The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-10
"sIT FOR MONTHS IF, NECES-
sARY," PENDLETON'S IN
STROCTIONs TO GRAND
.s.,. JURY.
VIGOROUS ACTION AGAINST RIOT.
-, ERS.
KNOWN to the Law aud the Guilty
Must Be Brought 10 Punishment.

"There Is no crime known To law equal In
turpitude to rape" declared Judge John T.
Pendleton. of Fulton county, in bis charge to
! the grand jury this morning. "Murder and
treason are not half 80 dem moralizing as this
orime, and 1t ia your duty to bring every en-
ergy to bear to punish the guilty and protect
the innocent"
The occasion OF Jugde Peudleton's second
charge 10 the grand jury was the startling
| number OF assaults and attempted assaults
on white women by negroes during the past
| few weeks and the tragic animation in
bloody riot last Saturday night. I
Judge Pendleton's charge In part wGs as
follows:
1.-Two sad pictures have been with asaed In
this city during the past few days. One ia q
picture OF white womeu engaged In the per-
| forma nee OF their domestic duties, surround
ed by their families and living in peace and
happip ess, attack ed and assaulted and we'll
nigh beaten TO death by black bruies al
tempting to satisfy their lust. That IL a sad
picture.
sThe other is a com pan,on picture. A
age. great In every thing that goes TO make up
4 great city, witnesses awess mob In It's
streets. seeking and numbering innocent peo-
pie. That also is sad picture.
disorders. 1t has been charged that many
assaults with intent TO rape have been made.
There Ia no crime known TO law equal In
not half so demorallzIng and It is your duty
to punish the guilty and protect the inno-
cent.
Quick PanIshment
"Punishment serves two purposes-to mako
the guilty suffer, and 10 proteot the innocent
/ by preventing q repetition OF crime.
This clty last Saturday night was the
scene OF q reckless and lawless mob that dia.
graces the whole com munity. II diRgraces
you, IL disgraces the court, and whosoever
duty II was to enforce the law 10 disgraced be-
fore the civilized world.
| "a mob in its first analysis Is anarchy, IL fs
always anarchy. II has been said that under
certain conditions mob law is justin It
Ia never justidable under any conditions lor
1t is never founded upon correct principles
mob had no more regard for the virtue and
protection OF white women than you had and
you were not In 1t. refuse to believe that
in their duty, have been dereliot in bunting
| down and pupishipg the criminal and that q
mob had to discharge that duty for them.
"AssauIts are the occasion and not the e
| cause Of mobs. Mobs DO not act from noble
sentiment 10 protect, but from desire TO de-
stroy and wreak vengence on whom they
please.
City on Trial.
"This city is on Trial before the world, and
your safeiy and the safely ofthis city depends
upon the result. 1t Is your duty to proclaim
that such q scene will never again be witness
! ed and that the guilty shall be punished.
at is your duty to Investigate this matter
thoroughly. II is your duty to be In session
| for weeks and q month II necessary. Do not
be satisfied with the examination OF one or Q
haifdozen witnesses that some officer may
bring ip unless you are thoroughly con nvipced
Of the course you should take. 1fa hali-doz-
en- witnesses will not suffice. perhaps a hum
dred will, but thorough and complete in
| vestigation is absolutely necessary.
"Tuere is no favoritism In the grand jury
box, report auy person guilty Of violating
la W and 10 your duty regardless OF consequen-
ces AID let It strike where It WILL"