The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-16

cret one was the fear that his life would be forfeited To
The vengeance OF the friends of the murderers and the
other his desire secure the arrest of these parties
The arrest Of Williams would have necessarily involved
the night OF Barrett, and therefore Carico had TO bie
his time and he searched and found out when and
where and under what circumstances Barrett could be
arres, 3D. in order that he might be arrested first know
! ing that Wi,'ams could be arrested at any time.
Because man is influenced by fear that is no
reason why he should stain his soul with the sin Of Per
jury because man Is coward, il is evidence that
he is necessarily liar That is s7u,ur sort of
logical Adam, which. if 1t has relative certainly has
antecedent But ii this evidence BIZ true there neither
walks creeps upon the face of the earth more
picabe coward than Charles Barrett who shot an esti
Unable and respectable citizen in the back without pro-
vocation, In the silence Of Midnight How much
is that than simply negecting to do mans duty from
fear OF the consequences Suppose Caarco had gone
to the spot and rendered assistance after the prisoners
fled, IL would have appeared in the papers Monday
that he had done so, and Barrett and Williams would
have known at once that he must have followed them
up the HILL and must have been eyewitness of the
murder He had enough to know this and there
FORE he kept away because, he says his life
to himself and valuable to his family. That good
reason and it would be for the jury to Judge if it
not the true reason.
The counsel the other side had attempted to throw
shadow of doubt the identity of the parties stating
that personal identity of all things the most difficult
to establish That depended altogether circumstances
had them and converscd with them face to face he
had followed them for after square, and kept them
constantly in eye, with other person intervening
md the bright flights burning, that it utterly
impossible that he should have been mistaken In the
matter.
There were to be sure trAing discrepancies in
the testimony but they always to be expected in
trial Of this kind. Even the foundation Of the Christian
religion rested upon discrepancies The great act and
fact of redemption rested for portion of its proof upon
discrepancies The fact that there slight va
ations between the testimony of Carrico and Entwiste
proves that there concert between them If Car
rico had wanted to make up lie, and have 1t believed
he would have gone to Entwstle and got the facts from
him and hence these discrepancies far from deract
ing from the force of the testimony add to 1t and in
crease it, What are these discrepancies One is MS
] TO the time when the event took place and it
was especially worthy of attention by the jury, that
as to the only point where there was conflict be-
tween Caico and Entwste and there ~ other evidence
IN Che case every other witness supports Carrco and
other witness supports Entwise. Here most con-
vincing confederation of Canicos testimony. But the
counsel say that Carico makes mention of the throw
ing of That is not strange, for he not asked
any question about it, and whether he it did not
see il is inaeria Carrico says that Barrett fired and
fell Entwistle says that it was Reeve Lewis who
fell at the first fire. and the physicians say that Reeve
Lewis died from the effects of that wound Thus the
murder is proved upon Charles Barrett without any
c OF testimony at ALL and the discrepancies all in
reference to the attendant and outside circumstances
! The prosecution show by their evidence where the
prisoners ut the bar between eleven and twelve
o'clock that night. To this they nterpose the sim
pie plea of not guilty But where they, if they
not at the scene OF the murder! Why do not
OF their friends forward and state where they were
il they not where the witness Carrico testifes
There has been attempt to prove an abb and yet,
according to all human probability the for such
defence would have been at their hands had such been
the fact But Carco is also coroborated by other wit
nesses to the number of shots that fired, and
many other facts. 1t would have been impossible for
any human being to have the ingenuity to manu-
facture q story which had truth in 1t, and which
| should be corroborated this is by the testimony
| of all the witnesses And what motive could Car
| rico have to make up such story? His kind feelings
towards Williams shown by his anxiety to say
thing in his favor without being asked he sad that he
did not believe that Williams knew anything about the
shooting before it took place Can any man believe that
a witness would stand in that box and give testimony
calculated take the life of his friend unless it
was done under the stsrnest convictions of dutyi Is
there particle of evidence that he had any i'll
feeling towards Barrett Gould he not have put him in
the watchh house when he found him drunk and disor-
Derby if he had been actuated by unfrendly motives
1t clear that he had cnmity against either Of the
prisoners AS to the idea that he would falsely
away the life of for the paltry of two hun
red and fifty dollarswhich he would not have been
titled to receive at any rate and which he utterly dis
claimed lit too horrible and monstrous to think of
Mr. o. did not believe man could be found in the pen
| itentiary who would do such q thing.
It was admitted by tho prosecution that there
evidence that Henry Williams fired shot at the deceased
man. There evidence that he in company with
Barrett. Mr. Entwise testes that both the prisoners
scrunzed them they passed. and stopped and looked
Henry Williams there present and il he aiding
and abetng the other prisoner he is guilty of murder
II he rendering assistance to Charles Barrett with
the intention of rendering him assistance he IL guilty of
MURDER whether he actually fired at Mr.. Lewis not.
IT, the other hand the jury shall believe that he
not there for that purpose but that he there
ably without the intention of assisting Charles Barrett
without any intention Of concert between these
| ties he is not guilty
Mr.. O. closed his very able and impressive speech
| follows:
"Gentlemen of the jury, i have discharged my
duty in this yours begins inevitable, and it
may be, painful If, in the examination of your
hearts and of your conscenoe you find anything of bias
hostility outside of the evidence inside there must
bel pray you to thrust it forth. In the language adj
dressed to the old Hebrew prophet put off thy shoes
from off thy feet for the place wheeon thou standes is
holy ground 1t is doubly consecrted-sct apart not
only for the preservation of human life but for the
dcton of the majesty of justice. 1t is not only fort
for the innocent but tower Of the evil
doer it is not only city of refuge to which
flee from unjust accusation, but avenging sword
unto him who sheddeth innocent blood. conjurc you
then my last words, to discharge your duty in the
fear of God and in the solemn remembrance of the re-
sponsibtes which society has imposed upon YOU
The given to the jury at twelve oclock and
they retired to deliberate upon their verdict At four
clock they in with verdict finding Charles Barrett
guilty of murder indicted and Henry Williams guilty
of mansaughter Barrett appeared much affected at the
result although during the trial his dcmeanor has been
comparatively careless and unconcerncd The prisoners
were then removed, and the court adjourned until to-
morrow morning
TnE DISTRICT REGMESr-R RE ono ANIMATION Is
military enthusiasm among the young of this city.