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RALEIGH, NO RTI1 . CAROLINA, TH JRSDAY, TEBKUAEY 13, 189t;
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ton Correspondents to
t Southern Pines.
PATRICK'S SCHEME
ion Over Settle's Coon
Secretary.
POSED TO FREE SILVER
4 -J
phi
rot
i" he Couldn't be for Free
;e While" His Employer
Ids the Political Views
he Does.
ton, Feb. 11. (Special)
Patrick, of Southern Pines,
re for a few days, and w ish
p a selected part' of Wash
re'spoi.dents to visit l'iney
i with theTr lady friends. The
is expected'To: leave here at
ight, putting the party at
nation next morning1, where
o Kj;ci;d the day, returning
. 'J'here are countless con
in the 'homes of New Eng
ng only to be told of the
nd q.onie properties of this
, region aud no doubt, 4f
the. journey Will be in ev
easuo'b and profitable.
j .
Iic:;ii here whose home is in
been written to by several
publican friends in North
ho V. ant to know if Corbett
be ein represented . in the
ilj', j according to his mind,
ivuto Secretary. The gen
stcrday morning went to
mniittee room and found
;re,! feet cocked; upon desk,
ith j another coon sitting
Cheic "ivere all thaj were in
T Jib gentleman had a little
t'io i'iwro, Corbett, who in
f the conversation said with
as to Mr. Settle, of course
ot be for free silver. The
caii-f away thoroughly sat
2 ct.t'rc accuracy of the in
ghiii exclusively in the
Oli-vi ver, and said to me
advise his friends that
ill on that Corbett was Mr.
arv. It may be as well
llii gentleman is a person
3 ptIIUeal friend of Mr. Set
woiil ;is therefore, entitled,
J go k, to all the more con-
1 withhold his name only
soi' a I request, -but he is a
piuta'le gentleman, bent, in
, oiijy iipon finding out the
e jv.jhc'.e matter. .
if.!
n'T.t Populist Senator said
fte;::cDn just after he had
' Ms cr.ucus that he and his
j disgusted at the disrepu
the Republicans were try
tlu c)iih as to the re-orgau-kjnate
lOffices and said that
t intention to stick by their
dj the end if the Democrats
kj by Uieirs. I know this
to have- been' made by this
nator of my own personal
, moreover, my informa
y reliable that to-day the
fc i e-organization have been
put down as highly improb
al Republican Senators are
e o;jhiin with this Populist
d Ihtive; so expressed them
atler ,H quoted as having
ey thai he would support
from the standpoint of my
n i:iw, Grant's name will
cached If any ballot is tak
his'fweeJk and it is doubtful,
eriite adjourns Thursday),
if fu lil Senate is present
mosjt doubtful, the outlook
tinije a jfruitless vote until
r is Id romped. The old Sena
Inot hankering af
enange - anyway . and
ful -licaiW Senators in tke
d rney were not going to be
I nr.Ved i Senator Pritchard
ing Lad he not heard of the
icle whjch i stated above.
E course lie knew something
had! no reason to think that
Jblk'ians would falter; yet
tho morning very earnestly
3 Ilkh:s land Aldrich and
if lirg'r.cj them to the stick--.
I csk&I him how-about
v-ouid he jstick to the uomi
p"i;'i he spoke only for
. Ije. dd't know what Sena
r woukl jdo. That his way
il.ej a square fight that was
as going to do for his'friend
t he felt free to say that if
lotj go through, Grant would
It mt be all or none.
as stated, can be perfectly
id pre exclusive and
readers may draw their
s. It imay be that Butler
can't! be blamed for not
r.rA, f he don't get a
an h be blamed as a
ct voting to put a whole
JitT;t in. It looks much
Duriihg the contests over the rules gov
erning the particular paliamentary
status of the moment, it was interest
ing to note how Reed listened, with, a
suggestion about him, sometimes of
semi-dependence, to everything Crisp
had Ito say, and hisrulings went with
Crisp. Moreover, it was interesting to
note the growing sense of fairness
whicjh seems to make his bearing
toward Southern members, since his
boont-seed'was planted.
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' In one of my former letters I refer
red to' Dr. Talrnage as Chief Operator
in tljie coming Central Office of the
American churches of all creeds.
Those who are spiritualized enough to
take everything the great doctor "says
without salt may think it wicked to
criticize his motives, but as it is the
sinners he is after (for the Christians
are siafe) it may . be j ertinent to re
mark; that there will hardly be found
a well-balanced worldly-wise thirty-year-old
sinner who will not lok upon
his new Washington scheme as a big
syndicate deal. Last Sunday he took
as -his subject, "Washington for God,''
which seemed to be a long apology for
having- bounced young Dr. Adolos
Allen in order that he might preach
to the! human race on Sunday morning
and Incidentally, perhaps, the Presi
dent and "fambly." Here is a passage
from his sermon! "Some on must give
the rallying cry; why may not-1, one
of the Lord's servants? By Providen
tial arrangement, I am every week in
sermcinic communication with every
city, town and neighborhood of this
country, and I now give the watch
word jto North, East, South and West.
Ilear-and see it, all people!"
"Providential" is good. Bill Nye
gets to every neighborhood ' by the
same ivind of "Providential" syndicate,
only lie don't call it "Providential."
The doctor urged the people to come
next "jThursday evening "to pray for
the blessing of Godipon this new de
parture." It all sounds like the story of
the preacher's wife packing up to move
for dear life, while the preacher was at
church with his congregation praying
for dear life for light as to whether
he should accept a call to a higher
salarieid job. The young preacher has
been paid off f of the rest his year, I
i t . t j it 'L i i -t . - . r
wnicn snoweu inai mere was rigm.
against his beingLtarned off for the
rest ot the year. But the good doctor
will be the periodic religious corn-cob
of the country and shell out every
week, each town getting a grain.
Tkeres bushels in it. And yet they
marvel that sinners are not caught by
such humbugs. There is a splendid
eloquence in the old-time shout of the
old cii-cuit-rider that Talmage, with
all his (providential moving pulpit may
never catch the circle of.
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Commenting on the report that the
selection of Maj. Grant as Sergeant-at-Arms
was in the interest of McKinley,
Senator Pritchard says: "There is no
truth jjn it. The Presidential question
does not figure in this selection in the
milliontn part of a degree. I am for
McKinley, I confess, but my acquain
tance -ivith Capt. Grant began long be
fore JteKinley's name was even men
tioned for the Presidency, and I have
supported him for his Senatorial office
because I felt he was a fit and capable
man. fecores of Gapt. Grant's friends
in North Carolina are Keed's friends,
and whatever appointments he may
make ijiere will not have the slightest
learing upon the Presidential aspira
tions of any Republican who has been
mentioned."
W..E. CHRISTIAN.
A MOST HORRIBLE AFFAIR
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN
A BARN.
Their
A DRESS AND A SHOE
Only Clues to the Fort Thomas
Murder Mystery. x
TWO STUDENTS ARRESTED
They Confess Knowledge of the
. ' Strange Killing.
BUT EACH ACCUSES THE OTHER
li:d
lie
h
or
or
n c!
Cox and Bright.
T
t
tujj I)an;tt-Talbert "Seces-
i lc lRen, Lord Pearson
:t to speak, but was pre
ferring anj'thing by the
tlie lolli The episode will
ik completeness for the fail
e. world o catch what Mr.
ligT.t have! said. On Wednes-i
wjlau Pearson made a gal-tt-ilike.
charge on Secession,
hq Massachusetts Blather
ied to his side in a "loyal"
etts wav, and was profuse
ulatiorfe after the Duke had
from his roost; This Bar
nce a newspaper man, in the
llery as Washington cor
t, but is said now to be a
lan of Massachusetts. He is
Bayard iimpeacher, and it is
Reed's dislike of him is in
l the Speaker's face certainly
disgust at his display of
a : freshness" on the floor.
barred and Disfigured Bodies
aked From the Fire With
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Long Poles.
Wmstjon, N. C, Feb. 10. (Special)
raiticulars of a horrible affair were
rcceived' here this afternoon. Joseph
and Dillard Walker, brothers, living
thice miles from Henry, Va., a small
station on the Winston-Salem division
of the Norfolk and Western road, spent
Saturday afternoon at that place,
leaving for home at 10:30 p. m.
The walk-way to their home runs
through a plantation belonging to a
man naiped King. Near this path was
an out house filled with fodder. Being
late, it is supposed the two brothers
concluded to go in and spend the night.
. They had a lantern with them and it;
is thought they kicked it over whijfe
asleep, as a few hours later the" build
ing was discovered, to be in a blaze.
Several citizens of Henry went to the
scene of the fire but whenr-they reached
the building the roof was falling in.
Upon close examination the men decid
ed that I hey could see a man's, knee in
an -upright position in the fire. They
also saw- the tacks in a shoe belonging
to one ot the brothers.
The mien secured long poles and be-
tfun w sjir in ine Durnt loader, iney
raketl out the two brothers, who were
burned almost to a crisp! The leers of
both meh were burned off above their
knees aibd both of their arms above
their elbows. Their heads were so
badly disfigured that no one could
They Killed Pearl Bryan Tryingto Com
mit an Abortion and Carried her
' I Head About in a Satchel --
Three Days.
. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 6. The head
less body of a woman was found in the
field in the Kentucky Highlands about
a half of a mile south of Fort Thomas.
Murderer and murdered were name
less, and there was no clue but a shoe,
a corset and a woman's checked dress.
Blood hounds called into requisition
gave contradictory directions, one went
to the Covington reservoir and others
Avent to a point in the road and stopp
ed. The reservoir was drained and the
head was not found; the shoe was
raced to a farm in Green Castle, In d.
A hundred clues were worked to their
end without result, and the dress and
the shoe were te only clue left.
Yesterday. Mr. md Mrs.-Bryan, farm
er people near Green Castle, indenti
fied them as those of their daughter,
Pearl Bryan, who left home last Tues
day week, January 28, to go to Indian
apolis to visit a friend. She did not
gwt there.
Detectives wired Chief Deitsch, of
Cincinnati, yesterday to arrest Scott
Jackson, a student at the Ohio Dental
College, and charge. him with the mur
der. They got him at 11 o'clock last
night. Detectives also arrested Wil
liam Wood as an accomplice last night j
at Scott Bend.
When arrested Scott Jackson pro
tested his innocence, but this morning
he weakened and confessed a knowl
edge of the crime, but tried to fasten
the guilt upon.Alonzo M. Walling, his
room mate. Walling was arrested, and
In turn charged Jackson with the com
mission of the deed. . . .
" A satchel, which the murdered wo
man brought here, was found in a
barber-shop with blood stains on it.
In this the murderer or murderers car
ried, the severed head of the woman
until it was disposed of.
Jackson made his confession by
small installments. He admits the
girl was murdered, but he does it as if
a third person had committed the
crime. Walling has confessed knowl
edge of the .crimed but only as a go
between for Jackson. There is no
doubt that Jackson.' was the principal
and . that William Wood, arrested at
South Bend, Ind., and now on his way
herei is deeply implicated. Abundant
letters from Wood to Jackson bear
this part of Jackson's confession out.
Nearly all of Wood's letters are about
girls, and some of them are grossly in
decentl Pearl Bryan would have become a
mother in four months. Jackson saj'S
William Wood is responsible for her
condition. She arrived here at the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
depot On .Tuesday night, January 2Sth.
Jackson says she came here to have an
abortion performed. He implies that
Walling was the man that procured
it and admits that she was killed in
the attempt to perform the opera
tion. - ;
,BaclV prisoner is trying to establish
the guilt of the other, clearly shows
the guilt of both. When Wood ar
rives, it is tnougnt one or Dorn or tnem
will be ready to make a clean breast
of it and tell the whole truth. Walling,
talking to a colored turnkey, said that
Jackson murdered and beheaded the
girl and kept the head here three days
when he dropped it into a sewer. A
search! of the sewers has been instituted.;
MRS. FSHER'S STATEMENT.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 6. Mrs.
Louisia W. Fisher, of !No. 75 Central
avenue, this city, is the friend whom
Miss Bryan left ostensibly to visit,
Mrs. Fisher said to-day:
"Shei is a member of one of the best
families in Putnam county, and was a
cousin! of the late Senator Lockridge
She was a very handsome girl, a
blonde, and of lovable disposition. I
knew nothing of this sad affair until
last night and I am greatly shocked.
I received a dispatch night before last
from her parents asking if Pearl was
here, and, -of course, I answered no;
but 1 1 did not know What it meant.
Auss Bryan and her lamiiy had a
standing invitation to visit me."
Mrsj Fisher did not know Jackson
places, and they secured the Llobd
stained coat of Jackson out ofa seller
at the corner of Richmond and Cential
avenue near Jackson's room. v.
William Wood, of Green Castle, InJ.,
as well as Jackson and Walllpg, wtye
arraigned in police court to-day, "ad
their preliminary hearings wre fixed
for next Thursday, February; 13th;
Wood, on. the charge of aiding and
abutting an"abortion was admitted p
$5,000 bail. The other two suspects dn
thef charge of murder were refused baL
"Sheriff Plummy, of Kentucky, imme
diately after the -"arraignment of the
three suspects, demanded them as his
prisoners. As the feeling across the
rivtr is intense, and the Campbell coun
ty rjail is an old frame structure, they
wel-e not taken there to-day. - One ob
ject of the present inquisition is to de
termine whether the murder was com
mitted in Oliio or Kentucky, and who
has jurisdiction in the matter. The au
thorities think the body was -taken
across the river in a cab. ,
There was a post mortem examina
tion held to-day, at which the physi
cians held that the head pf Pearl Bryan
had been cut off while she was alive,
and they could find no trace of drug.
There is quite a dispute among the
physicians as to whether the head was
cut off after the murder in order to
prevent identification and discovery, or
whether the girl was murdered .by hav
ing her throat cut to the extent of de
capitating the head. The lawyers are
anxious for positive -evidence on this
point in order to establish beyond
doubt the charge of murder on the two
suspects. If the girl was chloroform
ed or killed by a hypodermic injection
or: otherwise before the body was
taken to Fort Thomas, it is believed
that Jackson and Wallingwill get off
with the light sentence of abor
tionists.
Scott Jackson to-night; sent for a
friend to whom he said:
Walling once told roe that-at one
time he had performed a successful
ibortion. When Wood told me the
time he had Pearl 'Bryan in trouble I
suggested Walling. I was in Green
Castia then. On my return I talked to
Walling and he said he would perform
the abortion on Miss Bryan.
Now, I can t tell vou the rest. Send
for my brother Tibbetts, secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. I will tell all to him."
Later Tibbetts wrote the confession
is dictated by Jackson, and the latter
signed it as follows: " '
"Herewith, Bible in hand, on my
knees before God, I swear, I was not
guilty of murdering that poor girl. I
! not get her to come to Cincinnati
to undergo abortion. Walling was to
get $50 for performing it. I was guilty
of getting him to do it but not of mur
dering that poor girl. I don t know
where he killed her or how he did it.
oit what he did with her after he killed
her. He is the guilty man. Will Woods
was to send $50 to him through me for
performing the abortion. This is the
truth, so-help me God." ,
jThe confession was, niade-w", Jack
son in tne presence ot no one dux
Secretary Tibbetts. . It was then de-
ivered to the mayor and chief of
police. .
have tolc who they were. The skull of
one was burned off and his
brains ran out after he was
removed from the building. The
other brother had all the skin burned
off his si
ull.
It is thought the men smothered to
death before they awoke. The fodder
and the house were practically des
troyed before any one reached the sad
scene.
The coroner's inquest was held yes
terday, and the two. men were buried
late - yesterday afternoon. Their
bodies were in such condition that
neither cfeuld be placed in a coffin. They
were buried in a plain box
The Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch, one of
aDiest -journals in the country, savs
"Raleigh, N. C, has the reputation of
being one of the prettiest cities in the
TT ? A J Hi t
uuiieu d wires.
7. Although
de-
Ciricinnati, February
it is just one week since the
capitated body oi learl Uryan was
found near Fort Thorns. Ky., there has
been more excitement to-day over the
tragedy here and in the Kentucky sub
urbs than any previpns day. Scott Jack
son and Alonzo Wallmg, the suspects,
who were room mates while attending
the Ohio Dental College, have been confessing-
against each other all day,
They were examined separately and
together. When- they are confronted
with each other s confessions, they cal
each other liars. All efforts have been
directed to-day to finding Pearl Bry
an's head. '
In the series of confessions, Jackson
says Walling carried it in a valise to
the Covington suspension bridge and
he thinks Walling threw it in the river,
or he might have carried it with him
to his home at Hamilton and thrown it
from the Miamai bridge at that place,
Walling says he had nothing to do
with the decapitation or disposal o
the head, but he recited long stories
which led the officers: to believe that
Jackson had buried the head in a sand
bar in tbe Ohio River, opposite Dayton,
Ky., a suburb of this city, or dropped
it in me sewer on lacnmond street
Large forces worked all day at both
JUDGE
CALDWELL
A Short Sketch of His Life aiid
. Career. ...
BY MR. PULASKI COWPER
He "Was i a: Fine -Lawyer and a
Good Legislator.
HIS DUEL WITH MR. FISHER
BURIED THE HEAD IN THE SAND.
Walling Says
That is Where
Put It.
Jackson
was right under where the Judge sat. saying that "the object of the code
A VltHMjl vino timeout r. ,1 - - . J 4 H1C lOUr
a witness, was presented, and the in i .v.-. v .. .-
Judge said: "Mf. ClerTsweJr thS nXa
xMU.ess." Drake started off in Jhis, late? Avin- -iren-coarse
voice and ended with his fine, fusnl and t huw " S'.-
AMien he got through, the Judge ' any onT deTllSl JhV t I"",,1!?1 if
straightened up, and fooking over the ; Sda S6.'11
railing, said: -Mr. Clerk, dws it tiike I -f occordance with honor
two Clerks to swear one witness in this ! rfi ? ." I"1? V "a ! h! V-
se, and that hi n.l.i
waa' Uuck frwL-. l'mi- ,.-..
While holding coirrt at Currituck he could bn fnml o V -
Court House, in pristine days, and at Mr. Carson was a very determined man
a f nna o.n 4l, 1 S 1 X t . ..... . J iirn UIUI1
T V ' "c prufnc rre, nti nau Kiiieil nis man in a. flul
less enlightened, and more inclined to' (Dr. - Vance, -an uncle I !i;!r.
disregard judicial presence and author- of the late Governor Vance V n.l
ity than at the time when our Govern- it has not been ascertained thafMv
or Jams left his seaside associations! one took the trouble to look- I Lf
and plow behind to enter college walls, ! find him irouDJ' to look for or to
a ooose Jlonk citizen, enhvenetl by old !
Ocean's breezes, wafted serenely across i
the pliant surface of Currituck Sound,
and inspirited by the strength of the
old-time Currituck corn juice, bluster
ed into the court room, and yelled out, ;
uet out
way, J
sa
I say." Judge Caldwell quickly said,'
'Mr. Sheriff put that horse in the sta-j . " was als tungulaf coincidence
jle and keep him there until he think's Umt a ,son o'.Mp. Fisher should ha.v
r ",rrMla,daH?h.r ,of Ju Jfi.CaMweH.
7J . lsncr. one of the
State s most honorable citizens, mar-
i11? J!- Wwell. and
a. ,e,sue 01 liiat marriajre is
ule ana keep
he ain't a horse." To jail he went, but
late in the evening, he concluded he
wasn't a horse, and was released."
but he stayed there long enough ito
Vnow. nnd in Ilia 1viny riav 'tn lfit'
full well the difference betweena horse .Irs Tiernan, widely known as "Chris-
and an ass. j Jldn ueia whose literary productions
He was very persistent in, his deter-! ?eT 'ff" the reulers of States
mination to allow none biit "lawyers n-;
side the bar. If he saw one not a law
yer occupying a seat there, he would
not be long ousting him. In the eoiirt
house in Jackson I witnessed the fbl-1
lowing incident: Mr. B. M. was quite
an influential Democratic politician in ' T 1 V. i Rantolrk. f
the upper part of the count v, but was' j,?50"' ' t(?ld me a. amusing
rough and uninviting in his appear- enf.,w hCh s illustrative of Judge
anee and dress; About Uventv years ; p ,e11 8 ,fluck lrit. and. courage,
before the occurrence he had obtained amiolpn- was at one time a prac-
lieense to practice in the county courts, ' 'SiTJ 8t Northampton bar.
but not practicing, the fact i1"11 f the Court
uy. llleJH!re, and he.
ting
conspicuously
the bar, and the Judge kept eyeing him , "Jf Ul Jackson, t he Judge spent most
1 i i : 1 All "A iia Mmre
until be eould stand it no longer. All
at once he pointed his finger at him
and said:. "You get out of that bar;
von have no business in there.- Get
-s,i n r romovpd 'wit.h .lis-durance companies, of Kaleicrh. which
patch, and as he was climbing over the required him to travel throughout the
railing, said m a tone loud enougn ior ,
the Judge to hear: "I've got license
Cincinati, Ohio, Feb. 7. Scott Jack
son and Alonzo M. Walling, the dental
students arrested on the charge of
murdering Pearl Bryan, were to-day
brought into the police court and ar
raigned on the charge of murder. Both
entered a plea of not guilty, and they
were remanded to jail without bail. .
Win. Wood was arraigned on the
charge of aiding in committing a
criminal operation, and pleaded not
guilty, and was held in $5,000 bail,
which was given.
The hypodermis syringe spoken of
in W'alling's satement has been, found
in Jackson's room, together with a bot
tle containing a fluid, the nature of
wnich has not yet been determined.
Walling to-day sent for the reporters
and detectives and confessed that all
the clues he had furnished as to the
locality of the head of the decapitated
woman Were misleading. He said:
The head is buried in. the sand bar
at Davton, near Fort Thomas, on the
Kentucky side of the river."
lie added: Jackson often spoKe of
the sand bar at that place as a good
one in which to hide anything when he
planned how to conceal evidences of
f he-?rime. He said he believed the
head is buried in the sand bar, and that
it could be found there. "
Though-Judge Caldwell Was Apparen
tly Brusque and Seemingly
Reserved he Had a .
Kind Heart.
J udge David Franklin Caldwell was
born in Iredell county, Xorth Carolina,
in March, 1791. He was the son of Col.
Andrew and liuth Caldwell. His
mother was the daughter of Hon. Wil
liam Sharp. f .
He went to school in Iredell county,
and when prepared for college entered
Chapel Hill, but did not graduate. He
was a member of the Dialectic Society.
Among Ms college classmates were Bed
ford Brown, Bryan Grimes (father of
the late Major General Bryan Grimes),
Dr. WTIliaiii Holt and James K. Mor
rison. He read law under Hon. Archi
bald Henderson, and . was admitted to
the bar in 1815, and located first in
Statesville, ; N. C.v and subsequently
moved to Salisbury, N. C. .
He was first married to Miss, Fannie
M. Alexander, a daughter of William
Lee Alexander, and granddaughter of
Judge Richard Henderson, aDd a niece
of lion. Nathaniel Alexander, Governor
of North Carolina in 1803. -The issue
of this marriage were six children
William L. A. Caldwell, Archibald IT.,
Elizabeth !;, (wife of Col. Charles F.
Fisher, who fell gallantly leading his
regiment at First Manassas), Richard
A. Julius A., and Fanny M.(wife of the
late Major Teter W. Hairston). Of
these, there only survive Dr.- Julius A.
Caldwell and Mrs. Fannie M. Hairston.
His second marriage was to Mrs.
Troy, in lSStf, 'but from this marriage
there was no issue.
He was first a member of the House
of Commons from . Iredell" county in
1S17. He was elected to the House of
Commons from Rowan county in 1825,
and was a 'member of the Sneate from
Rowan in 1829 1830 and 1831, and was
Speaker of the Senate in 1829. He was
appointed a Judge of the Superior
Court of Law and Equity in 1844. He
was six feet one inch in height,weighed
about 170 pounds, blue eyes and black
hair.
Judge Caldwell was a good legislator,
and being a fine lawyer of sound sense
and judgment, he knew the .needs of
his constituents. He considered their
interests and secured the enactment of
laws conducive to their advantage and
protection. He was dignified and re
served, firm' and -decided in his views
and opinions, unmoable when his
conclusions had been reached, and
Steadfast and unalterable in his rul
ings. It is easily to be conceived that
he made a most capable and accepta
ble presiding officer, and gave to tie
Senate a Speaker equal to anyr of those
who had preceded him.
He is better known to the people of
North Carolina as a Judge of the Supe
rior Court of Law and Equity, which
position he held from 1344 to' 185),
when he resigned. His manner, dig
nity on the bench, high sense of honor.
his moral rectitude, his nrmness aim
determination, his just dispensation of
law and justice, tempered with mercy
and tenderness, if justified, or applied
with harshness and rigidity, if de
manded, constitute the upright judge,
and cause him to be remembered as
one of the best and purest judges re
corded in the annals of the State's
history.
What he conceived to be his duty he
performed with fearlessness and . in-
, , . f i-;0 ' stout, heavy man and of much strength
tied at the sanction of his fellows in his - , -r -r i
i j i -U . i i. d and activity. Both men were of de-
,. u' , , cided and unquestioned courage
ff""" T -7 V r-r Fisher was a licensed lawyer, but never i
It is somehow Rlngular that, this be- "
mg a political nuarrel n.l
a uT spirit tunuiug high at the time,
Judge Caldwell should have selected
as his friend a leading Democrat wiUx
of the way! Get out of the0, V',tnist f honor;
y !. I'm a horse; I'm a horse, i Vi SWm that il had not
kwI T :. . , l
ana are treasured and
reserved ,n the libraries of foreign
climes. The capable and wide-awake
editor of the Charlotte Obs.-rver
Joseph B. Caldwell, is also a nephew
of Judge Caldwell. 1
The
friends.
when holdisg
tune with the Cnlm..'
.ome lew years before the wnr Col.
Randolph was " apjwiinted General
Agent of the Mutual Fire and Life In
to practice law, anyway." The Judge
called to him and said: "Why didn't
you say so then; .come back in the bar.
Fd like to know how I could tell you
were a lawyer, judging from your
looks." "
Among Judge Caldwell's character
istics not one was more'marked and
acknowledged than his great personal
eouraere. JNo cireuimstance or sur
rounding, or apparent advantage of an Pve hin a sound thrashing. He w
adversary, could make him flinch or indicted, and at the next term of t
swerve. On one occasion, one Hop
kins, himself a man of nerve and pluck,
was tried before him and convicted.
Some years after this they happened
together in a stage-coach, and Hop
kins recognizing him, he said: "Is
not this JudgerCaldwell?" He replied:
"Yes, sir, I am Judge Caldwell." "Well,
sir," said Hopkins, "vou tried me once
and punished me severely, and now I'm , man with that stick."
going to whip vou for it." "Whip he, called me a d d
me?" said the Judge. "How dare ydu
to insult a judge of North Carolina for
discharging his duty. Get out of this
stage immediately, sir!" Hopkins was
so taken back at this sudden sally, that
he got out almost without knowing it.
When ..asked why he got out, he said:
"Why, that old fellow's eyes looked as
big as two moons. "If I'd stayed jin
that stage, I believe that he would
have killed me in a half a minut."
Mr. Charles Overman, formerly of
Charlotte, and now of Reidsville, says
this circumstance was told to Iiim by
Hopkins himself. ' - j
In Salisbury during the days of nul
lification, with Judge Caldwell, lived
in that town Mr. Charles Fisher (the
THE RECOGNITiON'OF CUBA.
"I: . " .
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RE
PORTED TO THE SENATE.
A Direct Recognition of Belligerents
So Far as Congress Can
.', Give It.
j Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. The Sen
ate committee on- Foreign Relations
to-day agreed upon a substitute for the
resolution heretofore reported on the
question of -the recognition pf Cuba
and authorising Senator Morgan to re
port it to the Senate.
' The substitute is in the shape of a
concurrent resolution. As reported it
is as follows:
: "Resolved, by the Senate (the House
pf Representatives concurring), that
in the opinion of Congress, a condition
of public war exists between the Gov
Mr.
follow the line his judgment . Mr8her was a nullifier
science dictated to him to pur- , ' , T , run Pwna n tTt,;;,
and out of their contests a very bitter
feeling had arisen, which lasted as
long as Mr. Fisher lived, who died sev
eral years before Judge Caldwell.
Mr. Fisher. had an opportunity to
sneak at Mocksville, on Tuesday J of
his
should
and conscience
sire. - He would do nothing that savor- i
ed of impropriety. If he were invited '
to dine, or to tea, he would le sure to
be advised if the party inviting had a
case in court, and if so, he would as
surely decline the invitation. In the
whole term of his service as Judge, nmhnWr th first, mirf '
and at that date he frequently had notij. j)avje Countv was created as the 1 scales of the law. in even justice, and
State.
nioaiuu will If Ul, JMllSTOll, a
bully about the, town made some of
fensive remarks in his presence which
he believed were intended for him, and
he said to the bully: "I am inclined to
think, sir, that your remarks are in
tended for me." Quickly replied the
bully," You are a d d liar, you don't
think any such thing."-,. The Colonel
himself of quick and impetuous tem-
er, fired into him with his cane and
the
court put in an annearahee iLnd smK-
niitted. Judge Caldwell happened to
lie the Judge presiding. .
After court and late in the evening
the Judge said to the Colonel, "Come,
John, let us take a walk." The Colonel
acceded and theywentolT together, but
had not proceeded far when the Judge
said, "You did wTong to strike that
"Well, Judges
liar." "Never
mind-, John, the law does not allow
you to strike a man for calling you a
d d liar." "Now, Judge, just think of
it! Suppose, Judge, he had called you
a d d liar? "John, the impudent
scoundrel! If be Tiad called me a
dd liar I. would liave given him ten
times as much gs you gave him. That
I would. John!"
Judge Caldwell died at his home in
Salisbury on the 4th day of April, 1807,
in the seventy-seventh year of his age,
and Was buried in the Lutheran grave
yard of that town.
Judge. .Caldwell was apparently
brusque and seemingly distant and
reserved, yet it was easily observable
nd reserve.
suave disnosi-
atcd
uncertainty of approach
t or communion. His courtesy and
kindness to the younug members of
: the bar were noted, and they leaned to
; him with exceeding tenderness and
lfgard. 'He would always protect and
j shield the witness from what seemed
to him to be unwarranted severity, or
improper inierence, exercised by an
attorney an example "worthy to be
more generally followed by the judges
of the present day. The moment tne
attorney overstepped, the mark and as
sailed the witness without cause or
; justification, that moment the chiding
j remonstrance of Judge Caldwell con
! fronted him.
He was a just, upright, determined,
fearless and able jtidge, who held th
in that town Mr. Charles risner (tne. thatj beneath that dignity ar
father of the late gallant Colonel Chas. ! was a kindly heart and suai
. ...v.., , llon. inai ai once dissipated and re
a, ixia.ii i u.R oii uyic v,i i-nw . ! moved all uncertainty of
juage caiaweii was xne leaoer oi ine
Whig party, in Rowan and surround
ing country. Judge Caldwell was a
tall, slender man, and of but little
physical strength. Mr. Fisher was! a
access to rauroaa iaciiiues, n may COurt was held in the old Methodist
safely stated that, unless prevented py ;hureh.) jUfi,re Caldwell had it pii
sickness, he never once tailed to taxe ljshe(1 aml proclaimed" that he wou
Id
md elevated pride to the line of
her honored and distinguished judges
he valued his honor of tocher decree
than his life. If he ruled sternly, it
was not without moderation or mercv.
his seat on the bench, and open court , renir 'and ; the evenine- was surren- ! North Carolina can 'well toint with
on time on Monday morning, i nVe!dered by the court ,to the speakers.' a just an
Known juages, ireqiienuy, nou uj i ; judg.e Caldwell was on hand to reply.
the county-seat before Tuesday, when ; ut Mr. Fisher consumed the whole j of the past and present, and from the
they had the chance to ride on trains j evening, speaking until dark, and give bright galaxj' of the illustrous legal
mai iau Miij iuuco u.u auu.. f.iuoge i,aidweu no cnance to reply.'
io leyny or roumsiuunoa . ,Juige Laid well was very much in-
censecl, and he and his friends de-:
nounced Mr. Fisher bitterly. j j
They were both stopping at the same
tinlnl 41ion l,r V, I.U If T'
Judge Caldwell hadai
Jle was
while he was holding court. Old man j
Solomon Blythe, one morning walked
into the court house at Jackson, N. C,
and his conversation being sufficiently
boisterous to disturb the court, the!uei Binsrham.
Judjre said: "Mr. Clerk enter a fine- of .; habit- of talkincr to himself.
stars that have illuminated, and do
now illumine, the pathway of her
judicial firmament, no name can be
selected that more Combines the quali
ties that go to -make tip the pure aad
proper judge than the name of David
Franklin Caldwell. Pulaski Cowper
in Wake Forest Student.
fifty dollars uion that loud talking j walkincr un and down the floor and be-
man over there." After court adjourn-! tween Mr. Fisher and the fire, mumb-
ed, the Sheriff applied to old man Sol- ling to himself "a dd poor court, a .
on.ou ior u.c nx.y l uuri x isner, in nK- Bat SKea Pays the Penalty for the Mur-
ing by, went up to him and said: ing up before him, said: "Did you
"Look here, Mr. Judge, how in the ! trail me a d d poor shoat?" "Xo," j
ih 11 did vou and this here d d Sheriff . said the Judge, "I didn t, but I do say '
. . ...lv... vf"" i"- vJviwiuiKuk DlUfttS It no Iliutrxif vtiii v u uuuiu iu juu air u u j rKjyjl euuuu .hi, r 111-
proclaimed and for some time main- take a little less? I'll cro to iail before er caug-ht him and pushed him back
gained by the people of Cuba; and that.! Fll pay that much." Solomon's face j into the big old-fashioned fire-place,
5tates or America suouia , showed he. meant no disrespect. tnoucn : ano would nave uurned mm to death
i mi -w i. i l x x a a. : a. r . m -a r
terribly in earnest, ine juoge repneu: j wui ior me inwnerence oi ir. iipg- fy a ckrgvman from bis home ard by
nrvm. Mr. MATthPW Mi la anrl rt huro T - ....
the Unite'd
maintain a strict neutrality between
ihe contending powers and accord to
each all the rights of belligerents in
the ports and territory of the United
States." v
The committee resolution dif
fers from the original resolu
tion in that it is a direct
recognition so far as Congress can
give it of the belligerent rights of the
Cubans and does not contemplate, as
did the first measure, any appeal to
Spain to accord such rights. It also
contemplates taking the matter out
of the hands of the President and he
is not required to sign a concurrent
resolution.
DIED IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
der of Robt. Ross, v
Darneinore, X. Y.. Feb. 11. Hai Iho-
loraew Shea di'fl in the electrical cltrrir
to-day paying the jHiialty ftir the mur
der f Robt. I.'ofs at Troy, in 3!f;rcli.
'isut. Slu a was attei.del to th? cm!!ow
Well, then, old man. how much can
you pay ?" "Well," said Solomon, " I'll
pay twenty-five dollars, or go to jail."
Then said the Judge, "You go to the
Clerk and pay him twenty-five dollars,
and then go home, and don't you come
to Jackson again while I am holding
court." Solomon obeyed, but the
Judge, before he left, released the fine
and directed the Clerk to return him
the twenty-five dollars.
John R. Drake, the witty and sensi
ble Clerk of Northampton Court, in
ante-bellum days, was afflicted with
two voices coarse and fine he would
I start coarse and end fine. His desk
Mr. Bingham related - this
to Judge Furches of our present Su
preme Court, who related it to me. Mr
Bingham was Judge Furches father-in-law.
I. j
Judge Caldwell challenged Mr. Fisher
and placed the matter in the hands of
Mr. Samuel P. Carson; of Buck Creek,
then in Burke county Know McDowell)
a pr'.t from the Roman lyt.Vjlio
Occurrence ; ..l.urel. nf this rilM- Afr ri'.lvlnf
the last sacrament chra sr.il: "I am
innocent, Father, innocent." Au as-.,
sertioa which he reflated during the
rite of anointment. When he was co
ductel into the death chamber he
started as he came in sight of the elec
trical ehair, but said nothing.
Thm straps . iHfincr adiuKted. the
as his second. Mr. Fisher accepted, ' oriests in low tones, read the K-rlr
and selected broad swords as the weap-' of th dead. While the pnVsts read,
ons to be used. Mr. Carson would not 4 th trt voltage was turned on. It
allow his principal to fight, though he, was 9:55 when Shea entered the room
insisted that" he should be allowed to and 9:58 when he was pronounced
do so; but Mr. Carson stoutly refused, dead.
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