The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-08-24
THOSE PROOFS.

=" many rumors, it may seem u,
necessary to refer further to n,
subject except that careful anal,
Hls ot the published statements q
Judge, district attorney and other
Q" the subject, evidently appro,
"a ny Mr.. Sanders, afford proc
"t several discrepancies that sc,i
"ns'y discred,t his fairness. iudg
ment ard discretion.
~" date Of Father Ioltgr.ve',
"tter to b'm is not stated. Pre-
s"mab'y II vas early in July, ~
'hs Arcbbishop's letter exculra
tory IT Sanders, is dated July 20
icf, the statement Of Judge
Allen il dated June 3, and its A..
companying letter bears excuses
tor delay, showing that MIR. san
ders was collecting this data az
early as May, and it looks AZ f
the !oligreve letter was made
the excuse and not the cause Of
exploitation IN the newspapers.
The value Of ex.pa,te state
menfs il always 10 be discounted.
since they are subject TO neither
contradiction c nor cross s-examiua
ton and studiedIy present ono
side at its best Consequently
Mr. Sanders error in becoming a
fugitive from justice il attributed
by Judge Allen and others to his
being an orphan boy, about seven
teen years Of age, and badly nd
vised. The facts seem to be that
Mr.. Sanders was born Jan. 80.
1869 and ut the time of the shoot
ing, Dec. 1G, 1883, lacked only I3
days Of being twenty years old. lie
was on the plantation Of his uncle.
Dr. Henry j. Sanders, and sur
rounded on all sides by the in
Sanders family Of st.
Mary. Not once, but several times
ls his age given as II. Surely, Mr.
sanders knew his own age, aud in
20 labored a production
~ these proofs for the press, this
'erious and misIcs ding conception
~ TO his age must have struck
lin Or does he suffer lapse Of
nelnory, similar to that which iu-
luced him to say that he did no |,
estify in his own behalf because
he law dId not permit defendants
D do 40, although an act had been !.
'assed three years previous to his /,
rouble, enabling Such testimony?
'his error was so obvious to every {
ersOn informed about the law,
hat Mr.. Sanders has since cor
ected his statement, but the one
bout his age still stands without Il
Drrection or explanation. The 9
remains that he was !. :
'ere boy, alone, frlendless and ill., 4
[lvised. ~
He dad not return for trial till y
eptember Of the following year.
Thy not! He left only till court +
ct again. Are we to iufer that ST \,
ary had no tei ms Of court IN the
eanwhllee- ee--alth0ugh the law pro
des fcur-aw aiting Mr.. Sanders
returni Hardly. His conduct
inexplicahlo considering that he
~ only defending himself from a '"
nrderOus assault. !"
Far bg it from our motive to IN 10
luate that Mr.. Sanders war any u
Dre guilty than the couit found ="
lD. but there are elements
incongruity about his elaborate W
oofs and certain evidences Of "
on his part that y"
mot fail to impress the careful ~
sder. ="
He shows more OF the lawyer s''
N the merely slandered man, va
d yet less skill in preparing his W
Tense than one would expect In "s
aywe- Of his reputation. ="
Query: IL it not possible that ."1 49,
I. Sanders ability has been oe
'atly Over-rared, and the rash I'M
N OF the boy Of twenty has me
been OutgrOwn in the years hO
ich have since elapseds 1t m,
ks that way.
low will he be able, as gov 81,
or, to pass upon the record
other criminal cases brought ~
ore him when he 70 bungllng. 50
the RECITATION of the tov
'rges against him, failing to pres Ma
the data fairly and correctlyi -.
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