The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-01
THE TRIAL
 GOES OVE |Prelim nary al Pinc
 plc TOday CRAWFORD WILL NoT Three Oiher Justlc
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 Pineapple. Dec. s1---<gpeciar ! --1f w mlsn mmglsd feelings Of reliek an r6S<<I E that the .ze men who eathered fr z5 Pineapple school house this aftsrns ' ? F < hear the preliminary trial Of R1r Barlow. Evande1 Melton. Walfer f3 n1& art, Rnbart Ray and preeelow F<&SS charged with the murder Of Arfbu< S1 art, negro prisoner in ,he fovI1, 1i pooss, filed out of the improvise6 o617 room this afternoon when Juskice 66 aions announced thnt o5urt yxas ed5ourn1 until tomorrow morning At | ofcfo@< whom third justice win comp,St~ f1' # tribunal 10 try the case '5
 The trial was set for z o'clock fhls 1<E lernoon, but upon the retirement If Ju&3 nce of the Peace c. A. Crawford w1s0 is said to have been loser by x11a f1rs the case was by general consent rd4l poned Sitting associates with J1rf}on Crawford were Justices Charlie Mcf.a;,x and < ;. Sessions. and since the retixe1 ment Of Mir. Crawford. if ss Announced that Justice Hughes win Do oIe uf tha presiding officers of the court.
 Court is Convened. The court was called to order tn fifs upper room of tho school house. yYuos the platform. which Is tliskinctfve of f1t assembly room of every building of f]te kind. sat the Justices, the prisenefq. guarded by officers, Solicitor N. W. %uaries. az counsel for the State; Co3z V. N Jones. P. E Jones and !. N. Mi1- Ter. az counsel for the defense. ana sheS~ lm Aibritton and Deputy T. I. Davis. Tn the room sat nearly 200 citizens Of Wi1s. cox County. Thew were eager to hear ma to see. Silence was unbr0lken, save fns the occasional whispers and coughs ftat snggeat funerals. Voices were eubdus4 almost to whisper and the calI for ox- der In court was useless save that # ps1t an end to the shufiiing of late cotl1erx.
 Anstiqe GrawfoFd whe had presid11 q4ys fha seoFQase<g ineueet, was tho .51zs> siding c8IGeT and alter acme conveTs.s . ton among the officers of tho court ars|z the counsel. a<n. aEillef Of tho cosssss VI gnr the defense. stated that he did nnt thInb MT Crawford was competent tp try the case, giving as reasons that fl1t justice was phynicaiiy unwell and hp5 been financially interested in the fire a4- legged to have been resultant from tha' murder of which the defendants were ac- cused.
 Mir. Miller was satisfied that the two. other justices. Messrs. McLain and sd
 Mr. Crawford Retires.
 The suggestion of Mir. Miller met fi accord of the court. and Mir. Crawfor3 retired Mir. McLain, one of the ramairz ing superior officers. said that the resp0nE sibility of trying the case was So nrta3 that he would prefer having a third a2s5 sociate. and 1t was decided that 1unt,vl8 Hughes should be requested 10 be ar1 associate. ss@stiy afterwards. Juslie&| adjourned until o'clock tomorrow. The talk of q special session Of th6 Circuit Court to investigate the caH& through it's grand jury and to try tkH defendants should they be bound over tn the superior court. is stiil rife In Psf4< apple. but no definite information og tka matter could be had
 The little hamlet this morning ana throughout the day was as quiet ana peaceabls as pleasant country stde Men thronged the streets and discussed l the question that is upperfnost in fh1 minds of all the people of Pineappgs. nm< the order of the place could not have been exceTled
 During all the early hours of today sn& population of Pineapple was being gwells4 by the arrival of residents of the countFy side. They came sahorseback and amul4s back and in wagon loads, and by n0ax the little town contained probably meza people than had ever before been wikh,a its borders
 Sole Topic of Talk. l Along one narrow street was a efozl18E | thread of humanity buiging here ana | there with knots of five. ten, fifteen mSsss and as the throngs moved from place tQ place. the thread swayed as if in a paea~ ing breeze. In every group there was a 1 conversation. emphatic. earnest. yet al~
 most whispered. Mems voices were loW as in the valley of the shadow of death l the smile that now and again brightane6
 a face passed quickly like the mist from | a mirror as if it had been induigence of
 a special dlspensation of the god ok l gloom. Of laughter there was n0nas
 laughter in a charnel house would hardly have been more weird than in this plaEa
 of pentup passion. The dull monotonN of muttering was significant, was onaiS nous of the wild rebellion that the future might hold in store. 1t was as if thero impended over them e mighty sword of Damocles ready to fall at the vibration of a loud word, as if the noisome pestiiencs stalked abroad. The very air seemed surcharged with wild thoughts that must have sway.
 Two Parties Apparent
 But even to the stranger within the gates of Pineapple the two parties made by the crime of Saturday morning wsro
 patent. Upon the one side there were
 men who saw that Q thing had been done
 and that it was not good. In justice. in ] self-defense they demanded that the per- sons who had taken human fife and de- stroyed near whole city should be con
 victed and punished. Justice, outraged as
 they thought by miscreant vengencs.
 urged them on to do the right they felt
 her biting goad and some felt too the iasls
 of pallid poverty. Theirs was sacred | cause they held. and they were willing 1 to give their all to further 1t.
 Upon the other side were men who pro- | tested and stood for their kinsmen'S ] gulltlessness of blood and fire. who stood | for their acquittaf before the law and for i their freedom They were as determined
 as those who asked that the Derpetr3r tors of the crime. no matter who they were, should feel the heavy hand of the law And believing that the men in esls- tody are innocent of wrong doing. thslf friends have allegiance to worthy f.auge