The Portland daily press., 1867-07-03
rrta, Of the Yves. Auburn Wanderers.

CONCLUSION OF BIB. RECORDS AhGUMENT.
On Monday morning Mr. Record continued
his argument for Verrill We have only space
for very brief abstract Of the Lewiston Jour
nails report. s'S.''.
He contended that Verrill had no sufficient
motivsA to commit the crime No man ever
suspected him of having so corrupt a heart
The condition of the bodies showed that lust
was the chief motive which caused the COM
mission of the crime. There is a conflict be-
tween the testimony of Harris and that of 9th
er witnesses as to the whereabouts of Verrin at
o'clock on the eve of the murder. There is
lao confederation in the fact that a hatehet was
found ian his possession, or that Mrs. Lakln was
troubled whenDshe heard of Verrilrs arrest and
endeayored to conceal it,. The prisoners con-
duct in describing the Ratchet and telling
where it could be found is strong evidence in
his favor. The hair found in MIS-. Kinsley's
hand may have been her own for aught that
appears. The physicians have testified that
Miss Caswell received her death-wound from
Ratchet, but Harris declares that it was infliet-
ed By chair After referring to other neon
sistencies in the States testimony Mr.. r..
claimed that Verrlps testimony was entitled to
full credit If he were guilty he would long
since have confessed his crime. His conduct
and demeanor had been quiet aud calm when
accused of the crime, but this was no evidence
against him. His testimony did not contra
dict that of other witnesses in material mat
tiers with the sole exception of Harris The
wound on Miss Caswell's head must have been
made by chair, and not by Ratchet, and
that wound yerrill had not the power to in
Hict Providence had helped the defence in
this case to expose the lies Of government wit
nesses and the plots Of New York detectives
Mr.. r. closed his argument by abiding to 9TH
er cases " here murderers have feigned that &C.
completes were engaged with them in the COM
mission of crimes of which they alone were
guilty, and appealing to the jury not to convict
his client upon insufficient evidence
Attorney General Frye in reply denied that
the Detective Blake, or any one else connect
ed with the prosecution, had been engaged in
fabricating case against the prisoner. The
ooyer,ment only desired that justice might be
done, ana were sworn to do it. There was no
improperly IL the County Attorneys taking
the stand-he had no discretion in the matter.
There was no antecedept improbability against
the commission of this crime by person Of
Anglo-Saxon blood, as was amply proved by
the history of that race both in ancient and
modern times. All he ASH ed was for the Jury
to give Harris the same consideration that
they would white man standing in the same
place He denied that a knife or evidence of
any description bad been suppressed. The al
ibi attempted to be proved in this case was
myth. The McKenneys and Adna Cushman
who we're relied upon to support 1t had fabri-
Gated the evidence which they had given, and
contradicted themselves, each other and the
prisoner. Tho counsel for the prisoner had no
occasion to thank Providence for the quilt sto
ny, for it was clearly fabrication-agreed up
on weeks after the arrest of Verrill. He had
said SO much in reply to the prisoners coun
sci in order that the jury might consider the
case without any bias or prejudice. On TBes-
day Mr.. Frye resumed his argument, beflin-
ming with rehearsal of the circumstances of
the murder