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MOUm AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUURSDAYS FEBRUARY 2fJ, 1914.
1 W
JZTTON FOUND NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Censaticnal Demonstration cf
-Approval Marks AnnouBcemeat
Mad Last Night at 11 o'clock
liy Foreman Campbell.
. ChtarMt Ot rver, 22nd.
"Not Guilty!"
Two word from th lifs of
jury Foreman J. Lee Campbell ;U
twj minutm to 11 o'clock last
night 't free Monroe Jetton
fnm the charge of murder in
the first degree ami precipitated
the most dramatic and nproar
oudy enthusiastic vn ever wit
nessed in thf Raid criminal court
nxTii of Menkle rrhurg county.
A enrnd whiohcxeeeib d by far
the seatirg capacity of thf hall;
a crowd which was jamed from
outmost door to topmost, pall fry;
a crowd; which with cxhaustje.ss
0 patience had followed the! detail
of the case since early morning
lind had refused to leave until
thf verdict was announced, tin
loosed its Hnt-iKi exuberance of
approval in a clamor that con
tinued for nearly M seconds.
Ten minutes later the same
rhainiber was pi imped ir a silence
Juke that of trmtws and cata
cornb.s, as in measured tones
Judge W. J. Adam pronounced
sentence of death cn Jarma L.
Jlolfjaek.' for the murder of his
voii agreed on a verdict?"
"Wf have."
"Who KhaJl speak for you!"
"Our foreman. Mr. CamiJlell."
"Prisoner, look upon- the jury.
Jury, look upon the prisoner.
"How mv you, is tiif prison
er at thf har guilty of the fel
ony and murder as charged in
thf irnlw'tmcrit, or not puilty!'
Th-re was an instant's breath
It pause and then
"Nt guiJtv," haid Mr. Camp
bell. TJif cheering that followed in
terrupted tin proceedings, fur it i
eil thw man in fleiif -defense .' It's
no first degree murder. 'I w
tlhe whole eene, heanl the- atrug
gle, I rushed in and hf rushed
at me and knocked me dwn, held
me down, and I took out my
pistol and shot hirn and hf died.'
"I want to know why the
Doctor went there that night!
"ile went there with a yur
pose in his heart to execute, that
purpose. So th.e young man did
see what he elarrru to have O'n ;
the doctor was trying to execute
his purpose.
Here Judge Osborne Went in-
A BRITISH SUBJECT KILLED.
wife on New 1 ear's Day. April
24 between the hours of 10 and
4 being specified for his execu
tion. Within 10 short minutes
the assemblnj multitude had
fceeru one man assured of life and
liberty, and had seen another,
already prey with ape, enter the
shadow- of the chamber of death.
The verdict of the jury in the
raise of Mr. Jetton, who on the
nipht of February 10 shot and
killed Dr. WV. Wooten in the
lck'hanr I V 'SLif rwife
At Davf w
fii!aut. Juki l' '
committed to its ha wis at 10:28.
Judge Adams recalled the jury
orwe to pive addiV.onAl infornxa
tion, so in all only 2 minutes
was ocmupied in deliberation.
When the jurymen filed1 in to
pive, their verdict Jifclipe Adanuj
nwiueftted the crowd to abstain
until they reached the street
from any demoastration, whether
or not the verdict was acceptable
to them. But no sooner had the
foreman, in answer to the ques
tion of Deputy Clerk Yandle, pro
nounced the two words that freed
Jetton, than an outburst of cheer
ing mvtpt the build in p from end
to end. It was a purely sjmhi
taneous outbreak which came srm
'ultaneously from every section.
Jet'-cn Unemcticnal.
was necessary to ask.
"So say yV;u all?"
Th:.s was dune, and e.wdr juror
no Med his head.
Mr. K T. Ciru'er, attorney for
thf d'-fense, rested.' his head on
the tafde in front of him ; his eves
were wet. In vain did Judpe
A da ma ouiiil bin pavel and in
v tin did Sheriff Wallace shout
in stentorian tones, "Kteip si
lence!" until the crmvd had
had its vocal will arid that was
not until the aped Balejack stood
up to receive his sentence to the
elwtrii chair. In the meantime
tlettcn had walkel over to the
jurvbox and shook hands with
each member of the 12. Still he
had scarcely battled an eye. m lin
tainirg his almost .spirix-Iike rt
tjerve. Anl while his friends were
thror.pijip about him to clasp his
hand the bip crowd was c.heerinp
vrx-iferously break in-g" all record
ticyond a doubt for a demonstra
tion in a MfeWlenburp court
rfMin. Not for nothing had thos"
yjetatorH kejt their vigil faith
fully. Verdict No Surprise.
Two big facts aJb-out the ver
dict stand, out clearly and will
probably not be disputed. Jn
the first place it came as no aur-
Vr bUe adarp-LJurniber of
i to detail and, toU how D'Wor
W(Mten passed his own home
ar:( wen' on the dark si le and
th- muddy sub- of the street.
"What diil hf do it for?" he
Jinked. They say he went down
there to se- a ww dress, that
the invitation had been express
ed espw-ially to him. Th- fa-ts
are that Mrs. Jetton went with
a friend to the tbx-.tor's home
and mentioned the dress in con
versation with others and he
heaid it and used it for an ex
cuse." "Was there any ream for
him to take the night time to go
and. see the dress. Night in n t
the t'Lme to see dreaseg.
"What m;ule the doctor bo
crazy about new dre-sses! Did
you ever see a man 4." years okl
who wia that crazy over new
drrjvsesf When did he call! at
nvght aul at the hour when, he
knows her husband will not In
Kb ere. That nipht he'd gone up
to the drug store and found out
that th- young husband was
there.
"The young man aw)ectd
him, and he found .him when; he
siiicted he would find him."
"About that new dress," said
Jifclge Osborne,
"I exjacrted that the law vers
or the of.
Mexican General Villa Rtapon
iibl for Death cf British Sub
ject Much ExcitTiient Re
sult. ra Paso, Texas, Disjitch, 2tJi.
A storm of indignation tixlay
bnj4c ab)nf the Lrder when it
len kturmn thai William S.
lienton, a JSriti ubi-ct and
wealthy laadholdcr in Mexico,
who disappeared Tuelar, hail
ieen exetruK'd ry ret)f!s in
Juarez after he h.tl m tdc a pro
test to Owl Vnuj-i'A- Villa alotit
alleged depredation of the cr.n
rf,itiitioniaIits. A mass meetir g was arranged
arwl resolutiorts were adopted, en
surir:g the St.itf I)partmfnt at
Wa,sliir.'gton for it.s alLe.ged snjr
pmssKn of t!ie consuLir report of
thf Iienton ca.se and calling on
r'ongress to demrtml from the I)e
jiartment of iState a full rf-rd
of alitgfd crimi and outrages
against foreigners in Mexico.
The meeting came as the climax
of a day of excitement caused
by news of the death of Henton.
The meeting was first called for
f'levelard Square, but Maw
Kelly in a b-tfer tc George, .Sir
ry, former Governor of New Mex
ico, asked him to put a hall, w
he regarded an open meeting as
dangeroits. The mavor sai.. bp
would suppress any attemjvt to
hold the me ting in the open.
A theater was rented and mes
sengers turned the crowd from
Cleveland Square to the building.
Former Gov. George Curry of
New Mexico was the principal
speaker. He was named a com
mittee of ore at art impronvptu
indignation inciting in the lohby
of the Hotel Sheldon, headquar
ter of foreigners driven out of
Mexico, to investiirate the kill-
inquiries
who would Rome here and
threaten me!" exclaimed, the
rebel general. A Mexican by
Ktarnler replienl:
"He ongtit to le shot."
Thisi was 24 hours after the ex
ecution had takien place. Villa
tlid not tell the American cinnsul
that Henton was court martiabd.
SENATOR GORE VINDICATED
Jury Promptly Acquitted the
Blind Senator cf Charges
Brought by Mrs. Bond.
Okl.dwvma Citv, Okla., Dispatch,
isth.
Unitwi States Sfnator Thonas
ut official Jwirrz tol;y w;i.s!l. Gor tilay w.u exonerated of
Inixy with assertion to that n- charges cf irn.prip-r endurt bv
feet. Namf of those who sart as
a court wt given out for ptlli-
a verdict in hLs favor H"turnfif in
Ditru-t Court here in the suit
catwn f." I t was stated that I'en-' '"r $.),xn damage. instituted by
ton' last rfquet was that his1 -Mrs. Minrxif K. Dond (A Oklahom;
prorjwrty be turned over to his! City. The verdu-t was returneil
widow. 10 m:nut.s after th- case was
EdwanLsi last night akfd Villa! given t thf jury. Only one bal
for the iKniy to b- bromght to thus) lot w is taken.
ulf cf thf river, but thf rpifst "We find." the jury stated in
was denied.' "Then as a favor to hf ven!i-t. "the evidence, ub
me aril to the widow, will vmi mitttd by the plaintiff entirely
have- the gravv marked?" asked ' insufficient uj.on which to base "a
the consul. This Villa pronrsed. ( suit; that sal evi.b-n.'f wholly
Benton, it w aid. was tried on exonerates thf defendant, ami
u charge of conspiracy against I h.td the defendant, at the con
the reU-1 government and with elus: n of the plaintiff's evi
" provoking anl irLulting General j derve, annoiuwed that he dewired
Villa." Maj-Iesus Kixlrguez pre-) to intnIucf r evidence anl
fcided. Itinton is llieved to rested h: ca.se, our wnliet would
have been held in cornmunieado
the while, and it Is admitted that
there was none there to reprf-sent
him.
Mrs. Jetton ,whase corrobor
ation of her hiwbamd's itory
made, it more easily possible for
the jury to aoquit her huslwuul on
the legiu ground of seLM-tience
throw her arms around Mr. J eft-
ton anfv '-issed him. The erst
wlidlc i 'tner rwi ived the news
with the 'same coolness which htis
aiiarked hia demeanor from the
very inception of the tragedy
which focused the spotlight of
puUie attention on him. Seem
ingly hadS the verdict been, other
wise hid rocenvtion of it would
liave been the same, but he re
turned Mrs. Jetton's emibraoe, and
kiss tout amwrently without emo-,
tion.
Then his friends and relatives
fell wpon him and overwhelmed
hrm. with hearty lianjtklas.ps, con
ZTUtuititions and goodwishes.
From the very first he had never
lackvdl for friends and from time
to time during the trial some one
of thewe. had taken the time to
peak.' a word of encouragement.
i$ut he had borne the erstire or
deal grimly, with a look on hLs
face which aeemed to say tliat
he was aakiing no oids of any
tvody; that he would see the thing
through. Whether thih was
desperation or defiance, one
could not say, at bast there was
no tinge of malice in his face.
Verdict is Announced.
When the jury entered to
make notice it.s decision Judge
AdaniM banle Jetton to Mtand and
raise his right hand. There rose
)rith him his wife, Mrs. Jetton,
V"ind hia sister. Miss Jetton, the
three claspirg hands. Mrs. Jet
ton bowed her head as if in
wrSTyfc-tftty of mansiaugnur,
not one in 10 believed that the
jury would convict him, many
veniremen havii:g said that they
would not even if he were guil
ty. The second fact is akin, un
to the fist: the verdict Is re
garded as a pronouncement in
favor of the unwritten law that
a man may with impunity slay
the man who has invaded his
home. Vieewd in this lipht.
though there is nothing new in
the doctrine, it is now emblaz
oned witfi almost startling vivid
ness. .Mi-s. .Jetton tesrinni inai
Doctor Wooten was attempting
a criminal assiiult. z
"Whatever may have been the
inner mental processes by wbitdi
the jurors arrived at their dec is
ion, the fact remains that many
will interjret it as a vindicatkn
of the unwritten law a reipeal of
the statute makiing it manslaugh
ter to slay the invader of one's
home a statute which Judge
Oslmrne of counsel for thf de
fense said originated at tlhe li
centious court of Charles Second
as a protection for villainy and
which he added, haul iheen repeal
ed by juries in every State of
the Union.
The crowd of Jetton syrmpathiz
ers remained around the court
house for some time after the
trial, while the Balejack sen
tence was holding the center of
Uhe stape, in order that they
might clasp the hand of Jetton as
ho emerged with loth his own
f.haracter and that of his wife vin
dlicated.
Judge Osborne Speaks.
"I come to defend Mr. Jetton
for defendinc his life and his
otllner God-given rights," said
Judge O.sliwrne, "I promise you
to convince you that he is not
guilty ar.nl if you haw not al
ready made up your minds I
take upon myself the task of
ifdian:gir4g tihose minds so tliat you
will acenuit him.
Judtfe. Osborn! here defined
i.g of Henton, but his
never i Thcs. n. Kdwarda?
had any hi -a they would try to
4"xpLain his visit upon such flim
sy prounds.
"N, sir! He was a bad msn
after women and he was not the
only wis- man that went Rfter
them.
"Solomon was a bad man after
them and David was a fool about
them and Doctor Wooten was
neither wiser than Solomop
better than David and he
after Uu-m.
"When he hail shot him
Mr. Stile.s came to him In said:
" 'Cinrlie! there he lies; he
niimd iiu' home and I shot him.'
imu you Know mai lie uiouul j.as.-ea Iietwern them,
niKske the trutliT We know
nor
ran
ar.il
i . i
lie HiKske Hie iruuii
.nw tii at lie was mistaken. They
say hf told several otliers anml
the blow but didn't fell Mr.
(Stiles. Of conn-e he t 1-1 them;
he would have told any one the
pame thing, lie neiveil tnat nis
home had been ruined.
'I'm not taking the posithn
that that was why hf killed him.
Of course, it was hack of red
reason; the blow was the reasi n
why he shot.
He stated: "When a man en
ters and finds a man robbing him
of that which cannot he returuid
he has a right to kill."
"I'll tell vou where it has been
repealed: It has been repealed
Ay every jury that has ever sat
tm a ease similar, wherever the
ptars and stripe.s float over a free
people." '
lie pointed ut many e -es
wihere thus w,is true, ar.l spoke
f the General Siokle,s case.
"His honr may charge you;
ib ut there is no law and there
never will be a law tliat permits a
man entering another's lvcqne and
forciihly debauching his wife.
"The dct(r rushed at him
and knooktd him down. Why?
Because what did he expect
when he said; 'Here you are;
Vou have wrecked my home.'
Why? The doc-tor knew that the
l 1 . i.: l i.
What is required for a verdict of juunjr man imu seen nun aim r
murder in the first degree . and u,liU ' l 1
stated that he would dhow that no
suteh verdict could be returned.
"Mr Jetton tells ym why he
took his pi.st(fl, there was no de
s"ign of murder mi Ins jwrt. He
went to the drawer, took out his
plst d and put it in hU picket
for self protection. Wouldn't
you have told him. 'Young man!
go armed. Go down to your
home, and hurrv!' wouldn't you
praver, but faced the jurv when i 'have told him that? You -vould
the. formal question of the cderk have told him to go armed and
waa put to thim. 'slut! y ou know you would.
"GejiUemen of the jury, have "The defendant says: "I kill-
lie knew what he had done him
self ami he knew that, the young
nuu had seen him do it.
"That's why when Jetton told
Mr. Stiles that he ruined his
home, he forgot to mention the
blow. "What did he care for a
!.dorw? It was the conduct of that j
man fii las muni. He never car
ed for a little blow.
Judge Osborne said that the
Jaw which makes it manrdaibghtcr
to kill the man who has invade!
!ius home originated at the licen-
Continued to Page 4.
States consul at Juarez, made his
First inquiry of Villa yesterday oi
receipt of instructions from Sec
retary Uryan, who made the re
quest at the inst ince of the Tlrit
ish anjibassadcr, ir Cecil Spring
Rice. "Mr. Edwards." Vi'la is re
lrted as sayrrg, "Mr. Ienton is
dead. You are an official of the
AmerV-an gi-vcriMnent and I give
you this a officially your due.
I have made denials to other in
quirii'S. as this is not a matter for
the public. It is for the. informa
tion .f the widow and of the
State Department." What ele
Mr. Ivl-
wards would not say. The con
sul telegraphed the bare an
nouncement to Washington last
jxipht ai:;l the news reached El
Paso tlirough a ress dispatch
whin Secretary l?ryan ti day
made the information public.
It was learned that Henton
wished jxnlnLs.sion to bring to the
United States 400 bead of cattle
cin his ranch, Ijos Remedhw, in
western Chiliuahua. His cousin,
part owm-r of Eos Kemedios,
thought the request would be
wasted, although other foreigners
have been considerately treated
when asking similar favors, ('has
Qua ley of New York, ail Mexico,
a friend now here among the oth
(v ri'fugeeN, adv;sed Hentiu of
the prvbab!e riM-edim'.
"Villa probably will grant
you request, but he will give you
a 1 -dure and you must not resent
Mie bctuie. If you do you may
pet into trouble," Qualey said.
"If he lei-hires me, I'll lecture
baeik," Denton replied. "I have
ncv r made a political move in
Mesciao ajid if he accusfs me of
it, 1 have some aeeusatiors of my
own to make."
Bnkn made the request and
his friends never saw him aVive
afterwards. As Mrs. Henton gath
ernl the st ry from Consul VA
Wards, Villa declim! to grant
the permit, saying:
"Mr. Henton, you never have
been a friend of ours, ami 1 don't
want tlwwe cattle taken out cf
the country. We can use thm
ourselves." At this point it is
a-swumed that the quarrel started.
The many persons; who knew
lien ton well in Chihuahua and a-
long the border, assert that
never owned a revolver and
not have one with him when 1
Merit to Juarez. Villa on Wed'
nesdny nipht, talking to a repor
ter, asserted that he had lien
ton's nix -shooter.
"What do vou think of a man
Useful Citizen Passes.
Willia.ni Anderson Helton was
lxm in Stokf-s Co., N. C. on
March L"), l-SH, anil dieI at h;s
lume, two milt east of Mt. Airy,
N. ('.. on Wednesday morning
Feb. It, 1914, age b2 years. 11
montli.s and 3 days. He had been
in failing health for some while
previous to his' death, thou eh he
held up remarkably well for one
of hU age. In his death the
county loses one of her best citi
zens, the community a kind and
generous neighbor, the ehfldrtn a
true and devoted father, Oak
Grove church a loval and faithful
member.
uijua.fwiia iiTTTrjareiwis. w.c
"I i Li . .il.M
jurry county, ami Bfiiieis near
Oak Grove church, in wheh vicin
ity he tfpent the remainder of his
mortal life. On the 25. tf May
18o4, he vo.ls happily married to
ILss Eliza Jane Deatherage. of
Surry county, who proved to him
a helmet indeed, until the 'AO of
April 1910, when she took her de
parture for the spirit work!. Of
thw union six children were born
unto them, Win. Henry. Jis
qh I... Mrs. Sarah M. SutfJiin
T.hiiias, Charlie ami Jame.s win
died in infancy.
While Mr. Helton was a quin-t
and unassairn'nig nun, yet he was
unci mprcmusii, e with wrong u
inig, ewr staruling firm for
he conceived to be the right, and'
haing no patience, whatever.
with d-ception in any form. Sm-h
btiing the case he enjoyed the
respHvt, confidence, and esteem iX
a large circle of friends ami fc
quaintanee. A 1 knit 'lo years ago he made a
profesficr f religion) and join
ed the Methodist Prot'ttitant. at
Oak, i,ove. Soon thereafter they
united w-ith the Methodist Kpis-
cupil church. South, at Oak
Grove, which relation they sus
tained till death.
As already intimated. Hro.
Helton was not a man for show
or display, but he lived hi re
liirion, and lived it every day.
He was a Methodist because he
lvelieved the doctrine of the Meth
odist Choircli is the doctrine of
the- HLbkf. He Hred a Methodist,
divd a Merthodist, and leaves le
hUrid full evidence that he has
gone to receive the christian's re
ward. .In the presence of a large num-l-r
of relatives and friends, on
an inclement afternoon, a very
afliropriate and impressive fun
ernl service, for both father and
mother, was conducted at the
home on Thurdav afternoon.
IVfli. 19. at 2 o'clock, bv Rev. W.
II. Willis, of Central Ohurch, Mt.
Airy, asdsittnl !y his pa4itor. Rev.
C. R. Allison, after which the
mortal remain of Rro. Helton
were tenderly laid to rest by the
side of his sainted companion,
hard bv the old homestead, to
await thf resurrection.
May rf children and grand
children, w'u (ii-e if'4 V(hi:i!,
emul itc the '. d de.S t.f tht
excellent parents and pr.ind-par-cnts.
and each so live that they
may ln one nuiti! family in the
borne of the good cyond the
portals of tUne.
W. M. WaU.
Mt. Airv, X. C,
Fvb. 21, 1914.
have been the same in that event
as- now returned by us, in favor
of the d'-ferdant,"4
Despite tiie efforts of bailiffs
to maintain nnW when the U-T
v-.rds of the vc-rd;ct, "favor of
defendant." wen'1 read the crowd
which taxed the capacity of the
court n.-f-m, turned into a cheer
ing throng, orderly but no Ic-m
dftermintd to give vent to thVr
feelings.
Thij.se displeiLstd by the ver-du-t
fon-ed their way to the doors
and left in sib-nee amid the ban
tering1 of the Senator's fri nds.
Senator Gore heard the jury
d"-c-isun wihtout charge if coun
tenance, Mrs. Gore was the first
to grasp his hand. When she
turmd ami sliook hands with
Ilenrv C'arjenter. the foreman.
.n . i i
L 1 ' 1
he
dU!
on- the clicks of both
lie veTttxet ' oonTirnrr - my
faith that truth will triumph,"
said Senator Gore. "I never for
a moment doubted the outcome
at the hands of the jury."
From the time the jurors btf
the room to prepare tln-tr verdict
until the demonstration was un
der way, Mrs. Iiond sat in sil
enre, leaning on a tiuble and
seriiJubHrg on a piece of paper.
She seemed in no haste to leave
the "oom until .she was approaeh
sl by her attorneys, when she
i rose and wilked away with
"hem and her husband. Notice
of appeal was given by Mrs.
liond's coiuhx'l.
In her declaration Mrs. I'wmd
what . alleged! tluit Senator Gore at
tacked her wlule she was in con
ference wilh him at a hotel in
Washington last March, in con
noetkm with the possible, aptvoint
ment cf her huslrind, Julian
Hend, as inVrnal revenue collec
tor at Oklahoma City.
(iore seized her. she alleged,
throwing her violently across the
Ihed and she freed herself only
after several men appeared in
the doorway of the room. Iiu the
.scuffle Mrs. Iiond asserted,' her
f ace was- scratched and hand lac
erated by fragments of her brok
en eyeglass". In his answer to
the charge Senator Gore made
(general denial and said the suit
was instigated by a coterie of his
jKlitk'al opponents who had fail
ed in their effort to secure Fed
eral patronage. He said he call
ed at the hotel at Mrs. Bond'a
resfuo-t, she took charge of him
and instead of taking him to the
hotel parlor took him into a bed
room. He told her he could not
give her has5and a place and
when he started to leave the
room she poized him by the hand,
fell on the bed and screamed. At
that moment, as if by prearrange
ment, a man appeared.
Notice Land Sale.
J have a nice little farm for
sale at a bargain, located two
miles north of Mt. Airy on Wards
gap road. The farm contains
'J!4 acres about 10 acres cli'ar
U. and the rest in woods, two
houses one new 11 room housw
atid one 3 room house with half
story rooms above ech rom, 1
smokf house, 1 crib, 1 tobacco
barn and good orchard, in aJtont
ojv- quarter mile of Salem ohurci
mid school hoiLse. Will take
$;;JmH) for it in order to make- a
quick sale. For further particu
lars write or see
Lewis Martin,
Aent for M. E. Martin.
Mt. Airy, N'. C. Route 5.
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