The Elbert County tribune., 1910-06-10

| ors Of the two Carolinas. It has been
( said that neither of them dares press
the matter of arrest. but / am here in
1 Gov Osborne's behalf to give the lie
to that imputation. Gov. Osborne has
been viciously maligned Suppose all
| these people were arrested in Mingo
| county under these indictments, what
would be the result-trial and acouit.
| tal?"
Just that, In spite of any effort
made to convict them"
well, Gov Osborne is tired of this
business and wants the Appleweight
scandal disposed CT once and for all"
That's strange" remarked Haber-
sham, clearly surprised at Griswolds
vigorous tone. 81 called on the gov
ernor in his office at Columbia only
ten days ago, and he put me on. He
said he had to prepare an address to
deliver before the South Carolina
Political Reform Association, and he
couldn't take up the Appleweight
case; and / called on Bosworth, the
attorney general. and he grew furious
ly angry. and said was guilty of the
brought those men to book long ago.
When / suggested that he connive
with the governor toward removing
our sheriff, he declared that the gov
ernor was a coward. He seemed anx-
ious to put the governor in a hole.
though why he should take that atti-
tude | can't make out. as it has been
generally understood that Gov Os-
borne's personal friendliness for him
secured his nomination and election
to the attorney generalship. and I
have heard that he is engaged to the
governors Oldest daughter"
Hes a contemplate hound" re-
piled Griswold with feeling. "and at
the proper time we shall deal with
him; but 1t is of more Importance Just
now to make Appleweight a prisoner
in North Carolina If he's arrested
over there, that let's us out; and If the
North Carolina authorities won't ar
rest their own criminals wen go over
in Dilwell county and show them how
to be good. The mans got to be
locked up, and he'd look much better
in a North Carolina Jail, under all the
circumstances"
That's good in theory, but how do
you justify it in law?"
"Oh. that's the merest matter of
formulae! My dear Habersham. all
the usual processes of law go down
before emergencies!"
The airiness of Griswold's tone
caused the prosecutor to laugh, for
this was not the sober associate pro-
nf al ,f,.al ~, /,
had sat under at the University of
Virginia, but a different person. whose
new attitude toward the law and its
enforcement shocked him immeasur-
ably.
We'll. as | told you over the tele-
phone, we hear great deal about Ap
pleweight and his crowd, but we
never hear much of their enemies,
who are, nevertheless, of the same
general stock, and equally determined
when aroused. Ten of these men |
have quietly called to meet at my
farm out here a few miles from town.
on Thursday night. They come from
different points over the country. and
well have small but grim posse that
will be ready for business. You may
not know it, but the Appleweights are
most religious. Appleweight himself
boasts that he never misses church on
Sunday. He goes also to the mid
week service on Thursday night. so
l have learned. and thereby hangs our
opportunity Mount Nebo church lies
off here toward the north. It's lone
ly point in itself. though it's the spir-
itual center and rendezvous for a wide
area. If Appleweight can be taken
at all, that's the place, and I'm willing
to make the trial Whether to stAm-
pede the church and make a fight, or
seize him alone as he approaches the
place. is a question for discussion
with the boys | have engaged to go
into the game. How does it strike
you?"
First rate. Ten good men ought
to be enough; but If it comes down to
numbers. the state militia can be
brought into use. The South Carolina
National Guard is in camp, and we
can have a regiment quick enough, II
l ask it,"
Habersham whistled
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