The sun., 1873-07-25

crim2 Of which he was convicted. The httor-
hey-General devoutly hopcd he was not
The cumming up was continued. ncWiillams,
according to his own testimony, had known
Deanin BY sight tor long time; he had also
known that he was suspected OF having been
concerned in the Nathan murder, and yet ne
the the co conrIct % ofa H Chief of Police desirous of
faithfully performing his dutyH 1t was true, as
timouy Of Demnin, Pe,ey. ss,a Proetor regui.ed
oorr9boration but this corrob1rati2n ma" sf pee9
se.!nr se,ps stse sse Sss ef Peiice of ieioy would
certainly rot he credited. bat
THE CHIEF or rOIxCn RAN AWAY
to avoid the consequences, az hcWilligrns had
mad but one alternative, eith,r 10 convict the
de efendants or stamp ever one OF the witnesses
for the prosecution witt the brand OF perjuiy.
McDOnough's chari.tcr, which had been as-
sailed with invec.ire, almost with riOaldry,
stood as high ~ nat Of anv man IN the court
room, mud his testimony must be believed. Nc
Mil.iains's gniortuiate situation was such that
ho lay under trc .rcstast temptation thnt God
&c II WAS impossible to bcloyc him, as l...ss
the testimony of man who h q no motive IN
Pc juling himself. N u was said the bank
burrlars had motive the motive Of revenge
In pursuing McWilllem- and Doyle, thCD,L Leyund
ali doubt, the defendants were guilty Tor unless
the Chief and the detective we're acconplces OF
the criminals the latter could not bo aCtuatcd
bv any feeling of rovcnyc.
Doyies sickness did not apply 20 the case at
all, for Dr. luthiD on the form or trial bad testi
hed that tho small .pux with Which he was AZ
footed had 50 far subsidized that, Beyond the dan
ger Of infection to others, u could have been no
nnpedintnt to his going out. He might there
fore have been ON the steps Of the bank. as 10
md hGen sworn that he waS. and the aiIDi which
the defence had attempted to prove was no
Glihi.
Putting asidc the evidence ~ the thieves,
what were the circumstance la the oN-(hlefs
conduct which pointed to his guilt la the first
place. his rcuiis.ncs- Of duty; he had Jailed TO
protect the citizen. lie knew DENIM to he a
ruhlcr. ana lac Thought he VIA "A mut dercf, ana
yet he lad allowed h'ln To he at large though
hc could have gTr'st"d him at any time. sec
ond. hi. payinu no attention To the teicHram re-
ccivrd Ia Ihiladelfhia cal Ing upun htm 90 re-
turn home. Ihutu. and worst OF all, he gave
ample
PROOFS oF HIs GUILT
hv running away lie ave aa u reason for taxi
Ing this course that he did not want tp 60 To
jail that night but he need not have gone 10
jail, for Commi-sioner Edmondson. his bail,
wna present, and his other bail could have boon
summoned within a minute and u half. He WAS
n man Of iron nerve and undaunted Goura9c,
bat somethiIg had occurred 10 break down those
nerves, and turn all Ills CHUfaEe into weakness
and irresolutiun. That something VS. the con-
sciuusucs- Of his guilt. And. again, II wts surely
not necessary TO 90 to Toronto to keep out OF
Tho way for "A single night.
II seemed To- the counsel that throughout the
whplc bu mess Doyle had been the Ca'spaw %
pull the chesinuts ont OF the hre for McWil-
Itinis, who was the prime mover The Chief was
the crafty Villain who planned the thing DOYLE
the thick hend vii" had as-isted In carry ina out
hls de @iEus. This however. did not make Doyle
ler> guilty, though II might possibly le-ren his
sentence.
Tie ATTORNEY Gcncral closed his address by
hoping that he had done his daty without un-
duly pressing against the ex-Chef. The duty.
however had to Ice performed In fun regardless
of the pain 10 might cost. The jury would do
well to remember this. and throwing all other
considerations aside, decide only by the evil
dence, ~ they had solemnly sworn tu do.
The court was then adlournsd unih this
morning, when Judge Scudder will charge the
Jury.