The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-26

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something that Mr.. WIItdnis 10 not
Possessed of. tor M. " .--.~l-iis5 l'tlhi>s
too nuch OF his character not to rSe-
kpect strictly q man for trying 20 get
uay for building tnat A4lab llnLen1 d-s-
tll1ery.
ll.4t Kind of appeal to prci.d!ce
does not SO In these days. the day i.us
come Wnrn orlIb4na.s OF algh cnard~-
ter are being tried ana convicted ali
over inns country from q united
States senator now on trial. on down
the line. IN an these cases you near
the crying OF persecution. Wien a
little moonshiner is beng tried. you
hear nothing about the strong hdlaed
oppression of the government or the
rc .entleSsnes.s OF the District Attor-
ney. You only hear it When an officer
! taxes these periIs in front OF .Iiri. and
dlsl egntdinF and ScOrning them pro-
ceeas to do his duty with all his might,
whether the accused be prominent or
obscure, rich or poor. mighty or lit
tie in his influence, wealth or POSI-
ton. Referring to attacks made OH the
evidence OF j. Will Jones, the speaker
said with all efforts to break him
uown and destroy mis- character no
man had disputed his declaration that
| Williams attempted to bride him. All
they do is to try to show that aftar
two or three years, Jones cut of
I four or five trips there from May to
July, may have mistaken the date of
one of them, when the data is of no
consequence at all. The strongest
proof of the verify of Jones evidence
are the developments in this case,
! showin~ that for wears, this distillerY
has proceeded step by step in viola
/ ton of law, and never an irreGularitY
or violation. until one unpurehasable
! officer N the person of Jones struck
| that trail and 10 and behold the ex
posture which has followed. Mr.. Cans
! Ter was correct when he said if Will
J lians and Kennedy wore guilty those
/ storekeepers and government officers
were ten-fo.d more guilty. But he
| placed himself in an awkward pfedtc~
ament in giving you that infornla-
/ ton. for he also explained to you.
/ why it was every one of them came
/ forward here and gave evidence for
| the men who owned them body ANA
I soul. Being ten times more guilty
I than Williams and Kennedy. it was
! ten times more important to them to
| testify than for Williams and Ken
nedy.
/ They if you notice. andAnot the en-
! playes of the company, not, the pro-
nrietors have been the star witnesses
/ here.
Why. even had they put their man
Yates first on the stand they would
have shortened this case ten days
They have proved by their own wit
ness that dstiller could destroy or
reduce the production power of their
beer in the wink of an eye. but you
could not create or increase and yet
they base Their whole assault on Col.
Chapman as honorable a man as lives,
and those experts under his charge
who visited the distillery, and tested
it's capacity of production for an al
legged criminal and artificial increase
of it's volume.
Concerning the sale of the distili-
lery to Kennedy, the speaker said the
entry on the books of the corporation
said that the "plan to sell the distil-
ery to Kennedy which had been
previously discussed and actually
deferred and Mr.. Williams now being
sick and unable to be present, but be-
ing represented by Mr.. Stephenson.
it was declared adopted.
What plan" he asked, and added:
Nov wasn't that a remarkably sig
nificant suggestion ~ Now they say
Mr.. Williams as--reparng to meet
his maker when the books themselves
show that the plans had been dis
cussed in his presence at a previous
meeting.
He then discussed the reasonable
, ness of employing Yates by Kennedy
at ten dollars a month, while he was
in the employ of the Old Nick Com
pany at $32 a month at the same time
if the contention of the government
that the distillery and the rectifying
plant were one and the same thing
was admitted.
At five o'clock Holton having just
concluded his powerful presentation
of the governments case, court was
adjourned until Monday when Judge
Boyd will deliver his charge to the
jury.
HOT STUFF TO THE VERY DREGS.