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that nobody else know. Ho had no eepe.
clal encomium for her. but he did snx

siSI enSo@iuP for Ter tSt E" &c ii did '' say
that whom he found woman who
s TSSa tell n Which hS tTsh r1Sr the creu%
satisfied that she could not become ITO mother
Of cQwards., lie then referred TO the Efforts to
entered upon the alleged attempts to kin her
with Kerosene and chloroform. Whether the
stories Were true, or not the wife and daughter
believed them. They knew the circumstances
better than any one else. lie alluded TO the
prevention that he claimed Mrs. Billings had
rocoNcd, and said. II you can find n woman
who will remain asaint under such crcumstan-
ss s o IiTns h,T to mG and Ill marry her If she's
Mr. Moak was beginning an argument based
On the assumption from the evidence that
M BlIlngs bad thrice endcavorodt9 XIII his
on tho. ground that the evidence was only
SSIloTe,d as going TO show the family relations Of
;, Judge Landon restricted Mr.. Moak to that
line OF argument
iami relations. His conduct wqs such as 70
justify his wifo in the belief that he had made
these attempts upon her life. He admitted that
woman in this frame 81 mind was not a very
desirable companion. He WAS willing TO con-
cedc she, was demon but who madc her 50
In his opening remarks on Monday morning
Gen; Hughes fcclngly alluded to tho death OF
killed ON the aims by the Cheyennes, AMI who
was buried In Sandy I'M on the previous sun;
dES DAY rne Genf RAJ Hite , the funeral and
his speech. Mr.. Moak refereed To- the tributo
that the General had paid his dead friend. but
wanted to know what all this had to do with the
trial
lilo next alluded to Billings's tests in his fam
| ily. and commended that Adah Isaacs Mcnkcn
| had written poetry that no man or woman in
| Gods world had ever excelled. He quoted
| from 1nfelicissimus tho following couulct.
And the Jest seldom slips hat .trikes tender cord
Ana the smile was Oh te hps Of The man who sold lis
After lashing the prisoner rs the man who
= NNaaN ttNat
plunged into the unpleasant scenes Of Billings's
visit TO his mother-in-aw on the day 81 the
| murder All the coarsencss and Nulgarity Of
| the interview WAS wildly reproduced. The POOR
| ltie creature from tho almshouSc was rpfrrrcd
TO- and Gen. Hughes was denounced in I'M
measured terms Tor his cruelty in his cross
The Cicucrnl arose and protected against the
| aspersion. lie informed tho poor little wall n
the time that he felt exceedingly sorry for the
| pain he had causod her, and that had he sus-
| pected the truth he would not have insisted
| uuon knowing where she cnme from before her
entry into the Harris family
Mr. Moqk east doubt upon the allegation. and
Judge Landon interfercd saying that he felt
SUR TINT Gen Il ugh9s had unwittingly ASKED
| the question. and had as promptly disclaintsl
any intention to mortify the feelings Of tie little
Mr.. Moak then began to analyzc tho condition
OF Mr.. Billlngs's mind after he had left the house
Of Mrs. Harris He had the assurance that the old
| lady would not take her daughter from his
| house. He was further informed that the Cur
| lis litigation would result IN suit that would
lay bare to the public his family secrets and lis
relations with Mrs Curtis Things were reach
ing a state where his money and influence
would gradually slip away from him. Ven
Ecuneo vog, tutcd in his heart His family sitd-
niiun gave him q desire 20 get rid OF his wife
I'll" wife, with persistent jealousy. omitted u,
anyting n this case" Mr.. Mosk said. thar
shows motive for any oneto got rid If Mrs
Billings outside II her husband r
He exploded the theory that sam Flo had
such a motive. and insisted that the fact
that sherman was in the store making
change when the shot fired ala Hpl him lta.
yond reach. Every suspicion regarding him
had been removed. There was only one man
On whom suspicion could alight AM that wls
the man who ran south after the report OF th'
gun was heard. That man WAS the Tom Col.
Inns Of the case. To he sure. witnesses swort
| that Jennie hal said TINT She had seen hin
| thut she didn't remember II. She twore thai
Sc hlst ran 9ut IN the south ,yia2a lnt
honey denied this hut she was undouht
| cdy mistaken. Assuming that Jennie
ncen acf,-s Tie road heforS 'she lad ~, t. Tho
front door. Jennie could not have seen such
nan. because sh" Is nearsighted. md was Ia
ring under great excitement. mAen again
II was altogether improbable that Tom Collin,
hitting such n crime. lie would have showed
IN Lack II IN. house and nod around tn bnrn
Jennie saw no man. II was a Pigment 81 hei
imagination; There was nothing probable IL
her story Yet upon this ianciiul foundation
the iefrn 20 build W theory
MrMo ak then folio wed his ianc fal Tom Collin'
iiam " inmugr Hr, To- ne eulyer'' from tn'
path. nul uil.d ihat for aught Inc knew tl,
e.. .w WIS 90 running somewhere along tA'
Iicrc.It inon aAomnoa.
l. is salu that Tie learned gentleman Will con
( ,.ute 4. morrow OUduHncs .Pr"iirt mat ih'
ne. aud that vsrdlM may bo expected on TN
Ii" il IN. John NJ BRIDE Davidson his morning
. and this fact. possibly, may explain the "a
| tr.orlluary sccuc IN court to-day.