, 1873-07-06
THE WALWORTH TRIAL.
mre OsOonor's Address for tho Dee
&cnses

@'AA~ O'S@AAOk'1 EAANAN1S AVA sAA~ SUA@
1cnse.
Fron Ms Neo York Times, July2.
Mr.. O'Conor roao at about O'Clock, and ad-
dtehsed tho jury, summing up for tho defensc.
mo BY ang tt e had ooGn
forms. 1t Ind boon described to them % an
ordinary, vulgar, ovory-day murder. T. hnd
also boon presented to tlom as tho opposite Of
al those, ns . parzictdo, q crime at which hui
tory Of humanity. In both those aspects of 1t
tho cnae was quito different. IN the first place,
tho faota would reveal that II any offonso had
boen committed, It had not been charaosorizod
terrnined murder. There Waa anothor mistake
in presenting It as an unparalleled pa<Tintdo.
Ho did not object 70 tho word unpar-
allelea' oblooting only to that SECOND end y.eT
~ criminal who had committed . orine almost
unknown in history. It Was not tho frat tmo =
child hAd elain hts parent, but ho believed that
this crime had neveE boon committed atrooioua-
ronlind tho jury of The attending oiroumatnnoes
to lot them 800 how much OF prcmodttation, how
much Of wiokedneas, there had been, in tho al
1cgcd crime. He desired to begin at that stage
Of tho terrible drama which might be called tho
closing scene. On Thursday afternoon, before
tho killing, this boy had boon informed that his
unclo was doairousof taking him to Europe With
him. Imagine the condition q this boy, just
burden on Ills mother for support, aud tho
idoa presented itself to him that il he did
not loave her thon the timo would noon come
when no must leave her, to bo no moro burden
ally, he was delighted at the idea Of going to
Europe, bnt thon ho thought Of his mothor'a
unsafe condition, and tue possibility Of making
hor securo. Counsel thon dwelt upon tile pris-
ouere Affection for hiB mother, and his brother
and sisters. On Saturday ho received another
installment Of that horror which lad boou
Weighing upon his young mind for 80 long,
when another letter came from tho father who
or road a portion Of tho letter Of MAY 81. which
has already been published, in which Mansfield
Walworth threatonB to kill his wife unlesa he is
allowed to SEQ his childron, and gaya !" tho
trapedv must come."D Yot this letter.
Mr, G'Conor eaid, might bo called eon.
tic md affectiounto compared witt, others,
Whnteyer hopoa younp Ernnk 1niQbt 1,ayo
entertained that his father might have hnd
Tia wrath nsennrn]. t1,ie lotfor wns froa1, nroof
Of his continueI wickeduosa. What was be to
do , Hn did mt aav anything to hin nothor.
but ho still hoped TIT he might do eomothinr
to ooncilinte hie fntLor. and give aomo assuranco
lis INC mother ~ 1aieht bo mado safo. 4 Young @ I boy
slight oircumstaucee. It was 30 oxtrayagaut a.
nof to bo thoucht Of for momant thnt Frank
cnmn tn Nag Ynrk tn ontran hig fothcr jnto a
small room and murder him. Late on gnu1ay
he formod tl,o roaolution to aee lila fathnrs n,,i
thore Waa no criminal saorosy in Lila snnaonnont
conduct, MIR. O'Conor then road the pripon-
ine him for lis offor to tako htn to
Europo, and oxprosginr his intention
OF GOING to New York to euo Lis fathor. Now.
said counsel woro they to boliove from that let,
tar thnt thn nrlsnncr come to Now Yorl, to hill
Ills fathorS ? Ho lat Lis toacbor as a GOOD zoo hon on
cpt, puro-heartcd lad, under the most terrible
circi1natnncas, lopipr. AZ only youth ran hnnn
Thoro was honost inuooonoo in ali that he in-
tonloll doing. COUNCIL thon olludod to tho pris
to New York. and to bis oxnreusod intention to
be back in Saratopa on Tuesday. His writing n
noto to his father to bring him to tho hotel lad
been presented to tho Jury Us being the flrat Of
District Attorney would not continue to nresout
this line Of argument to thu Jury, aud tlon Mr..
O'Conor described tho prlaonor's going to bis
fathers house immediately upon arriving in
expecting and hoping in lis simplicity to see i1is
father, aud tho accident OF his fathers not be-
ing at home; reading tho noto to hiH father
which the prisoner left containing no spocial iu-
yitation to lis father to come and 500 him, but
aftor an hour or two; want to try and settle
soruo family rnattors." There was no evidence
to show that kind OF craft which would preccdo
plotted murder-not scintlla Of proof to this
effect Counsel described, the unusually early
hour at which klr. Walworth called upon his son,
who showed no signs Of expecting lim or lyiuf.
in wait, being sound asleep in bod Of the time
Ho would speak moro particularly at another
father came up-atairs, but o wished first to rofor
to the fact that ono Witness hnd tessiflotl TINT
thore was cry Of murder from the room, He
thought thnt Mr. Ebert was mistaken in 30 tos-
tifying, comparing thia witness' evidence with
that Of others. After tho shooting, young Wal
worth lied so rapidly as to Indicate conseions
guilt under ordinary circumstances But It was
not tho flight Of q murderer, aaid hlr. O'Conor,
and ho thon described tho prisoners Immediately
going to give hlmsou up. Everything tho pria-
onor had done was charaeterizei with calunoss
which showed his condition to bo entirely dilror-
ont from that Of deliberate assassin. Counsel
detailed at length tho whole conduct Of tic pris-
oncr after the shooting ut tho hotel, and ut tho
Police Statlon.HouHo, speaking Of tho danger Of
admitting evidence as to the conversation Of the
prisoner, and the oase with which such CONVEX
eatiouB were distorted, often unintautioually.
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