The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-02-16

,fants, after the poison had exhibited
its effects, as an experimen- 10 ascer
tain really, or in wha particular arti
Gle OF food rhe poison was lodg-d.
Nr- b ack ord repudiated the id-a
that beci.se defendant bad evinced
some kuolwedg- of the effects of pois-
ons. on animal life, that such faer
should nilitat- against him. He Ger
tainly was a man, as is shown, gener-
ally informed, aud no doubt had inves.
tigated, among other matters, the
effects of poisons, but slight as wa.
his knowledge upon even this inciden-
tai matter of general information, he
Illustrated that ne possessed more
knowledge, even of this subject, than
DIR. Sturgeon and other accusing and
prosecuting witnesses.
In all the misfortunes of defendant,
he could stand the unreasoning howls
of the Bluffton mob, but when he
heard that even his own brother and
his OVID kindred whom he had been
seeking faithfully to serve, had yield
ed to the power of this ignorant and
stupid mob, became overwhelmed with
emotion, as it was quite natural tdat
he should be. He was at the house of
his brother on an errand of brotberly
humanity "a pressure outside his
brothers house, had been organized
against him on ( isis of a dream.
''begotton 'twiIt sleep and wake. I"
When Mrs. Saughman suggested
that the rea' poisuuer be hung up,
Isaac walked the floor in a meditatire
nood-absorbed in deep study. Coun-
sci analyZed the testimony of several
of the female witnesses, and from the
worst points made, could discover
nothing that bore direct evidence pro-
wing the guilt of the prisoner. The ev-
ideDce of these married ladies was con-
fiicting, and scarcely two agreed in all
details. That threat about stretch.
ing" alleged by Mrs. Boughmsn to
have been made By defendant, is DOS
lively denied BY the two daughters of
Elijah Charles, Anna and Sewella,-I
the parties most interested. and who
would be most likely to have over
heard it, had such threat been made,
Counsel had been disappointed in
the failure of the efforts of prosecution
against the prisoner. That Isaac had
nursed and sought to restore to health
his brother and his innocent and su..-
fering babes, and others should fo IN
the basis of a criminal char.e ags.nst
him, surpasseth all understanding and
is hostile to common sense. That the
family were ill is evident; but the
theory that they were poisoned by the
administration of arsenic, had not
been established by the testimony of
Prof. Cassel, their chief witness, and
the one who made the analysis of the /
contents of the deceased woman's |
stomach. The speaker denounced the /!
press, which had made mercenary uses, !
a huge sensation over this unfounded /
and cruel charge against the prisoner.
He then continued a searching analy- i
sis of the evidence for the prosecution,
drawing from it conclusions entirely |
consistent with tn, Innocence of the |
prisoner. The mouth of the -four sack,
at Ada, may have been united, and
poison cast into the -four; but That |
e"idence have we that Isaac b. Charles
was guilty of the act? AS to the pois-
Onihg of the bread that prostrated the
and kilied the turkies that ate
)f IL, it may have resulted from arsea
C III the bread. or it may not. This is
evidence that the State has sought TO
establish, but has failed in accomplish
ng.
Court then, during the delivery of
lr. Blackford's argument, adjourned
Until Tuesday A. III. o'clock.