Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1904-11-08
HITCH YS.TERRELL
.Georgia's G cored
by Depo
IN SCATHlNG LETTER
eevsrner 10 AecS PreJudSlng
Captains Case AID, Approving
eeurtmartlaI vIrdiet with.
out Even fsSdina IL


out EvenfsAdlna IL
Former Captain Tbbert M. Hitch, ol
Savannah, the of1ceAwho was dismiss
ed from the serviceaDf the state by a
courtmartial becaub he allowed q
mob at Statesboro t take two prison
PRS ffem the troopi and bufh them,
has written a very tin letter to Gov
ernor Joseph M. TeAell. In part Cap
tain Hitch says:
Now that am rAeved of that en-
forced silence whiH military disci-
plifie itnt6sea, and d at liberty to ad-
dress you as GeDl ian and an Amer
lean citizen,aI feel -to~be the duty
which 1 owe to thesfate M to tao
Georgia state tro1a n. myself.
to plainly delineake nanisssta
tions of YOU ehara' which ha7S
been bfenght to pubic attentign since
August Is, of the pesent vel Be.
fore doing SO, howVer, have pur-
posely waited a reasonable time for
deliberation and rejection lest UNI
consciously might initiate that indie
cent haste which yin have lately ex-
hibited on occasioiI when the reputa-
tons Of good men ERE lodged in your
keeping; Z
In military AFFAIR." the commanding
officer Is always accountable for the
conduct Of his COMMAND. For the ac-
ton of the troopsIat Statesboro on
August Is and 16 have always an
nouneed myself as willing To assume
full responsibility hnd have never
sought to shift the burden on any sub
ordinate officer or enlisted man. Aid
neither the people If Georgia nor my
self will allow you 10 escape ye1r fua
responsibility for she action OF the
court martial con@ned at Savannah
by your command. Under the law, you
are the commando In chief. Under
the law, the actionsof that court mar
tial had to be submitted to and pas1-
ed upon by you before it became effec-
tive. On you, therefore, must rest the
blame.
You have never been fond Of as
Stunning responsibility On the col-
trary, you have persistently pursued a
course which always placed others ,
tween you and possible critict7m.
Under the military law, you could
have ordered me to statesbero on Au
gust Is with Instructions to act i'm
ny stately under yaS1t command and
al kroIng Il &C nkIaxa luaeI1aislS,
%oaaq then RrespoR Isl.
tiltfg KSesE 4 sentimsat
RoaId thHa haFa mated. IN
TO srepelf to shet !.
ty, who, IT ~wgs,s-fss5s,ssorv
conhecteo Dy So with the muir.
dered Hodges 4eEhlll and m "comnlv
with such orders as MIGHT oiva F" to
"act in conjunction Gtb the sheriff of
Bulloch county" "a ~ take orders
1or duty rom IN Judge presiding at
tue CEloi' ~ inc fore became nece5-
sary IN your eyestQ find scapegoat;
some victim must = found como ono
must Oe socll order to relieve
the pressure level against the chief
authorities of the ~ A4 Won Lnow
KNOW, sFerSDo knows, that had
one snoG Oeen III during those hours
WINE was on court house stair.
way nolulns pac those frenzied pep
pie at the point Oh a Of nendinS
the arrival Oh 70 4 Grayson with his
reinIorcelnenIS' 10, l assumed, was
ON Tue way ING discriminate slaugh.
ter which wouI 0ya onsrod would
nave causes = be branded as a
murderer and ster from one en.1
of the land to o+ber 4@T stared
TO the court 1iHY, 1 declared be-
fore the court n sn5- 7 now re.
peat tnat IN my ent I discharged
my full duty as 49, at S+atesboro
as we'll as my . man IT was
naru uuey u, such as has
never pelore d an officer CT
the state sroop my duty as !
sa" IT. anu es'el day has con.
WINGED more ~ that / saw
e, rlsnt. bar ogies to make
K Ny ,conscienc@ ror confidence
In the corec1n INV coursa M.
snaKen' ana content. You, am
sure, cannot fsa much.
BeFpRd ing 81 ment that~sRcry-r .
part ai.S 81 MS, sssSSs In the Hitch
iE.yen careful
eollflIsTation ~ s6HdHz Gov
eEnot 'sfrerf dedihes 10 1idcn the
letter Of ex-capte Hitch
Further tnnu his, ernor
merely says. me to enter into
any discussion such matters with
parties who feel ggrieved at my off,
cial acts. would Q manifestly out OF
place."
ILLINOIS ERa QUIT WORK.
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