The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-04

the Gambler. that the victim ns has
reecel viii be ashamed 10 isat -
vino carries concealed weapons that
lit will not be found out. and the as
.sae-fr -tabe i'm the DARK that ~ aHe
may discover VINO cnmH1i--ea tl1"
.erlme-and 50 1T runs through the
whole list.
when those Echo would violate the
law shall De taugh- thai 80 J2t- e"Ah-
trv ,ha law is not sho~n # it
.-rTangth. that there is still sufficient
virtue in the citizenship - BRING the
guilty to trial and Judgment. then.
land not until then. VIII life ana prop
terty b secure.
Ny attention has been called by the
public pres. 10 two crimes commit
ted IN this county. which shocked the
ipubIic mind. Ia one instance II i
that after a citizen had retired
for the night and was unconscious and
hclpless from sleep. his home was
Ihrokcn into. and hr and several meIn-
iberS Of his family murdered. and an
lattempt made TO bum his dwelling and
thus cover up the crime. II was the
Iduty of the citizens TO aid the officers
Of the law in bringing the gulilE
PARTIES to justice. The Constitution
lama laws Of the State provide now they
should be tried. and if foEnd guIit%
tine law attaches the death penalty L.
the crime. Certain parties were ac-
ifIl-fI OF inc tlilllt' EDIL4' VI - -.
Ietnl awaiting trial. The Constitution
gave to all charged with the CRIME,
he right to be Informed of the &C
tcusatioa against them. to confront
their accusers and witnesses with
other testimony, to have c3ulseI LOT
their defence and not be competed
to give evidence against themselves TO
have a Jury of good and lawful men
in the court to pass upon their 8uIlI
or innocence. In obedience to the
command Of the law, they had been
arrested. disarmed and imprisoned
Tho law had placed them in q posi-
ton from which they could not flee,
in a condition in which they could not
defend themselves. The privilege OF
the wild animal, the right of the worm
had been taken from them, by the
officers. clothed with OF law.
Every voter in North Carolina had I'd
ken the oath that he would support
and maintain the Constitution and
laws Of North Carolina. The pledge
for their protection was as sacred as
the pledge made by the signers Of the
M~ccklenburg or Philadelphia l)eclafa-
ton Of independence. The whole pow
er of the State stood pledged for their
protection.
The Legislature had declared that
= conspiracy to break q jail for tins
zoe of killing or ~injuring any pflS-
oner confined therein was q felony
The law made it the duty OF the OF
fcCrS and every man present. 10 sup
press any who might, in q rlotOuS duG
Violent manner. attempt to break II
Jail and injure the prisoners. II those
attempting to break the jail and thus
commit a felony, had been Killed III
the necessary defence of the prison.
ers, or necessarily in an effort to ar
rest the rioters. it would have been
5pSt any Of his assistants had been
killed, the killing would have been
murder i'll all the participants. Could
there be a trOnger protection? Yet
there Was-there was a military COM
pany armed and under orders Of the
sheriff. Yet with all this, my lnfor-
nation through the public press IS
that the jail was broken into, three OF
the prisoners taken therefrOm, and
without trial, contrary to law, and in
violation of the Constitution, put to
death in such a brutal name that #
it had been done pursuant to the
Judgment of a court. and III accord
ance with the law of any nation on
earth, such nation would be denied
treaty relation with the civilized world.
Not only the parties Who did. the kill
ing. but every one who aided ana
abetted are guilty Of murder in the first
degree.
The excuse for not shooting down
the mob and protecting the prisoners
is tina the laW-abiding citizens were
so mixed with the mob tina to shoot
would endanger the lives of the inno-
cent.
If such is the fact, and those who
mixed with the crowd We're not IL
sympathy With the rioters. it can be
asCertained who they were. If those
who go under cover of darkness. anG
murder their victims without being
seen or heard can be aSccrtained, and
their guilt established by proof, will
mot tho -, y;niI,,oc y-l,nr tho ri
derers Of the prisoners assemble under
electric lights, fire guns and pistols,
use dynamite, break jails, carry their
victims for a mile. and in the presence
of a multitude put to death their help
less Eictims-ascertain who are the
guilty parties. Those who committed
that high crime calculated before
that they would not be pre-
vented or punished. They calculated
first, on what they believed to be a
They calculated on the timidity and
~passivenesS of the laW-abiding citizen
n their own vicious courage. They
calculated on the perjudy of witnesses
and corruption of juries. and timidity
Of courts. Whatever may be the con-
ditionsin other sections of the state, the
time is now here for the laW-abidinE
citizens Of Rowan county to array
themselves on the side of law and or
der. and aid the officers of the law,
ana the Coul Is III bringing d1l the gull
ty parties to trial and punishment
Christian civilization awaits with hope
full anxiety that You will bring the
guilty to trial and punishment, rathe
t2an to ALLOW the stain to be on your
fair county, that a few scattering i'm
beetles II insane, led by an e~X-Convict.
broke down your jail in the presence
OF your citizens and officers of the law
and. murdered your prisoners With a
hlgh and bloody hand.
| do not concede that the offence OF
the guilty parties is any greater be-
cause a Judge was here and the pris-
OnerS We're TO be put on trial. The
majesty Of the law is as much repre-
scented in the 'humbleSt constable il
the state, yea even in the humblest
private citizen who is acting in Obedi-
enCe to the of the law. as III
the Chief Justice or Governor. If YOU
VIII stop murder by mob violence. VOC
VIII nave to bring those who commit
1t to trial and judgment. | heartily
concur With the Governor in his order
to the military which he commands, to