Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-12-25

volved cold blooded, fendish atroc ity
without parallel in the in the annals Of
crime.
He insisted that there was q total alb.
senee of motive to urge him to the per-
petration of the deed. He dwelt with
great power upon the alb surdity of charg-
ing the preparation of such crime IN
the broad light Of day, aud in plain sight
OF neighbors, and also referred to the fact
that the prisoner took his sister, Is years
+ old, his little brother, and the dog with
him when he went to. enlarge the. fun eral
pile of his father, in which the body must
have been even then, if there at all, and
they helping him in adding fuel
He. commented upon the relations Which
had existed between Meyers and Schnepf
the frenzy of the former. and his icresist-
Rible impulse to speak of Schnepf in con-
nection with the project of his own dea tn
of taking Schnepfs place, and the lat
ter,s going then to heaven; to the idea
that he must suffer by fire, as though that
fire Ia which human bones were burned
had burned itself into his own memory,
from which the impression was rever
etfaced and to the effort of the guilty
soul to purge itself of crime by buying
masses after be.should be dead. Be- Z
i The counsel claimed that the witness,
Mrs. Kneizel, bad we'll sustained herself
upon the stand, and was, in factI corrob-
GRATED by the witness. Bieber, as to hay-
ing seen Sehnepfin Watertown. - zz :
He commented severely uponit the re-
marks of the district attorney, to the eff.
I feet that, If the jury by their VERDICT
should do injustice 20 the prisoner,dit
mightlbea cured by executive clemeney,
and expressed the preference of the pris.
oner, if he was to be convicted. to be de.
Gyered up to the rabble:m at Mater
town to he hung, instead of going within
the prison walls. He closed by an elo-
quent appeal to the jury in behalf of his
client, and expressed the hope that of
their verdict it might be said
Judgment and equity are met together s.
| Justice and mercy have kissed each other.
THE SCENE IN THE COURT ROOM Is
1t was q quarter past when MFR. VII.
/
which is one of the finest in The country.
is depsely packed with people Of both sexes
and all conditions in life. Tie. greatest 81
| lence prevails, and the M ST intense inter.
est is manifested by all. Asthe jury will
have rendered their verdict before this will
appear in print there is probably no impro-
pretty IN saying that the verdict of The pub
The prisoner sits as usual, very quiet
~ near his counsel. and listens with intense
interest, but perfect se.f-possession His
mother and sisters are also present. s-S3 -
ARGUMENT OF JUDGE ORION FOR TflE DEFENCE
= AT half past a. Judge Orcn opened his
argument TO the jury. He reminded them
that their responsibility wasndiyidual and
not aggregate, He suggested that the
change in the penalty for. murder wss.not
reduction; that they were not TO lock be-
You'd their verdict; thatthe court WAS 10
pronounce the sentence shat il did not mat
terto them whether the penalty was ply
slcai3 death or that liying-death, which
shouldishut the prisoner out from every
thing making life endurabAe, and branding
him forever rs q fnarderer. s. IF the Il Sill
moDy 10 the case was 5ahst OF an eye wit
ness OF sons bloody deed, the CASE was
very simple. Blu: with nossye butstllat
of Heaven upon 1t, Ifs il oecurred. it was
vastly changed I ou SEARCH infyain .he
history Of efiminaliaj urspradencs' for a
/ parailei7csseo5 This is of a new class, alone
blaekening the pages of huma hist Dry. 8
Ihe assass'naton. Of the president by
either anladuan, Or devil. which shocked
the country and the world paEes in COM
/ parsion with this case. A boy. killing. his
father, cody killing him without passion;
destroying the body of his murdered sire;
bringing to'the funeral pile which he had
built The maEg'edy dripping remains; then
stirring oil night those 6res of hell, and
teven anon turningct the. burning body as il
fried and yblackened in the flames. To
sustain this prosecution you must believe
that human nature may assume a CART
never before dreamed of.s5sThe theory oil
! the defence. is, on the, contrary. consistent
Wit nuat ure.5 So. 7a5 raoa5 saz i--ss~as
+ Mz. Orton said that the alleged offence
occurred amonga somewhat ignorant aud
snperstltlous people, who were excited
beyond the capacity to exercise .reason,-
Dot SO much that a murder had occurred
as that the body had been burned. He
alluded to the feeling of all superstitious
people upon any outrage to the body Of
the dead. He said this feeling had rem
dered it almost impraeticabie to procars
even the attendance OF the Witnesses
much more to- faahom the great my stery
OF The case. That no man or woman has
IN any way aided the prisoner. Ask any