The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-05

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JOHN II. PIIAIis.

The important trial which has engrossed
the attention of our community for the
past week is at an end The verdict has
been pronounced, and it only remains for
the prisoner to receive the sentence of the
law; pass from the public gaze to the lone
illness of the solitary prison; to reflect
upon the crime of which he has been found
guilty, and prepare to meet his inevitable
doom. Whatever conflicting views may have
been entertained in the minds of individu-
ais in reference to the circumstances which
have surrounded the prisoner and his case,
must have been harmonzed in measure by
the fair and eminently impartial trial and the
disposition manifested to extend to Phair
the benefit of all doubts that might be con-
strued in his favor. A network of circum-
stantial evidence has been constantly gath
ering around the respondent, from the
first hour that suspicion rested upon him
until his trial begun. From the hour he
was last seen in the company of the frail
and unfortunate woman so foully
murdered, there has been one con-
slant trail following him-a web
that has been gradually unraveled from
profound mystery to an apparent certain
ty, so far as circumstantal evidence can
ever make certainty. This has been no
easy task, but patient, unwearying, per-
sistent labor on the part of the government
and those engaged in its assistance, to fer
ret out the perpetrator of one of the most
remarkable murders that has ever taken
place in our state, perhaps in the country
having a similarity to the celebrated Park
man case, in Boston, which so excited the
public attention, few years since. In
view of the enormity of the crime charged,
of all the developments in the case, and the
weakness manifested on the part of the de-
Tense, in the effort to rebut the positive
evidence on the part of the state the YER
dict cannot but be considered just one.
The safety of the community, the vindica-
ton of the law, and the protection of hu-
man life demands the punishment by the
EXTREMIST penalty of the murderer of Anna
Freeze. And to this moment there has
not been the remotest indication of an ac-
complete, or any fact to change the cur
rent of suspicion from him who has been
declared guilty. 1t is qualification to
know that the prompt action of our
authorities and the efforts stimulated by
that action, has resulted in the COMPLETION
of the murderer, and relieving the commu-
nifty of the suspense which has been hang
ing as a cloud over it. The people re-
joce that justice has at last overtaken the
perpetrator of the horrible crime so shroud-
ed in mystery at its discovery.
1t is also a matter of satisfaction that the
trial has been conducted with such deco
rum and eminent fairness on the part of
all engaged therein. Judge Wheeler, as
becomes discreet and merciful administra-
tor of the law, has preserved with unusual
care all the tights of the accused, and
pointed out with remarkable clearness the
law which must either convict or acquit the
prisoner. The jury was composed of fair
minded, intelligent men, many of them re-
preventative men of communities in which
they reside. have patiently and studiously
listened to all the evidence, arguments of
counsel and expositions Of the law, and
have with due deiberation of the case in
all its bearings, arrived at a verdict Mr..
Ormsbee, the attorney for the state, has
conducted the prosecution with rare ability
and in such manner as to gain tor him an
enviable reputation as lawyer, and he has
in no wise shown a spirit other than
to bring the criminal TO punishment. Col.
Joyce, in this searching review of the evil
dence and arguments OF the opposing coun-
sci, added new laurels to his high reputa-.
ton as an eloquent and convincing advo-
cate. Hon. d. E. Nicholson, with his ear
nest and pathetic appeals, made every
=. effort in his power to save the life of his
client. Col. Veazey also presented in an
elaborate, cultured and eloquent argument
all the best phases of the prisoners claim
to acquttal. All engaged as counsel have
labored earnestly, faithfully and well in
their several positions, and it is not saying
too much that but few, If any, criminal
trials have been more thoroughly or fairly
conducted than that of John p. Phair
The laws of the land have been vndl-
Gated, the guilty condemned, the peace of
society protected, and the public voice con-
firms the result which has been reached,
and the people await only the execution of