The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29
The Negro Magistrates Are Run
ming Mad.
White Women Run Down and Arrested by Neuro
Constabes and Tried Before Neuro Justices
of the peaCe-Negroes Are Not Safe
From the Money Hungry Gang.

, few days ago The Charlotte OBJ
yer sent its correspondent, Mr.. H. Z.
.}rvant, to the eastern part of the
,te 10 investigate the political con-
.ons in that section and report to
4 paper the result of his personal
and observation. Here is
of his letters. Every white man
. woman sheuld read it.
! bern, Sept. 6-NeWbern is cursed
h negro ma gistrates. AS Winning
| is in the hands of an incompetent
ent police force, so Newbern is IN
hands of incompetent and lnsoleht
10 ma gistrateS. Craven county Is IN
IpIorable condition. There are in the
lty about 1000 Democrats and 2,Soo
ublicans: of the latter number
9 are but G3 white men. SO the
hoes can do as they please as far as
hers count. In this town there are
esro justices of the peace. -Four OF
b. DOUGLASS, Chapman, Green ana
IN. are very active They keep run
out all the time to pick up every
case. No day passes that there
hot at least a dozen trials in the
IT does not differ about the color
A. parties in question in the least
husticee of the peace are after the
~.
negro magistrates have people
DR. ANYTHING. There is no telling
the best citizen of the town may
rested.
. is n case that ought to klndle
NIGER % any mans heart For a
or more Mrs. Geo. S. Gasklll, OF
own, has had "a 12-year-old color
phan girl for a nurse. The girl
ond of Mrs Gaskilis baby, ana
aby was fond of her. An uncle and
mt of the girl. without consulting
ent to the clerk of the court ana
er bound to them. They at once
10 Mr.. Gaskills to see about the
Mrs Gaskill was at home, out
askiIl was up street at his drug
The coIored girl heard her uncle
Ito Mrs Gaskill, became alarm
Ned to the drug store, where MI
Was. When Mrs. Gaskill called
She was not to be found The
of negroes. consisting of the
the aunt and three others. de
4 ds the girl. Mrs. Gaskill stated
ne girl had run away and was
II. found in the house. But the
=, - did not believe her statement
were impudent to her in their
an Sand even started in the house
IA ~earch
.h5rneantime Mr.. Gaskill had
y see the clerk of the court lie
nd lat he could do nothing Tor the
7 nee, he paid her of and told hef
: : 81 might go. The negroes again
n g see Mrs. GaskilI and charged
u 81 abduction. j. E O'Hara,
N awyer of this place. went to see
q. kill. They had some hot words,
- shich D'Hara advised the par
. + awear out warrant for MIS-.
skill FOR abduction. The warrant was
med Ay w H. Green, a negro BARBER
M i. doinE business in a settlement
low, - Five Points, the most dis
puts the dirtiest, filthiest part OF
p t, He tries his cases in his
gro Der shop, room ABOUT ZoA'
~ where Mis-. tIdSAIl was ~
~ The warrant was put in the
nas the negro constable, Stanley.
, We 10 Mrs. GaSkill and read the
.-r,r Ii frightened her out of her
10 = "a she ran away and hid. The
r.et.F couId not find her. Mr.. Gas
n "a. to the trial instead Of his wife.
p a. Moore. an attorney OF tins
ace presented Mrs. Gaskill. He
,Iy..5 Examination for his client. But
p iuskice of the peace demanded
IL, Chstable Stanley go and bring
~s =; Skin into his court. Whereupon
r NoEre got up and made a threat
Iu- kpeech saying among other
jnga Ghat the white people of the
An wbuld not bear such treatment.
> sid there would be blood shed
- nh nothing else saved Mrs. Gas
II. an innocent white woman. from
us dragged into that dirty dive for
lAI She was bound over to court.
Ia case was dismissed by the solicitor
. bout his ever drawing up bill.
Some time during the spring Ger
an. by the name OF abischt. and his
fe. came here to live. They came di-
Fl from New York. Mr.. Habischt be-
Y to work for MI. William Calhgan.
bar keeper and a Republican. He be
me angry with Habischt and his wife
II tried to drive tnem from MS Sd
m. They live in the saloon building
me time In May he went to Fred
'IglssS, a negro magistrate of the
wn, and swore out peace warrant
ainst Mrs. Habischt. Stanley, the
gro constable. was sent to arrest
=. He brought her before Douglas and
short and di.sraceful order she was
Hnd over to keep the peace under
nd that che could not give. Before
1'~aSrHardly aware Of it. she was on
: way to jail. There she was a poor,
lOcent woman. being escorted to Jail
no cause in the world that she
lld see. by q negro constable. Some
lite gentleman met the procession
q was astonished. He investigated
: matter. went on the woman's bond
d had her turned loose.
Every day some white person is ar
tied and tried here in this town by
Eroes. It seems to be nne fun for the
nstablt<S and MAGISTRATES. But this
mot hast always. The nsOro 10 riding
, fast. He can't stand prosperity.
n ny letter tomorrow l viii give
. names and sks sAss 81 As shapac-
. OF the candidates ~ the county
lees In CEAV0- It 70 q AtuAty arfa1