The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-03
THE RUTLAND MORNING. OCTOBER 1874

he trafflcked In foreign market the goods
THAT belonged to her important that he
should show where he was when the deed
was done. He had an opportunity to do
this murder. Right here, when we show
that the decd was committed and this
man in position TO do it, we have taken a
long stride in fixing responsibility upon
the prisoner at the bar. Another fact Is
that it was not inconsistent. with the man
to do this deed Are we charging him
with anything he could not do We are
not permitted to show his history unless
they put evidence in with regard TO it.
They have not done it. There is volumes
in that fact to forever condemn and damn
the man who is charged under such cir
cumstances Here is a man charged with
foul deed and no man can they find TO
come and say the crime is inconsistent with
the man. God have mercy on the soul
that there stands before his felow.men
Such evidence is damning both here and
hereafter. II is not claimed but what his
counsel have done all they could have done
for their client, and had there been a man,
woman or child that they could have
brought 10 show this they would have
brought him from the ends of the earth.
But this man belongs here, in our own
Green Mountain state, ashamed as | am TO
say it They could not go far before they
found those who have known him from
his crib TO middle age
hul we are not to leave him there aud
guess the rest. II is not necessary TO infer
anything but we can 20 farther
along this network of circumstances
which he has woven around himself.
and thanks 10 those who have so well
assisted the states attorney in the matter
We iird in his possession in Il foreign mar
ket the property of Mrs. Ann Freeze, and
find him parting with it for triling sum-
How do we show this ? We find him ar
irving in Boston at 9 p. m. on the OH of
June, from his own account. And here
we may speak of another fact that the
government claims. They have put evil
dencc in to show that he went TO Proyj-
dence. What mistakes man will make
when he endeavors to cover up his crime |.
When inquired of he says he has been to
Providence sharp, shrewd and calcula,-
ing, he had tod somebody of going. bn,
had forgotten to settle up with his en-
ployers here. He says he went from
Fitchhurg depot in Boston to the Provi-
dencc depot. He stops at Providence
depot. however. for il he had gone farther
he could have shown il. He tells story
absolutely lalsc and proven to he 50. lie
says the fare from Boston 10 Providence
was 1923, whereas it is but Sl.25. Is
there any contradictory evidence from
those with whom he talked None. He
told them when he was arrested that he
had not heard OF the murder he had been
TO Providence. Within three hours a man
comes forward and says he readsto Phair an
account of the murder at Fitchburr.
Phair had forgotten that his paramour was
murdered. He has made his bed and
marked it all along with crime, and fur
nishes even the rope to hang himself with.
John u. Phiir had definite account of
that transaction such as he would not for
get, and yet says when arrested he never
heard of it before. Forget it He would
never forget it to the day of his death. He
has made his mistakes and such i. weak
ness of man HAT it will turn out so every
time.
In the vaiise Is found new shirt, un.
worn. When inquired of he says he
bought it Of Mr.. Haven at Yergennes.
Why did he not tell the truth? Because
it would undoubtedly have told that he was
in Boston. When the shirt is exhibited in
Nergennes they say they never had such a
shirt in the store for sale. There is no
chance for mistake. lie knew Mr.. Haven:
was born and bred in Vergenncs. Link bv
link he is forging the chain which must in
evitably swamp him. That face never
confused, that mind never doubling, that
man never troubled; unbushing he laughs
with those who laugh, and jokes upon his
own trial for murder. Look at that face
and it stands patent there; a face uncom.
mon, thank God. He knew what he was
doing. There is no feminine weakness to
account for these false stories. He was
Willingly and andesstandingly forging
those chains about him. We think YOU
will be satisfied that he did not go to Pro-
violence. lie undertakes to tell his lodging
house, and describes objections for the
purpose of making proof that he was not
in Boston. Would there not have been
somebody here to tell us if he was in Pro
violence? This is No trillng suit, but man
tried for his life. John p Phair accused
of everything else cannot be accused of
being fool, and therefore can prove him
self being at Providence depot. The pros
ecution have right to assert he was not at
Providence for want of evidence as to his
being there. Is it of no consequence 1t
is of the greatest consequence, vital, life
enduring consequence to him, worth all
his life is worth Could they have shown
that he was there it would have saved him.
so easy would it have been
We will now show n branch of the case
which connects this man directly with the
crime. 1t is incumbent upon us to show
several things about this property in order
to show John p. Phalr to be the man. We
have shown that he parted with that watch
to Myer Abrahams, but don't care to unless
it was Mrs. Freezes property. But if he
did these two things are shown; no lewelry
is found in the ruins, aud that in these
thrty-six hours Phar parts with the Jewell
rY. This evidence points right at the man.
We have shown it in a way that no one
will doubt it for moment; not
only the watch but all this pro-
perty. How about this watch
There are some things left uncertain