The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-15

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which says that OH occasions before this
! while the prayer ascended to heaven the
hand was thrust into the till of his
neighbor's money drawer. This authori-
ty tells us that the oily hypocritc has
been thrust from the door Of the church
and that hell Is their portion. Mr.. john
stone then read from the Bible the con
deinnation passed upon hypocrites and
then said, in the name of the Christian
Church we ask you to unnask this
hypocrisy.
Now, let's see. Here stands the
father Of family and when lie
IS called upon for his life work he
ttrots forth Albert and Willie as his
jewels. His hypocrisy has ruined one
chijdren ask you not to leave him free to
ruin them. Did you expect him to say
that he knew these goods were in his
| houscl would like to cap off
the Christian character of the sanity
Jas. A. Riser III the grab of priest and
| would mantle him up in this flowing robe
| IA striped table cloth) and for nit.r
would sew up SOME of these silk handker-
chiefs and put his feet i'll those boots and
then would ask what part of his Chris
tian character was left. No, sir, Bethle-
hem church cannot receive him. Yo,,
can conceal guilt but when YOU do vou
put the cancer i'll your own breast. They
would keep Willie from Bundrick and
yet look how they treated him. Albert
not III his room for four years, his father
never there, and his mother never cleaned
or swept it. Poor Willie lived in rat
hole. That's the evidence. If you be-
lleve it, turn him loose. But if you do
you are piling up against the day when
riot will stop this thing and neither the
tears Of counsel or the Christian clarac-
ter of Jas. A. Riser or the Joyous charac-
ter OF Hatton can put it down. And if
Hatton wants to stem the current there
may be another grave upon which there
may be other tears. David Hipp's store
was never robbed until Hattor ceased to
be a partner, and then pluuder was the
order of the day and Jas. A. Riser was
priest i'll the temple and Willie Riser
graduate III plunder and moral depravity.
And I am going to show you iatton's
finger all through this defense. w. Il. |
Hatton slept i'll the room with Albert at
the Jail and the defense was changed. |
That community has shown its teeth and |
has been driven to the stand to testify |
what maruer of man w. T. Hatton is and |
| say to you that his days of riotous |
brow-beating of that community are at ali |
end. These are no threats That COM
munity is free. Hatton says to these de- |
PENDANTS III the Silly hours of the night |
Boys, they got you. You must change |
your defense. No use longer to deny the |
identity of the goods" These men have |
come here against Jas. A. Riser, the |
saint; Albert, the scribe, and Hatton, the |
pal, and if respect remain in him and for
the kindred we respect, when lie leaves !
here he will leave that community for |
good. You all remember the Smokey
Town trouble and how the moral senti- |
ment OF the community asserted itself |
Jim Banks was saint. All the preachers |
said so, and yet lie was 4 robber. The |
only difference between Jim Banks and |
Jim Riser is that one was bold and the !
other sneaks around behind the pulpit
Grant what they say about Clarence
lndrick, yet they are guilty Of receiv-
G stolen goods Here are the goods in !
their house. If it was a negro you would !!
convict him, and why not convict white |
inaM would rather negro would steal !
than white man. I am proud of my !
race, my State, my country, and that I |
am OF the English speaking people.
These goods were III their house. How |
they got there they don't know. Believe |
it if you want to, but don't claim any
longer TO be reasonable men.
Gentlemen, tell you VIM. 7. Hattons |
career OF crime is ended, and l don't say !
1t as bumcombe. Hatton says Albert |
Riser bought these hot goods in the SUM-
mer time aud paid for them i'll cash.
But they say there was 10 breaking. |
Then these goods have more ethereal, |
spiritual nature than Jas. A. Riser. III
you believe these goods got out of that |
house by themselves. don't convict these |
people, for if you do you will do wrong.
Blast the Riser family That is a iew |
doctrine II free America. I thought in |
TINS country every man stood OH his own |
merit ano when man is a man he stands |
Have respect for the young, but if the |
future OF these people are to be those |
who are to break into the store of some |
future d. Hipp now is the time 20 end |
the breed. Gentlemen, your game is |
played and VIM. T. Hatton CANT save
you.
Gentlemen of the jury, show mercy to |
them and you leave the property of that
community at the mercy of outlaws, civ
llizatlon IS at all end and hypocrisy is |
triumphant, We are a dominant pcople. |
we have driven out the alien and the |
carpet bagger and the renegade. The |
negro IS suppressed and lie might as we'll |
understand it, and I ask you in the name
you stamp out crime amongst white peo-
pie.
THE CHARGE.
At the conclusion of Col. Tollnstoue's
speech Judge Benet charged the Jury as
~ TIE la" Ill the case ana explained the |
different vcrdicts that could be brought
and the case that had been fought for
four days i'll the court house was in the |
hands of the jnry. The charge was clear
and plain and fair
The judge ordered that supper be given
the jury i'll the jury room and when they |
were ready with their verdict that lie be |
sent for at the hotel. The crowd still |
fingered, though it was after dark and /
when the jury came in at g.. 80 with their
verdict there was not standing room in
the court y, Use.
THE VERDICT.
When the clerk read the verdict of
guilty of house breaking and larceny as
to Albert and Willie Riser and guilty of
receiving stolen goods knowing them to
be gtolen rs to Jas. A. Riser there was no
demonstration and the prisoners seemed
not to be moved by any emotion. Some
times, however, when there are no vis-