The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-11
HENDERSON HEARING

Make a Statement to the Public "a
TO what nc Thinks of His Prosccn-
tion-NfI Talk if he Has to Take
the Stand-ExpccfS to be Discbarg-
Coming to Raleigh Monday With
Uncle and Attorncy-Tcstimony OF
Witnesses at the Hearing Held in
Henderson on Friday, at which DR..
Rowland Was Acquitted of the
Charge of Numbering His Own son.
BY EDWARD l.. CONN.
DR.. D.. 5. Rowland, charged with
the murder Of the late Charles r.
Strange, an engineer on the SeabOard
Air Line Railway, was brought to Pal
eigh yesterday morning from Hen
derson, where the charge against him
of the murder of his son was dis
missed Friday, and he vas placed in
Wake county jail to await Il prelimi-
hearing in his case, which Will be
held next Wednesday before Justice
Of the Peace Charles Separk. The
prisoner was not h~andcuffed, and was
allowed the freedom Of shaking hands
with his friends He received many
congratulations upon the result of the
hearing at Henderson and spoke
cheerfully to all who greeted him..
DR.. R~oWland's vito, WidoW OF the
late Engineer Strange, who is charged
witt being an accessory before the
fact of the alleged murder of her hus-
band, did not come With DR.. Rowland.
She is ut the home Of Mr.. David II.
Gill, an uncle of DE-. Rowland. who
resides near Henderson and expects to
come 10 Raleigh Monday mOrnIng ac-
compounded, it is stated, by Mr.. Gill
and Mir. T. T. Hicks. one of her at
torneys. She did not attend the hear
ing in the child case Friday. 1t was
learned last night that the report o.
DR.. w. y. Syme, the expert chemist,
who is making the chemical analysis
of the yiscera ennOVc from the dead
body, Will not be ready Monday, and
this fact may cause Mrs. Rowland not
to come to Raleigh Monday.
DR.. Rowland stated yesterday that
he was confident the charge against
him would be dismissed. He was aiken
from the Vance county Jail yester-
day morning and brought to Raleigh,
arriving here at 1915 o'clock. He
was taken Immediately to the Wake
county jail.
DR.. Rowland was in custody of Dep
uty Sheriff Oscar =. Faulkner, Of
Vance county, and was permitted to
move among the thronG OF friends and
the curious a the Henderson de-
pot at viii; and as the train pulled
out of Henderson DR.. Rowland took
one seattle one in the extreme rear
end of the fiTst-clasS passenger car
and Mr.. Faulkner took mother The
prisoncr-physician talked to his
friends at VIII, and was not bothered
by the officer. lie Is a versatile con-
versationalist, his range OF discourse
being broad. and yesterday he was
bot. interesting and entertain
ing. He spoke freely upon many topics.
Interview With Rowland.
Asked if he had anything to 50,
about his case. DR.. Rowland stated
that his case was in the hands of his
attorneys. and that he was doing his
business entirely through his lawyers.
He said he had not made any state
ment for publication. although. he
said, he had been criticized with ev-
cry crime committed since the cruci-
fxion. DIR. Rowland said he would
rather that all men would believe
kindly of him. but that if they won't
he can't help it.
QJtStIoilttl GN 10 NIttNtI He re-
garded his prosecution in Henderson,
which had been started by the rela-
tives of his former wife, as a persesu-
ton. Or. Rowland replied: Il have
kept my own feelings in the matter to
myself so far, and have let the people
think what thev Will. If it ecOmea
necessary 7 will make Il statement
upon the witness stand. and if I don't
make a statement there l shall have
nothing to say about that until after
The end Of tlp case RIIt II SpDr1c +ho,
the demonstration in the Henderson
court room ought to show what the
best people Of Henderson and of
Vance county think about it, and /
viii abide by that"
DIR. Rowland. in speaking of the de-
monstratiOn, had reference to the
touching scene in the room at the
conclusion of the preliminary hearing
before three magistrates in Hender-
son Friday. when he was released
from custody and the awful incubus
of the charge OF the murder of his
beautiful son was lifted from him.
Then scores of people. many yin
aloud, DR.. Rowland himself sobbing.
rushed to the liberated prisoner ana
almost crushed him in their JOY at his
discharge.
Dr. Rowland declared tha. the peo-
pie who rushed to grasp mis- hand
upon the announcement of the magis-
trates' verdict Friday afternoon,
were NOT That mouthy set who came
t. q show down and couldn't show. i
don't know he said blu Tn told
that never before was there such Il
demonstration in that court house.
and the best poole OF a county don't
rush to a man that way for nothing.
If it had been the other side | would
not have noticed it, / on't want any
encomiums from that side"
The other side IS Indefinite, but
That DR.. Rowland has it in mind
may be gathered from his declara-