The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-04

- elo4ueHt and effective. No other
speech has been made in the case that
approaches it IN effectiveness.
before discussing the facts in the case.
Ar. burton briefly argued the law gov
erhlng 1t. He contended that the pubIi-
cation was a privileged one. and that it
was justified on account of the gravity Of
the charges Of Judge CLARK.
Mr.. Gattis SAYS he published his state
lhent Of the matter that his friends might
KNOW the truth. Why cant the trustees
puohsh their version OF it too. that the
trends OF the college may know the
truth! In that publication you find every
lhlng that was brought out on that in
Vestigation whether It is in favor OF or
against Kilgo."
NO MALICE AGAINST GATTIS.
He read the names of all the men who
signed the verdict acquitting Kilgo. And
yet these are the men whom they say
maliciously iibelled and maligned Gattis.
Why, don't YOU know that's not true?
Don't you know they had no malice against
Gattis, but simply published as an Incl
dent Of the trial. Don't you know that to
have failed to send out this pamphlet
would have amounted to closing the col
| lege doors2
Judge Clark walked out of that trial
with his speech in his pocket and the
next morning it was in the News and OBJ
server. Should there be no reply? Must
his accusations go unanswered?' Mr..
Burton pictured DR.. Kilgo as "a young
man frai! in body. but with a mind en-
titling him to stand among the great men
Of tho world
Respecting attacks on the Rev. Ogles-
by, who was prosecutor, Mr.. Burton said:
Judge Clark was the natural prosecutor,
but he declined TO prosecute: then they
appointed Oglesby and Oglesby went eff
TO Virginia on a visit, and why shouldn'
he, when he had appointed Boz Beckwith
as his assistant? Now Boz was sent down
to South Caroline to get up dispositions,
md when he failed to get dispositions
Boz stored his mighty mind With gossip
and came back and belched it forth.
Why IS it that when Boz and Gattis
go to South Carolina thev can hear only
gossip? Do healthy minds of men dwell
on gossip and scandal when there's
healthy talk sweeping over the fields o
human thought
Commenting on Mr.. Gattis' testimony
Mir. Burton said: You heard him, gen
tlemen, he said: NO, | didn't ell Judge
Clark about KiIgo's record, but | gave hin
a good many sources from which he coulJ
learn it. He was asked. "What wert
these sources. Mr.. Gattis?' We'll, | jus
told him to go to South Carciina?' replied
Mr.. Gattis. And gentlemen of the jury
an angelic smile played around his fac
as he said it, but right there in that word
sources the truth cropped out
The speaker, who is a Methodist, spok,
in reverent and loving tones of HI
church, and added: w love its insti
tuition. it's ministry, its communion W
! love; at its altar We are married, out 0
its portals our dead are carried, to wal
: till night S over and the morn of ever
lasting day is born. But here is d ma
, 'Gattis,' who has worn its robes and min
=, istered at its altar forty years. II
: comes here and SAYS: 1 couldn't get jus
= tice in the Methodist conference.
This part Of Mr. Burton's speech wa
\ delivered in most eloquent terms an
: effective manner. He then read NJ
r Gattis' card in the News and Observe
in which he declares his belief that HI
60 would destroy any one in the worl
h to carry his point.
q Mr.. Burton added: 'IIe says, as &
+ excuse for publishing this, that he wan
= ed to let his friends know the truth. B1
later he thinks, letting the truth
n known is not sufficient. He says: ! be
lieve I'll take a little cash, too?' And
1usheS into a suit.
IL KILGO CAN'T BE DRIVEN OUT.
Gentlemen, you may crush this prov
spirit and Suppress this brilliant emo
. tional genius Ckilgo) but you cant ste
the mighty powers for good that he III
20 set in motion. His proud record cann'
~ be blotted out. They are seeking TO az
stroy this man John C. Kilgo and Gri'
" Il. ~ Iaf no nint y OXEIn
Gattis is but a spoke in the wheel TIL
II is seeking to crush him. Du
ing this part of the speech DR.. Kills
5e frequently wiped his eyes with a BIZ
ar silk handkerchief But they don't ST.
tn with John c. Kilgo, they put the strip
IN on every member of the board. The
Sc charge that they conspired to conden
OF Judge Clark and acQuit Kilgo. They s;
tn thev we're actuated by malice again
Ill Gattis and Clark. They've come out fro
the open and tied them all together. an
ne gentlemen of the jury, it's with you
st say whether these sanity men are malic
ed Gus SlandererS or not.
at II was a great speech. At its concl
is sion the court adjourned for supper. VIII
It. it convened again tire argument was T
on sumed with a speech for the Dlalntlff
a Judge Graham.
ut Argument of The Counsel on Tuesda
he The speech of Mr.. A. A.. Hicks was n
50 long as the speeches made by Jud
he Winston and Mr.. Biggs. He spoke for
es hour and a quarter, dcvoting his arg
e mCnt principally to a discussion OF l
f. facts in the Clark-kilgo controversy. Il
snecch was rich in humOr.
IN You say KilgO is not an aSltator? /
he whole circumstance of that sham inveSt
ID. cation proves that he is.