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STOCK MARKETS
New York, May 29. Stocks were
hesitant at the opening of today's ses
sion, but soon developed a firmer tone
on the renewed strength of 'United
States Steel, Midvale, Baldwin Loco
ivp. Marine Dreferred. oils and
rails. Conspicuous in the latter groupJ
were tteaums, umuu jrautiic, xxew na
ven and St. Paul common and pre
ferred. Aterborough Consolidated
preferred yielded 1 1-4 points on the
passing of the dividend and Sumatra
Tobacco followed its usual uncertain
course, reacting two points. Liberty
bonds were heavy, the 4 l-2s falling
to the new low record of 97.14.
American Beet Sugar ....
American Can
American Car & Foundry ,
American Locomotive . . .
American Linseed
American Smelting & Refg.
American Sugar . ". . -.
American T. & T. . . . . .
. 71
. 43 5-8
. 75 3-4
62 3-8
. 39
. 751-2
.111
. 98
Anaconda copper
. 621
Atchison
Atl., Gulf & West Indies
Baldwin ocomotive . .
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel "B" . .
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesajeake & Ohio . .
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul . ,
Chicago, R. I- &&. Pac. . ,
Chino Copper
Colorado Fuel & Iron . . . .
Corn Products
Crucible Steel
Cuba Sugar Cane .. ..
Erie i
General Electric
General Motors ,
Great Northern prd
Great Northern Ore Ctfs.
Illinois Central, bid . .
Inspiration Copper . .
Int. Mer. Marine
Int. Mer. Marine prd. ..
International Paper .
Kennecott Copper . . . .
Louisville & Nashville ..
Maxwell ilptors, bid. .
Mexican Petroleum .. ..
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
Missouri Pacific . . . . . . .
New -York Central .. ..
Norfolk & Western .. ..
Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Consolidated Copper
Reading -
. 84 7
.104 1
. 82 1
. 55
. 78 7-8
.147 14
64 3-4
. 58 5-8
44 5-S
. 22 5-8
. 40'3-4
. 45 3-4
. 49 7-8
. 615-8
. 30
. 16
.145 1-8
.116.1-2
. 90
. 30 3
. 961
. 48 1
. 25 3
. 95
. 36
. 313-4
.117
. 25
. 911-2
. 271-2
.' 48 1-8
. 23-8
. 721-2
.104 1-2
. 861-4
. 361-2
. 43 7-8
. 491-2
(- 24 ,
. 871r4
Republic Iron- & Steel
Sinclair Oil & Refining
Southern Pacific . .
Southern Railway . . .
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper . . .
Texas Co
Tobacco Products . .
Union Pacific .. .. ..
United Cigar Stores . .
. 82 3-8
.27 3-4
. 84 3-4
. 231-2
. 40
. 18
.144
. 56 7-8
.123 1-2
. 88 1-2
-
U. S. Ind. Alcohol:
:ii9 9-8
United States Rubber . . .
United States Steel . . t .
Utah Copper .. .. T. :
Wabash Pfd. "A"
Westittghovser Electric . .
Willy s-Overl.nd . . .
America Tobacco . .
Atlantic Coast Line (bid)
Gulf States Steel (bid) .
Seaboard Air Line -
Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron
United Fruit (bid) .. .
Virginia Caro. Chem. . .
N. Y., N. H. & H. ..
. 55
.103 7-8
; 77 1-2
. 42
. 41 5-8
. 18 7-8.
.1561-2
. 931-4
. 80
. 7 3-8
. 64 3-4
.120
. 47
. 44
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, May 2. Hogs: Receipts,
23,000. Slow. Bulk, 16.5016.70;
light, 16.4016.85; mixed, 16.30
1680; heavy, 15.40 16.55; rough, 15.40
15.75; pigs, 14.25 16.75.
Cattle: Receipts, 5,000 Cteady. Na
tive steers, 10.50 1T.60 ; stockers and
feeders, 9.2513.65; cows and heifers,
7.2514.90; calves, 8.501S.25.
Sheep: Receipts, 8,000. Firm. Sheep,
10.0015.25; lambs, 13.5017.75;
springs, 14.25g20.00. j
RECEIPTS.
Cotton 2
Tar 62
POSTOFFICE TO OBSERVE
urn irtAvs urtMDC TrtMlHRRDW
Holiday hours will be observed at
. 111.
xne postoffice tomorrow wiui ui
stamp window open from 10 to 11 a.
m. and from 5 to 6 in the afternoon.
General delivery hours will be from
11 a. m. to 12 and from 1-p. m. until
8 o'clock. The registry window will
be open from "11 o'clock until noon.
Carriers will make one collection and
one delivery of mail.
WEATHER
For Wilmington and vicinity: Gen
erally fair tonight and Thursday,' with
not much change in temperature.
Gentle to moderate shifting Winds.
Stage of Water
Stage of water in Cape Fear river
t Fayettevllle, N. C, at 8 a. m. yes
terday, 12.2 feet.
THURSDAY, May 29, 1918
Sun rises, 6:02
Sun sets ".. . ..... .". :;. ...... .-. .'. . .8:17
Weather Bureau Reports
Temperature.
WEATITER
8 m. m.
H
M
Hi
mm QQ
a
J3
AshevilleT7:
Atlanta ....
Charleston ..
Charlotte . . ,
Chicago
Galveston . . .
Jacksonville
New Orleans
New York
. .ptdoudy 84
I 60
70
70
1.48
0
0
0
1.48
0
0
.36
.04
0
-0
0
.34
'0
cloudyU90
.pt.cloudy
82
.ptcloudy
92
52
82
84
84
86
84
92
90
92
86
68
48
78
72
72
62
64
70
70
68
69
foggy
.ptcloudy
clear
..T. .clear
. . . . cloudy
Pittsburg ...
Raleigh
Washington
Wilmington
clear
clear
, pt.cloudy.
clearl
..pt.cloudy!
- ' . ... , x- ... .. ; : 1 :
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KE
s COTTON MARKETS.
Wilmington; (Spot;, ; .. .... 28 1-2
Charleston . . .... . . .'. . .30.00
Norfolk .. .. .. .. ., ..281-2
avannah .. Uv;; 1. I 29 1-4
N EW YORK COTTON I
New York, May ; 29; There -was
some scattered selling awing to easy
cables and favorable;-crop reports at
the opening -of the cotton market to
day arid first prices , -were 7 to 19
points lower. JThes nTrrin
readily absorbed, however, with the-
marsei soon turning firm on renewed
covering, while there alsoeemed to
be more fresh, buying- on the bullish
spot advices, Encouraging war re
port and the more optimistic view
of export possibilities based on the
rapidly increasing . output of fresh
tonnage: Before th' end of the first
hour July rallied from24.70 to 25.10
and October from 23.55 to 23.90, with
active months generally showing net
advances of 11 to 12 points.
Cotton closed steady.
High. Low. Close
July 25.60 24.70 25.60
October 24.50 23.55 24.37
December 24.30 23.40 24.18
January 24.08 23.26 24.00
March 23.55 23.36 24.00
NE WYORK SPOT COTTON
New York, May 29. Cotton spot,
steady. Middling, 30.10c.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
New Orleans, May 29. After, afall
of 12 to 17 points around the opening
today on favorable weather conditions
in the belt the cotton market felt new
buying based" on good spot accounts
and rose to a net advance, standing
10 to 12 -points over yesterday's close
at the end of .the first half hour of
trading.
Cotton closed steady at net advanc
oe 66 to 81 points.
Hieh. Low. Clnsf
July ... : .25.66 24.80 25.62
uctoher 23.71 22.68 23.61
December- 23.40 22.43 23.31
January . .. ..... . . .23.15 "22.32 23.24
March 23.10 22.92 23.10
t NEW ORLEANS SPOT.
New Orleans. May 29. SDot cotton
steady and unchanged; sales on the
spot 1,270 bales; to arrive 198; low
middling 26.50; middling 29.00; good
rhiddling 30.25. Receipts 3,314; stock
391,686.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Liverpool, May 29. Cotton: Spot
quiet, prices easier; good middling
21.58; middling 21.05; low mOddling
20.53; good ordinary 19 . 53 ; ordinary
19.01. Sales, 2,000 bales, including
1,500 American.. Receipts 3,200 bales,
all American.,
Futures closed quiet. New con
tracts: May 21.60; June 21.06; July
20.36; August 19.47; September 18.85.
Old contracts (fixed prices): May
20 . 00 ; May-June 19 . 92 ; June-July
19.84: " ' v v ------ - '
CHICAGO GRAIN
Chicago, May 29. All future dellv.
eries of corn today touched new low
levels for the season. Indications of
higher temperatures and of fair
weather appeared to be chiefly respon
sible. , Opening prices, which varied
from l-8c off to l-4c up, with June not
quoted and July 91.36 1-2 to 91.36 3-4,
were followed by a slight upturn and
then a downward swing to. well below
yesterday's finish.
After opening l-8c lower to alike
advance, with July 65 3-4c to 66c, oats
hardened a little and then underwent
a decided sag.
Covering by shorts gave strength to
provisions.
Grain and provision prices follow:
Corn . " Open. Close.
June 1.33 1-2
July k.... 1.361-4 1.35-
Oats -
May .. 741-2 .75 3-8
July 65 3-4 .65 7-8
Pork
May 39.50
July 40.00 39.50
Lard
July 24.00 23.87
Sept 24.20 24.15
Ribs
July' ....21.67 21.40
Sept 21.90
Com closed unsettled. 1 1-4 to 1 5-8c
net lower, with June 1.33 1-2 and July
1.35 to 1.351-8.
Cash: Corn, No. .2 yellow, nominal;
No., 3, 1.56 165; No. 4 yellow, 1.47.
Oats, No. 3 white, 731-475; stand
ard. 75 3-4761-2.-Rye, No. 2. 1. 90
Barley. 1.051.30l Timothy, 5.00
8.00. Clover, 18.00 28. 00. Pork,
nominal. Lard,- 24.07. Ribs, 20.65
21.15.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits 47 cents. r
Rosin $6.50 and $6.00.
1 Tar $3.30 and 15 cents.
Crude $4.50, $4.50, $3.50.
TWO SERVICES PLANNED
AT BLADEN STREET CHURCH
E. ,C. Sell, pastor of . the Bladen
Street Methodist church, will lecture
on the' Sunday school lesson for next
Sunday this evening at 8 o'clock at
the church. There will be a meeting
at thfl Bladen Street chureh tomor
rnw venine at 6:30 o'clock in accord
ance with the president's proclamation
fnr irtfirftession and prayer. All Sun
day school teachers are urged to be
present this evening and the public
is invited to attend notn services.
BusinesslSpeeials
WANTED-PSITlON AS STENOG-
ranher or office work; can give ref
erences. Willing to take temporary
place and moderate salary. Address
M," Box 565, Wilmington, xm. u. .
529-7tj
LOST A SUM OF MONEY AT 6TH
and Castle Sts. . Flnder..willspleas
retufn to New Hanover-drug store.
RnifaDle reward will be given. J. A.
Smith.
EXERCISES AT THE -
SCHOOL TODAY
Class day exercises, held in the kieh
school; gattditorium this morning at . 11
were argeiy auenaea and the
programcamej out in ;a splendid 4
majjjmjef, was- highly enjoyed by all.
any-'.oid students of the school and
parents of the members of the gradu
ating class, and the student body in
general, attended. The program was:
scrag America .the Beautiful, school
Introductory remarks Mr. little. -Remarks
-andi announcement of pro-
gra-Mr. Blair. --f
Statistics Amos Cumming.
- History Eloise Jones.
Class song Words by Helen Don
Creasy, class poet.
Propheejfr-Marie Bonitz.
Presentation of Red Cross gift--
Irene Price. ,
Accepting for Red Cross Mr. Blair.
Presentation of . class gift Wilbur
King, president of class, $50 liberty
bond.
Acceptance of gift Mr. Blair.
. Star, Spa.sglejl Banner.
' Members of the families of the grad
uating class, faculty members and
high school alumnus will occupy re
served seats at the commencement ex
ercises Friday night, and tickets can
be had at office of board of education
in the court house. . This is in keep
ing with a long, estaglished custom.
The remainder of the house will be
open to the public generally.
The commencement address will be
delivered by Hon. R. N. Page, of
Biscoe, and will be" directed to a grad
uating . clas of 60-
AGED CITIZEN PASSED AWAY
HERE EARLY THIS MORNING
C. S. Garrell, 61 years of age, died
this morning at 4:25 o'clock, at his
home, 916 North Fourth street, fol
lowing an illness that had extended
over a considerable period. The de
ceased was a member of the First
Baptist church and held in high re
gard by all who knew him. He is
survived by a wife, several sons and
daughters The children are Miss
Myrtice and Guy, of Burgaw; Frank,
Mabel, Sudie and baby Vivian. Two
sisters, Mrs. P. C. Harrison, Colum
bus county, and Mrs. Pink Reaves,
Whiteville, also survive. Funeral ser
vices will be conducted from the resi
dence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
by Dr. John Jeter Hurt, and inter
ment -will be made in the family bury
ing ground near Middle sound. '
MOTHER OF WILMINGTONIAN
DIED EARLY LAST NIGHT
Mrs. J. MacRae Pemberton, widow
of Colonel Pemberton, of Fayettevllle
and mother of Captain W. H. Pern
berton, this city, died last night in
Cheraw, S. C, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. T. F. Harrall. The de
ceased was 86 years of age and the
mother of a remarkable family of sons
and daughters, having many relatives
in the army, not a few of whom are
overseas at present- The funeral will
probably, take place m yetteviue to
morrow and interment will be made in
the family plat.
At the Mission House
The Red Cross unit of St. John's
mission will meet tomorrow afternoon
in regular session at the mission
house. All members are urged to at
tend and others are invited.
1 M YESTERDAY
(Continued From Page Five.
ness said that he did not think" Mr.
Huntington ever mentioned the girl'B
name, although his description of her
was sufficiently good for him to know
to whom he was referring. Continu
ing, the witness said that he advised
Solicitor Burton to Investigate the
case thoroughly before any action was
taken. He did not profess to know
whether this suggestion was carried
out or not.
Justice Furlong ruled early in the
afternoon that communications re
ceived by the recorder could not be
privileged communications, although
this ruling did not hold good as to the
solicitor, who is supposed to receive
evidence and information prior to the
arrest and trial of a defendant. A
hlated argument developed at one
time as to whether the solicitor could
receive a privileged communication
with a third party present L-hat if in
formation was given him in the pres
ence of another, that it lost its priv
ileges, the court finally ruling that
what Mr. Huntington said to Mr. Bur
ton in the presence of the recorder
could not be repeated by the latter
-Solicitor Burton followed Recorder
Harrlss on the stand and admitted,
over the objections of his counsel,
that he directed the arrest of Miss
Weyers; that he ordered her arrest
on information furnished him. The
solicitor's memory on several matters
was apparently bad and - he was
obliged to frequently answer questions
with the statement: "I don't remem
ber whether I told this individual or
that individual certain things.
It was -while the solicitor was on
the stand that Mr. Meares admonished
Mr. Peschau against "acting like a
schoolboy." The latter was leaning
over the table in front of state's coun
sel and he was waved away. Mr,
Peschau replied in a, slightly heated
manner, but both lawyers again turned
their attention to the witness on the
stand-
Addison Rlcaud also of counsel for
the state, Moored he opposition when
he ;ufged that the u practice of object
ing on technicalities be discontinued.
declaring that it smacked of "running,
particularly in a slander case.
The case will be reopened Thursday
before Justice Furlong and Will prob
ably be either dismissed or the defend
ant passed on to a higher tribunal by
tlC jticejijof ; the ; peace, hig;:5urisdicr
tion not -permitting mm 10 ao any
thing other than dismiss, or find pxoh
able, cfrnsa.
HUNTINGTON
Citizens Caustically
Cftictse
Letter Addressedto Council
or orrection or Abuse omplamed Uf
Wilmington, N. C, May 23, 1918
To His Honor, P. Q. Moore, Mayor,
Messrs. W. D. McCaig, L. M. Bunt
ing, Lr. Xr. Shephard, J. M. Hall,
B. A. Merritt and W. J Bradshaw,
Councilmen, City.
Sirs: We take no pleasure in the cir
cumstances which prompt -this com
municationv It is to awake your ap
parent lethargy of mind and heart to
an appreciation of the deep wrong to
innocence recently committed by the
reckless conddct of your police 'depart
ment. It is to force upon ybur' atten-
tiomthe facts developed by the arrest.
imprisonment ana arraignment of Miss
Weyers upon the false charge that she
"did unlawfuly and wilfully commit
vagrancy by leading an immoral and
prolifigate life, roaming the streets."
The facts are known. They do not
seem to have sufficiently, impressed
you to suggest an official investigation
by the city authorities. These facts
have been in part published; They re
flect upon the police department. You
are responsible to the public for this
department. It is created, regulated
and directed by you in-the last analy
sis, and you .cannot escape that re
sponsibility. The. force is what you
make it; reflects your public spirit and
evidences youqr official supervisory ca
pacity. If it may arrest citizens, with
out even evidence to present to a
court, and charge young women as va
grants, immoral and profligate when
inquiry would show they are respect
able, hard-working, self-supporting and
living properly; then, there & bone
headed imbecility in the force,which
calls for prompt removal; and, if- you
gentlemen, sit with callous " indiffer
ence when these conditions are reveal
ed, without Investigation or expressed
indignation, at an outrage committed
under your own administration, and
take no measures to reprove the law
less acts of the police officers or adopt
no means to make impossible like oc
currences, then, it is about time for.
citizens to consider a recall. and the
election of men who will feel some
urgency to condemn the wanton abuse
of power by. their subordinates.
We speak as citizens with some re
gard for the rights and liberties of
the people; we speak for an outraged
father and mother, who may not know
how to speak for themselves, and. we
shall speak without mincing matters;
but, above all, we speak as men, and
believe we speak the sentiment.of .all
men, who value the honor of young
womanhood, when we declare that this
offense against womanhood should not
go unnoticed and unrebuked by the
constituted authorities of this city.
One would have supposed you would
have been stirred to immediate action.
It is rather tardy, perhaps, but you
cannot remain silent, inactive, and es
cape condemnation. How would you
feel, if it were your . daughter,! wife or
sister who had been thus humiliated?
As you feel, so act. How would you
have acted, if it had been some young
women, whose people. were of greater
prominence or local influence? Would
you have shut up and remained silent
or aired your Tighteous indignation and
taken some action, if onlv tn nmnlfAst
n&rt.ial cnitPBrn? A
X . rf A .
Miss Weyers for four years past
has worked at the Wilmington Hosiery
mills. Mr. Kuck and Mr. Calder, offi
cers of that corporation, speak in the
highest praise of her industry, fidel
ity and competency as- an operator.
She has seldom missed her work. She
rises in the morning, walks a mile to
catch the trolley car at 6:20 a. m. at
Audubon, comes to the .city and-goes
to the factory. At the end of the day,
it has been her custom -to walk down
town, to Princess and Front streets,
where she would take the car again -io
Audubon and from there again walk to
her home. It is for this reason she
may have been seen each day near
the interjection of the streets men
tioned. She lives with her father and
mother on a farm at Audubon. Every
body who knows her speaks well of
her excellent character.
She came to the city on April 18 to
see her physician, but did not go to
work. She walked from Chestnut on
Second to Princess, thence up Princess
street. Policeman L. J. Williams and
Solicitor Burton saw her. Mr. Burton
remarked to Policeman Williams that
she was the woman Mr. Huntington
had reported as hanging out at the
Y. M. C. A. and as having a certain
loathesome disease. Policeman Wil
liams followed the young lady. She
walked up Third street to .Orange,
down that street to Front, when she
turned north and stopped in front of
store to Inquire why a certain
shoe shop, where she had left shoes to
be repaired, and had gone to get them,
at this time, was closed. The Police
man Williams had observed nothing
in her conduct as he followed her, he
said to one of us. In front of store
on Front street, the policeman ap
proached her. Mr. Burton and Mr.
Branch ; drove up in an automobile.
Mr. Burton directed the policeman to
arrest her. He did so. Asking why
her arrest, he told her Mr. Burton
would inform her. Mr. Burton did tell
her she was arrested for vagrancy and
other things. .
She was taken to the city hall and
held under arrest. She was arrested
without a warrant. Here, one of the
officials saw her in distress and tears
and told the police not to put her in a
cell until her people had the chance
to give bond. She asked that Mr.
Bonham be phoned, at Audubon, and
be requested to inform her father and
mother. Mr.--Bonham. and her father
came, gave the bond, and she was re
leased to appear next day before the
recorder. No warrant had been then
sworn to and no order of "arrest then
issued. This was on the 18th day of
April. No one asked what she did for
a living, where she worked, or with
whom she lived. Inquiry then would
have disclosed she was not a vagrant.
Why did they not ask her? Sheer stu
pidity! .
:-.v Griy $2$ 39tfcJJdW of April.'.anaffidavit
purporting to have been made by the
policeman, L. J. Williams, was pre-
Lpaxedand. cectifledUo asjhayjnbaen
City
Council
About Weyers Suggest Recall
sworn to before Policeman J. 3.
Moore, who signed it as a justice of
the peace. This affidavit was not sign
ed by L. J. wnHams. He tells me he
never saw it until it was shown him
on April 23, 1918, and he never swore
to it before Moore or anyone 'else. On
thia.affidavit J. J. Moore, J. P issued
an order of arrest, dated the 19th, ihe
-day after her. arrest, and ordered the
"sheriff or othe lawful officer" to have
her at the court house on the 19th, at
10 o'clock a. m.
She appeared. Recorder ;Harriss in
formed me be suggested she.be phy
sically examined. They had; no evi
dence upon which to convict or even
put her on trial. In a consultation be
tween Mr. Burton, Mr.-Huntington and
Mr. Grant, the latter representing Miss
Weyers, it was proposed, Mr. Grant
advised and Miss Weyers consented, in
order to disprove the iniquitous
charge, to be physically examined.
The official certificate of Dr. Robt.
B . Sldcumb, "county pbyslciaff,'"dated!
An.il 1Q 1Q1S osfaViHotlino- th- A.hfJfi-
lute innocence of the young woman as
revealed by physical examination, dis
prove the slanders of her wanton ac
cusers. Copy is submitted herewith
for your consideration.
On April 23, 191 the recorder hav
ing discovered the affidavit of arrest
had nnt bpp.Ti Riened. thoueh appearing
w - 1- '
to have been made by Policeman Li. J
Williams, directed the solicitor to nave
it sisrned.
On this day, April 23, 1918, five days
after her arrest, the chief of police; at
the request of the solicitor, naa vyu
Hamc tn cn tn fiie courthouse and sign
it t am informed Willla . is demurred
at. that time to signing it,' but after
consultation with his chief and soiick
tor, Burton, he did so.
At that, time they all knew she was
not a vagrant and they all knew of
Dr. Slocum's certificate, and they all
knew the affidavit did not speak the
truth, but to save the face of the po
lice department and "camounage v tne
court record with apparent regularity,
they had the affidavit signed charging
that this young woman did uniawrui
ly and wilfully commit vagrancy, by
leading an Immoral and profligate life,
mamine thA streets." It would be
serious enoueh if a man's character
were at stake, but, when a woman's
honor Is involved, thus to write down
Kuch an impeachment of a yottng
woman, whom they then knew to be
innocent, fa an Indefensible act Of In
famv!
Later, as the public knows witnout
even the offer of evidence or any Kina,
the solicitor, after having first, "nolle
prossed the case, with leave to reopen,
filed a ,written statement In court,
oTO'nratiTie' Miss Weyers. and the
court, finding the fact of her inno
cence." dismissed the case.
Miss Weyers, through her father,
has instituted suit against the partios
causing her arrest. On a preliminary
examination or the defendants, intend
ed by her counsel to fix the responsi
Wllty; L. J. Williams, Instead of mak
ing a frank disclosure of the circum
stances ,of the arrest, which might
have shown he acted uhder orders,
saw lit to screen himself and co-defendants
behind supposed constitu
tional rights, where he as a public
servant had been a party, to an as
sault upon the person and upon the
honor of an innocent young woman.
His testimony, at that hearing, was
as follows:
Testimony of L. J. Williams
"Mr. Bellamy: The defendants here
by enter a protest against being sworn
in this cause or being subjected as wit
ness to testify at the present' time.
U J. Williams, being duly sworn, tes
tified as follows:
Direct examination by Mr. Meares:
Q. You are a resident of Wilming
ton? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Are you a member Of the police
force of the city of Wilmington?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you, on or about the 18th of
April? arrest Miss Jacoba Weyers for
any purpose?
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
-Witness: I refuse to answer.
Mr. Bellamy: Counsel for defend
ants object to the question- on the
ground that It might subject him to
criminal prosecution or forfeiture or
penalty.
Q. (by Mr. Bellamy). Is that your
ground for declining to answer?
Witness: Yes, sir.
Objection rerruled and exception
noted.
Q. Why do you object to answering
the simple question whether or not
you arrested Miss Jacoba Weyers?
Mr. McClammy: We object.
Witness: I decline to answer.
Q. 1 show you a paper marked "ex
hibit B" purporting to be an affidavit
signed by L. J. Williams, sworn to be
fore J. J. Moore, dated April 19, 1918,
and I ask you if you signed that paper?
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
WitfTess: Sure, I sighed it. .
Q. Did you sign It on the 19th of
April, the date the paper is dated?
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
Witness: I decline to answer.
Q. Did you swear to it before J. J.
Moore, justice of the peace, as pur
ported? '
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
Witness: I decline to answer.
Q. Did. you swear to it at all before
anybody? - .
-Mri Bellamy: We object.
Witness: I Recline to answer.
Q. Did you arrest on the 19th or 18th
of April Miss Jacoba Weyers under
this order of arrest?
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
Witness: I decline to answer.
t Q. yW are one pf the ifendatats in
this aetlont are you; not? .v .
'- Mr. Bellamy: 'He can answer that
ojies-tion. . '
Witness: Yes, sir.
Q. Befor signing this paper, which
yon say" you feigned, exhibit "B dja
you maj; anr;jnvcstotion tL ascer-
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iau. wneiaer jacoDa weyerB had been
guilty of i vagrancy or not ' 1
Mr, Bellamy: We object
Witness! I decline to answer.
Didxyouf make any investigation
whether or n6Tghe was leading an
immoral .and profligate life?
Mr.. Bellamy: We. object
Witness! I decline "tomans wer.
Q. Did you vmake any Investigation
as to whether prtnot she was in pur
suit of an immoral and profligate life
or roaming the streets?
Witness! I decline to answer.
Q. Upon whiat knowledge or infor
mation did yous xdake and 'sign this
affidavit? . -
Witness: I decline to answer.
!Q. '. Upon what knowledge and infor
mation, if ybu tnade her.arrest, did you
make It?
I Witness: I. decline to answer.;.
Q. . At whose instance and direction
did you make this arrest if you made
It? . .
Witness: I decline to answer.
Q. I ask you as a matter of fact if
you ever ewore to this warrant before
J. H. MooreV'J. P.?"
Witness: I decline to answer.
Q. I will ask you as a matter of
fact if you didn't sign this warrant or
this affidavit in thej court house, on
April 23rd, after the case was over
here in the recorder's court
Witness; I decline to answer.
Q. Did you or did you not after you
arrested this plaintiff, if you arrested
her, carry her to the city hall?
Witness: I -decline to answer.
Q. Do. you . know of your own
knowledge . any of the" circumstances
as to the arrest of Miss Jacoba
Weyers?
Witness: I decline, to answer.
Q. Is It your purpose in this exami
nation to refuse to answer all ques
tions put to you?
Mr. Bellamy: We object.
Witness: I decline to answer.
Mr. Meares: . May it please your
Honor we ask that the court rule that
these questions should be answered.
I realize you have no power to force
an answer, but I ask that you certify
the facts to the judge of the superior
court, and we also make a motion that
the witness be adjudged in contempt
and that ..he be required to answer
these questions and . submit to examl
nation as provided in the code.
Mr. Bellamy: Witness ' declines to
answer the questions in this cause for
the' reasbn that he relies upon his
constitutional right to decline to an
swer. any , question that will . Subject
him to criminal prosecution or for
feiture or penalty or that may tend
thereto, : He has-no intention to show
any disrespect to the court, but, much
to the contrary, he simply desires to
exercise his constitutional right
Court: It will be certified to the
judge of the superior court for his
final construction." .
The above testimony is. frank, at
least, in the admission that your of
ficer fears "criminal prosecution
Why? ,
J Mr: and litrS' Weyers, in their state
ment defending their daughter, pub
lished in The Dispatch of April 28th,
1918, directed attention to the fact, at
that timei that neither ther mayor nor
council had noticed the occurrence by
any official act.
Do you propose in the searchlight of
these .facts', which you can confirm
on investigation, to dismiss this affair
with silent unconcern? If so, you do
not appreciate the duties of your
office.
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time he knew by tacts discovered,
after her arrest and before he signed
it the charges it contained were
false? If so, what standard of morale
do you expect' the police force to
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We Insist that you take the proper
steps to- fix the responsibility of this,
arrest to reprove the officers con
cerned, and not let the outrage pass
unnoticed and unrebuked by the ex
ecutive powers of this city. The out
rage has attracted the attention of
the state and lead the Greensboro
Daily News and th Raleigh State, it
not other papers of the state, to sharp
ly denounce the affair, criticising the
police authorities, while here at home
our mayor and council remain in con
temptuous silence.
' Serious as is this affair, it is nol
without its humorous side. It pre
sents in police incompetency an ama
teur performance in boyish vaudeville.
Respectfuiry,
TUFT") FT .J, MFARTCS.
Endorsement.
We the undersigned friends of Miss
Weyers, who have known her for sev
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rents at Audubon, are familiar with
the facts stated in the above paper
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