American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-10-22

oiS VI the TWO CarOl1naS. 1t has been
said that neither of them dares press
the matter of arrest, but / am here in
GOV. Osborne's behalf to give the lie
TO that i~mputation. Gov. Osborne has
been v~iciously maligned. Suppose all
these people were arrested in Mingo
county under these indictments, what
would be the result-trial and acquit.
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 of once and for all"
That's strange" remarked Haber-
sham, clearly surprised at Griswold's
vigorous tone. Il called on the gov
ernor in his Office at Columbia only
ten days ago, and he put me off. He
said he had to prepare an address to
deliver before the South Carolina
POLITICAL Reform Association, and he
couldn't take I'D the Appleweight
case: and | called on Bosworth, tae
attorney general. and he grew furious
" angry, and said | was guilty of the
gravest malfeasance in not having
brought those men to book long ago.
When l suggested that he connive
with the governor toward removing
our sheriff, he declared hat the gov
ernor was a coward. He seemed anx-
ious to put the governor in a hole,
though why he should take that atti-
f1dn annff 10 out -, - ha, bAnr
generally understood that Gov. Os-
horne's personal friendliness for him
secured his nomination and election
to the attorney ge~neralship, and |
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 it is of more Importance just
now to make A%ppleweight 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 we'll 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
formulate! 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
fessor of admiralty whose lectures HI.
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.
Well. as / told you yer the tele-
phone, we hear a 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 l
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
We'll have a small but grim posse that
will be ready for business. You raay
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
| have learned. and thereby hangs our
opportunity. Mount Nebo church lies
of here toward the north. It's a lone
ly point in itself, though it's the spir-
itual center and rendezvous for a wide
area. If Appleweight a be taken
at all. that's the place, and I'm willing
to make the trial. Whether to STAN
pede the church and make a fight, or
seize him alone as he approaches the
place, is a question for discussion
with the boys l have engaged to go
into the game. How does 1t strike
your"
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
| ask IT,"
rfaDersham whistled.
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