The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-24

| rated in the dark by Stabblng MIN IN the
| back.
| Had the defendant done anything to
warrant this meanneSs? Didn't Mr.. Cat
| tbs (meanng the plaintiff in this action),
say himself that the defendant befriend-
ed him in South Carolina and used his
| influence to get him employed by that
conference? Didn't he (meaning I. j.
Gattis, the plaintiff in this action), say
himself that defendant had recommended
| books for him. that the defendant had
tried to sell books for him and help his
business; that President Kilgo was his
fiend? What then had President Kilgo
done to him (meaning the plaintiff in this
action), to warrant any such vicious con-
duct? Between the man hiding himself
| by the highway and making victim OF
| an innocent traveller and the man who
in the dark (meaning to refer to T. }.
| Gattis the plaintiff in this action), as
sassnates the character which a man
| has tried to build for himself, send me to
the woods with a revolver and let me
murder every passer-by rather than ma
| lign my fellow man.
He (meaning T. ]. Gattis, the plaintiff
| in this action) was asked if President
Kl4yo. had not ceased to visit his store
| (meaning the bookstore of T.. ]. Gattis &
Son, in Durham, N. c., and he said
Yes President Kilgo had been there
and heard gossip until decency demanded
| that he keep out of such a crowd (mean-
ing to refer to the plaintiff in this ac-
tion, t. j. Gattis and persons who visit
ed the store of I. ]. Gattis & Son in Dur
ham, N. CO President Kilgo has heard
very I'M Christian gossip over the coun-
| tiers (meaning the counters in the store
of T. ]. Gattis & Son, in Durham, N. c.,
where Christian literature was re-
| tailed
The two South Carolina witnesses say,
| eve don't know how we got to be wit
nesses; don't know Judge Clark, and
never corresponded with him." Mr.. Cat
It's (meaning T. ]. Gattis, the plaintiff in
this action, is the only ether witness for
| the prosecution on this charge and his
knowledge antedates the judges charges,
and hence Mr.. Gattis (meaning T. j. Cat
It's, the plaintiff in this action, is the
original gossip. And it is evident that
this whole affair comes out of the fact
that Methodist preacher (meaning T. ].
| Gattis, the plaintiff in this action, Ii
censed by the same law, worshiping in the
|
PENDANT. Again, Dr. Peacock testified that
Mr.. Gattis (meaning the plaintiff in this
| action, T. ]. Gattis), has slandered Presi-
dent Kilgo to him. More than once those
ISLANDERS reached the defendants ears
| Never did the defendant suppose till just
| a few days since that Mr.. Gattis (mean-
| ing T. j. Gattis, the plaintiff in this ac-
tion), had anything to do with this mat
| ter. He (meaning the plaintiff in this
action, T. J. Gattis), says that two 9th
ers 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 III
=. these men, meaning his informants. dc
not testify | will come here and say they
| lied to me-" Judge Clark would have
kept his word, if he had not produced
here the witness (meaning the plaintiff in
this action, T. J. Gatts), upon whom he
relied to come here and relieve him, and
if that witness was not in this court we
would not have been thirty minutes
Judge Clark would have relieved the
whole situation. Mr.. Gattis (meanng T
J. Gattis, the plaintiff in this action)
said two others pressed him to come here
| Who are they that forced him to testify
| We urged him to tell this court but
he declined. The man who wishes to tel
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, lodges nothing. Under
all these conditions do you gentlemen pro-
pose to say that you believe Mr.. T. j
Gattis told and intended to tell you the
truth? He says that what he told was
forced out of him. The lover of truth
never speaks under such compulson, but
Judge Clark seems to have him (mean.
ing the plaintiff in this action, T. ]. Cat
tis), in close quarters.
Judge Clark would have kept his word
but his friends got behind man (mean-
ing the plaintiff III this action t. J. Cat
tis), who was not willing to stand BY
what he had said to Judge Clark, ant
they forced him (meaning T. J. Gattis
the -'~'ntir in this action, to open hi!
lips here They no doubt told hint mean
ing T. j. Gattis, the plaintiff in this ac
tion). you cannot play the coward thi
way. since Judge Clark has made state
ments on your (meaning the plaintiff il
this action, T. J. Gattis) author
ity
The last witness for the prosecution i