Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-03-19

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he remembered that God was Just,
and he trembled for his client when
he remembered that McNeely shot bis
gun while drunk some twelve months
before the killing OF Morgan, and he
used a thin patch; great laughter y
after getting thro Ugh with the testi-
mony for the State, he showed the
peace and quietness of the prisoner
until Morgan appeared on the scene
to destroy his family spoke of the
manner in which Morgan had seduced
the wife Of Frank Buskirk, and en-
deavored to draw conclusion that
Frank had killed him; he then spoke
of tie surroundings and circumstan-
tces of the killing of Morgan. and the
numerous difficulties into which Nor
gan's licentious passions had led him,
spoke in pathetic language of the pri-
soner's daughter, and of the web that
YVES weaving for her destruction; he
spoke of the sanctity OF home and of
the marriage tie, and of the influence
of evil passions in its destruction; he
then spoke of the duties of the jury,
as Judges of law and testimony, and
took his seat having spoken two hours.
CAPT. f. GIBsON's SPEECH
Can't Eustace Gibson closed for the
defence. He began by saying that
he tremblingly came here to perform
his part in the drama which was be-
ing enacted, lest he might in his weak
ness say something that would injure
the'cause of his client, yet proud that
| it was his duty to defend an innocent
and prosecuted man animadverted
on the manner in which the prosecu-
ton had opened the case; said that
he intended to endcavor to do his du-
ty to his client without fear or favor,
that there was nothing in the case,
nothing in the circumstances surround
ing it that could justify it; he took up
Mr.. Ricketts, argument and showed
that there vas really no evidence of a
confession; he examined the evidence
point by point, in discussive man
ner and claimed that it was not en-
ough to Justify suspicion, much less
conviction; repeated the history Of
Morgan's invasion of Buskirk' home,
his following him up with murderous
intent &c; it was Buskirk's love for
home that brought him back from
the West, but he is here to stand the
prosecution that had been Inaugural
ted against him; 1--WE all know how
a father loves his children and how
the heart bleeds when they are taken
away by death, iftEis is hard, ali! what
must be the feelings of that parent
who sees his daughter the iibertine's
prey, the man who would not pro-
ttect his daughter from such fate as
that, was unfit for any place but the
the lowest dungeon of hell itself; he
endeavored to show that the wife of
the prisoner or Frank Buskirk might
have done the deed. After speaking
an hour and half he closed and the
Court adjourned.
FIFTH DAY.
Court convened as usual Mr..
| Gibson resumed his remarks by than
king the Jury for their attention TO
the evidence and then briefly rehear-
sed the arguments of yesterday and
quoted Starkey on evidence; he then
again alluded to the danger to Bus
kinks life while Peter Morgan
was alive; spoke Of the stealthy tread
of the assassin prowling around the ac-
cused's house, intending after be had
imbrued his hands in the fathers life
blood, to crafty his lusts upon the
daughter; if the prisoner did commit
the deed, he was juStiiiable, there was
open war between them, and the IDEA
was, kill first who can; Morgan's sin
was far more heinous than that OF MUIR
der murder was the least OF his VII
lainies he then gave a sketch OF the
life of Buskirk, his coming to Logan
c.. II. poor boy; getting a h me by
his own industry, rearing a family
and living in happiness until this de-
stoyer came in the person Of Morgan,
who robbed him # his wife and all
that was dear to him; he closed and
in glowing language left the case in
the hands Of the jury.
JNO. I. KENNA's SPEECH.
Mr.. Kenna then closed for the pro-
secution. He commenced by defend
ing himself against the charges Of an
fairness made against him by the coun
sci for the accused said the counsel
on the other side had tried TO sacrifice
him, nor was he all that they would
sacrifice; Ferguson is Captain Of the
brigade he was fighting, McGinnis
the c)lor-bearer, Smith the Chaplain,
Gibson the 4th Corporal and Samuels
the Drummer; Ferguson planned the
campaign, he called on McGinnis to
lead the charge and take high ground
whether it was warranted by evidence
or not; Smith must take the Bible
and do his duty, and nobly he did
Iitlyet Notwithstanding this he persis-
ted in dragging a spotted COW by the
tail through the Courthouse; Glib
sons duty was to cry, and Judge Sam
uels was to draw up some strange
tracks. He proceeded eloquently
to analyze and refute the speeches OF
the counsel for defence and to com
ment upon the testimony and the law
and continued rs follows
You are here, gentlemen Of the
jury, not to act upon your sympathies
in favor of human blood, but simply
rs instruments of the law to enforce