge Clark's withdrawal. the
evidence introduced and the arguments
made We're discussed by various mem
bers. and at 1870 the jury was polled
on a motion TO sustain or over-rule the
charges. The jurors voted solidly to
over-rule.
THE VERDICT.
In the matter of DR.. John c.. Kilgo.
president Of Trinity College:
Charge:
That he, John C. Kilgo. is unfit to be
president Of Trinity College.
specifications:
1st. That Or. Kilgo's reputation in
South Carolina is that Of a ~wire-puller
of the ward politician type.
We find this specification not sustain
I'd. That DR.. Kilgo was in Tennessee
and was known there as a scrub poll
tician.
We find this specification not sls-
tanned.
3D.. Sycophancy to Mr.. Washington
Duke, in that he recently led a process
sion to Mr.. Dukes house ana extolIpd
nm as the greatest man this State has
ever produced.
We find this specification not sns-
tanned.
18th. That DR.. Kilgo has received per
sonal @ratuity from Mr.. Duke.
We find this SPECIFICATION not sus-
tHined.
9th. That DIR. Kilgo Intended to pre-
vent Judge Clark from having IN oppor-
to produce evidence before a for
mer meeting of the trustees.
We lind this specification not sus-
tanned.
Charge:
That DR.. Kilgo is unfit to be presi-
dent Of Trinity College.
We find the charge not sustained
CSigned) ANDREW l.. TYER