The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-10-03

tened 10 The defendants plcn of uuilt
when bc was arraluncd at The oucpiu,
| OF this term, but The law of our STAT,
| will nog hermit him to plead guilty [,
| such - crime us This. The law - &,
careful of the rights Of It's citizens iha
/ it will not permit il man to plead Guilt
| TO this CRIME Of murder, so ,lat, cvcI
after he bad conceded his suilt in This
case. it was incumbent upDn the cour
| To insist that The trial should proc, cu
and that the people should establish
beyond il reasonable doubt that tho
| defendant was guilty of the crime
charged against him.
"Thcrc are in our country indiyi
dualS, not. | hone. in auv very LARGO
number, bu, we know they are scat
tered all over our country. who think
that in case like This or even in
charrcs of much les. tirrrcp. il s en-
lircly propcr that the case Should be
dispD2cd OF bv lynch or mob Inw. We
can hurt!ly take uD Il Dnpvr without we
lc Nrn that in ~O:uC j'art Oi this l!Cc and
md :pCndcnt country some man has
been murdered on the suspicion or be
llGf that he was guilty Of some crlmc.
This state Of thingS docs not exist in
our community, but it does in some
parts OF our STATE, and rs every iutclii-
gent man knows.
II Is ClM Gcd i.erC that our Cllcnt
Is an anarchist, man WHO does not
believe III ANY law or III amy form of
government. Aud there are, SO we
are told other individuals WHO enter
taln That opinion. We all feel that such
""c'i'h' > arc u''hG'r.u'' III" cr'miilal,
arc "ot''lhe" 'ial W!lI "NpFHrl our GOV
u '''''e''' ~ '''''e II 'ii"y arc allowed TO
pru'""'
":.'''c'''c'i "' '"I ',"'y' Wii:'0 l oc-
''o' , '''''''i ~ '''''' "' '''' pci'e'e IL
"''.S|, ~ ''''" ''"'''iA 'N"''
-. ~ '''' "'.'r'' nN'"'''"& - t''lni'i"h,
','"'t "'' J." 'i'e" |" :" ','r"uSh
, ,"c ,p' ~ ~ q |, ,'"i II, " """, oi ,'cc,
~, '''"' y ''''' ID" S'l''L ''hc 'he pace
~ Wv .,''', '''',' "'5 5''''e" ""n'.'''9!'
''''' VI '''' '"'' ~ '''' ''"i'H" " J"s'lc''
w lrn ih"L dnctrluc becomes suli.
clCntN prevalent ii this country, if il
ever d"v~, oar institutions will be set
ASIDE "hd uNHrll'ro"n, ani II VIC arc
ho' miSii'"ih@" as |" tlr slate oi mind
OF som" p2ol'ic IN m" parts OF our
country, the Nul" l. last Approaching
wren men charged with cTin@ VIII NOT
DC permitted to come Ht" court and
S0E"'ih /" c"I'h an" "'Sh'lIrd 'nnI,
nut VIII be strung up & a 1rcc on the
haie suspicion that some one may hold
ihe oeil'i 'hat ti'"y have committed
some CRIME.
" 1t is not long since ! read i'm pa
per that Il cni"r"d man III the South
had his il!c taken because he had in
suited white man.
" What II was the paper did moi say,
n"' ic was s'runS up. suggest, gen
.lc''G''' 'h't 'lic class oi me collmun-
''Y WHO are crying ''u' IN your clllcs and
axe Se'idlnS 'olI"rS TO lawyers suggest
in% 'hat INC man VINO iS charged with
.ae crime 'llal 'n'S Hclehdant is should
ho' DC permitted ID nave 4 trial before
court O. Ju> ucc, are more danger
Gus GLASS; |" 'hc coh'iii"hlly lhan the
aharchiStS ABOUT "hom we read 50
l"'lch.
NO" IL Is l'i> "h'N 81 every Amcm,
can G''lIch or every H"nd man to Siani
"rh''Y by ''ir IaW an" put ms voice
a9"'hS' amy l'''' '''a' Il man SnDulu De
puh'Hncd Tor any crane uniil he i9
proven Sull,S III court, pcy"hd any rea-
Sohaoie do"hi'
MY aNSoaa'c ana myself are here
70 "pl,o'" vac raw hly associate and
myS"ll arc mere ~ IN same purpose
,ha' inc i"''hc" n!1Hict attorney Is
mere Tor /" see 'h'>i TINS 'TlAi progresses
IN III, leS;N' or""i'j at'd proper m@nncr.
we must III every way po'-lhio put
"o"h ana suppress inns lcrIing thai
cases may DC uiSpose" OF without the
ll'erFeh''oh ol courts Oh JUSTICE
remember, gentlemen, when |
was young man living in Auburn
studying my profession, thcncWs came
mat colorcd man had gone upon the
shores OF Owaaco Lake and there had
Fr'c'ical!y murdcrcu an cn'lrc family
name" van N cSS. me news created
lhtG''Se eNc'lchchl. Inc people
s".no'c' on IN" street TO near TIC
;,'mS. !, ~ ir '''I ', co','1G o' inc AFTERNOON
, :" 40 lo''' ''o" ''"' '''H man, freeman