The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-13

III ,b,t without believing tint he had
I'M nm araunds upon which to make IT.
IT, n.ould have vi>'ated the laws OF
COMMON testimony which Wouiu not ~
r;olotad to-day in Il negro nl:isfStrates
court. though an opossnm dog De INC oi'
property at issue.
Now the question stands. and X Is
IN IN unanswered question:. WHO IL
,b1. original m~aligner? We regret very
much that Judge Clark dli not 90 oi
tho stand and tell you who ne i, jug.
Clark's duties 70 himself deihihosu 'na'
no should do it. Fairness to You de-
manded that the prosecution Az
10 brought out that man; Tor I"
h"so . crime is to become parteeps
ari,n;nis and there is today
:, his land a maligner turned ioose Win
decor in his hand 10 stab the de-
fonaont in the dark. and from all SIDES
an1 yat tbe defendant not even slN:u
= warming by which he may Watch Io'
his doStardly work. Where Is ne. GO
,1ouon2 Hear me. and If YOU lor9si
everything else. remember TINS mn.
meter and a good name are too cheap III
tb. South today What encour iG'~
ment has a man to toll and suffer am
denv himself. if all his Self-denlaI anu
his struggle against temptation. ms ch"'-
oct,r is to be traduced by Il hidden u'a
ligner? ,.h
TWO men were eXamined IN SCUM
Carolina by Il deputy Of the prosecution
and they did not know how theN cthi,,
- lao witnesses in this case. They had
not spoken with Judge tlnrk: theS n"u
no CORRESPONDENCE with Judge Clark, an'
they were surprised that they were ~
my manner involved in this matter. >"
those two men were not the original III
fnrnants II took Judge Clark TIL Au-
cnst 11th or 18th to furnish ever ll'
names of these witnesses. Marx una
Gentlemen. Here is the defendants sum
mons before me. dated August LII
that IS. Just twenty-four days from tn'
time YOU had your July meeting ~
which. according to your minutes. Judge
Clark was ordered by this court to give
the defendant at once the names OF h'S
witnesses and twenty-four DAYS 1oiioN
ING. he got the names or these SCUM
Carolina witnesses: and those VINO W..
on the stand say. I'VE know nothing
to he Witnesses" Then. gentlemen. |
CIV mono of these men is the original
maligner.
Then where did Judge Clark get the
information concerning J. {. kilgo
South Carolina reputation? why qua
he not tell YOU? Certainly you cannon
think he was afraid to tell you! Is he
shamed of his man? Is the man OF
such a low type of character that Judge
Clark is afraid to let o know who he
is? Would there be more disgrace III
publishing his companion in these charge
than there would be in suffering what
may come from them!
You recall. gentlemen. that in the de
c.X Wit
Judge Clark. the Judge demanded that
President Kilgo give him the inform
ant. The defendant did so at once. But
gentlemen, if you will take in the whole
situation and connect it with the test
mony of Mr.. Gattis you will likely find
the original Slanderer. Here are the
facts: NJ. Gattis said that he was put OH
the stand against his will: that he did
pot wish to come here: that he was press
cd to come; that he had rather give one
hundred dollars and be out of it. That
is a very high price for him. That means
that an ordinary man would have given
Il very large amount for Il like c0mmo-
dity. Behind q pious smile, a religious
walk. and Il solemn twitch of the coat
tail. many men carry Il spirit unworthy
of them. He has been occasionally tc
South Carolina and evidently gossiped
wv tt " a. t'o'e IN w
PENDANT. You remember quite we'll how
he in his testimony lodged the issues.
and would look so solemn and say: j
can't answer you remember how witty
he tried to be at one time. Poor wit over
the suffering heart and the torn bosom
of one of his brethren whom he had
lacerated in the dark by stabbing hin
in the back.
Had the defendant lone anything &
warrant this meanness? Didn't Mr.. Cat
It's say himself that the defendant be-
friended him in South Carolina and used
his Influence to get him employed by
hat conference? Didn't he say himself
that the defendant had recommended
books for him; that the defendant had
tried to sell books for him and help his
business: that President Kilgo was his
friend? What, then. had President XII
go o to him to warrant any such vi
ciOuS conduct? Between the man hiding
himself by the highway and making =
victim of an innocent traveller and tn.
man who in the dark assassinates tn,
character which a man has tried to build
for himself, send me to the woods with ),
revolver and let me murder every
pasScr-by rather han malign nv fellow.
man.
He was asked if President Kilgo had
Hot CtdScu 70 20 10 MS store. and he
said Yes President Kilgo had beer
there and heard gossip till dccency de
II that he keep out of such /:
crowd. President Kilgo had heard very
unchrlstian gossip over the counters
where Christian literature was r,
tailed.
But YOU say it might have been Mr.
Beckwith and Mr.. Boone, because the,
are two other witnesses for .Judo,
Clark. 1t could not have been for this
reason: They gave testimony which
they got since the July meeting; they did
not know the defendants reputation IL
South Carolina at that time. Mr.. Beck.
with did not know anything about it fiji
recently. and he testified to what he
learned this month. This is true of Mr.
Boone. Judge Clark acted on what Il,
knew III June, to say the least. SO h;s
original informant dates back of June.
The two South Carolina witnesses sav
I'VE don't know how wp pot 10 H. -