The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-19

iii until he returned Campbell was left
in Mrs. Meas company when McAuliff
himself went out in search of Bly,. During
defendants absence deceased had occasion
to leave the house. 1t is claimed, contin.
ued the attorney, that while defendant and
deceased were occasionally in each Others
company, there was bad blood between
them. While deceased was ont of the
house defendant returned, and not finding
Campbell, the deceased, there, started out
again, manifestly in search Of him. In
any event he overlook Campbell about one
hundred yards from the house. AS he ap-
preached Campbell said put down your
knife and I'll fight you fair" Deceased
was in the act of getting over fence, we
are told, when defendant rushed upon him,
stabbed him twice, inhicting wounds that
proved fatal Deceased gained the house
of neighbor named Lacy, and while
there, he stated, in presence of witnesses
that it had been rumored that he had at
tempted to take improper liberties with
McAulitf's wife. SIN going before my
Cod said he "but | sUlcmnly
declare the rumor is false.
He cut me about business transaction"
One stab was in the back and the other
further around on the SIDE This, in briet,
Is the case, as viewed from the side of the
prosecution. "If the case shall be made
out, as here recited,' continued the prose
cutor II shall claim and expect the in
Fiction Of the penalty the law denounces
against murder The defence will attempt
to make II appear that defendant and de-
ceased were in a hand TO hand fight, and
that during this engagement the death
wounds were inflicted. They will further
attempt to show, perhaps, that deceased
enticed Mrs. McAulitf to come out of the
house. threw her down in puddle and
otherwise abused and uAltroated her: that
when McAulif returned his wife told them
that Campbell had attempted TO ravish her,
ana that the muddy condition CT the
woman, her scratched face and Frustrated
condition gave him maddening cQpfrma-
ton of the story, II is further claimed that
d knife was found at the
point where Campbell and de.
PENDANT met, bu; whether the defence will
be able to prove that it was Clmpbelrs, re,
mains for future determination, 1t will
happen, | dare say, said the attorney, that
the defence will present their case clothed
in better verbal garb than | have used;
but ifmy statement be true, it is for you to
pronounce the guilt and tx the penalty |
have confidence in the intelligence and
honesty Of the jlsy-am confident it will be
governed in its finding by the law and the
evidence. Had not had that confidence |
should not have accepted you. II the de.
fence sustains the facts have indicated,
am frank enough to admit that the proyoca-
ton of the defendant was great; but not a
justification. The prosecutor then gave the
law touching proyocaton, and argued that.
taken in its most favorable aspect the fel.
ony amounted to manslaughter.
Mr.. Lincgar, in a speech Of much feryor
and power, put the case of the defendant
before the jury, His 'cxordium" was lit
tie tedious, but as he warmed with his work.
he became both eloquent and forcible.
We shall attempt no more than a brief re.
cital Of the facts upon which the defence
relies. Mr. /. referred to the agreement
between John Campbell and Thomas
McAulitf to attend the ball. Spoke Of
McAuliifs return from his trip after old
Mrs. BY; told how McAulih' found his
own door barricadcd; how the wife within
refused to admit him until she Unidentified
him, and how that, when he did gain adj
mission, he found his wife with torn and
muddy clothing, scratched face, disheveled
hair, and in a condition of mind bordering
on terror The appalled, husband was
then told by the frightened and
abused woman, how Campbell had
matreacd her, capsheafng his vilainy by
attempting 10 ravish her. The husband put
ont in pursuit, intending to arrest the cul-
prit. He soon ovcrhauled him. A fight
cnsucd, and Campbell was stabbed and
killed. The defence proposed to prove
that the assaulted womans shricks and
screams were heard by ncighbors; they
proposed to prove that the knife found on
the ground and alluded to by the prosecutor
was not only Campbcll's but that Campbell
used it. These and other facts were re-
cited and enlarged upon, the gentleman
closing with the remark that he came into
the suit without prospect or hope Of fee or
reward. The wife had come to him, and
with tears in her eyes, had bescecEed him