The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-07
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 The Advertiser did not have space yes- terday to notice all of Mir. Hefin's card. Ttswill now take up few more of his inaccuracies. He complains that Tho Ad- vertiser has not seen 1t to publish Judge Jones's ''exact language" and hence some people have been misled by its comments. Every reader of the paper knows that The Advertiser was at great pains to re- port everything that occurred. It em- pioyed the officiai stenographer who was reporting the case, and printed verbatim what the Judge said to the jury.
 It Is a pity to destroy Mir. Hefiin's pa- thetic story, that Turner's mother died from worry over the trial. Turner's moth- CT was not in a condition to realize his troubles, as she was in the Asylum at Tuscaloosa. The Advertiser Is in position to state that as soon as Turner's attor- neys made known that his mother was III, Judge Jones sent him word to go at once. and that he need not remain here for the jury which had not then been discharged. and Turner selected his own time when he came back to plead guilty.
 Captain Dickey. to whom MT. Henin re- ferred in his statement, Is not now here. The Advertiser knows he stated while here, that. he did not see Mir. Turner or have any talk with him about pleading guilty. but, on the contrary. kept away from him. The Ad- vertiser Is also informed that Captain Dickey got Captain White to go to the Capitol and so inform Mir. Hefin, in or- der to correct the statement in what Is called "the speciaf' to which Mir. Hefin refers. Who wrote that special. and the purpose of writing 1t. are we'll known, but it is immaterial just now. There were about six indictments against Tur- ner, one of which involved conspiracy to hold in peonage a negro woman. who died two or three days after she reached the convict farm. The Government had evidence that she was in good health, and had been whipped to death. Turner denied this. and claimed that her death was due to natural causes. He was will ing to plead guilty in the first cases, if the Government would relieve him and his boy of any personal charge of cruelty. which the District Attorney declined to do. The first case was then put on trial. Captain Dicixey did, afterwards. report probably such that he was not morally re- sponsible, and this caused the Govern meDt to be willing to let that case go. The facts of Turner's case have come out. and nobody doubts that he was guilty. His plea was his own work. and he had the advice of counsel also. who were with him at the time. The Government had no agreement with him when he came. No- body could bind the judge. The counsel for Turner plead with the judge for bet ter terms than the Government was at first willing to concede. The judge finally agreed to terms less severe than the Dis- trict Attorney insisted on.
 Mir. Hefiin is inaccurate again when he states. flo, 1t was admitted by the court that Turner was only guilty of technical peonage." It is strange how he can make such a mistake. The Advertiser of July 21, printed in full the remarks of the Judge. The Court distinctly stated "If the facts supported the conclusion that Turner had simply yielded to the entreaty of these three negro boys to pay their fines. and advanced $40 for that purpose, and detained them at work until they paid that amount, and that was all. the Court would Save suggested to the Dis trict Attorney that, while here was a tecthicaI case of peonage, no moral wrong .wam intended, and the Court would have ordered a mol pros" The court went on to give history of the transaction. showing the profits that had been made by 1t. and said that 1t was not case of mere advance to pay fine and costs. but speculation by the purchase of these negroes, without any care for their rights. induced by a desire for gain, and not charity. This was mosal. as well as le- gal peonage." As Mr. Turner has plead. ed guilty and has gone back home, peo- pie would gladly pass over his troubles. If they have to refer to them, he has to thank his friend, MT. Hefiin.