Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-19

you" He then considered then gun theory and
claimed that blow from the gun would have laid
bare the woman's brains. The gun was not in the
house until every wound was produced EXCEPT the
scalp wound. The gun had been used in bunting
squirrel; the blood might have come from that:
out to leave that theory out altogether, from the
presence Of blood in the room, that blood might
come on The gun WAS quite reasonable. Ii was
handled by an excited crowd, aud with men and
women with blood on their hands. He accounted
ior the wounds by the woman attending to arise
and walking around and falling upon the door. or
s'rlSlng her head upon the edge of the table or
lounge The hair could not have come from a
dow the State Assaver had never bee asked in
regard 10 the color of the hairs II had not Al the
'nVestgsil"n been compared with the hair on the
womsn's head.
lie next con'idered the spots of boods found in
the mousse Ihese may have been stains of tobac-
co juice, or from other Cause besides Md v,
have the TACT that the woman came to her death
by bleeding, and Is 1t any wonder that blood
might be communicated to various parts of the
room Ii II was scattered there by hi, be.iing
her, from what wounds did they come II uas
simply impossible to come from any of the womb.
proved to have been on her person In regard 20
the cross it was caused nv the disease althouvb
singular that II could be made b, that or nv fric
lion of shoulder straps worn hv the woman to hold
up her clothes. 1t could not have been made nv
Savage by anv blows, IN his INTOXICATED condition:
he could not have done 1t, had he used square and
compass.
ems, in regard to what Mrs Savage told her Mrs
Savsge's words should not have great weight, be.
cause they are the declarations of az iutoyicsted
woman, who had been on a ten day. debaucb
The disease shows that it affects the victims mind
and no doubt it did hers. She, being iynoran, of
the disease, would naturally, in coming to her
senses, attribute the spots TO kicks.
But why seek for studied theories when il ia
clear that this woman had a II alignant and fatal
disease, Her falling upon the floor her ya,ious
enough of the wounds received. The fact of her
head being bandaged should furnish f4ii presumr-
ton that she had received accidents BY falling,
AMI received the blow upon the ear.
He claimed that the fact that tins woman died
of bleeding purpura wa established as firmly "A,
any tact could he IN any court of Justice lie
stated why he did not put the prisoner on the
stand. |; was because the prisoner was IN such a
condition that his memory was not to he relied
upon. In his testimony before the coioner's in
Quest, Savage had said he NAV have struck his
wife with the gun; if he did, he did not know IT,
He he ieved that to be an honest statement. He
in state that he didn't know what he had
done lie didn't know OF the presence of the Dis
ease and what could he have said different Even
an innocent man, when accused, will try TO throw
il off aud il is no wonder that Savage, in his W lid
vsgarie., would make the various statements he
had made about going to the barn, the letter al d
the l1udanum. The history # criminal inris-
prudence Is full of cases where Innocent men. ac-
cused of crime, have resorted TO misrepresent
ton to cover charges made against them l. L
strange that this man shoult do 80, in the attem
to shield himself from the storm tina, beat upon
him The effect of the events, and the manner
of life of both parties, should be taken into &C
count.
In conclusion, he quo ed the opinion of Dr. Hill
that the woman died of bleeding purpura t1at be-
ing without doubt the immediate cause of her
death The other phi, siciau-, called nv the de
fence, agreed with Dr.. Hill IN tbs opini n. Are
the differences drawn from the ina .nstIun to out
weigh these clear and scientific conclus )ns This
old, broken down man, who has sun re I 50 much
from iutempetance, who stands q wrc ok upon the
sea of life fast approaching IL cln>e, yet has his
rig hts and his liberty i dear to HIM as to anv
one; and he trusted that the verdict would clear
away the storms that now beat around hlm, aud
make bis last days his best day.
Mr.. Pillsbury closed his argument at quarter To-
one. IL was very ingenious and able, having 4p-
parently been carefully studied. The prisoner
was in tears during the plea.
Adjourned to afternoon.
Hon. +. F. Webb County Attorney, began his
closing argument at two o'clock in the afternoon.
He said We are here to investigate, according
to the laws = person charged with n grave Of
fence. You have bad the evidence in the case,
and Won TO determine whether he he innocent
or guilty. If he he guilty he should by scci-
dent escape punishment. Your verdict to-day
may save other house holds, and other lives, and
drive misery from other homes.
Sometimes the community Is judged nv the
verdcts which are rendered by jures For in
stance, verdicts rendered bv juries in the cor
rupted courts of New YORK city, would scarcely
be entitled to weight, while the verdicts of
New England lulies are grounded upon the sub
stratum of Integrity. and are entitled to respect.
We charge the prisoner at the bar with ntiict-
ing injuries that produced the womsn's death.
He WAS surprised that the counsel admitted that
the woman Is dead.
To take the first steps, what do you find : The
two persons living together 10 the house hus-
band and Wife You find the woman dead. the
blood, &C., and still you are told that he did not
cause her death. A mans conduct tells louder
than his words. lie had converted his house into
a brothe. They say the womsn was druukard
herself. Suppose she was; has he right to kill
her on that account! Must you excuse HIM and
let him 90 because be was frcnzied with rum
Is drunkenness to be set up defence to
crime l. man to throw the chains Of slavery
about his wife and drag her down to drunkenness.
and be guiltless? VINO dragged down that
household tito this gutter This defendant.
Did tn : woman die Of injuries at the hands of
this man. II this woman had this disease upon
her, then his abuse was criminal. lie was willing
TO take the testimony of DIR. tIil aud rest the
case there. DR.. II. says that If she had that
trouble upon her any i'll treatment would 90 to
show that he fastened her death. DID this deten-
dsnt kindly provide for he woman in her condi-
ton, a desire to administer to her kindly treat
ments The expert testimory does not In ure the
case 10 the least But not for moment did he
admit that the woman had the ulscaie al All.
DIR. Springer and DR.. Crooher OF Belgrade, in
telligent physicians, with long practice, had ex-
amined car efully the woman, and found no such
disease upon her. The body was examined from
head to foot every spot was noted down and put
in writing then and there; and that they should
make no mistake. they had a post norton; and
when they came to the clot of blood on the hair,
then they came to the decision that that WAS sufii
cient to produce death Here are three men called
four months afterwards. who never have made
personal examination of the case. Is their opinion
10 be taken, rather than these physicians who
we're on the spot He wanted DIR. Hills testmony
TO have Just the weigh to which il is entitled.
They say this disease kills in IA days; but this
woman lives more than that time. is carried about
and beat about though she had this terrible
disease which no one had vet discovered.
He didn't much care when the blows were in
ficted. No one even supposed that the man had
pounded her with the gun. lie punched her
with the muzZle of the gun. and
that's bow the wound was inflicted on the left side
of the head. And that account ted for the presence
of human hair.
If you believe the testimony presented, there
was never woman more mntilated. Some of
these spots were swollen upon the limbs; this
spoils the testimony of Drs. Hill and Martin.
That cross was not occasioned by this disease.
They had fixed upon the spots and their color as
the indications of the presence Of this disease, and
the flowing from the womb. The case fails to