, 1879-03-06
GUILTY..
Ind tho Punishment Fixed At
nv Hanging.
~. onick Verdict Of the Jury IN tho
9p' Lamb Case.
,r,,j,, II Prisoner aud ceun'tl'''1h' Former
''f syanls 10 Ne at fease.
., Freeman 1ndnlges In some
as'As' Moral Reflections.
4, q,naa Harrows Up the soul Of Ella
: - Friend Friedberg.
,,,,.ossoa to the Jury by Messrs.
VIM Arman and Mills.


IN. arguments In The Lamb case were re.
..n.,, Yesterday morning, with about the usual
'a,,.o aa|.o,e 10 listen,
''"''e cot~ VAN AnMAN
,.,,,o The tloor. He maintained TINT the only
1;,.rrc which in my way implicated In any
.,S, .,nSo Fricdbcse, Mrs. Frcidbcrg, or Harvey,
WI ,hst of Freeman, the arli-confcssed tlIlcf.
~ H. IN r,o surc, said something against them,
i'aula ,asy were bis tenants. Referring to IN
IT,, ms' aid Il was the tcst possible defense In
criminal cases, II made out oy feputao.o WI
,,,u,-so complete defense that 1t had BE-
w.. ,,,onr10r with iurecs nnt1 honest lawyers
e'''s Il could sometime, bo cas!ly fabricated
haasc ~ .o ~, M rclv ,,non The n,th, a, thc
ns heWese., sa,,nsa w" ~: 1nmh vrt ntd not .Tr,nJo
n. testimony on that point dcsir-
w. ~ the Jury to have everything,
" ,...,,o Il n theIr rootl senso md exptr1-
I'M 1sA"H .t.,s. ,h,t n ,v,. worth put hc
enes 10 dcelae ~"at ~ s Mas WILL ~. ~. ,,,,, ~
s s,.n..ses As those produced by the prosecution
Nv, ssss =. o,clocx on the night Race was shot
taa' wv ~, Nor+b al, III. tnro ,vo,
linb Was on aaI nss ,,ona,,a ~ harona aa,,ht .ha
ttlt the ts'aa "ousu uovo'op uclona oouot N.'
rd eulprit, but ho had bcen disappointed.
1here could be no doubt that ono OF the men
l@s sahhed .1aIrray,s store killed the po,.ccmau.
sao toaus t,,r- T., ,1ctcrn,,no frou, t1,e ~ aa
, AWn lot the Iul! ~ uete'NH''o ..o'. .l.o .naeo
d unreliable testimony p1caenteo "no ule H'us-
tt,tr Nas. II they dcemcu lnlamy OF character
toha 1|saualifyinR circumstance authorizing
1bcm 10 dismiss entirely from their attention
n. testimony Of a witness, Nil he asked was
w ,.ss .,y,v t1,c romc ruto IN onc aida aa ,pc,1
nas!neS npp'' ~'' 3"'N0 N"'N o''~ 3'4S ~ ">''
nne ou,s.. .,,n,.,o,, -, n.
THE HEAt Qosstloo W fAeH
tlteutscd WAS. "Wsa LAMB ID any way con-
rtr.e3 with the burglary, The Jury might 80
jqrh suspicion: Lamb was liable TO be con-
teetel with It; hut had It been proved by such
itstimopy that, II be wero on bis trial for TINT
sfensc, thcy could find liiM gtli|tyf The Co'on-
Il t0s'stcd that they coulu not. He did not
know that Lamb was guilty or Innocent. but no
nan'A heaFt sytnpatt'zea with him-ior!orn.
bopeless, md desperate rs hs clients condition
sA Tic cnse hinged. rs far Us the law was
oocernel, on whether the burglars who took
lhe goods 10 FrtcdbeIE's went With tho
understanding that life should DO taken
dsnec Of that kind, md henec the others could
ret be held accountable. After 5ustifylng Mr..
ForEess ln going % the stand. saying humanity
1.qu!red It, ihc Colonel asked the Jury to Try
Lamb Is they would wish to be tr,cd.-to try
htm Wishout reference to his past career. to try
he case. AS to the penalty ior murder. he
urged that imprisonment answered all the pur-
ntcs tllAt hanging accomplished.
at tie afternoon session
srArE's ATTORNEY MILLS
.)o,,d for the nrosccntiop. In t1,c nrcscnce of
10 sud[cncc larger than had previously assem-
tled, and lis speech was undoubtedly ono Of
tgood deal. An abstract cnn give but Meaero
Aca o. It. Hc started out by saying ttiat 1t was
m1 t0ld1ng conviction that the position occupied
t{ille people at the beginning had not bean
.nsEens IT, Ine law ns la1d down governed tl'e
s.ss The iacts presented and the claims based
oa! i Tsrc still true. convincing. aud eonvictlng.
lhsn DC touched upon Col. Van Arman, tell
~ what Willy LAWYER hc K1s, IND how. by lis
logcu!ty, ho got oft scot.free the Euilttest OF
naFdefers, Next he alluded to some OF the
,aeTc.t!ons ot tl!a Colonel regarding the dan
Eh Of youth. ETC., ani, c0mmcntlnE on the
eelonePs teaeetions on the ro!ce Department,
e1e!sfucd, "Oll tllat the Warrant Inv had been
enforced % that 4th OF October" Tho records
Of the Department for the Inst three years were
~ vim u1e blood Of officers shot and mur-
ni.s:lp'ess criminal hts counsel described hEti,.
~ ~ renarkable that man who
IoF twenty-five years had been tile
o'rsnlzer Of cflnlc, tho controller
o. criminal operations was there to-lay With
s eus my eapportt Gnztng on tue secuo wero
g. g. lae omMu1!ty.-coEnraaes and pals pf Lamb.
lhs Jury was dealing with no ordinary man; not
alflen1lcss, torsaken, slluddcrinE cutpsit. but q
ma6 who ,sas typical Of great class, nlld, as
iaeh, was a leader for hundreds, The CotOucl
1aa said lie would get "substantlnlly" no fec.
ENoM BroLEH PLUMBER
would comc m" ,,,v Tor ,,,s aor,tco. Az >,
the point that fIle afntc had nat nut Mi
ae witnesses On the staud, he called astcn,
non 10 thu fnct that tho practice WAS ubso,
iete; Nhcn tlie counsel or tllc Crown up,
peafea both for tho pcupto alld the accused,
astybody WHO know anything was called; but
wen tlc defcndant WIS allowed IN alvocnte
@e custom ccasc1. What wrong had ho done
!adecilnlbg y to put on tho stand tie self-con.
i'eised llar and perjurcr, Airs. Frlcdberg, OF
sss;e Atlitrton, who hnd been proved to b. onu
"a 1lter 1lsclaimlng any ill-tcrlnE agnuBt Lamb
LIZ Luz reminding ts iury tl!at they. as well US lc,
I sDaSs @ ssy ~ so agIy ele 70
aan aggravated murder, liz Tic u!len discusscd @ d
he PROPOSITION tlut there was co1sp[racy Il
eoaa unlawfu! act, or surles OF unlawful scts
!atmed on ur about Oct. s, BY Lamt,, Free
@an, Durphey, Dennis, GrlGln, and
ut1seo!]. Mas ulero any duubt that there wns
taeQ conspiracyt Ihu fact was NOT dgt;tct
s1cl BY The de(eusc: Lamb, testIfy;np iu hi
Ssa behalf, did not deny It. MI, Mills tl,er
neas into the details, tHytng strcss on tho {ac1
va Mal Lstnh refused to answer whether tlc was OF
,eof w. eofnet Of Fifth avenue and Madison stree
ion r"S wni' ~ nc hsu SAID not, fol!cenam swan
Kts,Inn ~ nasa proven t'l1t ~ was. IIle snE
ihs ssae s'a' ny, t!ls leadef, 4la not accompany