, 1859-02-07
TRIAL OF HENRY JUMPERTZy
FOE 9UK
Murder ef Sophie Werner, BIS Mlst'ess,<
1t Chicago, sunday, March 9Th, 1858.
n1os1Ha ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL
VERDICT OF GUILTYi!

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CLOSING ARGUMENTS " ooo0e1-44'
VEpnT{rT OF GU1LIH5I
Appearance OF tae Z @11sone1' !@--
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On Saturday evening, at half'pass elen'
o'clock, was concluded the trial Of Henry 'uin'
pertx, for the murder Of Sophie werner,
tragedy which from its frat inception 10 11s
close hhs powerfully elected the attention anu
interest, not alone Of onr own community, pus
Of the various communities near and 1t eols1anee
where It's, auxiliary features hare had loeatlon@
Nearly twelve months einee, mysterious
barrel, found to contain the ed'amemoereo colpse
Of female, was discovered az tho We" A"'A
CITY terminus OF the hudson Ever haiuoan,
and since thas time, ss II guided oy 'ne aspo
Of aTenglng Nemesis, the messengers o' 'uene0
IN The persons OF III ofhcers, ia coasts ano '3'
prosecutors h&Ve been on the pain OF toe @u'u'4
et that m3ssefy ontn s'&snFoas 7'en1nk' - ~
presence OIL tnoosano spcc'A'ra, oe1 ~,
pel'1 "ss ps'noanseo . o''- ..~~;t1. n co,,.
49, .a-a,a.. .'ad.- -, s;-rnn,sto,ces bnt in this
;.:te,,e no.....;n1 f..tur.. Of horror peculiarly
n. oxr. II III v4tfa, taking of hmm life can
morrow such from Lesser uccessorT criucs,
Az the c,so WIN ona 1b;.h. in the discovery
of the mvsterioua barrel. ran the round Of the
news channels of 1ha country. 70 when the cur.
tain r.sn IN the secon, art and It vos announced
far and vide that the sunno.ed murderer Has
tere.t h.f,r. awatan.d hv Tho ,ov.+srx voa
.,arnon.d md i,ts,.;6ad n x.tch;no tha d..
~.1oe.m.,t - a.. ,.n. ~, -.,,1 "a ,.+,,.,
es.., .na ...,.;..a -..,;.;.-
rLa ,h;,d act vaa h.o,, uhs, +bo nr;.o,or
.1ornncrz. VIA two weeks s,n,o a,n,;g,e,, ut thr
h,r of the crcnit Court in thia ctv to answer IN
the crime of murder. Never },c,orc in Cbicago. .
and rarv in the country at larre. has q criminal
tr;u been commenced wL;ca has been the cen.,e
Of 10 much interest. On the calendar of eocb
trials tbe lat in A hrief one Which paces Colt md
| Webster and Jumpertz aud their peers il such
promipence before humanity.
The case was one which in Its preparation Raye
occutn.ion in some degree to the detective polce
| Of New York. Milwaukee and Chicago. Witnesses
J1r LuE prosecution were QfQQE1t QlLuET IL 1aTrE
public expcnse. and here maintained. to Eve tleir
| evidence IL the development Of tlc tragedy. So
reoera syas thu Interest among nil classes in our
own CITY, that merchants and men Of business sat
side by side Throughout The ten days' trial with
the members Of the bar. willie hundreds, and t1ou.
sauda indeed, Of other citizens, ordinarily rarely
interested in watching such proceedings uu1es,
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have pressed the accommodations Of our largest
Cuurt-room to its fullest extent. or layc turnca
away by hundreds, utterly unable to obtain ad-
| mission,
The prisoner, though without relatives aud
friends. has hsd the services OF eminent counsel
exerted in bis behalf, in mauner to rebound
! to the credit Of tho Chicago Bar. among vhose
lottest efforts aud splendid achievements in
forensic eloaueuca must be ranked the c|osiup
argument of Mr. Van Armeu. who, while rg
comes here NOT uncrovned with laurels else.
where won, has showa that he has lost nor
laid aside nothing either OF skill or exertion
tbat have in time past served him well in biz
professional career. Nor need 10 in Saving
th;s. Lessen The cenuiueness md sincerity of The
tribpte dus 1ais associate. Mr. McComas. for hi,
share in the conduct of the casa.
The nrosecutjon and the defence uere worthy
of the case !: nothing went by default: and this
in the issue piyes the moro ssti,faction. Al.
through Inadequate counsel to uush to conyic
tlou and the fste it eataile. p,isoper in the
| condition Of the one at the bar. would ba a.
false to the principles Of Public Justice. as il
would be adverse 10 the wishes Of it's eepre.en
tatives in this city.
Carlos Haven, Esq, District Attorney, haI
been assisted in the arduous du,ies Of prapsra
tiou and prosecution Of this case By Daniel Nc
Ilroy, ESQ. and John c. Miller, Esq, CitY Pro
secutor. Arguments vera made by The tw.
former. the latter has given to tho preparation
and management Of the cese. both before an.
a. the time OF us trial. skill. acumeu and indie
futi0ablepess that hare tended largely to ii
;ncree.. of hi. n,ofess;onat renu,ation. md III
,e,, In III. rsaun Of tbs Investigation no,
rlo,ad
Thu District Atto1nev,a eonnecs;on With thi
case and with the preeediu1 trials of like map
nitpde in ths term now closed. has in tho hlet
AIT d.oree a&texted hin fines. fl, hi, imnortar
nphl;c no.;tion. His closing argument on tb
nreeent occasion WAR one of the rno,t nowerfu
,ooir.1 and ,ho1ouoh In which We haye ert
t;.tansd Mr. Haven ha. von nav nror.xson,