The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

There were no newspaper men pres
ent. all were excluded"
on re-cross-eAamination by Judge Win
ston. Mr.. Ballard said Judge Clark had
been requested ~ the board to act -
prosecutor but declined. and then MI
Deiesny was appointed Also. ne said
Mr.. Beekwith was appointed at Judge
Clarks request 10 take dispositions IN
South Carolina and that he was paid one
hundred dollars FOR the service. He said
NOBODY was sworn at the trlal and no
body was there with authority 10 admin
lister an oath. He never heard OF any
BODY being sworn in a church trial
= This concluded Mr.. Billiards. evidence
j and court took an hours recess for din
ner. |
When court convened again the deposit |
ton of Mr.. Henry E. Seeman. of the Edu-
Gator Publishing Company. was read.
stating hat he published ten thousand
copies of the pamphlet. OF which about
six thousand copies had been distributed
and two thousand copies since burned, he
now has the other two thousand.
PROF. FLOWERS TEsTIFIEs.
The next witness was Prof. X. l.. Flow
ers, of Trinity College. who supervised
the printing and distribution of the pam
phlet. He said he had ii printed by order
of the board but distributed il on his own
authority. He advertised in two papers
that he would send the pamphlet 10 any
one paying postage. The college paid
for both The printing and distribution
Did you 90 10 Raleigh the night after
the trial TO take an account Of the trial
to a paper?"
Yes
by whose authority"
4 got it up myself IN response to 4
request from the editor"
on cross examination the witness de-
MED that he was sent TO the Post by DIT.
Kilgo. He said the proceedings OF the
trial published in the pamphlet were from
the stcnographer's notes and were taken
down by himself and Prof. Bassett, as the
5 stenographer read them.
/ Didn't you understand that you were
to send them OUT
I Cant say that | did, | took the au-
thority upon myself"
j. H.. S~OUTHGATE HEARD.
: The next witness was Mr.. James II.
V ~Southgate, president OF the Board of Trus-
: tees of Trinity College. He said the first
d publication of DR.. kilgo's speech in the
t Raleigh Post was not paid for. but that
: several thousand supplements containing
: it were paid for by the college.
did Dr.. Ki,go and Mr.. Duke know OF
: this?'
/ 4 can't say positively, but | think they
It did in common with the other members
is of the executive committee, | think i
is was done by common consent"
" "How were the supplements distribu'
ted?'
is The Post man attended 20 thdt, IL
S. failed to get it in some papers that IL
le expected and a reduction was made IN tn
st bill on that account Asked if the com
AZ mittee authorized Flowers to distribut
the pamphlet, he said he didn't know tina
I'd such authority had ever been given, Blu
err if Flowers hadn't distributed them tn
er committee would have had it done.
ok On cross examination Mr.. Southgat
be said Judge Clark, Judge Montgomery an
nd Rev. Mr.. Tyre declined to prosecute d.
Kilgo and then Mr.. Oglesby was ~selecteC
IT, Mr.. Southgate was chairman OF the II
vestigation, and so far as he knew sue
trials were not usually open to the publ
He denied any malice toward Mr.. Gait
IL in the trial, and he didn't think that ar
- evidence that was competent was e.
tiS Guided.
'es Judge Winston asked: "Mr. Southgat
ed it has been charged that the trial WI
9ss a sham, that you put up a man of stray
IS and that you met there for that purpOs
e, is that truce
or Just the reverse is true
On redirect examination Mr.. WatSt
Ks asked. You say certain of Judge Clark
ID dispositions were rejected because no NJ
tice was given Of them to DR.. Kilgo. l.
me ask you if you didn't give Mr.. Bee
III: with instructions to take dispositions
So any and all persons whose names we
ne furnished by DR.. kilgO, without nOtl
'eh to any bCdy?'
Mr.. Southgate was not quite certal
and so Mr.. Watson produced a letter co
ad- tanning such instructions written by NJ
is %Southgate to Mr.. Beckwith and sc
ler through DR.. kilgO.
"And you were in correspondence wi
ro- MIR. Beckwith while in South Carolir
were you not?'
10 Il think So"
M These letters were also produced a
ne put in evidence.
mt, when you appointed Mr.. Oglesby
nee prosecute you didn't know he W
thy going off to Virginia visiting and L
de- make any preparations of the case, {
let you?
ties L think not
oke Had he at that time shown any d
hat positions to favor Kilgo and be agar
'Wn Clarke
NO more SO than any other memt
the of the board
DR.. Had the other members of tho boa
shown such disposition?'
Il don't know that l ought to S
that
Before Oglesby was appointed proseC
In t ter didn't he offer a resolution cali
he Oh Judge Clark to resign from t
board?"
to He thought Judge Clark ought l
make such charges and stay on
l to board"
4 ask you didn't you give notice
lere early as July that you were going to pl
'cu- lish the proceedings?'
4 think there was something of Il
- sort said in the meeting"
Mr.. Watson read from the pamph
you some remarks of Mr.. Southgate dur
TO the investigation in regard to max
the proceedings public. and asked:
Southgate, l read these words here,
tint tributed to you: ! am not only in IA
Of what we have done here being m;
public, but | am in favor OF publish
7ecn ten thousand copies in the Post. THIS
not the time to open up the procecdin
| believe the old general was right VI
.el. be said. Just keep still till you see