The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

friends They had often talked among
i themselves about suicide. as one Of
the ways Of escaping from their un-
I lianry estate. occy Sncad's wife. who
had been forsakcn ~ her husband. was
found one day dead IN the hathtub.
/ some of the newspapers took up the
ease and have tried ii, not according
/ to the evidence. but as ii Afforded son
/ sation for those who feed on that sort
! of food.
( The case is now to ne tried in Court
and God send the prisoners ut the Bar
Sood iciivcrancc. Tliat is their only
nope. except as the Court ana jury may
he influenced by the testimony of those
WHO have known the Wardlaws All
their lives and know them to have al
ways been one of tho best families in
| the south. Even ,liis reputation the
prosecutors In this case would take
away from them in their dire OK.
tremity. We have known them. or of
| them. for generations. They have been
lawyers and judges ana soldiers ana
ministers from the days of the Revo-
luton down TO this present year OF
Grace. and we would speak word for
them in this emergency. ana particu
iarly for tho Rev. Dr Albert G. Ward.
law the brother Of tile two women
who are 10 be tried for their lives for
IA crime which we do not believe they
committed.
The prosecution, not satisfied with
me evidence they claim to have, are
trying to make 1t appear that these
Suutnern women are not from repre-
sentative families and deserve no CON
sideraiion from moral point of view.
What are the facts? Their grand
father William Wardlaw. was Born
near Abhcville ourt.IIouse. South
Carolina, Ills father, Hugh wardlaw.
was also born in Abbcvillc District. ms
the county divisions in South Carolina
We're then designated. Both of these
Wardlaws fought in the Revolutionary
War. William wardlaw. tho grand
father of these two women. was born
in lI6i and carried British ball in
his body TO the time of his death.
which occurred in 1910. lie went into
the war when he was sixteen years of
age. mr.. Albert Wardlaw is n member
OF the Sons OF the Revolution because
Of William Wardlnw's services to his
country in tile War for Undergraduates
Ills father WAS a minister of the Gospel
for nifty years in the State OF Georgia.
and his son. brother Of Mrs Martin
and Mrs. Sncad and Of Virginia Ward
law, who died last summer Is ono OF
the mos, effective ministers IA ihe
South Carolina synod of the Prcsby
terian Chnrch. He was educated att
Princeton University ana in Germany.
and is man OF the highest Integrity
Of character and the greatest devotion
to MS sacred calling
We have known him personally forI
more than twenty years. ana can tea
tify OF him as in every sense worthy
of the respect ana confidence of an
honest men, and particularly deserving
now of the sympathy OF those who
would see that justice is done TO his
helpless sisters IN distress and without
the power to help themselves against
the combination which appears 10 nave
been formed against them We com
mend them and him to the considcra-
iion OF the New York World ana Times
ana sun with the hope that they will
see to I; that tho law IS not admits
tered in this case for The purpose OF
aaining victims. but that the case
against the Two women shall be tried
according TO the law and the evidence