The news & observer., 1905-12-12
CHRISTMAS GOOD
TO REVENUE MEN
May Save Their ScaIps
at Charlotte.
INCREASE OF CRIME
Attributed by Judge Ward at Greens
boro to Increased Publicity of
Every Defense. Detection Hay-
ing Fine Effect. Bird Hunt.
ina at its Height.
Especial to News and observer,)


Greensboro, n c., Dec. 11.-United
States District Judge Boyd, Marshall
]. NJ. Millikan and two deputies, left
today for Charlotte where the regu-
lar December term of Federal court
opens tomorrow. 1t is not thought any
of the big revenue cases will be tried
there at this term as Christmas would
interfere with their completion. Be
sides this, a special Federal court term
is due here again January 2nd when
the long trials of revenue officers, in
dicted for alleged frauds against the
government. will begin again.
Handed it Out to Them.
Judge Ward opened a two weeks
term of Superior court for the trial
of criminal cases promptly at ten
o'clock this morning. MIR. Il. A. Gud-
ger. Of jamestown. was selected as
foreman of the grand jury. The
court house was full of people when
Judge Ward was giving his charge
to the grand jury. 1t was compre-
hensive and highly instructive. Speak
ing of the reported increase of crime
he said that it was because of the in
creased publicity of every offense, that
made it appear so: that a calculation
made from criminal records of the
past two years in North Carolina con-
vinced him that while crime abounded.
it's more certain detection and surer
punishment was having d fine effect.
1t all showed an awakened healthful
ness of public opinion. He said that
his computation OF violators of the law
as compared with the population,
made splendid showing, as it showed
that ninety-flve people out of every
hundred in North Carolina were OBJ
serving the laws and behaving them
selves, and that only five per cent were
doing ali the crime. Speaking Of "'0
lations of liquor laws, he said that
while he had his own peculiar views
about such legislation and individual
members of the jury likewise had
theirs, opinions as to the proper man
ner of regulating the liquor traffic
had no place in the court house. tn"
only matter for our consideration is
what the law is; what the Legislature
has said about it, and whether citi-
zen has violated the law, knowingly
and Wilfully.s Ny experience with this
class of offenders has convinced me
that when a man makes up his mind
that law or no law, I'm going to sell
liquor, there is no hope of reforming
him by temporiZing with him, for he
is beyond reformation by moral sua-
have tried all manner of ways of deal
ing with this class of law breakers
and my experience is that they are
beyond the pale of reclamation in
most cases. and that nothing but the
heavy hand of the law will do for
them.' He charged on the law of man
slaughter. murder, mentioning muir
der by poison, the offence of libel by
newspapers. burglary and the
slaughter of women.
Speaking of the most "heinous of
all crimes he cautioned the grand
jury if any such cases came before
them to weigh we'll the evidence. FOR
the crime of rape is the easiest offence
charged and the hardest to disprove
in all the catalogue of crimes
''Dopy Doctors Doom
1t is generally understood that if
a true bill for murder is found against
DR.. j. B. Mathews, it will not be tried
this term. His lawyers will ask Tor
Il continuance on the ground that they
wifi be unable to get their witnesses
here. This. -DreSSageS the defense Of
insanity. as Mathews is said To have
attempted suicide while studying ned
icine at Richmond. and has dcre
many insane things in Pittsboro, Dur
ham, Fairvew and other places. It is
supposed witnesses will be summoned
from all those places. one result of
the trial at least will be to have a law
prohibiting physicians or medical
students who become temporarily in
sane from natural or artificial causes
from practicing medicine, and there
will be q general wedding out Of dope
fiends from jeopardizing the public
health and patients lives BY reel less
or malicious use of drugs.
Investigating Committee.
Hon. Wescott Robertson, of High
Point, member of the Legislature from
Guilford, is attending court. Next
Monday he will go to Raleigh as 2
member of a special Legislative COM
mittee to examine and audit the rec,
ords and accounts of the state Treas
ury and the State Insurance Depart
ments. This special committee APP
pointed by the last Legislature is con-
stituted as follows: Senators Harry
StGbbs, of Martin, and Charles \.
Webb, of Buncombe; Representatives