The leader., 1903-08-22

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men to ascertain what they could
remember about the facts. All
three Of them, seen separately,
testified that whisky was brought
to the jury room at night while
the Johnson case was being tried,
and that a number of the iurymen
drank it. One of these, Mr.. Bees
sonett, said that while he remem-
bers distinctly seeing some of the
jury men drinking, he couldn't
now remember who brought the
whisky in; whether any money
was paid for it or not, or who
was at that time in charge of the
jury. Another stated that he was
positive that the whisky was
brought in by Deputy Sheriff APP
plewhite himself, and not by jury
bailiff, and that several of the
jurors drank, but he has no recol-
lection of anything being paid for
it. The third, Road Contractor
Albert Evans, said that he is pos
tive Deputy Sheriff Applewhite
supplied the whisky, that several
of the jurymen Clipped in" the
money to pay for it and drank it.
Mr.. Evans says, if need be, he
will make affidavit to this effect.
He further says that Mr.. /. P.
Williamson, who has not been seen
by us, has substantially the same
recollection about the matter as
his own, and another gentleman
who talked with Mr.. Williamson
says the same thing. A friend
of Mr.. Applewhite who seems
to have ''money to throw at the
Birds" dropped two ten-dollar
gold pieces in Evans pocket since
the report was first circulated,
presumably t." bridle his tongue, )"
but it didn't have the desired
effect.
Referring to the Mccoy mat
ter, we have found that about as
stated in the Douglass letter.
That Mr.. Applewhite, while sheriff
(having succeeded Chas. McNair,
deceased), went to Mr.. Brady,
one of the lawyers for McCoy's
creditors, between midnight and
day and tried to effect a compro-
mise to save Mccoy from a crimi-
nal prosecution, after the where
abouts of the stolen merchandise
was discovered and a United
States Deputy Marshal was in
Brookhaven on his way to arrest
Mccoy and recover the GOODS
that Sheriff Applewhite preceded
lawyers Jones and Brady and the
deputy marshal to Bogue Chitto,
who found Mccoy non est when
they arrived, though he was
there early that morning.
and that within the last
two years he has received a
handsome pistol present from
Mccoy, who is still fugitive
from justice, there can be no
doubt. The only attempt we have
heard made to discredit these facts
is, that Mr.. Applewhite went to
Bogue Chitto that morning on
another and official errand.
Still another bad breach in Mr..
Applewhite's record in the
sheriff's Office, has been given to
the editor of The Leader in an
interview by Hon. W. J. Will
liams, member Of theBoard of Su-
pervisors from Beat 8, since the
Douglass letter was published.
This occurred during the trial of
Prentiss Easterling, for the MUIR
der of Joseph Bufkln, at the
special December term of the Gil :
cult Court already referred to.
Mr.. Williams was juror in the
Easterling case, and his statement,
as concerns Mr.. Applewhite, is in
substance this: The case was
given to the jury about ten
O'Clock on Saturday night with
special instructions to the two
bailiffs, Fl H. Cain and a Mr..
Moak, of South Lincoln, to keep
the jurors together and guard
them closely against all outside
communication. On account of
the lateness of the hour and the
Importance of the case, the jury
agreed, by common consent not to
take up the consideration Of their
verdict until Monday morning.
Sunday night Deputy Sheriff APP
plewhite (who, as already stated,
was acting for Sheriff Chas. Nc
Nair at that term of court, APP
peared in the court room, where
the jury was then confined, and
after engaging in conversation