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VOL. XXI ~PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 183 N.4. MR. DONALDSON REPLIFS TO GOVERNOR TILLMAN'S CHARGES AGAINST HIM. Ile Xs Wnillr g That the Allitance Should Pat. Judgmont Upon lilmself and the Governor-A Counter Atta4k on Till Inane COLUMBIA, S. C., May 6.-The follow ing reply of Col. M. L. Donaldson to Governor Tillman'a explanation of the blacklisting appears in the Cotton Plant today: GREENVILLE, S. C., May 1, 1893. Mit. EDIToR:-In replying to Gover nor Tillman's confession to having blacklisted me to President Cleveland, and the reason he assigns for so doing I shall'not attempt to "link" Mr. Till man as citizen, with Mr. Tillman as Governor, nor vice-versa, but to deal with him as man to man, recognizing the fact., as the public will also, that if his conduct in this matter, is shown to be true and noble and manly, it will only give lustre to the office which he holds, and that on the contrary if his course has been untrue, ignofle and unmanly, his oilice as Governor, will not shield him from the contempt of all right thinking men. WheA I first saw the reports in the newspapers that the Governor of the State had included my name in a black list to Mr. Cleveland, I in common with the people generally gave but lit. tle credit to it. but receiving no state ment from the Governor denying it I wrote him a letter of inquiry, which letter he saw fit to ignore. I shall take up his public statements however, and answer them seriatim. le disclaims any "reference" to my private character, or any feeling of re sentment, or desire to injure me and yet he deliberately proceeds to charge r me with "betrayal" of the Alliance, and "treawhery to the people and to the Al liance" thus making a deadly thrust at my character and reputation. We read of one Joab of olden time, who while maddened and blinded by political jealousy, pursued a faithful servant of the king, one who was on a mission to unite and harmonize the people, and when he had overtaken him this Joab while stroking the beard of his victim, in great show of friendship, thrust the cold steel under his fifth rib. Perhaps Gov. Tillman has yet to learn that to stab a wran's character whether openly as Joah did Annassa's person or under cover of supposed secrecy in a blacklist to the President means deathto the victim. The first reason given by the Gover nor to prevent "further betrayal of the Alliance" is that I am repudiated by the Democracy of Greenville County, etc. So far as my failing to be elected a delegate to the May convention is concerncd, I have the records to show, for they are in the hands of three as honorable men vs live in Greenville County, I hat in a caucus of reformers, held just before the meeting of the County Convention, a ballot was taken for delegates to the State Convention. to be voted for in the open convention. About one-half of the ballots cast for A me were not reported, and still the number of ballots counted for me made an alternate, which according to a rule of the caucus required that my name be printed on the tickets to be used in the ,en convention, having failed therefore by the counting out process to keep me off the ticket, it was dis covered in the convention, after a large number of them were distributed to the unsuspecting meinbers, that my name was left ef' the tickets. This arousing suspicion in the minds of some, an investigat ion was made and the facts as above stated sworn to and published by the investigating com mittee. It was but natural th.erefore (and certainly nothing could have been more gratifying to me) that my friendls wit,h whom I had so long associated in the work of reform, seeing the perse cution that was attempted towards me should rally almost to a man to my support in the State Convention, Is it 4 not a remnark able position for the Gov ernor to put the members of that con vention In when he states that "through the influence of a few Alliancemen," they unanimously conferred the most honora'ale and responsible position, within their gilft upon one so unwor thy as he would hiave me appeer? If there was any "presumption" in that convenition as to nmy being oppos td to the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, I was not aware of it then nor since, till the Governor makes the bald state ment, that such was the case. To be + entirely frank he makes that statement in the l ace of indubitable proof to the contrai y, for my position towara Mr. Cleveland w as given to the press as early as February, 1891, and was print ed in the newspapers all over this State, and in other States as wvell. and I know he rena my views, as then'i cx pressed. TIhe Alliance uavo no evidence oi looking upon my preference for Mr. Cleveland as a betray al of them, ither at that time or since. Moreover the convention voted down a resolutio.n to instruct the delegates to Chicago, as the records showv. As to the resolu tions afterwarda adopted, condemning Mr. Cleveland's former admininistrati on, it will be remembered by dlelewates, wlyo talked with mite on the way to Chicago, that I thought the resehmtions * as expressive of the sense of the con vention must have its bearing upon their action. I went to Chicago, not as a delegate, to vote in the convention but to meet the D)emocratic National Executive Committee, in order to or ganize with that committee for the work of the camp,aign. I associated with them "openly" I confess; most of the committee I believe were support ers of Mr. Cleveland, and the results of the convention indicated t hat there were quite a number of voting dele gates also, who wore in favor of his nomination. I felt then as I do now, that I as a Iree white South Carolina Democrat, had as much right to my choice of Mr. Cleveland for the presi * dency as Governor Tlllman had for his choice. As already stated my position * for Mr. Cleveland was well understood before the May convention met. No demand was made upon me by that convention, and I deny the charge that I consciously deceived anzy one, either by silence, or by speech. The next cotant in this wonderful indictment is that I rledged myself if elected Presi dent of the State AllIance, not to seek any office, etc., and thIs reporL "I am told" is being ve:y industriously circu were a fact, which iF believed will, as Is hoped for by those who seek my in jury have the effect of breaking the unity of the Alliance, in supporting my efforts as its ofilcial head, to build up and maintain the true principle3 of the Order. The exact truth Is, I did not seek the nomination of the presidency of the State Alliance, but on the contrary ex. pressed to many of those who ap proached me on the subject, that I preferred to decline, and I am sure that every member of the State Alli ance who voted for me will bear me out in the statement: that I it. not in the slightest degree express or imply any such pledge, nor was any such re quirement laid upon me by any one whomsoever. I did say after my elec tion that I woul, do all within my power to build up and advance the in terests of the Order, which I have done, and will continue to do. It might be iWteresting right here to in quire of the Governor, whence comes this new-born zeal for the welfare and safety of the Alliance on his part? I believe that at one time he was made President of the Edgelipid County Al liance, and that notwithstanding he had published far and wide-to show his disinterested patriotism-that he wanted no office save that af a trustee of an agricultural college, yet he did not hesitate to embrace the first oppor tunity to hold olice of another kind. When Alliancemen all over the State revert to his defiance of the Order and its principles, as he demonstrated it at the meeting of the State Alliance at Spartanburg, they will no doubt look upon his great and sudden Alliance virtue in this case as somewhat ludi crous and grotesque. In the last count he charges me with "treachery, to the people and to the Alliance," in that I injected into the railroad bill of '91 "two objectionable features," viz: The right of appeal on the part of the rail roads to the courts and the feature of the bill which allowed the election of railroad commissioners by the Gener.l Assembly. To any one with the infor mation and intelligence of a school boy a reply to these charges would seem superfluous. Mr. Tillman, when inaugurated Governor took a solemn oath to sustain the constitution of this State and of the United States. I, with every other member of the Senate and House of Representatives, took the same oath. The constitution unques tionably guarantees to the citizen the right of appeal to the courts, which right is one of the bed rocks of civil liberty, and yet the Governor of a great State, who has sworn to sustain the constitution thereof, feels justilied-in proceedingy seriously and deliberately to Washington and apparently under cover of secrecy asks the chief execu tive of the nation to decapitate a man who, as State Senator, refused to betray his trust by denying to the citizen hii rights, under the constitution--for in its last analysis that is what this rea son, as given to Mr. Cleveland, means. So far as relates to Bunch McBee having suggested to me that the right of appeal be inserted in the bill, I have to say that Mr. McBee never once men tioned the matter to me; nor to the best of my recollection did he ever dis cuss the bill in my presence. "I have been told," by the best authority, that the railroad men, after f.iling in their efforts to defeat the bill in tt e House and Senate, concurred very fully with the Governor in his desire to deny the right of appea) to the railroads, as that would have rendered the whole act un constitutional and consequently nuga tory. Again, I incurred the ldispleasure of the Gvernor by allowing the Legis lature to elect the commissioners in stead of the people. As a matter of fact, I was in favor of a clause being in sertf d in the bill to have the commis sioners elected by the people, one ev ery two years, but it wvas thought best by some of t he reform Senators not to do so at that time, for the reason that there could be no election by the peo ple till the next general election, and that as a matter of necessity the Legis lature must elect as the nearest ap proach to the people. It was also thought best not to increase opp)osi tion to the passage of the bill by inser t ing that provision, inasmuch as the same Legislatu-e wvould sit the iiext wvinter, when it would be easy to amnend( the act, in these flimsy reasons given by the Governor for his cotirse lie again overreached himself, for it Is well-known that the reform Senators had a bare majority in the Senate. and that without theIr tunitedl suippo'rt 1no part of the bill could have beeni passed. Why did he not blacklist themi all? In this connection I will also state t hat upon all important bills the reform Senators held meetings and agreed upon what they wished passed, af ter w hich one of their- number was chosen to take charge of the bill andi conduct it on the floor of the Senate. In this railroad bill this dluty was devolved upon mec to make aill motions, oifer amiend(ments, etc., as agreed upon, so it will be readlily understood that each of tihe other reform Senators is as chargeable with this crime ini the (lov ernior's sight as I am. 1 have thus given the facts in this case in refutation of the tissue of per versions and misastatemnent s imaie ini the Governor's charges against me, and I feel happy in thme knowledge that there are scores of nmin v.hli are per Eonalfy acquainted with every clrcumn stance mentioned andl who can testil y to tihe facts as5 1 have stated1 them, some of whom have already done so by letter. in conclusion allow me to calf atteni tion to some tiungs that are significanit in the Governor's statement. lie dis claims any dlesire to do me harm. aind then 'stamps upon my character the words "betrayaml and treachery." HIe says "the Alliance has nothing to (In with it, either directly or Indirectly,' and yet tries to defend his conduct, to wards Its President on the grotindl of his love for thme AllIance. iIe Intimates by the mention of Blunch Meliee that I was In collusion with the railroads and that I "appeared to be governed by self-interest rathier than by patriotism," and yet hie will not (deny that as cItizen and patriot he told the people, when first he asked them to make 1him1 their Governor, that the corruption and deb)auchery in the State was (hue to th'e use of free passes by members of the LegIslature and State oficials. WVas it "self-interest rather- than patriot,ism" that governed him when after his election lhe received more passes than perh aps any one who preceded him? Common prudence. It would seam, as well as self-preserva tion, ought to have steered the Gov ernoreclar of nnah McJhee "Trul=y whoin the gods would destroy thty firet make mad." Lastly, he regrets the necessity "which has forced a rehearsal of these undisputed facts." Of this I have no doubt whatever, for "I was told" that the Governor has said to several par ties that his letter to President Cleve land was intended to be regarded as conlidential, but as it leaked out the necessity came upon him to explain, and then, although "the Alliance has nothing to do with it, either directly or indirectly," he winds up by taking refuge in the sanctuary of the reform movement and the Alliance. "To Caesar he has appealed, to Ciusar he shall go." As to the reform move ment I am ready to compare records with him as to loyalty, consistency and length of service. In the Alliance cause with which I have been identi tied from its infancy in this State, I have worked in its almost every de partment. If there is a brot her in the Order who is willing to charge me with the betrayal of trust or treachery to the brotherhood I am ready to meet him, or as a Democrat I am prepared to an swer for my stewardship. I shall will ingly leave this matter to the honest and discriminating judgemetit of those whom Gov. Tillman says I have be trayed and abide by their verdict. M. L. )oNA LPON. A Young Lud.r'is Rutep. The following rules of cimhict fell out of the pocketbook of a young lady and an unscrupulous newspAper repor ter picked them up, says the ladue:ih Standard: 1. 1 don't let a min snake when ht;! walks or drives with ine. If Ie knows no better than to do it, I promptly tell him what I think of it. 2 1 dont give my photograph to men. I used to occasionally, but I am wiser now. I should hate by-and-by to know that my face might be iangin:r, tip in roin. Dick or Harry's room. 3. 1 don't let a man take my arm when he walks with me. If ho d.es, I tell him I prefer hin to give ine his arm 4. 1 don't go out vAh a inan friend just because he asks me. I. like it bet ter if he asks another lady to go too his sister for instance. 5. 1 don't let any mai "see me ioni-" from church. If he hasn't gumption enough to take me there and sit through the services with m., he may stay away altogether. 6. 1 don't lot a man friend give ne presents unless it is sometLhimnit of a trilling cost, like iruit, or 1towcrs. And I always gauge a in in by Is taite in this respect. 7. 1 don't encourage any youg man who is not pertectly polite and agree able to my mother. Whoever calls upon me sees a great deal of her. 8. 1 don't allo w a caller to stay latter than 10 o'clock. If he does not go at that time, 1 politely tell him tiy custinm, flon Butier aud Fatiter it vau. The poet priest of the South fre. quently told the following anecdote of his stay in New Orleans: "It vas dur !ng the war when General ilutler was in charge of the city. A Catholic sol dier in the Union forces there (fied and because some one blundered no reli gious rites were observed at the ftiner al. It was reported to Rutler that Father tyan had refused to read the burial service. In a towering rage But. ler sent for the priest and in the most peremptory and offensive way deman ded why he had not given all the lion ors of the church to the deceased. .Father Ryan quietly explained lie matter, showing that he was not to blame; that the fault was due to the comrades of the dead soldier, and add ed: "It is, therefore, not true that I re fused to bury him. It is also not Iruf that I have pulliclv and repeatedly refused to olliciate a-t the funmieral of any Federal soldier or ollicer. On the contrary, it is the reverse of the truth. for, general, it w'.ould give me great pleasure to bury the whole lot ot you' Butler'o stern face relaxed into :t'grim smile, and front that day he and Fat her Ilyani had no further trouble ia coim "Mind Your Own Iimiinas.' POR 'otLANI), Oregon, May 3.-T1hen 10i, lowing telegraphic corre-spondencice today pased between Secretary of Stat e Gresham andl Governer Pennroyer: WAs ilNOITON, May 3.-Gov'ernoir Syl vester P'enncyer, the Catpitol, Stdem, Oregon: Apparently reliable replorts indicate danger of v'iolenlce to t.he Chiness when the exclusion act I akes effect, and the President eairnest ly hopes youi will emp)loy all lawful maans for their protect ion ini (begon. Governor Pennioyer i mmiediately sentI the following rep)ly: SA Lmai, Ore., May 3.-- WV. Q. Greshia, Washinigt.on, D). C.: 1 will at-tend to my business. Let the Pruesidlent aittend to hi.. SY VEsES'n PE'NNOYEni, Governor. Gioveriior Pennioyer, ini speaking to a reporter, said: "( reshiam's te'legtrm is an insult to Oregou. I will en f orce the laws oi the State, and thme P residenit should enforce the laws of C'ongr'e. It comes with poor grace for the Pres Ident to ask ime to , entioiree thet law, while lie, without warra it, suspendsl thle exclusion law.'' H e Want (in:so'. P A nisoNS, Kau., M ty 3.- -T':e Miis soiuri, K.ins~ is and( Tex.u pass me~er train No. , whIiich lelt he re ai' -1:3') o'clock p,. mn, was hld ui ip at lI riar creek, ini the Inrd im 'Terri tory, at 8:30 o'clock by six arimid nmein with WVi. chmestere, tiupposed to bw thme notorious huarry Starr gang. Tfhe llcky ex p)ress nit s senger' retiused to give uip the comiiitlnat.ion, allthiough a revolv~er was held at his head anid a knife at his th iot. Th'em passi-nger s, incluidinig PI Isident M\lar: in, of thle Kanmsat ('ity, P'ittahuarg anmd Gullf, and p!irty, oni a iou r of inaspSetion)1, were robbed. Tlhe patssengeirs were relievedl of cverything, fromi pioketthook to piocketkivei y.' No clune to the robbers yet. A iirS i a Y erIN 'iance. l)A Ny ni:L, N y., Mlav 2. -- b. Woo.d, of Cleveland. 0., sthot and miortally wounded lI arney liIiggins, ex mutyor of Somerset, Ky., in lhe i l)by 1)t the court house in his~ eil.y thIis aiftrrnoon. IIiggins created a senisat ion a year ago) by getting drnk, arnd while inii tuiit condition assating a sisteri of1 WVOod In the depot ait Somerset, M i.ss Wood has since been demented. 11iggins was tried and sentence to the penitenti ary for two years. TIhie verdlict was re versed arid Ilig girs was given a chainge of venue to tis coutt. y. II ene t lie trial was put off ttntm I Septemb ler. This Infuriated Wood, and he walked un to.Iggains and shiot him four times HANGED FOR HIS MUM THE MURDERER OF MISS HORNSI PUNISHED AT LAST. Governor Tillman Atter Welitiug All t Evidence, Decided Not to Pardon t Accused-The Latebt Evidence in I Case. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 5.-Wa Iaines, colored, was hanged here I day for the murder of Miss Floren Ilornsby, whom he attempted to i sault before murdering. The co deined man was respited sevei times by Governor Tillman, who e voted much time to a full investig tion of the case. lie acted most co sciontiously in the matter, and has 4 all occasions given every item of tesi mony that might be proven in favor i the negro the rzost careful consider tion. The following facts in conne fion with the case will be of intere to the general reader. When asked last Tuesday by a repo ter what lie was going to do about ti ctise the Governor said: I have give this case more patient investigatic and careful thought than any IL ha% ever had before me. I have never sine )ecember doubted llaine's guilt. Th first respite was granted upon tt showing of an aflidavit which I giv you. Here it is: Thursday, Jan. 12,1893. To 1lis Excellency Gov. B. IR. Tillmai In accordance with instructions r( ceived from Stpt. J. E. Wilkinson left New York Saturday, Jantuiry 7tI 1193, for the purpose of going to CC lumbia, Sout h Carolina, to investigat 011e clue that came up since I lie trif of' Wade laines and sent to Governc Tilliman. I arrived inl Colum11bia, S. C., Sunda] Jan. 8, '93, at 1.15 1'. M. Called at th Executive Clianuer on Jan. 1., an after agreeing on salary you gave m the testimony of each witness, th charge of the Judge to jury and als the statement of Lazarus Field regarc ing the dying statement made by WiT Alexander (a relation of Wade Ilainei goilng over the testtmony very carefu iy cin se i possible use to have m go any further in the matter. Wa laines was tried twice before one< the goodest courts in this country, be, and impartial IJudge by a jury of hol est alnd imipartial citizens of the Stai of South Carolina, therefore if the, was aniy doubt of the guilt of Wa< 1.laines the evide:%u would be pr dnevd bifore the last trial. IIis ov evidfvce in regards to not seeing tI scullfli or seeing Florence Ilorsby whi le heard (as he says) the scream hea at a distance seeing the body run < rectly to the Ilornsby residence ai tell ell Ilornsby her sister Floren was imurdere(d. Ier throat was ci There was a laige hole In her throi From the distance he claims he w when he saw Florence lie could not to whether her throat was cut or see ti hole in her neck. Ie (V. 11.) th( claims he saw ani old negro man ru down the branch, the only descriptio was he had a black face-then com lois givin:z his knife to Wm. Alexand( (who W"Ild have washed it.) Then th instructions from Alexander to Wad laines to stick to the story about tli old coloredI man. Then comes the ev dence of Belle Ifornsby, .J. J. Stacl Theo. Sharp and 11. C. Kraft and otht witiiesses who testified that the on) tracks leading to and from the bod was the tracks made by Wade Ilaini to the course the ol-1d negro ran. Th only tracks I oundl ini that directic werie thle same as tracks made by th shioes Wade liainies wore that day an had on whien lie was apprehendled. As to the statemient of Lazarus Fiel it is inot consistenot as hestates thatlWn Alexander told hum a few hours befor he (lied that Wade Ilaines was innt cent of that murder that he foun se.ine clothles belonging to John Loon is in one of Loomis's barns. Suil s('<litenit to the last trial of Wad llaimes so he (A) took them to Mr I an'mis aiid that she burned them an ii he lived unt ii the next trial he wou] tell this t rut Ih. T1his Lazarus Field he held this secret subse<quent t,o thie Iat trial until a short t,ime ago, lie the tells his story. It, is certain thiat if this story ha any fouindat ion it would be placed I evidence at, I he last trial. "This is th ne w clue." I, therefore, made up mv mind to discontinue on this case an had we known the facts as I has bt ated in this~ report. I never woul have undert.akpn it. The verdict< the jury the impartial charge of tI .Judge and the corroboration of fac in the testiimony are suiillent to sati ly me of' the guilt of Wade liaines. Itespecfully submitted, W. WILEINSON. Thle repor t is maide by a Pinkerto,n d tectivye w~ho hais nmade the followi atiat eiiet. I t Is gi ven verbatim, ar the faults of construction and puncti ationi are gi ven jusxt aS they appeari the art icle. I his niameu is Wilkiinson. TIhe frient of I haines5 were somiewhat disaippointi and begged I or mtore time, and as f aiio' her det,ective, I got the chief police of Charleston to detail the be dletective he had to work on the cas lie det,ailed McManu:s. Mr. McMani waIs ini andl around thie neighborhood< Cclhiimbia for teln (lays, when he we called back to Charlest,on and I heai niot,bing more from him until the mnori inig laiines was to have been hange iIe was at work oni the Tweittman ca: and Chiiet Martin te'legraphed me asl inig for iiore time. I granted it. I] camne imp the next week and went activ ly to wor'k agiaini. I ailso give his r port as l ollows: CTh.u;'miiA, S. C., A pril 18, 1893. Tlo Ilis Excellency Gov. II. It. Tillmal DI:A n Sin: I beg resp)ectflly to r port Lhe following as the result in th case of' Wade hlaines, which was ref'er ed to mec by your Excellency for lnve tigation: 1. 1 had several in tervie ws wit,h Wad I lamtes and( found1( thiat he was ver willing to talk about the case. The ai couintus lie gave mei correspondled i every way with those he gave upon ti trial. 2. With respect to the afihdavit of or Lazai.ruis Field, who Implicates Joh Loomis, I beg to say that I have ever reason to disbelieve his statement. I visited Davidi Alexander, brother t William Alexander, who is alleged t have made the confession to Field as from him learned that Lazarus 0'le1 never visited his brother during his ness, and that his brother was in condition to have siade a confession 3y any one. Ie was deranged, so much that force was necessary to hold him the bed and administer medicine. Nellie Arthur, the mother-in-law he William Alexander, deceased, and w attended him during his illness, stat be that Lazarus Field never visited Ii he during his sickness; that she was pc tive, as she had remarked to seve parties that Field had not visited "'1 dIe llam." She, too, said that he was in condition to have sent for any one ,o- whom to make a confession. ce Alfred Sims. who is a half brother is- William Alexander. states that lie y with his brother through his entire nss, and was the one who administ al ed the medicines, and that his broti le- was in no condition to have made a c( a. fession to any one; that he was delirio n- all or most of the time, and that he h no hesitation in saying that Field I when he says that lie saw his brot! ;- during his illness. >f In further vindication of .John Lool a. is's innocence, I would say that I , c- convinced that he could prove an al on the evening of the killing of Nl st IIornsoy. 3. 1 visited Mrs. Nellie Nates, form r- ly Miss Belle Hornsby, at the ho le eight miles from Columbia on I n Jackson Creek Road, and secure,i n formation regarding the situation 'e the body. She is convinced that IIair 0 could not have seen her sister's ble e ing neck from the station where Le made such a remark. e -4. Going carefully over the grou myself, standing in the same place a looking to the place where the body li I concluded that it was a matter ofi possibility to have seen the neck a face of Miss Iornsby. Her feet we up the hill and her body in a "gully.' e 5. I had interviews with Capta Stack, Mr. and Mrs. Loomis and ma r others whom I thought might thrc some light on the crime, and f rom the I could gather no information th e would give me a clew to any othor ih: d Wade Iaines. e (Signed) Al. J. MCMANI'S, lDtective. e Mr. A. W. Clayton also m-kes tl o following statement: I- COLUMnIA, S. C., DOc. 14th, '9. 1. To ills Excellency Governor 11. It. Ti i) man: The evidence upon which a re<ui e for a reprieve in the case of Wa le Haines, who is under senttmce ofdei )f is based, is the following statement it one Lazarus Field, colored, who s that one William Alexander, color e who war a State witness in the 1i re trial of Wads Ilaines for the mirder he Miss Florance Iornsby, and who d O- prior to the second trial, sent for h rn only a few hours before his deaLha le bade him go to Messrs. Douglas m Obear and Allen .J. Green, attorn rd for IRaines, and say to them that li- knew Wade Iaines to te innocent id Florence l1ornsby's murder, and t ce they should use everything to save I it. from the penalty of that crime. it. That William Alexander said t as subsequent to the first trial he I tIl found a suit of clothes belonging 10 young .John Loomis, hid away am M Mr. Loomis's barns with blood sta n upon them; that he took them to AN n Loomis and she burned them; that 's (Alexander) and his wife alone ki ir of the finding of these clothes, and 0 their disposition by Mrs. L,'oiis, b 0 that if lie lived to appear ait the ne e trial lie intended to tell the truth abc - them. , Lazarus Field further avers th ir both William Alexander and his (Ale ander's) wife died under peculiar, ai Y suspicious circumstances; that on t!] I Sunday prior to Alexander's death, was sent for to Loomis's house Odo some work, and was told not t.o wa afor his breakfast before e->ming, th lie would get his break fast there, I d wvent and was taken suddenly sick church that day; was biailed hiomet a wagon, andl died five or six days] ter. IIis wife (lied under like circin stances three (lays after his death, a ~,being taken Ill in Columbia, w as hauil home in a wagon and (lied as ahbo estatedl. In adldition to the foregoi andl corroborative thereof, the sati< L. zarus F'ield further states that t dyoung man in (juestlon was not at t Coroner's inquest, and did niot at.to: either trial of Wade h[aines; on I tcontrary he went into Fairfield Coinni Sand spent the time of each of thu itrials. These are the statemeunts < which we formea our requmest for a p,lrieve, peniding investigation, tIhe fun Yfor which we have ratised and this d dlepositedl, subject to your order I this purpose. All of which we ask dthe name of truth and justice. i tespectfulIly, IC "l fA. W. CLavToN "lofthis was previous to tIhe Ia s. respite, which was granted by reast of the letter I received," said thme Cc ernor. Continuing, lie said: "But nothing has come from it tha B- considler of any weight. During ii g period I have seen and conversed wi Ld all the principal wit nesses, inchiadi i- the mutrdleredl girl's sister, sending~ I ,n them in personi. Am mi g others we men who felt so certain of laine's's: s nocence that they were mainly inisti d mental in saving him from bli yr lynched when he was Iirst arreat >f Every one of them now unite in t it fIrm belief of his guilt, and all of thii a. state positively that there were nies is any tracks seen in or about the lace >f the struggle or down the branch t is cept ilaines's own track. Oie of I hu d witnesses further noticedl a p)eculi I- ity ab)out the track b)y reason of I I. ehme b)eing worn andl the upp)er leath me beig torn away from thme sole, fomri C- ing a sort of cup which mnade a peci [e iar mark or hole in the edge oi t B- track. correspondinig exactly to t B- shoe IIainies had on when arrested ; I these things hauve left no room to d anu his guilt, and therefore I decline fi ri. ther interrerence of the sentence. i- he is innocent, as many believe lie e lie is the victim of the strimgesit c r- cumstantial evidence that has ey s- been brought to my attention." After receiving and consdering t .0 above communications Gov. Tilim y determined to let the law take course and IIaines was hange,d here I n day as above stated. The crime f e which he wasexecutedl was a inost hi rible one, and was committedl near tI e' city about two years ago. The vict n iwas a respectable young lady andl w y 'murdered by having her throat c liaines was convicted on circtumstu 0 tial evidence, and while there are sol 0 who believe him innocent of the cr1' d for which he was executed, the tes d mony cearlyestablIshed his guilt Ill- LUREU FROM SCHOOL. no to itenarkible .4.ory of the Huin of at Si so in toen Year-Oid Glrl. of ATLANTA, May 4.-Sixteen-year-ol ho Katie Page, the daugiter of a well-to-4 ed father, a young school girl In shor im (resses from the LaGrange Female Co si- lege, ani an exceedingly pretty youn ral girl, was taken from the house of Fatj 'it- nie Price, on Colns street yesterda 110 morning, where she was placed by th to man wlho:decoyed ther from school, de to ceived ati ruined her, and where in des pair andl wretcliedoess, she has beei i tryin, to starve herself to death to say Lr- hersl aid Ciinily the Iortification C Ier her oii disLrace. in- Acting tuder the instructins of Chile us Loinolly, Ser,!eanjt Slaughter took th( a oulnZ git I from the Price house, ant ies carried tier to police headquarters ier There between iher tears and sobs, tli young girl told to Chief Connolly tht I-l. reaIrkable story of her downfall, dis ni grace and desertion. lhi The young girl was well dressed an< 15 A has the air of a young lady who ha< been brought up inl a first-claso family e r- ut from ier checks the roses had flown liefrom tier eyes the lustre was missing iviile vn her checks cested a blush o of' hialle. Burst u1(y into tears the youns girl told to clilef Connolly the whol . story oI her ruiied lifiu. he Yesterday moring it was reported t< Chief Colnolly that a very young girl ,,I not yet lar.s ocnotigh to'wear long dres3 lid es, was being iharbmred at the place o Ly, annie Price. The chief learned thal n- thie . loung girl had belen there but I id fit;v das, and appeared to ue in deel re distress. ITpoln reccivilng this informa tion the chi:el t o-ce sent Ser.-eant in Slaughter to the place, where lie Coun< ly Ule young i irl anti( carriedA tier to Lhi iw pue station. At the houseSergean Ill S'at.rhter was told that the girl ha( it eaten liothiig in two days. S!Ie wa o Ser-ed dLiniver when she reached the p!ic ft,atiOl, u;, refused it and no persuasio i that the oliecers could use would induc hier t,o IlLer tier decisioI. The girl !ave tier ale to tie Chiet a Hixteeni, anld sil thi it she was ti (Liuliter ol a well-tl-d-> Georgian, whi l1ved ill a town a fewi milei south ( Alialita. For ieveial ionthi she all h been attenling the lGrange Peial f Cole:.e at. laGranc, and was ver L Shighly thonght,ol' there. A lew monti ,ago, whilu on the traii be'-.tween L rst Grant e and Ntl:ata shv% mvt, a vei of dishilg ung m an g.Vinlg his nale I ed llaralSOlm, who started up a ilirtatic im with her. utid initroduhicin-i himself, b lid -an making desprate love to hr. &l Ile secled to be p,orfk!dly ho4niorab lY ai the youi: l-LV acucpted his adva ice. Il1e sa- h1r .11,safely off tho tra of whil, n Atlant-l w.s reached anid ptl lam h 1.1r - manylore sh:lht altttInS. Wi Oie llarted wiL. hilin, sho asked him haet viit tei at heir home. The vonig nil ad acceIted her iivitation and mil a fc to Wc011 nyaMled himself of 'L. ie wJ ng introduced to the young lady's preteni Ins as one of her ohi acqulaitances. and f rs. such, was ho;pita Uby received and entel lie tained. W After It, -oun. lady returned to co 1)f leLc ie saw i.r once or twice, anid wie it sC went homii for a short stay Ie vit Xt ited her there for tie second tiie. Abou the middle of Mlarch he young man me the ,irl on the train as she was on tie i_ way t0 La('rawge anid i)ersiaded tier t ld elop with lhim. They st-)pped in At ahinita and r egistered iti, hotel on White lhail street, where the young lady wa to reresente ld au the cousin of tie young it man. T Ihey rem-itinied theCre3 for severa at idalys, ltthough the mrria-ge had nievea Ie occu;r-ed . Th'e yong mian Wrote to L,ht li0 palrent s of the youi'i girl thiat they hiat mi bi'en micdi and11( wouhli be home soon a- After- remainiil:tihere for a time thii n yow uni m'n fear-e thiat the father of Lth( ie'il woul learn the truth and mnakt ~troh)te for- him, and to aviod L,Ids hi '~carried the girl i Auigusta, where h(i . placedu hir in a dIisreptaih!c house. Thc ie younig ile rmfainled thieie two wieeki y and0 was 2 tilhi bringhit to Atlant-i ati le sitreiit. She had1( b)ein there bulLt hiree ou .y, 10ou1 daiys when hier piresence caime to se the kio>wled ge of Chiief Connmol ly. ii AL r heinulg hier story. Chief Con, ono lly Jrt onice wired tier father and hie i: itexoer'ed here todlay. It is expect.eod tooi, Liiat wheni hie arr-ives hie wvill maki it wivtmlh ir his daui ghter's betralver,i tha:t rouniig liunt canl be foundi. Decspi ii treal'.mient of tier the young girl hasI niot enitirely lo st laith ini tier lover. She at oa s lhe kin>)ws hue wi i marr-y tier yet ii citeen 't wanlt the puolice t.0 hot,hel v- himl. SaiC was2 kept art ai lhotel by Chie: CanmollIy he.0t ie,! tan w11iill be kco t ru unil heir hlther arrives here. She gives tier name as K itie Page thi wihi is the mime given hier by tier love in order to shiel her identity. 1I. is fear or ed that uniilessi 1 he~ can be Iinducedi L re ('at ser(1Jou ris reut ill bollo,v.-Con Ii- stituitionl. 01n mmmA, S. C., April 29.--Sherif iis -rws ivnviester-day 01n his wvaj to Cntrestn, avig received froa r Marshl Cuningih:;rn an order to re of j,orti to him ai ut (onc in personi. It I: su ppuised tha' the same ordHr was Is sued<l tChllter shieri Ifs. I.'hey hauvi hoeen inm j nit, as far as the law is con lAcoriued,eI vir since .Judge Simunton inet atoiis hiave called upon them t< 10 iiy nip or to) go to jail. Governor Till mua tinhs stood by the shieri$fs as h tisaid Ihe would, andi has already sent ch etek to pay 'The finies andi costs, whic r- amount to_2neini le ike $2,000, Ws ~ ASIhiNOIToN, May 2.--Congressma r- lirawley, in, attempting to board er eable car tonight, fell and was badl jarrel and hurt. lIe was on his we re to the theatre, ani wvas talking wit in Mr. James II. Adams, ,Jr., of Colan ts h)iaI. WVhen the car moved off, hie wi 0- thrown violetly to the ground( an oF dragwed several yards. After beir r-helped up, he returned to his residene sNo serious results are anticipated. as H ishop Capiers. it. CinARLE~iSTON, 8. 0., Mauy 4.-I.Re n- ESllison CaiDers Was today elected a no sistant bishop of tile Diocese of Soun ne Carolina on the first ballot, receiving ,ti- majority of both orders of delegate The election was made unanimou. DENMARK'S ANSWER, ACTI'N OF A MASS MEETING HELD d FRIDAY NIGHT. 1o The Lynching of Petereon Jutilfied Denunciation of E-itor Gonzalew--Gov. Tillman Commended and the Claim y that the Ittzht Man. was Hangedilnisted e on. DENMAIRK, S. C., April 29.-A mass i meeting of tne citizens of Danmark s was held in the store of J. E. Stead man at 5.30 p. m. today. About 500 persons were present. Capt. J. E. Steadman was called to the chair and J. ). Milhouse acted at secretary. Col. D. Paut Sojourner explained that the meeting was called to de nounce the course of certain newspa pers and the course of Editor Gonzales in particular. S. S. Lailitte offered the following set of resolutions: "Whereas a Negro fiend assaulted Miss Mamie Baxter, the 14-year-old daughter of J. D. Baxter, on the morn ing of the lUth of April while she was on her way to school, attacking her brutally and with drawn knife threat ening her life and after choking her to insensibility and dragging her down an embankment to the South Carolina railaoad anl there attempted to rape f her. "And whereas, the citizens of Den mark, aiting with t4e,citizens of Barn well c,uty and those of the adjoining counties, hunted diligently for the rapist and having. vatight one John Peterson, whom the citizens believed to be guilty of the crime and whom the girl said 'looked like the man ex cept his eyes and nose' and of whom sh- subsequently said 'he is the man' and against whom we have abundant and suillicient proof that lie was the i man who assaulted Miss Mamie Bax ter, and said John Peterson was hung and shot to death on the spot where Slie made the b:Lutal asme ult. "And whereas, t'e editor of Tne , State, N. G. Gonzales, has by every i means known to himself sough to be smirch and befoul the people of this community and by his editorials sought to:arouse the passions of the y negro against the who'e people and s incite negro men to attack and rape white women to avenge the punish 'Y nent of John Peterson. Ls "Now. therefore, we the citizens of )m Denmark, in mass meeting assembled. -"First. Do regret that such an out rageous attack was made on an inno le cent and unsuspecting girl by the n. brute, and further tender to the un i happy and grief stricken father our id deep and sincere sympathy. "Second. 'lht we fully commend the act of those citizens who inflicted Lo the punishment of death upon John Li, Veterson, believing him to be the w guilty wretch, and we say to the world is that we believe John Peterson guilty 'a and have proof to support our position. is "Third. That we condemn the edito rials of N. G. Gonzales who, for politi cal purposes, has lized upon this oc Icasion and the punishment of Peterson a for a pretext to vent his hostility to Governor Tillman; that we especially condemn his editoral in which he by covert words seeks to excite Negro r men to attack and rape white women when unprotected as being unworthy of the pen of a pure journalist, and - emeanating only from the heart. of one blacker than the wretch who assaulted Miss Baxter and deserving the same fate as ,John Poierson. I "Fourth. That we condemn the Statenas a paper which seeks to array the Negro race against the white race and thus return to the days of Moses and Chiamberlain. "Fif th. That we commend the action of Governor Tillman for sending John i eterson to Barn well for he would not have been harmed unless guilty, and If guilty he deserved death, "Sixth. We commend the course of the colored people of the county who Irealize that John Peterson was given a fair hearing and a just p)unlishment, and we further declare that we believe' that all people who would protect the virtue of their women should hold aloof from a man so destitute of vIrtue andt truth as is N. LI. Gonzales." Adopted in mass mneetiqg. That ,Conference. Co bUMJIA , S. C., May 3.--T'he con forenco ait th1e Governor's mar.sion last night was attended by niany of the Till man leaders, inclouding the following: Ir by, Governor Trillman, Congressmatn T. ,J. Strait, Dr. 5. Pope, Dr. W. H1. 'L'immermnan, Ira B. Jones, S. A. Net t t'es, John Gary E vans, Eugene B3. Gary, It. C. Watts, Stan yarne Wilson, F. Mi .Mixson and W. H1. Yeldell. The At e torney General was also present by the . invitation of the Governo. The morn , ing~ papers failed to find out the subjects or the conference. A Journal repoter triedl to interview several of' those who were present but met with little suc cess. Sonme o1 them said: "It was to discuss the sit uation generally." Others0 81a1( "What conf'erence d >you mean9" but none of' them wou d specify. The nearest conclusi 'n that has been reached from specule ung is that the leadrs erecalled here todiscuss the railroad flight and determine upon some plan for thme future conduct of' it. The i State 15 determined to carry on the flght 3 against, the roads, and to enforce the >collection of taxes, e Four Necks Saved. a C0LUMEIA, S. C., May 3.-Governor a| Tillman has commuted t,o terms in the penitentiary the dheath sentences of three colored men and one woman who were to be hanged at Chester, next month for a mudecr. The reason given is that there ywas no willful or malicious design enter *y ing the killing, and tha~t it was the result .h of.a sudiden quarrel ini which the deceased -. Injured several others, and that with a proper medhical attention the deceased' d might not have died. e. The Tharees aSoul. CHARLESTON, S. C., May 2.-The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago lIallroad was sold at private suction v. to-day,utnder a decree of the United 5- States Court, to Charles Hleilfer of h J oston, Mass., representing the bond a Jholders, for $550,000. A certifled check S. for #25,000 was put up to bind the fpurchase.