The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-09-06

.,f Ftr.olutian. PASSED. Nv thu fopuusi
Gosaty Indignation N---sinx ~ 'iin'"s.
which Protested Against th- tnfstr
N~,hoa. Of the tl~m.~r.,ie Machine iH
a.. aondue, OF the fis~tion ia tho .Uu-
ty-Tb-y tompi.ia er an Ail~x~d at
fence By seventeen I-s%iiax rotsi'-'s
OF >ampson sossty. Bs, bring fhstr
Action tn an AdJotnias tosary Tes.
0. Th.ir Gaze Di.er~~diss-i fross tho hs-
ginning -Proc---dinx. whhost . Fr~~e-
..n, since the Ensii.h w~rs Driven
PROM \ m-rIcs.
wAk-Aw, n a.. september LIT.
AZ ion IN the libel case uf . q h~r'
and Others IL ssmp>ou county against
seventeen leading 'opuii>'~ 81 samp
son county. w.s begun here - dsy h
fore Woodward. n magistrate al
this place
Thi. Is the case thst hA- grown cut
of a communication written ny Major
George r.. Butler. a prominent foPn-
list and a leading attorney al the 'nn
tan bar. which MAS published by 1h'
ICAuC.-IAS IN its i>su. al Augnt ldlh
under the h-ading: The f"puli,is al
sampson Indignant. ia which Wa re-
| Vie s-d nj length tn acts at frsud and
ra-caiity committed by Ger ain Demo
cra'i. election fiirer- in the conduct
Of the election in sam. son county. -
the big mass meeting of Populi-is al
the cIun'y. held in Clinton on "a ur-
dAy, Augu-t 18th. TO Protest against
the outrage VI treatment received b!
them at the hands of the Democratic
machine Of the county. = comGiitie,
composed of on- Popul from each
township in the county, was selected Ia
draft resolutions indicating TIA. ssnti
IN. mt of the meeting. la these r--olu-
tiOn.. this communication of Maj r
Buffers was heartily endorsed, and the
Isigner- OF these resolut ons. sixteen =,
laI, are the code Pendants with Major
Butler in this case
For = me reason, which the pr"secu
tors IN the case failed 10 disclose, hal
which are too apparent not To be- -eep
at glance, this action for criminal Il.
bel was brought in Duplin County.
warracts having been served on zach
: of tine defe dants Ia appe'r b-for.
Woodward at Warsaw to-day for n IRE
liminary hearing.
The defendants wrr. all present. a nc
through their attorneys moved q
Il e, "a.
that Dnplin county magistrate had
no jurisdiction in case like this W her.
the offence, if there was any offence
was committed in sampson county
| The pro- ecutors i'm the case ella med
that this was libel which had been
! circulated in DuplIn county, and upon
this quibbi- alleged i'm their pres-nta
ton Of the case that the crime had been
COMMITTED in DupIin county To this
the defendants replied that they might
be ahle To take advantage of this t.sh-
nicality, provided their action wa
J against the publishers OF the paper
which circulated IN Duplin count, but
that in this case where every party o.
it, both prosecutors and defendants.
were Sampson county men. and wher.
the alleged offence took place 10 Ssmp-
? son county the resolutions a far a. the
defendants were concerned having been
published from the ros,ruIn in Clinton,
, that this cOu d not be true: that ~ GER
tainiy cou not be contend-d that
these defendants could be he res Ion
sible outside of their own ecu ty for
something done in their cornty. sim
ply because newspaper saw fit TO take
it up. The m gistrate, however, took
Jurisdiction; wbereupon the defendants
by plea in abat ement, the truth of
the defendants in which WAS set forth
the fact that they were all Sampson
county men, and that the offence. IL
there had been any offence wa, cam
United in sampson county, asked thai
they he allowed TO answer the same in
their own county which WAS also the
county Of the prosecutors This plea
in abatement was ogerruIed. IL wa
then asked by tie defendants that the
preliminary bearing be p stponed to
give them time to prepare tneir case
This motion was bitterly contested BY
the prosecutors, their object he nx to
railroad it thr ugh the DupIin court.
which is in session this week witbou,
permitting the defendants to prepare
their case. Magistrate Woodward.
however, granted the request for post
pon ment, and the preliminary hearing
was continued un,iI Monday. the I0ti,
If september. Ibis postponemeut L.
allow the defendants t. prepare their
lease. was s-riOus blow to the pro .cu-
ton, and Mr.. Kerr, the chief pro ecu
ltr, who had been MAXI < a strong
fghtt get il in this weeks term @,
Duplin court, on the grOuLd that he
wanted speedy Wind cation" said i'm
eject as soon as the magistrates ru-
ling for postpOnement until the 10Th
was made, that ir NIGH rs well he
continued forever as far as he was CON i.
cefned. 1t wa, suggested that the
sampson court met the week followi. q
the D1plin court, and that this offered
M. Kerr an opportunity for vindica-
ton three months before the Duplin
court IN December. Magistr. te Wood
wards ruling in this matter vas con.
sidered eminently fair and just by all
disinterested parties.
This case, II pressed by the prOsecu-
tors, promises to be lively and inter-
esting one. There were present TODAY
many Populists of sampson, be ides
tbs Sc who are named in the indict-
ment; and upon every hand could be
heard expressions Of Indignation