Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-27
FELONY CHARGE
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Tell me what lie it is that you
claim mat Biggs had told you.
When I asked him that morning
in the court room To not give the
names OF the parties that were tried
to the editor of his paper for pubh-
cation he said. well. ssr. l viii cut
out the names, or strike out the
names.
As a matter OF fact did he give
the names for publications.
MIR. Biggs in his testimony has
onlsworn that he made you no such
promise. II YOU have any reasons
FOR stating his oath is not assood
as yours on this point. give them TO
me.
Question objected to. Objection
sustained and not answered.
MIR. Newkirk. YOU had no other
reason in the world for hitting
young Biggs than the reasons that
.yos have given, that is. that he dis
puted your word?
Question objected to and sustained
Not answered.
Have you any further reasons to
give for hitting young Biggs than
the reasons YOU have given?
No. sir; what | have told you are
plain facts.
Mr.. Newkirk. will you now please
state what YOU had to do with what
was or what was not published In
the Daily LEADER
have nothing whatever TO do
with what is published in that pa
per. | simply made a request to the
reporter in friendly manner for
the protection OF the people who
were tried and fined in the court
house.
Then you do not pretend that you
had any authority whatever to either
request or to demand OF young
Biggs that he should not publish the
names OF parties who appeared be-
fore the police court. do you?
have never made any demands
OF them?
l am not playing on the word
demand" II you pretend to have
any authority to make the request
that these things be not published,
where did you get this authority?
was under the impression that +
had a right to make a request OF
the gentleman.
Were You also under the impress
sion that you had right to beat
him II he did not comply with your
request?
Not answered. Objected to and
objection sustained.
You say that you were under the
impression that you had the right to
make this request, what did you
think this right was based on2
Common sense and reason.
Then you thought that common
sense and season gave G. II. New
kirk, either individually, or as chief
of police of the city OF Blueheld, au-
thority to make a request OF the
Daily Leader what they should pub
fish In their paper in regard to the
police court proceedings, and have
that request respected. did you?
have not made any such request
OF the Leader.
am not playing on words, ?
mean the reporters OF the Leader
Now, with this explanation, please
answer this question?
I did not make the request Of the
reporter
Then did you think you had a
right to have this respected7
Not answered. Objected to and
objection sustained.
II you didn't think this. what
right had you to approach young
Biggs and call him to account for
falling to respect your request?
Not answered objected to and
objection sustained
Mr.. Newkirk, you didn't have any
right whatever TO make any such
request, did you?
Not answered Objected 10 and
sustained
Mr.. Newkirk. did on consider that
you, as chief Of police Of the city OF
Bluefeld had any right, either legal
ly, morally, or otherwise 20 approach
young Biggs as a reporter OF the
Daily Leader and make the request
Of him Of which you have testified ?
did not approach Mr.. Biggs in