The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-23
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81 When Bliod Tom visited Sumter
] ss sssesse yssrs ago he sang soog-sbe
8, s,sorsis and music being his own com
S,,esision he called the song By the
:iDove name, and among other striking
Ssa |s.ihrsses uss Che line sevesal times re.
sS,,sssed EIe IS sicE but be is we'll !"
sNs sers loreibly remiaded Of Blind
Tim sOug On reading last week 2 Free
81 Iscrisseisedt The Grand Jury % making
sussp;ng charges against the city Of
Sunses. :.The Jury made mistake
sn 1os prssersing the guilty parties, 8
ssnd vb.t the jury shoald have doae
s.ss "a Ae. but these arc prefaced
ss;sh sswe sfe not disposed to condemn
Grand Jury
The freeman next tackles the Petit
Jury
& The iary ia the case Of Williams, who
sssv "a srsed mt Monday Tor the murder OF M.
80. has bsen very much eensufed BY many
nsopfa Tor their recommendation to mercy,
ana uhile ws cannot join in this csnsare,
.s ,hiak II is very unfortunate that the rec.
ss,mmendssiou was given, as it may furnish
ssosse people With an e1ease for lyncbsng in
:ss. fes,n, ssss the murder vas
s. specniiariy asrosions one, Williams richly
ssssissesssa deash.D :
s. rbe Same time. as ue said before, It 10
nrbic r,isfor,une that Williams escaped
sshe extreme pe,Alsy Of the law, but those who
ss, condemnipr tho verdict wonld do we'll TO
ss Dssr il mind shas the jurors probably knew
nothing Of Wiiiians having plead guilty last
w.ek and were sworn 10 end verdict By
So sibe esidsaee submitted. = &c &c.
Next following this. the Freeman
b poes on, and without quoting any
t,iinp from the article criticized. to
bear out the unfair criticism, says /:
TIE freeman is sorry to note that the
& Waschmaa and Southlon, which has arrays
.t-od straigh. on the mob law question, IS
%shoxing sagas of weakening. It's leading
.s;,orisi this week uas intended as harsh
risic. .snn Of the jury that recommended VIII
{ ,isma 10 mercg, nu, vas in reality 10 tho
4 ae,nrs Of surrender of its anti-ly nch'ng
.nrinciples. The fact that Williams escaped
1he pailovs is 10 be depiored, but it IS cer-
iaspiy 90 good reason why mob law
shon,d be supreme in this County
I "a the future. We hare known instances
} ia this Couoty where white meo who
were a. gailty as Cain. nat only escaped
!. HE eal.oxs, bat escaped all punishment, and
our contemporary did not see st to coademn
those juries. Why not extend the same char
7iry n this case? The Freeman stands for
s,era administration Of justice, but it also
stands for the supremacy of righteous law.
81, aside the courts and allow mobs to de-
eide ~ TO the guilt or innocence of meo
charged With crime, aud it requires no proph.
! 8. 10 foretell our fusuts.
We claim that the article said just
What the Freemsu hes said viz that
.sbe effect Of the recommendation OF sde
jury ia to furnish some people With
40 excuse for IyuohiDg 10 the future.
! No more aud no less and if the Free
mso can prove It's charge against the
Wa,chmon and Soahron by quosloe
sron the Article, will it please proceed to
do so.
Such 8 construction of the article
vas not dreamed Of BY the editor OF the
Vatchman and SoMsron, who has felt
that the position of this paper On the
subiec. oil mob Law is too we'll known
10 admit Of question. We have al.
saJs opposed mob Law, spd We depl0red
the action Of this jury for it's effect in