The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-11
DR.. KILGO'S SPEECH
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passer-by rather than malign my fellow
man.
He was asked if President Kilgo had
not ceased to go to his store. and he
said YES" President Kilgo had been
there and heard gossip till decency de-
manded that he keep out of such 4
crowd. President Kilgo had heard very
unchristian gossip over the counters
where Christian literature was re-
tailed.
But you say it might have been Mr..
Beckwith and Mr.. Boone, because they
are two other witnesses for Judge
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 in
South Carolina at that time. Mr.. Beck
with did not know anything about it till
recently, and he testified to what he
learned this month. This is true of Mr.
Boone. Judge Clark acted on what he
knew in June, to say the least SO his
original informant dates back of June.
The two South Carolina witnesses say,
We don't know how we got to be wit
nesses; don't know Judge Clark, and
never correspondent with him." Mr. CAT
It's is the only other witness for the prose
cution on this charge and his knowledge
antedates the Judges charges. and
hence Mr.. Gattis is the original gossip.
And it is evident that this whole affair
comes out of the fact that a Methodist
preacher, licensed by the same law wor-
shipping in the same pulpit. has fouIIy
dealt with the defendant. Again, DIR.
Peacock testified that Mr.. Gattis has
slandered President Kilgo to him. More
than once those SANDERS reached the ue-
PENDANTS ears.
Never did the defendant suppose till
Just few days since that Mr.. Gattis
had anything to do with this matter lie
says that two others told him that he
must come here and give his testimony
or else his name would be used in this
court You recall that Judge Clark said
in the July meeting, If these men,"
meaning his informants. do not testify.
/ will come here and say they lied 10
me-" Judge Clark would have kept his
word. il he had not produced here fhe
witness upon whom he relied to come
here and relieve him, and that witness
We're not in this court we would not have
been here thirty minutes. Judge Clark
would have relieved the whole situation
Mr.. Gattis said two others pressed him
to come here. Who are they that forced
him to testify? We urged him to tell this
court, he declined. The man who wishes
to tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, lodges nothing
Under all these conditions do you gem
tlemen propose to say that you believe
Mr.. Il. j. Gattis told and intended TO
tell y0u the truth? He says that what
he told was forced ont of him. The lover
of trntn never speaks under such com
pulsion but Judge Clark seemed to have
him in close quarters.
Who were those other two men? They
are Il law firm, gentlemen, in the city of |
Durham. They were men representing |
Judge Clark and helping him out of his |
trouble into which he was dragged by |
this traducer of the defendants charac- |
ter. Mr.. Gattis said they lived in Dur |
ham and are not members of this board, |
and when urged if they had any connec-
ton with this court, he said: Il will not |
say" Why? Because Mr.. Boone hap
pened TO be witness in this court. |
There is where the connection came. |
Judge Clark would have kept his word, |
but his friends got behind a man who
was not willing to stand by what he
said to Judge Clark and they forced
him to open his lips here. They no
doubt told him you cannot play The
coward this way, since Judge Clark Ind
made statements ON your authority.
That is the situation of the ease as II
appears to us, and if it is not true when
we find it out, we will retract it before
Won, but we cannot now with the pres
ent light before us. We cannot reach
any other conclusion than this which we
bring before you now.
You recollect that we set out to find the
original informant, and satisfactorily toI
our minds we have found him. We ask
You, gentlemen, before you fling away
the arguments that we have made and
the conclusion that we have drawn 10
weigh every inch of that testimony well
President Kilgo was summoned toI
South Carolina by the prosecution to take
dispositions on the charge against his
South Carolina reputation. The prose
cution secured only two witnesses.
Messrs. Ligon and Jennings. Out of all
the thousands in South Carolina. only
two men could be secured as witnesses
by the prosecution. Think about that
Anly two men ont of more than mil
lion people in South Carolina. The de-
PENDANT puts on the stand thirteen Wit
nesses, and could have put on the stand
thousands had he been so disposed and
time would have allowed
We call your attention to the class Of
these witnesses. Mr., Ligon is Il preacher
and president of the Holiness Associa-
ton. and that means very much in South
Carolina. 1t may not mean much to the
North Carolina mind, but it means very
much more to a man who has wrought
earnestly in South Carolina. According
TO Mr.. Ligon's own testimony he knows
very little about President Kilgo. He
said: 1--WE were never closely associat
ed" He was asked if he was an IN
innate friend of DR.. Kilgo's. They only
had conference association Now
there is this statement to start out with.
He also admits that President kilgo
was opposed to his peculiar notions OF
sanctification and that there had been
friction between members OF TINS
association and those who did not
belong to it. The defendant mas
had those men to come to him in the
congregation, and try to lead him TO
the altar. RE has sat in the congrega-
ton and been abused along with the
other men who did not agree with them;
has been stopped in the midst of his SER
mons by men who attacked him because