Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-23

movements and outworking, and Of events.
He confined himself almost entirely To the
evidence and the Interpretation of the same
in the light of common, natural motives,
and the beauty of his effort consisted in this,
that it was a story full ofdramatic incidents
and elements, and he told it in a mastery
manner.
ARGUMENT OF Mr.. L
Following Mr.. Cattle, senior counsel for
the defendant, Mr.. Palmer said
Gentlemen Of the Jury: I stand before vol
for the last time in the discharge of the
responsible duties connected with the in
vestigation of this important case, not to
measure rhetorical blades with my friend,
who opened for the defense, in the shadowy
region of metaphysical and theoretical
speculation, in which for the greater part Of
his address he rpaned, nor to test pinions
with my other friend who closed for the de-
Tense, who has so long delighted us by his
adventurous hights of eloquence. The bust
ness Of the hour requires of me to render
such aid as / may in calculating the truth
from the testimony rehearsed in your hear
ing, and to that task, impressed with the
solemnity of the duty l have to DISCHARGE,
| now address myself. 1t is truth which is
at issue here. l shall show you that we
have established every point made In our
opening statement.
This is a complete drama, with a begin
ming, all the consecutive stages of develop
ment and a tragedy for a fitting conclusion.
One year ago to-day FRIDAY, the 2Istl this
defendant was brought before the Mayor of
Pittsburgh, charged with the crime Of big
amy. All this tragedy has been developed
in the one short year that is just past. bet
US review it. The curtain rises in the
quiet village Of Bedford, and two charac-
tiers came upon the stage, a little over one
year ago Who are they? One has been
before you for the last two weeks, a mature
man of the werld, educated and polished;
the other, an unsuspecting country maiden,
seventeen years of age, inexperienced, con-
hding. who now sleeps quietly in the ceme-
terry in Bedford. This man sought that
%virtuous, artless maiden in her secluded
home, at a time when she was deprived of
her mothers watchful care, and piled the
arts and fascinations at the command
Of a cultivated, experienced man of the
world. His honeved words meant lust.
"Lovel" Forgotten by him were all the les
sons of childhood, solemn marriage vows,
the pleadings of his innocent boy who
claimed from him the legacy of a fair name.
On Monday, December 10Th, 1864, the par
ties leave Bedford for Pittsburgh. The
mother of Tamzen hears of the flight on
the same day, and sends her s~on-in-law in
pursuit, on the goth. Lured thither by the
tempter, he prevailed over this unsuspect-
ing maiden's heart and induced her to
take this step by the exhibition Of a bill of
divorce, which he had forged for that pur-
pose. They had been married. On the 2lst
he was arrested on the charge of bigamy,
and flung into jail to await trial, and she,
bitterly deceived, returned to her fathers
house. And the curtain falls upon a felon's
cell, its inmate leprous with lust, a fOrger, a
bigamist and an adulterer.
In january he was convicted and sentence
ed to the penitentiary of Pennsylvania. Dur
ing those fouror five months of imprisonment
what was passing in his mind2 This i'm
perious nature broOded over his failure to
carry out his designs. He could not brook
it. He would show Tamzcn Parsons, when
he got out, that he would accomplish his
purpose. His will becomes more relentless
and determined, and he makes a resolve
not to be foiled again. For, accepting, in
early summer, the boon of liberty from the
hands of his devoted wife, whom he treated
with equal cruelty and meanness, he was
no sooner released from the pehitentiary
than he makes his appearance here in July
last, and Immediately sets about com
pleting his foiled purpose. lie sends
away his wife and child to
his native Isle of Man, that they may
offer no impediment. Three several times
the defendant himself expressly said that
he sent them away in order that he might
Get Tamzen to live with him. He 1oiN live
On the night of the 2lth of July these
characters come upon the stage again. He
enters her fathers house late at night, seek
ing an interview with Tamzen. For four
long hours he exercises all his powers of
fascination and persuasion, in vain. "YOu
deceived me. once, and you shall never
do it again." she reiterates in answer to his
passionate urgings and entreaties. He
drives of, foiled again, and by this young
girl, towards Warrensville. That imperious
will has once more been baked, and his
spirit chafes and RACES at the result of the
interview. He sees DR.. Wray at the War
rensville House, on the morning of the 25th,
and in conversation with him the feelings
of DR.. Hughes heart are shown and his pur-
pose vaguely expressed. lie is provoked,
angry, and the first sparks of a kindling re-
venge show themselves. He asks DR.. Wray
if he has a pistol. "No; why ?" "That
Odd Tamzen) is calling herself Mrs.
Hughes. and if she doesn't stop, I'll blow
her brains put" He INDUCES freely in drink,
and when he arrives that night at the Plank
Road House he is drunk. His purpose is
more distinctly stated before Mrs. Eddy, at
breakfast on the morning of the 26th, when,
in response to her information that a ball
recently passed through Tamsen's parasol,
he said, "Pity it hadn't gone a little lower
and blown her brains out, and saved
me the trouble sometime" He is still
brooding over his disappointment, the
Al --,rF,,o &c HE IorlanO nurpneo ond IN
these statements we get glimpses of the state
of his mind toward the girl. A few hours
later he meets Vial Salisbury, and the ex-
preston of his purpose is no longer vague
or even indistinct. "If she will not live
with me, I'll kill her" He is arrested on
Thursday on the charge of house breaking, !
examined on Saturday before Justice Porter
in this city, Tamzen herself making afIlda-
Wit against him. That act of her makes his
failure all the more apparent, and his pros
pect of success now seems hopeless. He
buys the pistol shat day, the pistol with
which two weeks later he shot her.
He meets Henry Parsons that evening,
who advises him to settle that difficulty, and
offers himself as a mediator. Here is a
CLEAN Of hope to DR.. Hughes mind. If she
be ~reconciled unto him, he thinks, he
may still win her by his charms. They go
her house the next day, Sunday, where
Parsons, after a four hours interview
with Tamzen, gains her consent to stay the
prosecution, but on the Proviso that the Doc
Tor shall soIemnly promise to modest her no
more. He was maddened by reason of the
of time taken to settle, even on these
and told Parsons that he had made
M his mind, if she did not stay the prose-
sution, not, to go to trial on that charge
housebreaking) but on another, pulling the
pistol from his pocket, and adding, 81 would
shot her dead, taken TO the woods, and
drawing a vial of prussic acid destroyed
own life" This shows his state OF
mind.
The settlement was made, the promise
given. Here was new hope for the success
ful issue of another effort. That strong will,
vet baked, was not willing to ackowl-
edge itself conquered by a village maiden.
awaited an opportunity, and on Tuesday
evening, August Sth. it occurred. He met
they drank, Russell proposed a
lrive, the defendant engaged for a ride to
Here is a twin william who
will aid him, perchanee. If they
meet Tamzen, and she refuses to go with
him, they may kidnap her. The pistol and
Task of whisky are AIKEN by Hughes. They
ire necessary attendants in al~lpurposes and
leeds of violence and blood. They start
With the double lie Of calling Russell Major
Hanson and that their errand is the ampu-