The leader., 1904-12-21
THE BERT RcHlAIR CASE.

Mhieh was pending WneM 4ne
Leader Of Saturday was publish.
ed, came to sudden and unex
pected end late Saturday after
noon when only two State Wit
nesses had been examined, By the
attorneys representing the State
announcing to the Court that they
would consent to q verdict Of not
guilty without any witnesses for
the defense being introduced, as
the State would be unable tol
make Out IT'S case.
Inc only two witnesses examln-
ed were 9 negro on whose place 9
type written notice had been post
ed last december Dy Sam Posey,
and .. l. HOODS, county printer,
s3 VINO ses5iheo enas TWO notices m
saOuuceu, s!, were on iegai cap paper
llhe e1s. lss ne furnishes 1he man
ceIy 0lsLK anu otner county ON
cels, cs anu s1aS he nag seen bert
nlcNaiI, y ", lave ana eam fosey 70
1ne 0nancery 1lerk once tos
gssnsr, one eyenlng last winter
aDous ~; ausk, alo 1nat DeIs was slt.
sing g Ky WIaeer Win 9 SNORT.
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y a nal, IVY llnpOllans otaCe
Ml1nesses, nau cnaDgeo 1neir tes-
eILnony q s.nce apPeaIlng before
sne gIana luI anu eOulu not now
po s. Leilso ~ ss1., ~ Y sne 9laee.
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uslsu us sng onoiin 70 noiu WI, Wlll
@ lualI unuel sIlousanu ooilai :
Donu 70 appear e gne next term OF
coules Du1 g pam Iosey was tnen
u lan aMaielng sentence u 1nEee W
Ielony cases, no acOlon was TAKEN
as g nlm;
Iounsel - y 81 lOl uacNa!r snen INSIST
eu 1ia1 .ne otner lhaic1mehG pend-
ing agalnse nun LOT Wnlte capping
pe disposed o. az once py tne
oIaee consentlng 20 jury and
Veruicl q hoe guilIy, Wnlcn was
assenIeu 20, as Dotn cases were oe-
pendent mainly on the same Wit
nesses. II
Inc edllor q Inc Leader IS noI
privileged 20 discuss WnaG occur
req IL the grand jury room and
VIII make no reference Whatever
TO anything that occurred behind
Its doors; but since the citizens
executive committee, and especial
the tour members who were on.
the grand jury tby no motion OF
their own have been publicly al
ralgned IN the court as private
and unfair prosecutors OF Mr..
McNalr, by his counsel, and the
court itself severely arraigned and
this arraIgnment published broad
cast IN one or more metropolitan
journals, The Leader, IN the In
terest Of truth and justice, and In
pursuance OF duty its editor
owes the public independent OF
his connection with the committee
and grand jury will here give a
few facts which will aid the pub
llc to arrive at 9 just conclusion.
sam Posey was the principal
witness who testified TO the COM
mlttee that Bert McNalr furnish
ed the type written white cap no,
tees which sam and others posted
east and west Of the railroad.
Ihe testimony OF all other wit
nesses was simply clrcumstantial,
gong TO support ms, Along IN
August, sam fosey, IN company
With his father, Reuben Posey,
went 20 Chairman Brady ID his
once ana made ayoluntary sign
ed statement OF his connection
with white Gaping, IN which he
stated, among other things, that
90 type-Wrltten white cap notices
bad been furnished to him by Bert
McNalr last winter during the
time these notices were posted.
Next morning, before Chairman
Brady bad communicated with
the commlttee, Sam reappeared at
his office, after having first gone