Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-18
TRIAL OF rHE eusA PRIsONEas.
a Few Notes frsm a Lssg Speech Of Gen.
eFal Sale.
The CI0slHg Argument for tho Dsf.us0.

AIT AAAhl u hA1 GAgA BA4aAMuAa wa 2
sumed yesterday morning-COlOnel Tay-
Tor being sufficiently recovered from his
attack OF pneumonis to be able TO sit out
the speech-making; but owing to the
dampness Of the day the effort was very
severe upon him.
General Sale, IL was understood, would
make the closing speech for the defense.
He opened at nine o'clock am, and
did not close till six or after. He
attacked Hines testimony on points of
law. There is not a law book but holds
that the cOrroborstive proof of an Inform
er must be unimpeachable. Have they
attempted to c~OrrOborate Hines2 What
have they brought up here to ~corrobOrate
Hines2 There is not a single fact men
toned by Hines supported by the long
train OF outside witnesses. They do not
attsmpt to ~corroborate Hines. They only
attempt to c~OrrObOrate SatterWhite. They
come before you to sustain en impesched
witness. They come attempting TO make
the stream flow upward, from Satter-
white to Hines instead Of from Hines to
Satterwhite. The very fact that the pros
ecution have gathered up testimony to
prove a conspiracy, shows that they them
selves are doubtful Of Hines and Sstter-
white. What necessity for these outside
circumstances to prove a conspiracy, if
they thought their two direct witnesses
creditable2 II they had sny confidence
at all in Hines and SstterWhite, there
would be no necessity for going to all the
trouble they rave gone through to prove
g conspiracy. My friend Adams would
have less ssnse than I gave him credit for,
if he thought that Hines and Satter-
whites testimony alone would be enough.
General Sale -prOnOuncsda severe philippe
against the counsel for the prosecution
for pretending to place any reliance on
the sworn testimony Of Illness cold
blooded murderer, a pale-faced assassin,
who boldly makes confession OF his guilt
here in the presence of this court. He
says he is a young man who has a a
religious education-One of those hYpo-
critical, -Pharissical s~cOundrels, lust such
q fellow az the English law looks after
the very man they would hang for the
benefit Of law and religion. 1t is necessa-
~ to sustain what he says by an unim-
peschable witness, but instead of doing
that they bring up ibis upperCrust of all
viilainy-SstterWhibe-aud they had to
put the bolts and jackscreWs to him to
get what they wanted of him by a
sort of legal hydraulic pressure. A hue
tooth comb ought to be the badge Ofarms
of Satterwhite. General Wright would
have brought him in at first instead Of
Hines, but he did not like to get lousy too 1
early in this case. If he had his choice he /
would certainly prefer to tell a lie to tell
ing the ruth; he does il for the pure lax
ury Of the thing. The very first word he
spoke on his discrimination was a lie.
He did not know even his own name.
When asked what the M" in his
name stood for he could not tell,
but supposed it stood for Mem
ingtOn Hunt. Suppose Remington Hunt
could have heard tho euuncistiOn: his
bones would ave stirred in their coffin. 1
never saw the palm Of his hand yet. I
don't know wheJherit was murder or sim
ply m~arsIaughter he committed. They
had a Wav Of brqndiuu pu1nrfta of thar D
sort that left them proper objects Of
caution aft6rWard. I did not examine
his hand to see whether it was murder
or not, but he certainly perpetrated some
thing of that sort. He says ne was bap-
tized by 'plungiug." Good God! What
a fearful day that must have been for
the cat fish, IL was the first washing he
had since the day Of his birth, but 1 don't j
believe he ever was baptized. They had I
a law long ago In North Carolina that
whoever stole a tombstone should re-
ceiv5 fifty s and be ducked in a
hucklebsrry pond. Now that is exactly .
the sort of '~'pluugiug' that he got. nv :
General Wright, says that his :
a Niger wife is purely a matter :
OF taste. Taste! What do you think OF !
that? 1t has nothing to do with his moral >
character. SattsrWbite is sustained only
by DR.. Mathews. he is the OEly one who
says he was there. / do not want to as ;
saL lLaLICWs 6ACbb ~ lu SO Tar As MS L6Sbl-
DlODy Rssalls Itself His evidence decapi-
Jates itself like the Irishman who was
travelling with a scyths slung over his .
shoulder, and, IN crossing a stream, saw /.
a salmon with his head under a root. and h
cried out: "Be jabsrs, In hit ye q welt :
anyhow" n drawing the weapon with y
much vigOr, cut his " head Oft l.
The burden Of the testimony tina was i
put In in regard 70 Satterwhite's chsrac- :
Ter shOWs that they would believe him on J,
oath If be was not interested. What is !.
The in~ierence2 The inference irresistiblv =
S that they would not believe p
if he was interested. When 4
me copper rent is concerned, he I
would not be disintsrested. He would 4
or the value Of q copper rob the infant 4
christ from It's mother and deliveri il IN i.
o the eXecutiOners Of Hsrod. Stand back. =
truth, or get your throat cut! Who "
an respect anything that would be ac- y
.nOwledged by that heavenly goddess. y
truth, would come oct Of a rotten egg :
With 8 double yOlk2 According to the !,
estimOny of the niger Vaughan, Satter- =
White was not On the way to the tragedy, h
be never passed that waV; Vaughan
ans along the route and did not see him. .
he impudeBt dog! He triedto make the :,
Impression here that he had invitations &
o the tables OF decent people. He saws y
e was invited, the lousy calf by Mr.. 81
raves to dine at the house of his brother =
l-laW in Bsrtl6tt-that he was invitedI ~
l5 invited TO dine, the lousy calf for iii
q was placed astride Of q lousy calf, YOU r.
not tell whore the calf left of and
man commenced. There is a differ
nee between the evidence Of S~attsrwhite ~
nd Ware. I asked SatterwhjLe why he -
ID not run, and he said be couldn't, he ~
as lame. Ware says that he saw Satter- y
.hite pass him on the run. forty Yards ~
isJaEt, just before the break of dav: thew "A
old thar it was al Gaybreek, but the Ian
mage was Gust before the break of day." q,
are says be knew him. just before the %
reak of day; he WAS running; there was
.OOnshine; but I don't want to say much
that; j am not much on m~oOnshine. In
Ware saw more than he cared to be
or be never saw what he did tell; each OF
.cOgniz3d tbs other at that hour, one sal
oking out over a fence, and The other in
i the run toward the scene of blood. and Gu
3ither Of them spoke a word to each Ist
her. They meet again, drink together pa
I'd talk shortly afterWsrd, snd still there Gle
nothing said; not a word passes be- no
7sen them; had no doubt but 10 was a at
lrtiOn of that ciOJhes-line that hung
.hOield, the same one that was cut from
@ line in Graves yard, but the question
what cut 1t? Satterwhite Is Just such 70
as might be expected to do
ings of that sort. He has no doubt J
9p hanging round her rOOsts and knows sty
about the arrangement Of back Yards
general; thought that Wisener ought r
shot SatterWhite, If he could have Yo
{ g pistol in his hand, and could have tbs
ed it OF, even with the last gasp Of his Mr.
oath. Yes, sir, be ought to have shot sor
IA, sent the bullet through his head, L M,
mt say brain, Tor he has none.
General Sale sssailed the testimony of
J Hester in regard TO the INQUEST. but
quickly sitted on to S~stterwhite again,
held that it was false what Satter-
said, that nine men out of ten
.uld ave sworn to a lie ia similar cir -
instances. Do you believe that nine rail
n out of ten would have sworn 7
a lie sitting on Ia CorOner's iury2 VOL
en- yOU have the circumstance Of v
.t trip to Memphis on the day
CONS, taken in the heat of a summers deg
for the purpose Of lodging in N
nation against these prisoners. During GOV
.t trip you have The testimony Of relia- 6ve
witnesses that Dave was drilled on
It occasion. That testimony is vet un- =
peached; it stands yet without a word IS
d to the contrary. The testimony can 49,
be taken as unimpeachable, according ~
lhe legal definition Of the word, not to AOA
suspected, beyond question; how can d
terwhite's testimony be considered of the
{ character. l have told you before 10 P
{ this prosecution must be maintained st.
the testimony Of Satterwhite and mo-
les II ~ IS 70 be maintained a. all. / III
We this hesp of r-ottenness (Satter- Cou
itel. Millions Of years from now devils peti
hell win bs reading his perjuries BY &c ,
Light OF his burning carcass. pbis
-e referred TO the testimony Of Robin O'D
i. Remember that Robinson is a grand theE
of old Hester, because old Hester less
-ried his grandmother. What is there of 3
the meaning of the words he heard ket
and McCaddin say: eve viii let terd
thing run on until morning at hear
r O'Clock and then We viii close