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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Spirit of the Press.
Must Not Tamper With The Courts.
Wilmington DiSDatch


Wilmington Dispatch.
A sort of upheaval is taking place in
the State at different points for a
strict and righteous upholding of the
courts. In Raleigh last week two men
were sent to Jail by Judge Moore for
trying to Influence the opinion of
jurors in the Gattis- kilgo case and
these same two men have been in
dlcted for embracery, while in Char
lotte the United States Court has is
sued q rule of contempt against five
members of a Grand Jury, charging
these members with divulging the de,
liberia tons of the body of which they
belonged. The outcome of both is
being watched with interest. The of.
fence of the Grand Jurors, if offence
il turns out to be- was likely commit
ted through ignorance but even il
they are only reprimanded it Will serve
to teach future grand jurors lesson.
1t will demonstrate to them plainly
that the deliberations of a Grand Jury
must not be cast wildly to the public.
The Grand Jury returned true Dill
against well known n. Glenn Williams,
and after the bill was returned it il
charged that the Grand Jurors. now
under the contempt rule, stated pub
licly that the indictment was based on
hearsay evidence.
AS to the men jailed for tampering
with jurors in the Gattis-Kilgo case
it is being urged that if possible they
be made to divulge the names of those
higher up" who paid or otherwise
induced them to act in the manner in
which they did act. The point was
strongly argued in yesterdays Raleigh
News and Observer. If there are peo-
pie higher up who are responsible,
and there certainly must be. they
should be punished il possible. The
good of the county of Wake, where
the offence was committed. demands
it; the welfare of the court demands
it, We don't believe ordinarily in
holding out inducements to prisoner
to turn states evidence, but this case
is the exception, and should the men
row in Jail pursue that course circum-
stances will have to back their charge
before it will be accepted as true.
There can be nothing fdirer than this.
The men were trying to influence
the jurors in favor of DR.. Kilgo. but
it goes without saying that DR.. kilgo,
Mr. Duke or any of the attorneys Oh
their side had nothing to do with it,
They so stated under oath, as a mat
ter for the court to take due cognlz-
ance of. but their regulations silently
proclaimed it before. Yet it is evil
dent that some one is responsible for
the high handed outrage against the
Justice of the court and that some one
should be severely dealt With If dis
covered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

ready to take the weapons of the
world as his chief implement of war
fare. This long drawn out trial has
been full of all the legal tricks ana
technicalities that wealth could secure,
and to cap the whole, we now have a
disgraceful charge that even the jury
box has been tempered with and the
arm of justice is sought to be paraly%-
ed. Whether the principals in the de-
Tense had aught to do with the tam
rering of the jurors, or not, does not
alter the fact, that since this contro-
versy began to the present there nave
been constant scandals, wire-pulllnG.
legal wrongs, instead of spirit OF
ChiStrian love and a spirit of recon-
citation, and as long as President
KilgO has as his hackers the American
Tobacco Company we cannot expect
other than the above. thousand
times better for the church would IL
be if we had our little humble Trinity
College in the back woods doing grand
work in fitting young men for the
higher duties of life and sending men
out of it's humble doors with strong
purposes. with hearts full of CHRISTIAN
love, than to send them down the
marble steps into the world with a
nature fired with determination TO
fight and spare no one thouSh lie pe
an old man whose head is white and
whose gait is unsteady, and whose age
limit has been reached.
When the great God of love and
wisdom declared that you cannot serve
God and mammon, He meant also
that you cannot connect church and
State and when men throw off the,
authority of the church and demand
that the State settle their differences
and refuse to be subjects of the
church. but enemies, they should
be removed from the head OF an or
ganization which they have spurned.
We believe the church ought to rise
up and demand that this suit be
uuashed and settled by the church or
the principals asked to get out.
The church has laws and the nigh
est and the lowest must obey them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Why Discriminate and Call it Ju ticc'
Charlotte News.

y
How poverty works against man
even in some courts finds eXempliiica-
ton in the case of Johann Hoch now
under sentence of death in Chicago
for the murder of one of his many
wives Hoch wants to appeal his case
to the Supreme Court of the State,
but cannot do 50 unless nc can ralse
800 to dcfray the expense of making
up the record of the case on appeal.
There is something hard, something
cruel, something unjust in this. II
means that poor man IN limos is
deprived of the power to appeal to
the Supreme Court because he is poor.
Because it is Hoch has nothing to do
with it, He is a citizen not allowed
the rights because he is poor. Thls
would apply to any poor man, we take
it. Yet man of money or with
friends of wealth would find no
trouble in appealing to the higher
court. 1t is almost like liberty being
purchased end in some case it would
be purchased.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Perhaps that prominent New Eng
land minister" who is also an editor
of an important magazine without
having yet learned to keep his num-
bers straight or parse a sentence, and
who is so surprised that CASTOR county
should want a hospital, will be inter-
ested to learn of the gift of Mr.. Sprunt,
of Wilmington, of $4,000 for hos
pital for the colored race. The South
can take care of it's own-even of the
child like citizens whom it has been
forced to support and educate as a
matter of humanity and without re-
turn. I,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Honor to Judge Moore.
Danbury Reporter.


AT the Gattis- Kilgo trial at Raleigh
last week evidence was presented that
j. r. Rogers and j. T. Sorrell, two
prominent citizens of Raleigh, had in
terfered with the jury in behalf of Dr..
Kilgo. His Honor issued a rule of
contempt against Rogers and Sorrell
and sent both to Jail for 80 days, be-
sides imposing upon each fine of $50.
If the men arc guilty, vote of thanks
should be extended Judge Moore by
the law-abiding people of North Caro-
lima for upholding the sanctity of the
Jury box. This thing of influencing
juries is getting too common. 1t makes
a trial a farcical proceeding, and rend-
ers the law a joke. The Statesville
Landmark we'll says "the Lord knows
there is little enough justice leet in
the courts now" Let us keep what
we have. Let us preserve the inviol-
a bilitv of iuries at all hazards, at Any
cost. for upon that hangs the fate of
our lives and property.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Another immense power plant uti-
lizing North Carolina water power at
Whitney is good news. Nothing is
more significant of the right sort of
progress and enterprise than making
the streams work for man. If all the
power in the State could be set to
turning wheels, there would be force
enough to run the manufactures OF
the country. An idea of the immen-
sity of this latest plan may be gained
when it is stated that the full horse
power developed will be $4,000 and
that the cost of the work will exceed
100000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

was the Imprisonment or two men for
attempting to influence the jurors. A
former Republican sheriff of Wake g.
Rowan Rogers), and another man
named ]. p. Sorrell, were arrested for
attempting to influence two jurors III
favor of Dr. Kilgo. and after hearing
before the Judge he sentenced each to
iail. The defendant and all his attor-
neys swore that they had nothing to
do with this attempt.
The question naturally arises who
did get these men to try to tamper
with the jurors?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Tampering With Jurors.

Catawba County News.
One of the bulwarks of safety to
every American citizen is our jury
system. The right of man charged
with crime or wrong doing to have a
fair and impartial trial and to have his
guilt or innocence passed upon by
twelve disinterested fellow citizens, is
a sacred one. and must be preserved.
We must have a new quallf1catlon
for our jurors; "a more important one
than that he should have paid his
taxes. 1t is this, Have you been APP
preached directly or indirectly by any
party to actions pending or that may
be brought before this COURT?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Preachers Should Be temperate and
Gentle i'm The Use of Language.
Charity and Children.

CndTIIy anu OIlIIUTCII.
We learn with regret that man in
the Baptist ministry in North Carolina
should become involved IN a suit for
SANDER. It is reported that Rev. j.
w. Little has been sued by another
preacher for defamation of character.
of all people in the world preachers
ought to be the most temperate and
gentle in the use of language. The
"knock down and drag out variety of
preaching has played out and ought
never to have played in. sam Jones
has done immense harm by having
had so many weak imitators.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Almost Impossible to Convict a Rich
Man No Matter What the Evil
dence May Be.
Taylorsville Scout.

I dyIUIoVIIIC 'cOOUV'
For many years we have believed
that trial by jury was becoming to
be a farce
Our laws say that a jury shall be
composed of intelligent men; but the
average jury, in criminal cases, is not
chosen for it's intelligence but of men
whom the attorneys think they can in
huence. We often see men on our
juries who can neither read or write;
men who are addicted to Incorporate
and immoral habits.
OF late days we hear of numerous
cases of tanpering with jurors until it
is now almost impossible to convict a
rich man of murder, it matters not
how plain and conclusive the evidence
NAV be,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Man With Financial Ability Has An
Advantage In Court.
Winston Sentinel.

Winston SentlneI.
The Gattis-Kilgo case was in the
courts about five years. 1t seems that
some method might be devised where
by litigation might be settled more
quickly The chance of prolonging a
trial in this way often works hard
ship to the side that is weaker fiDan-
cially We profess to know nothing
of the merits of the case in question,
but it does seem that the man with
the financial ability to carry on htiga-
ton indefinitely has too great an adj
vantage in the courts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
AREY CASE A REFRESHING DE-
PARTURE.

The determination of Judge Boyd to
of the internal revenue laws respecting
the manufacture and rectifying of Ii
quor, no matter what THEN wealth or
position in their communities may be,
is a healthy sign of honesty in high
place and will go far towards revivins
confidence in the integrity of the
courts. For years, it has been a re-
proach in North Carolina that in mat
ters affecting whiskey Irregularities, 1t
was the small moonshiner alone who
was punished in any way adequately
to his offense. The larger dealer both
on account of superior intelligence
and better advantages and opportunity
the greater criminal, was allowed to
pay fine and given an opportunity
between indictments to again de-
money to enable him to pay the bill
and earn a dividend for his trouble.
SO marked had these practices become
that when Judge Boyd some months
ago seriously considered sending Cas-
par the rich Winston diStiller, to Jail,
the defendants CONSERVATION was
more than equalled by the surprise
of his friends that he should be treated
in way so at variance with his dignity
as a man of wealth and influence.
Mr.. Yerkes let off Caspar, but the stir
that was created by that action placed
rl.,r
high revenue officials were afraid to
interfere.
The next man" happened to be d.
L. Arey. of Salisbury. a man who il
said to be worth 100000, all accumu
lated i'm the manufacture of liquor He
was charged with wholesale fraud in
operating a rectifying plant without
paying the tax and in shipping liquor
on which no tax had been paid. The
frauds extended over a considerable
period of time and there were numcr,
GUS witnesses summoned from this
and other States. The frauds were
fully proved and Judge Boyd an
nounced alternative sentences DIS fol-.
lows:
First: That the defendant might
confess judgment in, the sum of $24,-
00O, (the amount shown to have been
fraudulently withheld in taxes from
the government. be imprisoned foi
three months and pay a fine of 5000
and the costs of the action.
Or. second, to go to the Federal PEN
itentiary for two years and pay fine
of s.. 900 and the costs.
1t is of course probable that Arey
will take the first sentence outlined.
but it is refreshing to a degree to
know that the Judge put imprison-
ment in both sentences. That Is the
only way to reach the man who is a
prosperous criminal and the only
method which is at the disposal of the
authorities to prevent as we'll as
punish crime. The man who is put in
Jail as we'll as made to pay money
will hesitate long before he will re-
sumo his Illegal operations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
II Ought To BE stopped,
Lexington Dispatch.

Lexington Dispatch.
For making a slight pass at couple
of jurors in the GattisKilgo case
Judge Moore sentenced two men to
thirty days in Jail and also imposed q
fine of fifty dollars on each. rms
tampering with jurors is thing that
ought to be stopped and the courts
cannot be too severe on men who thus
attempt to defeat the ends of justice.
1t has gone far enough, and the judge
who hits hardest is to be the most
commended.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The people are beginning to demand
law or walk the plank. In a holly
contested election in Richmond, VIM.
II. Wyatt was nominated for constable
because as member of the police force
he was an honest and successful
raider of gambling dens. 1t is only
men of that stuff who ought to be
elected to public offices.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Will Be More Careful.
Winston Sentinel.

1t seems that the two Wake county
men will have to face an even more
serious charge after they have served
Their thirty days sentence in Jail. we
venture the prediction that people will
be a trifle more careful about speak
ing to Jurors in the future. This ts
one case where talk comes pretty
high.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Must There BE Other Resort?

Mt. Olive TrlDune.
With many more experiences similar
to that in Wake county during the
GattiS-Kilgo case the effectiveness OF
our boosted jury system will be de-
stroyed. and we will be compelled to
resort to other plans to carry out the
ends of justice in North Carolina. a
few more men like Editor JosephuS
Daniels would change the situation
very materially however.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The friendship of David for Jona-
than has wider currency than that
of Rogers and Sorrell for Kilgo, but
the feeling was reciprocal. The Wake
County case shows unselfish affection
in it's most self-sacrificing form. For
DR.. Kilgo says he doesn't even know
his friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
MORNING TONIC.
(Roanoke News.)

The man who considers himself a
nemesis, who treasures up a wrong,
who nurses an injury, who lets ignoble
hatreds tester in his heart, cannot be
a happy man. His. soul is like a
crouched tiger ready to spring upon
the victim of his wrath. Learn how to
forget.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Two Wilmington steamers loaded
down with Sunday school children,
ccllided while engaged in a race for
the city. The captains are now en-
gagged in a controversy as to who was
in fault. People generally will see lit
tie difference whichever boat may have
been technically guilty. Running risks
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Perhaps DR.. Kilgo and Mr.. Duke
can appreciate the feelings of the oc-
casional young woman who gets a let
just bloodied the carpet with his
brains because he despairs of the love
light in her eyes. Too great charm of
person is a dangerous thing; it goes
off" when least expected.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Who Is Safe When The Rich Can Buy
Up Juries?
Wilkesboro Chronicle.

WlIKeSDO1O CHIOnlCie'
Two prominent Republican poiu-
clans in Wake county have been sent
to Jail for contempt of court in OFFER
ing to bride some of the jury in the
Gattis- Kilgo case. if they would Just
help Kilgo out a little.' VINO Is sale
when the rich can buy up Jurles
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Both Defeat the Ends of Justice.

Durham Herald.
We do not believe that actually lam
pering with the jury has defeated the
ends of justice nearly SO o1ten as the
system that allows lawyers for the de-
fense to nick Jurors known by them to
be favorable to their client.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Who Did Get THE Men to Tamper
With The Jurors?
Chatham Record.

Without discussing the merits OF
this noted case we cannot refrain
from saying that the sympathy of this
community is largely with the plain
tiff. who many years ago was the pas
ol ,ha n,At.u,alst church at this
place and is pleasantly remembered
by our people
The sensational result of this trial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The Duplin. Journal, which knows
how to use an X-Ray. says the ma
tional platform of the new Radical
sheet to be started at Greensboro will
be PIE and its State platform will be
BOOZE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

with boat loads of children is a fault
in itself. 1t is gratifying to know that
i'm this instance the NOTWITHSTANDING
cost no lives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Mrs. Rogers, to have been executed
in Vermont today, has been reprieved.
There is widespread feeling that
skirts do not hang gracefully on a gal
lows
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The movement to establish perma-
nent ground for the annual cncamp-
ment of the State Guard will not only
tend to add to the efficiency of the
troops but will make Impossible
another such squabble as that of last
year between rival places desiring TO
secure theSvisit of the soldiers. AS
part of the National Organization and
subject to call by the Government, the
troops of the States are in very real
sense part of the defense service OF
the country and business methods
should obtain looking to their greater
efficiency and preparedness. per-
manent camp ground. visited year af-
ter year, would mean business rather
than a junket.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
STATE NEWS.

The trustees of Graham graded
scbool have elected Mr.. j. B. Robert
SON as superintendent of the graded
school The Burlington News says:
Mr.. Robertson is young man win
a bright future, earnest, conscientious
he will give the Graham school GOOD
service. This is quite a great honor
for Mr.. Robertson. We understand
the trustees had many of the state. S
best teachers to select from, ana yet
they gave the honor to this Alamance
young man. We congratulate the truss
tees upon their choice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The Burlington News says the
Methodists have decided to build a
new and modern church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Weldon will soon vote on a grade
school tax and it will vote right.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

While charging a soda fountain re-
tort in Beaufort "a negro boy got too
much pressure aboard and 1t burst,
breaking some ribs. his collar bone
and -Morehead Coaster.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
Divorced Couple Remarked.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro n. c., June 22.-Joseph
NJ. Clymor and Miss Emma Buchan-
an, who were divorced two years ago,
were married again tonight at the res
idence of the former wife, near the
city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Midshipman w. r. Smith. Jr., of re
Hartford, United States Navy, was
here this week on visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w r. Smith.-Weldon
News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Swansboro. N. c., June 22.-Mr
George w. Ward of Swansboro, died
suddenly on Coast Line train near
Charleston while on his way to
Florida.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

North Wilkesboro, N. c.. June %
Mr.. P. A. Jennings an employe at the
tannery of c. Smoot and Son met
with a terrible death while working
at the tannery a day or two since.
His body was found in one of the watts
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Mt. Olive, N. c., June 22-Marion,
the four ear-oId son of Mr.. John
Graft of Duplin county. was acct
IDENTIFY killed by his brother Major
while the two were handling gun.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Shelby, n. c., June ga Mr. Nor
rison, employed in the carding room
of the Lily Cotton Mill, got his hand
caught in some of the machinery, and
it was severely mashed. Drs. Mitchell
and Ellis amputated his arm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

The man who never told a lie is
an awful liar to say so.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

Lexington, N. c., June 22.-The rel
atives of negro named Charles Mock.
who was drowned in the Yadxin river
in the northern part of Davidson
county few days ago, are now alleg-
ing foul play Mock was with n
number of other negroes who say that
his death was due to cramp
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
OF Course somebody Was Back of II.

OF Course SOmeDOUN was H''SN Oh ~
Durham Herald.
If Rogers and Sorrell are guilty OF
course somebody was back OF 1t. but
if they are willing to suHer ana say
nothing we do not know what can be
done about it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23

into which he is supposed to have
slipped while at work, dying most mis-
erably.
The Washington times., 1905-07-14
FOUR KILLED IN
HEAD-0N CRASH
Local and Limited Trains Collide in
Illinois-Many Injured May
Die.

STEGER, Ill. July 14-Four persons
We're killed outright in a head-end col
Hsion at I o'clock today between the
Chicago limited on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad, due in Chica-
go at O'Clock, and local freight train.
Many others are regarded so seriously
injured that the physicians who has
tened TO the scene in anbulances from
Chicago Heights declared that they
would not live through the day.
The dead are:
James Lyke, Chicago, engineer Of the
local train, ieaped from his cab and
was Instantly killed as the crash came.
a. Gilmore, Chicago, engineer of the
limited, stayed at his throttle and was
killed
H. C. Epstein, Thorton. H., general
contractor for the Southern Indiana
railroad, died on the Platform OF the
station, where he was carried.
Unidentified man. about thirty-eight
years, dark complexion and hair, looks
like a foreigner. Was taken from the
train dead.
The tlimsy cars of the local collapsed
from the shock in great masses OF
wreckage.
Five bodies were dragged from the
ruins Of the other cars within twenty
minutes after the wreck and rescuers
discovered another body which they
! could not reach without the aid of ma
| chinery, 50 deeply was il buried in the
| debris.