, 1877-06-10
Close Of the Testimony for the Defense
In the McGhee Trial.
Tho IIa1f-NVfttcd Daughter OF tho
Prisoner Tells Her Story.
Specimens Of Tall Swearing On tho Part
Of the Pious Elder.
Hiss Rilla Paddock Makes q Very Favor.
able Appearance.
Tho Remaining Mountain NeadoN Cases 10 Do
Pushed 10 Trial.

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aphc9d1 RspdieA to Ia 1}tasHA
DIXON, ILL.,, June G-Wlcn McGheefs nr-
happy daughter, Jamie Morris, broke down In
her testimony that tho medicine given by tho
doctor himself made her mother worse, and
TINT the powder given by him Mrs. McGhcc saisl
was bitter, tho backbone OF Nc0hce's case, II
any he had, was broken. jonnie's abatement,
when recalled for cross-oxatninatton that ste 80
testified because her father looked daggers at
her while On the witncss-staud, did not mako
tho matter worse for hlcGhec. Nothing could
mako that matter worse for him. When Nc
0hec, In hts own testimony, 1ugged In the
statement that Jennie, during her mothers last
Illness, said, "1f mas going to die, she hal
better be about IT, this renewal on bis part to
crimInato that Hretct,cd daughter Of his, In
order to save himself, provoked contempt and
indignation, which naturally will Ind its way
to the tpinds Of tho Jury.
When RIlla Paddock took the stand with her
pretty face, sweet voice, aud harmless little
eoquetrics Of manner, aud only swore that the
Elder never, never kissed her, the interesting
features Of tho cnse wcro exhausted. Nothing
ras left but fag-onds Of testimony, with pros
pcct Of being followed by verdict Of guilty,
without sentence Of death. Such seems tho
case now.
This morning McGhee resumed his plnco on
tho stand. After answering somo unimportsnt
questions, bc produced hnlf-bust photograph,
about quarter llfe-sizn, which WAS exhibited
to the Jury. It was rather Intelligent, nervous
| face, thin, angular, and faded, and betrayed
weakness and suffering. Whatever WAS design
cd bv 1t, tito introduction Of tho picture proved
ANYTHING but tho Introduction Of thrilling et-
feet into the case. Dlue-1lghts In the full glare
moxsd ] troc, M ths +nrstltns ] law 3'' -1' $'e' 4''
e,n,a o'Ha .loa' tne tai4s,''k' !,
IN crossexAmlnatloa Meuhee sestiacd: l
Enve my wife medicine the Sunday before she
died Tier dcath occurred on Tuesday morn
inc1 I o,.o NJ nthcr finn. r.vo h,r .on,s n,o1i-
'ns.J so y. us.s, ,,,,a @ so1o ncu'-
cue. neSe1 h1ssea 1n''a Faaaock'
that meeting at Washington Grove, and that
shc didn't aea Eldsr Mc3hcc kf.. Rms Pad.
Sn.,-
uGek. M<. p,c,o, noronr .,.o ,,,,,a.a ~. w,, =,
tie u'cet!ug, and dlln't 800 Elder McGhco kiss
Rtlla Paddock: but Mrs, hanger natvely al.
n,ittc1 Aha Eidcr and 1,l,lo vorco,t olv.v. viii.
T., s ssn-s a ~ ,,as 1.T.s r.. r.s "'s"'
And with that the case for tho defense was
closed,
Anthems Throon waa then rcco1tcd yor Aha
rrrnoss ~ rrovinr hv hin, .hnt Sfonhao has s
given him this message to tako to hts{ {McGhce's)
daughter:
"Teil Jcnn!e not to te certain about tho time
va hid dinner that day. shc I'm ,n,rbt % contradict M u
fI..a 1,i 1aaaock
Ths Court ruled tho testimony inadmlsslblc,
aud tho case was closed on behalf Of tho prose-
cutlon- sta.o's.Attorney Bardwell thon made
~. opoI"s n, msuuun. ,:l w sno psosccutlon'
n. u nafawet' etatea Attorney. occupied tho
sntiIe Day H. . easltd and abls reytow Of the
onay Z, as p!soas % saa n ths nSn. i9oW an hSaa
large will sloec tlie case In bchaifof tho people.
1he crowd ~ attcedance this aitcrnoon was
simply immense: i u estimated that over 800
eourt-room. 1le raia for the iast twelve hours
mada It impossible for tho farmers TO work In
| thctr aelds, hence they rushed to the city Us II
Bafnam .,t w. htrs With hi; big show n order to
laE srEsn.at. e ths a.to;nsys.,, .''' 'a' s'''
ot Mcohee, which was not In any proper sanse
the try o. Acuhsc. There i,1 could be no proper
| upon eircum:,antlal evidence, without . full o.
ploratlon Of tho motives OF the accused, OF hts
in,!uceMeat, any 10 had, to commit the crime
WY .,. which n.e 10 u charged Of the most
atrociotsa cImcs on record. Tho motive Inscribed
to hIm bJ neight'orl'ood gossip was to get rid OF
us WIG, 53aed, broktndoWn woman. In order
sthat !, he might m9rTY the ltest1 and boomlng
3s,tt 1tta LauoocN; Nc6noo'Houu sossp hau u taat
was 20 less enamoreti q her, IIe was poor, se-
celTIpG no salary Tor Ills services "a pastor OF
ths church at Ashton, but only hts support,
mittce Of the congregation might SEQ 1T and 30
ablc to raise the funds 70 provide. Rtlln's
father was ono OF tho rteheat ncn ln the neigh-
borhood. who 10 Feplted to have AtaTtcd y
each OF M .sons-ln.'a~ ~ ltio by the gift Of =
good farm; and, It was " tho talk" would do
~ much for tho lucky man who should
win Kuiat the fairest Of tue fami-
u. lsnt everything pertaining TO RtlfA
The lawyer who defended hcuhce Was paid, nut
| by afcGhee, but by the Paddock family, It te
not unreasonable to asauma was paid more 10
| defend Kllla than 10 dcfond McQhce, So far
l ri vounsx fat1u 1, rn1rorpn1 thn anf,,r..