The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-27

then Judge Campbell proceeded to cow
hide Or. Crawford.
(1D. Judge Campbell Is thirtv'niho
years cid, Of gigantic stature ana IN the
full Vlgor Of robust manhood, "ial4e Nlr.
Crawford Is flfty-six years old ana NOT
CAMpBELLs DECLARATION.
The action Of Judge Campbell at me
May term Of tho court In declaring. tn y, !,
| no did not sue for libel that ne settleu :,
such matters In the "old Virginia style'
was d matter, Judge Brown sa1d, WHEN
had commanded tho respectful altentloh
rad had with great deftnors trie!a 10 snow 10y!
| that Judge Campbell spoke jocularIy.
But Judge Mann, who held him, thought
no was In earnest.
II have dwelt upon this matter SAID
Judge Brown because thereby hangs
q tale--therein lies great ana u q,,.,s.
plained mystery. How Is It that Judge
Campbell, who has been wont to play
tho role Of the courteous gentleman, VINO
has told the minister Of the gospel that
he has no personal feeling IN the mat.
ter Of the alleged contempt-how is II
that such a. man, agreeable, pleasant,
courtcous, cdn so soon and so suddenly
w lthAsloiIncu INTO a ueiiioi'' 49,,
about this radical, this remarkable
change, this transformation Of pr;
Jekyl into Mr.. Hyde. Judge Campbell
has been asked on tho witness STAND
what effected this change and ne replled
3 that he did not know. The burden was
upon him. 9. j. Campbell should nave
known, mono other.
Proceeding Judge Brown discussed other
features in the proceedings until he came
down to the assault itsolc-the crucial
point he declared
II mood not speak to you gentlemen
Of the gravity Of this offense," declared
tho speaker. ANY man thirty-nine years
Of ago. In robust health, strong and
athletic, who will whip n man, aged ana
white-haired his physical inferlor-any
such man Is a coward. I 40 not say
there was no aggravntion for the DC
tense. But do say, and say most ems
phatically, that cannot conceive any
aegravation sufficient to warrant the OF
tense. Suppose everything Judge Camp
bell has said on the witness stand about
the assault-supposo all this to be abso-
luto truth-what then? Will read you
what he said.'
The speaker read and then went on:
"Gentlem respectfully submit that
If this all be true--and have no doubt
Judge Campbell thought 1t was the truth
lit does nothing to substantiate the plea
OIL cornerstone ana dVOludiiSS ii1uSa ~ 80 y
defendant. It Is the veriest babble OF
idiocy. It will not do for q grown up
man with beard upon his face to say
that he will pull out cowhide and lar
rup q man when that man offers him
his hand. 1t Is, repeat, the veriest non
sense. And besides that, 1t Is not true.
Judge Campbell said there was sheer
upon the face OF DR.. Crawford-that he
meant to be offensive. want to show
that this was impossible and tnconceiv-t
able" 5a6
Judge Brown read Dr. crawford's ac-
count of the cowhidng and compared 1t
Will, that given by Judge Campbell. Then
he went back bit and dwelt upon the
trial OF Dr. Crawford, when no was
asked to apologize and withdraw the Lam
guage which nslnuatcd that the court
had been brbed by whskey.'
"yVhy did Judge Campbe!$ persistently
saw that Dr. Crawford had said tho
court had been bribed by whiskey.'
There is no such expression as this In
the article in the Federation Then why,
/ ask, did Judge Campbell persistently
say this thing?
ASKED TO APOLOGIZE
''I.et me go on. however. Judge Camp
bell asked Mr.. Crawford to apologize
mink OF that. will you. gentlemen
Think Of the Judge on a bench asking
for an apology. Think OF n man asking
FOR an apology, when he had sold he
chad no personal feeling in the matter.
Think of DR.. Jekyll asking for an apology
to Mr.. Hyde. Think of It.. And announcer
thing. Dr.. Crawford had made state
ment. If that statement be true, how
could he apologize. Would you consent
TO apologize for theG truth? EeNo! y GU
would see him in the deepest bottom or
the, eternal hell before you would 40
so, t63fN.Sst. .hs =, NJ.
II do not know which is the worst
the cowhiding or this outrageous request
for an apology. The cowhidlng IS
thing so unusual and so shocking that 1t
has gotten to be thought that the man
cowhided has a right to kill his assail-
ant But do not know that it IS any
worse than making a man tell a no.
| Whatever we may say OF DIR. CRAWFORD
we must remember that there is q great
| difference between him and rs. Ho did
not resist Judge Campbell. Much OF the
| sympathy that has gone out for the de-
| PENDANT has boon the result OF disgust
| for Dr. Crawford because he stood It
| tamely If he had gotten pistol and
shot holes through Judge Campbell. we
would have heard nothing Of all this
But in the name OF God Is this to DO
advanced as an excuse. TO bring n man
before you in bonds to demand OF him
an apology, to be forced to discharge him
though he doesn't apologize. to go OUT
side and jump on him and beat him. Is
there anything more outrageous than
| this?
| There is enough In this evidence to
show beyond the pcradventure Of a doubt
that this cowhlding was premeditated
and deliberately planned. But you are
LAWYERS. need not go into the details.
And the excuses offered by Judge Camp
bell on the plea of justification are thin,
thin as the veriest dreams Of fancy. IIe
took his cowhide with him to court;
when he went out he forgot his grip and
his satchel. but he did not forget his
whip"
The able and eloquent argument by
Judge Brown shortly thereafter came to
| a conclusion The hour allotted to him
had passed and he must therefore stop.
IN concluding he summed up his case
ably and eloquently. He said:
y say upon this record, representing
the petitioners whom we here represent,
that there is sufficient In this record to
warrant us in asking for removal OF
| this Judge, this sWash buckler Judge