The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-02

Mr.. Sticklev recapitulated Tic
names IF great numbers Of the lea"-
ing citizens Of North Carolina. aSk1n-
! for .bc pardon. saving that in the lis
I If over go there We're the names -
/ Ex-Governor .Aycuck. Lieutenant-Gc.-
I ernor Winston. eX-LieutenaHt- Govern
or Turner. Col \. r. Andrews ne
! others. among them being two eX-JGa-
i tees Of tho Supreme Court. seven eN-
! Judges Of the Superior court, three
/ solicitors. twelve editors of tWeiNt
I leading North Carolina PAPER eleven
presidents az banks. fourteen caSnl"ft,
! Of banks. eight Y Of large NOrin
Carolina cities. twelve Superior Court
| clerks. twelve sheriffs, eight Regis "s
Of Deeds. nine members of the Leg,
! stature of 1905. eighteen presidents
| Of cotton mills, six SuperintendentS o,
public instruction, ten ministers -
the gospel. and one hundred and TOR
" lawyers. the other names on n"
list being those Of prominent mei-
chants, physicians, mechanics anG
men :of almost every calling. To theS
ne added an affidavit from citizens SET
ting forth the good character Of An
/ ME White up to the time OF RussciI
Sherril1's death. and = letter from
Congressman Carter Glass, of Virgin
in asking the Governors mercy IN toe
case.
Mr.. Stickley paid a tribute to tn
| protection of chastity of women.
though the jury had said that til
Whites went too far, but that the!
had been punished. He related the
| events Of the receiving Of the no.
from their sister telling Of Their
uiece's ruin. of their visit to her. -
! the early morning at ItuSSell Shcfllli :
home. whore, declared Mr.. Stici!oN.
! sheriff. had added insult and pro-
vokcd them beyond endurance by san
ing that he was not the FIRST. ~
dwclt upon the punishment Of GO
| days already spent in prison in stripes
that {; longer term would not huniil"
late more, that he had lately seen I'D
talked with Chalmers hite. and thal
his suffering is great. Pubic justice
he held to be satisfied by the punish
ment that bad been inflicted, THAI tuo
White family had suffered enough.
Against Any Pardon.
Mr.. r. G. Linn, Of Salisbury. spoke
in opposition II the pardon. soy-n2
that he repre- -ented the family "
Russell Sheriff. / family as pure, 9
High toned and as honorable as cv7
5Teathed. the mother, the widow Of !,
! gallant Confederate soldier. Llt9
Sheriff.. He said also that he though
he represented the law abiding cit
zens Of North Carolina. who desir.
to see the law upheid. and that II
came with no malice. that Wnen tn
trial had ended he had hoped it WA
ali over. but hat it had been han.
mcred and pressed since.
Tie asked that the evidence in tht
ease be read and that in this it Woul6
be seen that Itussess Sheriff. had no.
in one word admitted his guilt, Dui
that he denied il n stood ready e
prove It if time had been given. thai
because of financial and political IN
flGence the case for Sheriff. was no,
known to the people, and the paper
had never published it, that in the
evidence it would be seen that Sherrll
Vas shot down in his mothers arms
while She was pleading that he be
spared: but that one Of the Whites ii
front. another behind had shot hin,
down. and had left the mother wal
lowing in the blood of her son. He
insisted that 50 powerful was the in
fluCnce back of h Whites that the
state had never been able to get it,
! evidence before the public through the
papers.
Of Russell Sheriff. he declerd tina.
their Was no Drawer or more chiyal-
| Gus man than the boy. younger by a
year than the woman he is claimed tC
| have seduced, but tina be would say
nothing of the woman who has suffer-
ed in the matter. She was not intro
1uced rs Il witness by the State though
two c~ontinuances had been granted OF
~attiiayits that she was a material wit
ness, and Vet when the trial came
though she was in the office of counsel
she was not Dut on the stand. HI had
heard counsel in court and b. innuen-
do in the petition give mat
ters against Russell sheriff.
which he rose to defend. that
he wanted to wnoW why people
- soon forgot the poor fellow shot
down and murdered. That he had ex-
pected that Mr. Sticky would urge
some reason for q pardon, that il was
shown By the supreme SQUIRT that the
| Whites are guilty. that the punishment
OF SIN wears in the prison was not eX-
fessfEe that as to present mitigating
circumstances he is informed that the
Whites are in better health than a
year ago: and that the only plea was
ma OF other men in person. Just to
let them out. and that the same reason
could be urged for all prisoners.
He expressed little faith in petitions
md said the men who had signed the
pftuon for pardon We're not respon-
slb!e 10 the people for the enforce
meht OF law. nat While he would in
pity 90 al he could to alleviate the
'uIIerlngs OF the wives Of the Whites
att 'lI TIE men show pity u Russ;
Sheriff. and his mother. ana IN.
Nhiie rs would 90 as far as possibi
to protect the chastity Of Women
HaFlhS done 50 he would not <, ut
tie court room and plead self defense
that tho Whites were able to 49,
an. ne and carry off Russell Shcrri
vet before u jury, they had plcal
self defense.
lie declared he had no petition -
"ltcr, but that the people of his cou,:-
y leIt tndt II the case is acted on th9t
ne ~eNidcHc" should be read. that n
! petition II the Governor t. cnfor,r
nc laws Would not be treating MN
right. that With possible two exceD-
IONS al the people Of Rowan are on
! IeN~tfl / % q op1,rA L - -
crimes in North Carolina have mae
IL q piot aud 4 shame. that cr1rl. :s:ti
mob rule came because laws ara not
enforced. and thai North CaroIin +,
stood with the greatest humble, o.
crimes, possibly excepting Georgia.
because laws are nor anforcel -
people nave no respect for then: !
the whites are released he held It
: would lnaugurate d flood of crime, az