The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
MIX EE's TRIAL.
VOORHEES, Trying 20 Clear his CLIENT by Abus-
ing the lioxernmenrs WItneesea

tne the Governments Witneeses-
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-All the approaches
20 the United States Circuit Court room we're
thonRed with spect ators this morning to hear
the argument Of Daniel W. Voorhees, In closing
the defence Of william Mckee, on trial for al
legged completely In the wh'skey frauds. The
doors were opened at ten o'clock. and limited
number Of persons were admitted, after which
the crowd pressed against the door hour after
hour, catching the drift of the address through
an open transom.
Mr.. voorhees, poured out his invective upon
the accompioes who had sworn for the Gov
eminent, and then compared with them the de-
PENDANT. a resident Of st. Louis for thirty-four
years whose character had been unsullied up to
the time Of this charge. He said;
The rors might haze Su a. on n Srs. Tn
se etn as Mr. op Mckee. lie had lived public lie as
-Four q bic trouble lie great and the honorable
Of me county had BE- srpS@a .ap es
tor conviction would he even worse than death 70
and suSorners Of perury} then what i lie Of rect
nd WORTH charge ,S,S o ydeeSe ~ n
cse s one OF the most dangerous charges that be
prsds ot SgpF G upoS the block as resu Of
such testimony. 80 fully sve TO- ne dancer dld Eng
man has suffered e9nvle,oe BY such means y you al
the same time close the mouth u the honest citizen
whom they prosecute and " you give credencc TO their
strange spectacle not OF homes, prosecuting the
Citizens ~ %n en- Tos maa RS. conm,eG perjury With
every change 81 the moon how can e he 20 where ns
witncssesss those produced should come forward as
tdvsfnment Is I'm In any need Of suea representa- on
majority OF our forty millions o, people are honest
me9t should come into court with tnsyes az, s9d
6ne S rent % me se could SfG9S
the stand and DENY the statements Of these scoundres
hisp But, under the mpocy OF the Jaw he Is not al:
lowed to do that 1or 9. WA.
ably nil which will permit an honest man y 20 upon
stand sUq the own OF dsnS wsS
worth more than the oaths OF thousspa perlurers
uncorrooorsted testimony. The Only logical conclu
Sn 81 Of s oS r,ne should not be CREDITED ~
any jury ana that it insult to ask convection q
meny in ,ks ease to warrant the blottns out OF fc
snd n the Jury decide yps n 80 ne ap, Su
weapon as against honest men.
The speaker then took up each witness IN
turn, analyzed his testimony and poured forth
such n stream OF denunciation aud invectivt
| against each az has not been heard here, per
hans, ever. NO words were 700 p,, a, m, no
the cOnsprators, who, he said, had not only
cheated, robbed and defrauded the Govern
ment. bu. attempted to drag pure and hones
| man down to their own level.
| Col. Broadhead followed Mr.. Voorhees,, and
closed the argumenl. iiis speech was plain nnt
testimony to the jury. making a concise ant
| connected story Of II, and dwelling upon anC
explaining its various points. He placed par
| ticuar stress upon the fact that the defence na'
| freely admitted the existence Of conspiracy
| proven, too, by evidence ~ accomplces. bu
| when the same kind ~ testimony was prough
| directly against thor client they pronounced l
| Deriurcd ard worthy Of no consideration. II
| pronounced the testimony OF LOUIS Bohle
concerning Eugelke's interview with Mckee, n
| extremely improbable, and considered II all
| surd that Mckee should tell n Stranger that h
would use ms Influence with Collector Maguir
| to have seized goods released.
After Mir Broadhead finished the Court nd
| jourued. The jury will he instructed ON Mon
| day morning, anu tue case given them by or be
| 4 nmun.