Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-19
THE CLOSE.
last Day Of .,ths Trial Of the Cuba Pris-
eusrs, Charged With the aHrdeF
Of SOh0hsld.
Some Notes Of toe Eloquent Speech Of the
Brilliant Young Advocate Attorney
Several Wright.
Judge FIlDpIa's Charge TO the Isy-Ths
Life and Liberty Of the Prisoners
In the Hands Of the Jury.
No Verdict Yst-The Court Adjourned to
Kline 0'clsOk on Monday 90
msrr0w) Morning.

MefFbH) MVIhthk'
The argument in the 'Cuba trial wa
resumed yesterday morning in the Crlm'
iual Court. before Judge Flippin n tn
iury. The room YVES full Of people a
Attorney General Wright took the Hoo
to wind up for the prosecution. bis eK
ordium was short. he az once plunged
into medius res. He said the improbable
ity Of Hines singing out Graves from al
the people of Cuba for an object OF ven
gaaIce was pslpabIe. Il was absurd, a
the counsel on the other side had instnUs'
ted, that Graves, a man who according L
them and their witnesses, stood high a,
the highest in that neighb1rhCod, should
be chosen by Hines as best suited Il
throw odium Of this charge upon, ia or
der that ne and his other guilty cOmpsn.
lions might escape. II he wanted q vic.
tim, SatJerwhits ought to be the man. The
defense pretend to believe, nay, attempt
to show, that he is not above any deed o.
guilt or enOrmitV. According to them, ht
Is, Of ell others, Just the person TO create
suspicion. The in~siuustion that Satter.
white cono0Cted his prosecution is sb
surd. He has not the intelligence TO do
ANYTHING Of that sort. Such an uu5ertak.
ing would be too much for his simple IA.
ture. IU would take ell the powers OF
gigantic brain, even, to conceive Of all the
details of this prosecution; and It would
take more than satanic ingenuity and
power to erect it on 3 foundation nc
! stronger than they say It hss-the
malice Of one man, with his
other attribute of huge story telling,
We are told that We must lOOA for a mo
tive TOR this crime. We do look, and we
shall find Oue-a motive the strongest
that prompts human action.
TIE MOTIVE Is sELF-PREsERvATION.
Iadmit that Graves saving that young
! Schohsld ought to be hung for stealing
two dollars and q half is in itself a trivial
| circumstance, but in two hours atterWsrd
| there is light thrown on this trivial cir
cUmstancs which magnides IL in our
eyes. We find him and the others talk
ing together. What are they talking
about? We hear n say, I'VE will let
this thing run on till four o'clock IN the
morning, and then we viii bring i5 20 a
| ~close;n and another whispers, " Be damn
cautious about how you talk +" aud a
| third saws, 81 am sorry for poor Scho-
| field. but I cannot cry for him;' and
! Graves replies, 4" Neither can l." and IF
1 saw him when he done this thing, I'd
! give him one of these" Had you heard
| all this string Of conversation, who would
YOU say they were talking about? Would
/ YOU conclude that this "ClGSIug up"
! referred to the bsrbecue2 Is it
/ necessary TO be damn csutiOus"
about the winding up OF the barbecue2
Barbecues, it appears, in that nslghbOr-
hood, are not to be wound up in the usual
way. It is necessary to have sOms eciGt
attend it. 1t is necessary 10 selzs a boy,
drag him before a magistrate, swear
against him, haul him on 20 an i~cs-hOuse,
NAIL HIM UP,
tie his hands and feet, and let the sounds
OF his cries on the margin Of the dance
ground keep time with tho music-thst is
the way 20 wind up q barbecue out there.
These defendants deserve the thanks Of
an enlightened community. i. is a circum-
stance that must aG Oucsp place those dsfsn-
dants ON 6 pedest al high sbOvst their fellow
men. The barbecue was wound up. They
wound il Up after their fashion. The
cries Of an sgOniZiug heart, the despairing
accents OF g boy calling upon his distant
mother, could not change them from their
purpose 10 wind il up in the way they
had arranged, when they agreed that they
would bring this thing TO a close at b
in the morning. They wound it ups and
they come here to receive the reward Of
their labOrs. well done, good and
faithful servant - The evidence dis
closes the fact that Tommy Scion found
the money on the floor. Was Graves glad
that his servant was thus viutiCated in
the repeated sssevsrstiOns of his innO-
Cence2 Did Ee rejoice in the innocence Of
tbs boy, and make haste 20 bring the glad
tidings TO rejoice b heart of his
Imprisoned sarv8Ut2 This would ave
been the action of Graves had he been the
nO~ble-hesrted man hat it is vsinly
attempted to make him appear, Graves
does not think of that then. No thought
about Sch06elj. But be taps Tommy
Scion on the shoulder, and asks Are you
my frisnd2' and, being satisfied with the
cJwsrdly reply, adds Let US take a
drink Let rs 90 back sd go
through this testimony. not in de-
tached portions, but follow the
chain as lt is linked together, We see
the boy arrested at dark, dragged before
q magistrate at that unusual hour; q
quick investigation satisfies that tunc-
tiOuary, and the boy is carried off to an
improvisod prison. IL takes two stout
men to guard him on the way. They have
their pistols out. Dangerous character
These men, who are damned sorry" for
this boy in distress, cannot cry for him.
He is locked up in the ice house, his
hands tied and Two guards placed over
him. Rather extraordinary -precautiOu,
gentlemen, Of the jury, for 2 boy who is
not even guilty OF stealing two dollars
and q half. He was simply bound over
by tho Squire, l undertake to show
you, W8s as corrupt and d6pravad and
law-dsfying as any Of thss defendants
before you. II the cries, the dying cries
of that boy did not ring in his ears until
the day of his death, then 1 agree with
the gentlemen on the other side that
there are some men in this world who
have nc souls.
THAT SQUIRE WAS IN THE PLOT.
They took him to the -ice-hoUse, locked
him up there, and, as the Roman soldiers
did at the tomb Of the Savior, they put a
seal on il that could not be broken, M
that no man could enter. After this was
done, we hear them whispering on the
porch, 'be damn cautious what you say, /
and we viii let this thing run on till
morning" No conspiracy there! Let us
20 further. The boy is pressed down with
the dampuess and darkness CT the ice
house. He cries loudly for liberty. The
jewellers isre within hearing. MCCaddin
is moving in the m8z5s Of the dance, and
the tendeT-hesrted master of the boy, the
Graves, who knew at that time
he was innocent, hears, but does not
answer that cry. No, it is not bis purpose
TO listen. He must let this thing 20 on
till four O'Clock, and then that cry shall
be stillsd forever in death-then the prls-
would be released. Yes, gentlemen,
Graves designed to release him not only
from the ice-boUse prison, but from his
yrisOn-h0use of clay-frOm al earthly
anLEE D AlD AaHlELEl ~ HCl4 Ano rNAL U NANas I
boy not only Outofthe ics-hOuse, but out of
5he world McCaddin said he would release
lim when the danciDg was over, and as
hour approaches preparations for the
are made. McCaddin, it has been
proved, came to the dancers and said that
he ground should be cleared, for
70 ] WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE WITH MY
PRISONER"
Graves renewed the request. GraUes,
.hs immaculate, also w8uIs McCaddin to
Do lett alone with his prisoner. He car
les the jewellers indoors. Toe victim
been obtained, but the opportunity
'sm0ved. Where we're they taken2
To Graves hOuse-to the house Of
graves, the leader in that part
IF the country. The hour Was ripe,
he hour was ripe for the hanging, and
hey were greedy for blood. Take this
adjournment Of the dancers to Graves
house Ia connection with the fact hat
Graves said he would bring it to to a close
- four O'Clock, and to "be damned
autious'-and Il ann sorry, but can't cry
.ur hlm-and lake these in connection
the fact that he knew he was limo
cent, in connection with the fact that Pos
and Mcoaddin were operating toward
same end, and where is there any
Dom LETT for even a suspicion Of limo
,snce2 The
ROP WAS GOT IN GRAVES HOUSE,
The gentleman says that Ssttsrwbite
have got it there, but there is no
proof that he did-nO more proof than
hat any Of You did. A suspicion Of that
Ort would fall with as much effect on anv
# us. They have no right to say that be I
aight have done it; but it is a proof that
said Schoheld ought to be hung.
& is in proof that he said 81 am damned {
orrv for schofeld, but I cannot cry for {
In proof that he said he would let J
bis thing run on till four o'clock in the
morning. There is no proof that Satter- s
yhite took part in removing the dancers. I
an these proofs together against !
irsves. and they form a circle of
re from which he cannot escape. {
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