The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-06-11
Says That Poisonous Lies
Have Been Mailed to
Jurymen."
EXC0R|ATEs THE0. B|LB0
Brewer Makes A Scorchins
Statement In Reference to
Lieutenant Governor.

Jackson, Miss, June Gov
ernor Brewer tonight handled
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo with
out gloves, in a seorehing state
ment given out at the mansion
shortly before midnight. 1t fol-
lows:
II notice in the Issue of June
A, the whole front page of the
paper is devoted to a statement
that detectives had been en-
ployed to canvass and poll the
First district of Kinds county in
an effort to stock a jury in the
Bilbo case. The article says that
this was done by the governor.
Il want to tell the people of
Mississippi, as their governor.
that this statement is as false as
hell itself, that have employed
no detective or any other person
to ascertain how any juror or
citizen stood regarding the case.
Il do not regard such conduct
as honorable and straight, and |
have not spoken to anybody with
view of ascertaining his feel
ing. | have absolutely abstained
from having anything to do with
this case as it is in the hands of
the court, and is for the court
and jury to try. uninfluenced by
me, and it is wholly untrue that
| have made any effort to stack
any jury or any other court on
this fellow.
Nov ! van to let the people
of Mississ n il low what is 60
ing on. The defendant, Theo-
dore G Bilbo, IS soon as his case
was removed to this county, pro-
cured J. P. Cadwallader, deputy
circuit clerk of this county, to
make him twelve lists containing
all the names in this district of
the county. subject to jury SER
vice, and Immediately set to
work with his canvassers, can.
vassing the entire county. He
began mailing the Issue to every
qualified elector of this district
OF the county. and this paper
was crammed full of the most
highly prejudicial falsehoods that
human ingenuity could invent
for the purpose of poisoning the
minds of every man subject to
jury service, and render him in
competent to try the case.
II want to tell the people of
Mississippi that this is the bold
est effort to stack jury and
prevent a fair trial that has ever
taken place in Mississippi.
THE paper further says that
the governor can hire detectives
and buy evidence by the yard, or
bushel, or in bulk, but when that
evidence is submitted to an hon.
est jury its tainted source is un-
derstood and it is rejected.
"The object and purpose OF
the above statement was to pre-.
judice the minds of any person
who might be drawn on the jury
against the evidence. If thi:
man wants a fair trial. why is il
so necessary to week after weei
criticise the states case, anC
Claim that the states case i,
based upon perjured detectiv,
testimony? Why accuse tn,
! governor of hiring detective,
and securing the county? | tel
the people of Mississippi tina
Theodore Bilbo's guilt will b
: established beyond every reason
able doubt by competent higI
class Christian gentlemen, VIII
are not detectives, and that h
knows it, and his only hope {
, escape conviction is by prelude
r ing the jury about the esidenc
{ or stacking a jury to aequit him
When he hollers through hi
1 paper that | am interviewin
! jurors or having ii done by 9th
D ers it's the vilest kind Of ia q
hood. coming from = man who