The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 17, 1903, Image 4
The Second Vilcoi Trial.
[Continued from 1st page.]
seat, saying: "I must go hems;
my mother will be uneasy about
ma if 1 stay out after this hour."
This was aaid it a jocular way.
Centinuing, Wilcox aaid: "Miss
JNellie, 1 would like to see you in
the hall." He railed a oigarette
and want out, followed by the
girl. After that moment Nellie
Cropsey was ne?er seen again by
anyone sare Wilcox. Her doad
body was found floating, just be*,
neath the surface of the water o 1
rasquotanK river, on the morning
of the 27th day ?f December.
Thirty minutes after Wilcox
and Nellie left the room Miss i
Ollie bade Crawford good night,
saw him to the deor and went upstairs
to her room, thinking that
her sister had gone ahead of her;
but net finding her there she concluded
that she and Wilcox, who
had been having lovers' quarrels,
had made up, crossed the hall
into the parlor for a quiet talk,
and were still there. However,
after having taken a short nap,
and waking up, she heard the
clock strike 12, missed her sister
and gave the alarm. Soon the
whnlfl f ri i i I 17 ai u nn on/1
.? _w?w ( J ?? MU up U i J vi OVA1 VU?
ing everywhere for the lost girl.
Bat their efforts were in v lin.
No trace of the girl could be
found.
About 1 o'clock Mr. Cropsey
went acroaa town to the Wilcox
home and told Mrs. Wilcox,
mother of the defendant, that Nellie
had disappeared and asked to
ee James. Mrs. Wilcox went
alone to James' room and soon
returned to say that he declared
that ho knew nothing of the girl,
that he had roturned to her an
umbrella and a picture she had
given him, and left her leaning
against one of the posts to the
front porch, of her homo, crying.
Wilcox did not get out of bed,
and seemed indifferent. At the
trial bafore the major of the
town he aaid that he turned over
aftar his mother left the room and
was asleep in two minutes.
After visiting the VVilcex home
Mr. Cropsey reported the case to
the pelice department. Chief
Dawson went to Wilcox's room
during the early hours of the
merniag and asked him to accompany
him to the Cropsey residence.
Wilcox crawled out of bed,
put on his working clothes
and went. His room was never
searched until the dead body of
the girl was found, 37 days later.
It is not known whether his visiting
suit was wet or not. At
r' ? * '
iud \yiuy?uj uouie lo ueclured
that be knew nothing of Nellie's
whereabouts.
In order to understand tho ev.
idence that will be given in tho
trial one must fix the location of
the Cropsey bouse, relativo to the
town and the Pasquotank river,
in his mind. It is a prosperous
little city of 8,000 inhabitants,
situated en the banks of the Pasquotank
river. If you will turn
your back to the court house of
the county, cross Tiber and Harrington
cieeks and go out Riverview
avenue, along the river, toward
the southern boundary of
the county, yeu will pass the
Cropsey homo. As tho crow flies
it is about a half-mile from the
court house, but as the road winds
it is more than a mile. Tho house
faces the road and tho river, and
to get to the river from the front
steps you must cross the road,
which is about 20 yards from the
house. A littlfi thn rir?Kf
? ui IUU
Cropsey hou?e, and 135 yards
from the steps, and about 50
yards from the water, the holy
of th6 girl was found, it was
oot in the main channel of the
rirer, but in a sidepocket of water.
The counsel for the {State in
tbo cttso contend that Wilcox
struck Nellie Cropsey on tho head j
with some hlut instrument, car- 1
rled her to the place where her
body was found and dropped her
into tho water in an unconscious
condition. The defence held that
the State did not prove that the
girl was killed at all.
James Wilcox is a small, wellbuilt
man, about 30 years of age.
n ? a ...
lie 11 not a preposiossing looking
man. His record baa not been
that of a model young man, but
no one had charged him with any
criminal act up to the time of the
death of Mips Cropiey. The people
who know him and have kuown
him since his childhood believe
that he is guilty. Four out of
very five persons believe him to
bo guilty. Ilis old schoolmates,
his associates in the city fire department
and bin h Ann pumnon. I
?
ions frankly admit that he is capable
of committing such a crime as
he is accused of They say that
he was always cruel and selfish.
But none of these things wore
proven on the wituess stand, lie
did not testify in his own behalf.
The people far removed from
Elizabeth City and the scene of
the tragedy are intoreste l in the
case. Many of them believe that
Wilcox is guilty, but they do not
think the evidence sufficient to
convict him.
The progress of the Seconal
iriai win oe tollowed closely. The
interest in the case has not abated.
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Contest Over Gibson's Will.
Mother and Brother of the Dead
Man File a Contort to the
Documeut Offered by the
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Cincinnati, Jan. 12.?A peculiar
test began in the Probate
Court today, when the widow of
the late millionaire, John McCormick
Gibson, of this city, who
died at Aaheville, N. C., a few
months ago, presented for probate
a copy of his will made from
stenographic notes alleged to have
been preserved by Attorney
Wells, of Asheville. The original
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estate to his widow to whom he
was married a few hours before
his dsath.
His legal heirs, bis mother and
a brother, contested the probating
of the will and a legal argument
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whether a will of this description
is valid or not. Mrs. Gibson, the
w'dow, was Mias Cecilia Walfe,
of Providence, R. I. She was
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when Mr. Gibson was critically
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rival. He died the next day.
Mr. Gibson's first wife was one of
the victims of tho Windsor Hotel'
fire in New York.
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"Should Retrace His St?ps."
President Roosevelt Advised that
' the Country Does not Want
a Deplorable Color Issue."
From the New York Herald.
From the outburst of resent*
ment throughout ?he South and
the expression of sober Northern ,
sentiment President Roosevelt ,
must now realize that the ill-ad ,
vised appointment of Dr. Crura, ,
follovftng closely on the abrupt |
closiotr of the Indinnnln
? r"liu"iwi j
was a blunder which has already ,
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bow and promptly repair the mistake
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ola office with a postmaster ac- 1
ceptable to its citizens, and with
drawing the obnoxious nomination
from the Senate to avert a ]
sectional discussion to be depre- <
cated by the entiro nation. I
One of the results of the Span- '
ish war hailed with keen satisfaction
by the American people was ,
the welding of Northern and <
Southern feeling in patriotic uni? t
ty. It was a theme that President (
McKinley loved to dwell on, and 1
is one on which President Roosevelt
himself has repeatedly spoken
with enthusiasm. But if the agitation
now menaced should be fomented
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color prejudice and sectional {
strife.
The sentiment against color in 1
the South may be unfortunate and
to be deplored, but the vital fact \
is that it exists, is universal and '
rooted in the growth of centuries. 1
It may wear out, but canuot be (
cut out. Mr. Roosevelt may i
buck against it, but neither he
nor any other President, neither
Congress nor the Republican par- j
ty, can overcome it. He can no '
more inforce political equality of 1
the races in the matter of office- '
holding, which is not a constitu- 1
tional right of any citizen, black
and white, than he can enforce
social equality. Any strenous attempt
to do so will simply intensify
prejudice against color, o?n~
bitter race feeling and cause sectional
strife, in all of which the
negro will inevitably he the greatest
sufferer.
Apart from this view there is a
cont rol Iinor 1: '
? .. wuot\<vittiiun ui JJUII"*
cy. it is a rocognized interna 1
tional principle and established
usage that a diplomatic represen- 1
tative must be, irrespective of
merit or worth, persona grata to ,
the Government and people to ,
which he is credited. For this
reason President Roosevelt recalled
the first consul he sent to Ha- <
ana. Now 4he same principle
should apply to such prominent
Federal officials as collectors and
postmasters, who at e brought into i
close touch with the people. Like (
a diplomatic representative, their
usefulness depends in a large
measure on'their acceptability.
It matters not what the personal
objection may be; if it is shared
by the community and the ap~
pointment is obnoxious to the citizens
that is enough to render it
unfit and impolitic, especially in
view of the fact that there are
plenty of other men as well qualified
and personally unobjection->
able. Would President Roosevelt
think of forcing upon New
York, Boston, Philadelphia or
San Francisco a collector or post- g
master against the unanimous prolout,
nf hliainaaa ?"An -!l! ?
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dty entitled to equal considers* ^
lion? He recalled Consul Bragg
from Havana because he waa not
acceptable to tbo Cuban people.
\Thy not recall the nomination of
Dr. Crum trom the Senate be
cause it is ohnoxions to the citizens
of Charleston ?
It is an issue of more than lbcal
concern and of tar reaching con
sequence. The Charleston appoint
ment and the Indianola affair nave
Btirred Southern feeling us it has
not been stirred for years. Both
were unwise and uncalled for
steps in a policy which can only
mean serious mischief and cannot
t>e abandon*! too soon for tbo
jood of tho negro as well as the
white people of the South and the
sntire nation, it is to be hoped
that the President will retrace his
iteps before u bitter sectional
liscussion is provoked in the Senile.
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Notice is hereby given that tills office
will be open from the 1st day of
January 1903 to the 20th day of Feb*
ruary 1903, for the purpose of receiving
the returns of the tax-payers of Lanoaster
County.
All persons having personal proper*
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Manager, Holder, or aa Husband,
Parent, Guardian, Trustee. Kxecutor,
Administrator ' ?
... vvxil, ngrul ?>r
Attorney on the lot day of Jan. 190%
are required t>y law to list the same
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Estate acquired or improvements
made since last return.
All male |?ersons between the ages
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thoie exempt by Law.
The Auditor or au assistant Willaltend
the foil wing places in the County
on the - ays named below for the
convenien?*e of the public:
Osceola. Tuesday, January i, 1MB,
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Pleasant Valley, Wednesday, Jaunary
7, 1903, p m.
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