Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-19

exeelienoef 1rming herself with deadly
weapons, going 10 the house Of assignation on
eainsy street unProtssssd, and last but no, least
drawn his sword In defenoe d. BIZ country and
yen arc called upon 70 justly sheh an act. ~
will you. BY your verdict say 70 the.e nttle
Z deadly weapon and commits murder, and hold
her up for examplef VIII you by your verdict
say you vindieate the sacred cause Of laws and
religlonf Appeals have been made to your sym
pathies--nothing else--and l will prove II 10
you. Great 0odi what an array Of counsel.
Joseph II. Bradley, the great and eminent law
tMarshai Gooding hero interrupted the Speaker,
telling the audience they must cease laug hing or
he would arrest them. fHgf'T
Mr.. Darlington said lot them laugh Judge
they have right 10 laugh or TO cry. 0tF
Marshal Gooding. Mr.. Carrington will reg.
ulate that matter. ... . u.. .a
Nj. Carrington:,-very we'll submit IA voice
Gentlemen Of the jury, what do we care for
Mary Harris. You may put her IN q band box
aud send her home--not TO the Deylins-0od
forbid but to her father. ! Ia assume me- that you
you, and I will shoy you that unless you shpt
your eyes to the evidence you must convict the
accused. What doctor has shown that this wo'
man is insanef None. II this jury aoquit this
won,an upon The ground Of insanity, you pat
| Upon the records Of this court . Fact that VIII
MAKE you ridiculcdai H..a. l..rr.s .,.. ,..,r,
There are four questions submitted to you: lst
Was this homicide committed by the prisoner at
| the bar; 3D. Was II committed within the juris-
diction Of this Court Sd Was IL justinable
homicide; 4th. Was she guilty Of murder or
manslaughter. Tho scene Ia laid In Chicago. We
ind Mary Harris meets Mary Deylin, who keeps
tablishment was thatf r-F-'..t
Judge Hughes here called the attention Of the
Court 10 the Misrepresentation Of the evidence by
Judge wylio informed the District Attorney
that he should not retaliate upon Miss Devlin as
to the character Of her house because the counsel
Judge wylie said there was nothing in evidence
against the character Of the house Of Miss Devlin,
| aud he would not permit him 70 make an attack
upon the house. Though he might comment as
ladies', but he should not assail her house, against
which there was no evidence
| Mr.. Carrington No man shall say that was
70 Ss sss IN
Judge wylie-You shall not 90 on in that
manner; sir WIN put you in the custody. Of
the Marshal. You shall not go on, sir, in that
way. l will hare no discussion between you
and myself to be dstermined by the Jury.
Judge Hughes said he did not desire to inter
rupt the District Attorney he therefore hoped he
would connne himself TO tho evidence, and with
Judge wylie said It was unpleasant for him
to interrupt the counsel, but In the closing argu-
ment the counsel must limit themselves TO the
|
| Mr.. Darlington resumed Tho prisoner at the
bar goes to the city Of Baltimore and consults q
| lawyer In reference TO bringing q suit against
Burroughs for breach Of promise. In conversa.
roughs has turned TO hate. Prompted by hatred
| she goes to the Treasury Department. When she
/ gets there sho inquiries for Mr.. Burroughs; she
secs him at his desk she then retires TO the
clock, and there takes her stand she there waits,
| and there was time for passion to subside-time
| for insane impulse TO pass away and reason to
resume Its place. sho nres at him, and endeayors
to make her escape. She is cool, calm, and coll
iected Nor does she show any emotion until the
| bleeding and mangled corpse Of her murdered
victim was brought before her. Mary Harris had
accomplished her purpose, nor did she show any
emotion until she saw the mangled corpse.
Now, gentlemen, what do you call this case
Science, as the learned counsel say, calls II In
sane impulse. Science, as say, calls It murder.
that a great portion Of us should be- locked mp In
| straight Jackets. When husband goes out 10
make his daily bread his wife should stand by
| him with pistol In one hand aud bowie knife
In the other, and protect her partner from insane
impulse. Now, gentlemen, I know you are all
anxious to acquit this woman, II you could.
These Western gentlemen, members Of Congress,
GOING Os into state Of SarbsrS% Before pro'
ceeding to the argument as to the question Of in
| sanity, gentlemen, Iwish to say few words
about the brother Of the deceased. Suppose one
Of our ministers should go to Chicago as 4 wit
ness, and they should bring prostitute, W ithout
| character, to impeach his evidence. I will show
you, gentlemen, that you cannot disbelieve one
Of perjury on him. The honored remains Of
Stephen A. Douglas rest In the grounds Of the
University over which he presides.
Mr. Hughes-Yes; and Dr. Burroughs made a
there.
Mr.. Darlington continued: Now what has DR..
Burroughs donef Would not any man offer to
get and pay witnesses to vindicate the honor Of
hnnt L. OIL ha nHaa al IA, Eaa N
witness away. Is that sof Is that justf Again,
they say that they do not like his manner. Did
you ever notice more solemn scenef There sat
the murdeross; there stood the witness, the nat j.
ural protector Of his brothers. wife and orphan.
[By consent Of counsel, Mr.. Hughes here read
tho portion OF DR.. Burroughs' testimony relative
10 the woman Ellen Mills.l %. .i
Mr.. c. proceeded at some length in yindieating
the character Of DR.. Burroughs.
Was DR.. Burroughs to be impeached by the
testimony % Of Louisa Deylin, and ny mouth e DO
| ! shall show, before take my seat, was behind
| the scenes pulling the wires for the dark and
dreadful deed, When she came to Baltimore,
when she went to the assignation house, when
she went to DR.. Burroughs, who prompted her to
| do itf Louisa Devlin, When she came TO
Washington and committed this awful deed, to
whom was this news hrst communicated Louisa
Devlin. ! say Jno. G. Burroughs comes before
| you unimpeached and creditable witness.
Now ! proceed to the question Of insanity.
They have endeavored 10 place me antagonistical
to DR.. Nichols. Why he Is one Of my best friends.
| DR.. Nichols never has sworn that this woman
was insane so as TO make this woman ire
sponsible for her acts. will admit, gentlemen,
| that there was a marriage contract. Il will ad-
nit that A. J. Burroughs loved this woman.
Was there anything dishonorable in that I
| don u Intend to cry, gentlemen. II there Is any
crying to be done will get Mr.. Bradley to do #
| for mo. .....
Mr.. Bradley. II you had half as much sym
pathy as we you might do II.
Mr.. Darlington. On the 10th OF January, 1862,
Mary Harris discarded A. J. Burroughs. He,
exercising his right, courted and married an
other woman superior to Mary Harris; and she,
stung by the feeling Of Jealousy, murders him.
The name Of wife is sacred ~ heaven itself No
unless he knew her TO be pure. What sort Of n
wife would Mary Harris have mader She goes
to house Of assignation to inquire II he was the
author Of these propositions.
When she has this conversation with DR.. Bur-
roughs she goes of perfectly satisfied, until the
Devlins put the Devil In her head. II she stood
behind that clock one minute II Is a death blow
| to insanity. And now, gentlemen, the Court has
given its opinion, the lawyers have given theirs,
you acquit this woman upon the ground Of In
| sanity, you give a carte blanche TO every wicked
woman to shoot down any man who has once
| courted her and afterwards married another
woman, aud then contend she had dysmenorrhea,
when every woman In the country knows how
to cure II by putting the patient to bed with warm
bricks and administering a little hot tea,
You can't acquit this woman on insanity, and
you know you can't. II you want to acquit
her, do 1t but do not say anything about this
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