The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-13

a. DlpuS NIllttt's u ItliSlOtis
walk, and II solemn Lwitch OF the coat
tail, many men (meaning To refer 10
the plaintiff in this action. carry
II spirit unworthy OF them. He( mean
ing the plaintin In this action), has
been occasionally To South Carolina.
and evidently gosSipDcd too much for
Il preacher about the defendant. You
remember quite well how he (mcan-
ing the plaintin I'm this actionD. In his
testimony lodged the Issue, and would
look SO solemn and say. Il can't
answer You remember how witty he
tried to be at one time. Poor wit over
the suffering heart and torn bosom or
one of his brethren whom he had lac
Grated in the dark by staDbin@ him in
the back.
Had the defendant done anything
to warrant this meanneSS? Didn't Mr..
GattiS (meanino the plaintiff In this
actiOn) say himself that the defendant
befriended him i'm South Carolina and
used his influence to get him employed
by that conference? Didn't he (mean-
ing Il. j. Gattis, the plaintiff in this
actiOn), say himself that the defendant
had recommended books for him; that
the defendant had tried TO sell books
for him and help his business; that
President KilgO was his friend?
what. then, had President Kilgo
done to him (meaning the plalntin In
this action), to warrant any such vic
iouS conduct?
Between the man holding himself
by the highway and making victim
OF an innocent traveller. and the man
who i'm the dark (meaning to refer to
Il. j. Gattis, the Dlaintiif in this ac-
tom, asSasSinateS the character which
man has tried to build for himSelf,
send me to the woods with Il revolver
Ne 4
rather than malisn my fellow man.
He (meaning +. j. Gattis. the plaintif
i'm this action). was asked If President
kiioo had not ceased to visit his store
(meaning the book store OF L. j. Cat
It's Il Son. i'm Durham, y. c., and he
said Yes President Kilgo had been
there and heard gossip until decency
demanded that he keep out OF such
crowd (meaning to refer to the Dlaih-
tiff i'm this action, Il. j. GattiS, and per-
sons who visited the store Of L. j. Cat
tbs & Son, i'm Durham, n. c. Presi-
dent kilgO has heard very unchriStian
gossip over the counters (meaning the
counters in the store of Il. j. Gattis x
Son, in Durham. n. c., where Chris
tian literature was retailed.
1.-THE two South Carolina witnesses
say, We don't know how we got to nc
witnesses: don't know Judge Clark, and
Gattis. (meanine the plaintiff i'm this
action) is the only other witness for
the prosecution OH this charge. and
his knowledge antedateS the Judges
charges, and hence Mr.. Gattis (mean-
ing II. j. Gattis. the plaintiff in this
action), is the' original gossip. And ii
is evident that this whole affair comes
out of the fact that IL Methodist
preacher (meanin@ r, j. Gattis, the
plaintiff In this action. licensed by
the same law. WorshipDing in same
pulpit, has fOully dealt with the de-
PENDANT. Again, DR.. Peacock testified
that Mr.. Gattis (meanin2 the Diaintin
in this action, II. j. Gattis) has slantS.
cred President KilgO to him. More
than once those ISLANDERS reached the
defendants ears. Never did the de-
PENDANT suppose. till just "a few DAYS
since. that Mr.. Gattis (meaning T. }.
GattiS. the plaintiff i'm this actiOn)
had anything TO do with this matter.
He (nleaning the Dlaintiff in this ac-
ton, II. j. Gattis) says that two 9th
ers told him that he must come here
and give his testimony or else his
name would be used i'm court. You re-
call that Judge Clark said in the July
meeting. II these men (meanin@ his
infOrnlantS) do not testify, will come
here and say that they lied to me-
Judge Clark would have kept his
word, ii he had not produced here the
witness (meaning the nlaintif I'm this
action, Il. j. Gattis). upon whom he
relied to come here and relieve him.
and If that witness was not i'll this
court we would not have been thirty
minutes. Judge Clark would have re-
lieved the whole situation. Mr.. Gattis
Cmeaning T. j. Gattis, the plaintiff in
this action, said two others pressed
him to come here. Who are they that
forced him to testify? We urged him
to tell this court. but he declined
The man who wishes to tell the truth.
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, lodges nothing. Under all these
conditions, do you. gentlemen, pro-
pose to say that You believe MIR. Il. y.
Gattis told and intended to tell YOU the
truth? He says what he told us was
forced out of him. The lover of truth
never speaks under such compulSion,
but Judge Clark seems to have him
(neaning the plaintif in this action,
L. j. Gattis) in close quarters. Judge
Clark would have kept his word, but
his friends got behind 4 man (mean-
ing the plaintiff in this action. L. j.
GattiS), who was not willing to stand
by what he had said to Judge Clark,
and they forced him (meaning L. j.
Gattis, the plaintiff i'm this action, TO
open his lips here. They no doubt
told him (meanin9 T. j. GattiS, the
plaintiff in this actiOnl, You cannot
play the coward this way. since Judge
Clark has made statements on your
(meaning the plaintiff is this action.
L. j. Gattis), authority.
THE last witness for the proSecu-
ton is one Rev. L. j. Gattis, who
breaches sometimes and sells books in
South Carolina, and in part of North
Carolina. He (meaning the piaintlh
i'm this action, T. j. Gattis) has been
attending District Conferences iii
South Carolina for the past three years
and knows more about the defend
ants reputation than the leading men
of the church and State, who have
known the defendant throughout his
whole life. Mr.. Cats (meaning L. D..
Gattis. the plaintiff in this action) Is
very wise, it is pity that he was not
Ie4i of Il tali<er.
1T has been shown that this wit
ness is the original maiigner in this
case. and most likely he furnished
Judge Clark with the names OF those
from whom testimony was taken IN
South Carolina.
..The testimony of DR.. Peacock
shows that four years ago this MIR.
Ga;ti, (meaning Il. j. Gattis, the
plaintiff i'm this action) was telling