The leader., 1905-04-05
WATCH III INCREASE

bosses; The result is that this
court merely ratiiies what has az
ready been decided upon outside
of the court The public service
Is prOstituted to protect criminals.
| do not think they treat me fair;
4 am becoming jealous Of their
reign; my commission empowered
me to hold the courts, and no one
else; | am going to hold them. /
now, in the presence Of these peo-
pie, file d plea in abatement to the
Jurisdiction of the political fac
tions, tribes and clans sustain III
and dismiss them out of the court.
The law shall be forced Id
Kemper county, and I now and
here declare that | viii blow up
with dynamite any public official
who lends his influence or who
aids in debauching the administra-
tion Of the law il this court
house.
The devil had just as we'll
pack his records of the tears he
had wrenched from the eyes Of
widows, the piteous cries he has
lenforeed from orphans, the hui
man souls he has damned. and
prepare to vacate; be shall be
kicked out of this court house. If,
since Kemper county was organ
lied as a county, the human be-
ings he has debauched and ruined
we're strung out one after the
other and keeping step they would
make a marching line that would
engirdle the earth and reach to-
hell. Nine-tenths of this s0ffer-
ing, ruined, debanched, lost,
doomed and damned horde Of hu-
manity could have been saved
from the devil If the public Off
cials of Kemper county had done
their duty.
When / was here last Novem-
Der / went out on Sunday to hear
| your Methodist preacher. There
were, perhaps, not a dozen people
lin DeKalb at church; the preach
er took up an urgent collection
for a special purpose, and / do
not recall that single person re-
siding in DeKalb gave anything.
/ felt at that time IL FIVE acres Of
ministers we're to lay siege on De-
Kalb they would have a Port Ar
THUR on their hands.
There is more hell to the
square inch in DeKalb than any
place this side of hell, where it is
Iall hell. You call this court house
a temple of justice; / deny this,
land denounce it as a hell hole of
corruption.
Less than a dozen men in De-
Kalb, in cooperation with the po-
llitical chiefs over tile county, are
absolutely debauching the admin
fistration of the law and bankrupt
ling the people with the expenses
of the court, and heading the peo-
pie all to hell.
Why is it the people don't
Iopen their eyes and see who it is
THAT is responsible for the condi-
ltion of affairs prevailing IN your
Ecounty9 ! intend to create a pub.
lIic sentiment that will indict, ar
raign and convict them before the
bar Of public opinion.
/ There was a great deal Of
drunkenness and rowdyism at
Kemper yesterday and last night,
land a great many pistols were
II9Ted Id toTn. Judge Cochran
IevidentIy accumulated fresh
store of dynamite, as he called the
lgrand jury in again this morning
land gave them a second charge on
1.-THE occurrences Of yesterday.
Among other things he said:
The drunkenness and roWdy-
ism that occurred here right in
sight of this court house yester-
day was a defiance Of and insult to
this court. / want you to 60
right down after them, and il you
will indict hundred Of these
toughs and they are convicted in
my court / will make them pay
the whole of the expenses of this
term Of the court.
| The court was INTERRUPTED by
two prominent citizens engaging
ina heated controversy il the
coult house yard, which came
near resulting ID bIoodshed, and
lereated great excitement. Judge
Cochran went down and placed
leach one Of them under q thous-
and dollar bond to keep the peace.
/ Everything indicates Chat KEN
| per county is now in the midst
Of a crisis which will very soon
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