"Carolina Spartan" Issue: April 4, 1883 The Indians are said to be on the war path in Arizona. They are murdering whites and committing depredations generally. Col. James L. CORLEY, a native of South Carolina, a graduate of West Point, and quarter master general of the Army of Northern Virginia, committed suicide at Hampton, Va., last week. The trial and defense of Sam WALKER, an old colored man, and a pronounced adherent to the Radical party of this county, deserves more than a passing notice. Sam WALKER had a bad character to begin with. The family is bad. One son murdered an aged and infirm minister in Union county. This was a cold blooded deed. A daughter is now in the penitentiary for child murder. Even the colored people shunned and dreaded them. When Mose HAWKINS was murdered with an ax as he was sleeping in a bed with Sam's daughter, the Negroes became very indignant and threatened lynching. Their animosity continues to the present time. During imprisonment Sam broke down completely. He was not able to walk from the jail to the Court House without help. He came to trial without money, friends, or attorney. At his request Messrs. E.H. BOBO and J.S.R. Thomson were assigned to defend him. They had no help and from the nature of the case could get none. The defendant could make no suggestions to them. His own children were witnesses against him. His attorneys worked most diligently for the old prisoner. They tried to elicit every fact from the State's witnesses, for they had none of their own, and now after conviction they have appealed to the Supreme Court. This they have done without the hope of reward. It shows that here in the South, even in the same State, where BREWSTER and his Assistants are hounding down white men with the distorted evidence of colored men, a poor old, despised Negro, has a fair trial and the ablest counsel that can be found. It also shows another phase of our society. Ten years ago when a democratic lawyer defended a Negro, some of the white people found much fault with him. Today our best lawyers defend Negroes and no white man blames them. In Sam WALKER's case the Negroes of the community blame the lawyers for working for him, and think he ought to have gone to the gallows without a defense. COURT CONTINUED: Last Tuesday the case of the State against Henry STEPHENS for the murder of Bob SUMNER was taken up, Messrs. McCRAVY and BOBO being counsel for the defendant. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal. The cases against the other Stephens Negroes was nol prosed. The case of Mont GILREATH was called up Wednesday. He was rather a good looking young man, not over twenty years old. He did not look like a hardened criminal and it was sad to see a young man of good family indicted for stealing a hundred dollars from a safe. Increased interest was thrown around his trial, because Mr. CLARK who was clerking in the store of Floyd & Rodgers at the time of the theft and he was suspected by Mr. RODGERS of taking the money or knowing something about it. After the discovery of the theft Mr. RODGERS came to town to see his partner, Mr. FLOYD, and they result of this visit was that Captain ALLEY went back with Mr. RODGERS to assist in getting the money. That night or next day Mr. CLARK borrowed the money from Mr. KING with whom he boarded and replaced it, stating all the time he had not stolen the money. After some days suspicion rested on GILREATH and he was brought back to this State on a requisition form the Governor. The trial lasted two days. A most exhaustive examination of the witnesses was made. Messrs. SANDERS and BOBO made an earnest and able effort to save the character of the defendant. The Solicitor was just as earnest in bringing out all the facts of the case and representing the State. The jury did not get the case until Thursday afternoon, and after being out a short time they handed in a verdict of guilty. Friday morning the prisoners were brought into the Court House to receive their sentences. Broom FICH, a young white man guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature was sentenced to pay a fine of $15.00 or go to the county jail for two months. Whiskey was at the bottom of his crime. Sam MOSELY, colored, convicted of carrying a concealed razor, was fined $15.00 or in default of payment, will go to the penitentiary four months and forfeit his razor. Pat BASKINS and Sarah Balow, colored, for maliciously and cruelly beating a little boy, a grandson of Sarah, were sent to the penitentiary for two years. This was an unusual case. The beating was without cause and the little boy was almost skinned alive. They then applied salt and red pepper in water. Lafayette DAVENPORT, a well-to-do looking country Negro, pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol concealed and promptly paid over his fine of $10.00 to Captain TRIMMIER, after which he made tracks for his plow. Elias BOMAR, a stout young Negro, who ought to make a good living by honest work, pleaded guilty to stealing an ox, and he was sent to the penitentiary one year, the lightest punishment permitted for this crime. Oscar BOOKER, a sickly looking colored man from the upper part of the county, was convicted of the crime of sheep stealing. He was [cut off] free post Lisa