Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-14

odd place to which to send Kcntucky's
celebrated case for trial. Judge Har.
gis and his counsel. however, profess
to be very well pleased with the new
venue; mex, to being tried among his
friends and ncighbors he would like
to be tried in this inaccessible noun.
tnin village. Kentucky, taking into
consideration the famous fcudist's
OutspOken satisfaction. hints broadly
that political influence had something
to do with the choice of this remote
seat OF justice. II is pointed out
that the lIargises have powerful re-
lutlves In Elliott County, and family
feeling in the Kentucky mountains
has something of the Corsican intcn-
sity. Moreover, Judge Redwine. of
Elliott is brother of Judge Red
wine, of Breathitt elected by the
lIargis tribe.
but We here In Virginia have
nothing to do with this idle gossip
about these suspicious condolences.
We are interested solely in Sandy
Hook, plastcred on It's lonely noun.
tainside twenty-eight miles by mule.
back from the nearest railway, as the
ideal home of justice. Special Judge
Carnes, sitting amid soldiery at Jack.
son In Bloody Breathitt," had invit.
ed the counsel for tho state and the
defence to agree upon n new venue
The state offered any one of ninety
counties, the defence chung to two,
and there was no agreement; SO the
special judge named Elliott. He
wanted county In the noun
tains, 'where the feudal condi
tons that obtain here lin BreathitD
guarantee fair hearing" In the
blue grass region OF Kentucky there
might he prejudice against the fcuds
of Breathitt. There would be scant
sympathy here In Virginia, for In
stance, with the "feudal" idea that
YOU may shoot in the dark any one
belonging to n rival family, clan or
faction. The interests of Justice re.
quire trial in the most sympathetic
atmosphere!
Then, too, as the special Judge said,
Elliott County is inaccessible to
newspapers. The people of that coun.
ty don't read much" There, of
course, is the ideal condition. we
all know how difficult it is in New
York 10 obtain jury in the trial of
n celebrated case who have not read
anything about II in the newspapers;
to find the ideal degree OF ignorance
it must be advantageous to have at
hand some Sandy Hook, twenty-eight
miles by muleback, at an angle of
40 degrees to the horizon, inaccessible
to the newspapers, where the people
don't read much
Judge Hargis is especially pleased
with this feature of Sandy Hook
Jackson has always been inaccessible
to the newspapers. When correspon-
dents entered Bloody Breathitt dis
interested persons met them at the
railway station and warned them
that there were more healthful parts
of the state. Even to this day COR
respondents enjoy leaving Breathitt
with their skins whole. One of them.
writing to THE Louisville Courier.
journal" regarding the change of
venue. fires this Parthian shot at
jackson.
THE train carrying the troops, law.
yers and correspondents pulled out
for locality where man can
breathe more freely and not have to
Jump ten feet when he hears a foot.
step behind him."
Special Judge Carnes. too, is glad
to get away. He says mo more
jackson for me-" He has sat in Jack.
son twice. The first time. as we
nave seen. he thought the interests
OF justice demanded that Hargis
man should choose the Jury from
among the pistol toting bystanders
and this time he thought the same in.
terests demanded trial under like
fe"dal conditions"--but he won't be
there.
feudai Jackson resents these in.
cnrsions of foreign judges with their
soiuiery' Judge Riddel. who presides
over that circuit, has this TO say.
oarhes came into my courtroom at
the head of his troops. took me pris.
oher' searched ME and ignored me al.
together, You can say for me that
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