The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-07
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Tho court room % the Oyrr aud Term
iner was crowded Yesterday il being sup
/ posed that couu-r, for Stokes wJuid con-
clude his address aud that the ca" wouia
lc submitted tothe jury and probably do
I cisiOn arrived a. before The rlu.c If the
.r"ip. This Wa 'ot the cnse. ~ win b.
'o''n b. uur rpp"u "i '"r proceeding.
cuGnsc! onl, concluding ~. piptrnct,d uG-
/ dT".. nt lhs slime oi ndiournmrri 1hcHt-
guneut 1T cousrl g. II great extent wns
Characteristic + The man--nn attack, lf
! fact, upon the deceased, and naturally, on
that account, culogy upon the alleged
murderer. cuunsels effort however, ia
this direction, apart from its effect upon
the court or jury, was ill-timrd with the
audience, who booted and his>ed his st-
tempt 10 excite sympathy for Stokes, the
accused.
The address to the Jury wa. made bv
Mr.. MckeOn, who, after speaking of the
efforts made by the deceased to have Stok
indicted for conspiracy, added that the
mHa v bom he defended dare not fore
shadow his defence. lie dare not even
give hint Of what the course would be
which counsel would adopt when il came
10 ~ trial for life. II he did ~ perjury
would be procured against him e. an cx-
tent that no one dreamed a. mo one,
snid counsel. "hus any idea of what Stokes
hns bad to suffer. and, turning towards
Stokes and luving hi, hand upon hi,
shoulder, II believe in my heart that this
man Is as innocent of TIE charge "rought
against him a. anybody in this court
roe m. Here there was almost -
YELL uF uERf-ioN
from the galleryo Of the court. Tie counsel
turned round ,,citcdiy and faced the
crowd. This mob, hc said, " can have
but little feeling IN their breasts when
they give that yell Thi, is the feeling
We have 10 con.rni against this IS the
-nfne mob that has raised tho cry against
our unfortunate client. Here the coun-
sci glowered at the audience. who did NOT
seem I" be at all .ntimidated by The sever
ity Of his couutenauce.
Judge Card zp-If this interruption il
repeated | will clear the court-ruufn of
every body except those Immediately con.
ne.ted with the case.
When his cuuIcii turned toward. him
Stokes face flushed up, and self-.ati.6ed
smile lit up hi. countoUance. When he
henrd tho omnious howl of derision how
ever he turned scarlet His yuangcr
brother, who sat beside him the entire
day,
LOOKED THuNDERsTgUCk
at the ebull,ion Of popular feeling
1t was some time before the counsel pro-
ceeded, and even then he appeared to have
been very much shockei by the Interrupt
tiOn. He renewed his attack on those " LO
sought 10 manipulate the jury, and went
in pretty strongly tor Fisk's myrmidon-.
He said that there were
40 BOUNDS TO THE AMBITION
and the wickcdness Of these men. They
believed that they could buy up and
manipulate every thing and every body.
II was only This week that the public had
al instance of this. These hold, bad m,n
thought they could buy up the greatest
institution in the country.
THE NEW YORK HERALD.
They sought TO buy up and corrupt its at
taChcs, but MI saw how egrrginusly they
had failed, and how their own infamy was
so thoroughly exposed. Counsel then
proceeded to State that newspaper ar
iicles never injury any man-it was al
ways their own words and actions. COun-
sels closing remarks were merely technical
and principally referred TO the law on the
cmpauelliug at Grand Juries and the con-
ditions which are necessary under the
provisions OF the statute. He also quoted
reports from different States bearing upon
the case.
In reply to the District Attorneys as
serton that th" plea was prepared by him
(Mr. McKcon, he said that he felt bound
considering the peril of his client, to use
all the experience which he bad derived
from hls long acquaintance with the
routine of the Dstric, Attorney
Office.