The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-23

WAS unworthy Of belief and then closed
M''r III tIeeant speech, m which he insisted
thSt upon the evidence the Jury mus, find n
VerIlct which would bring ioy 10 the hon as
Oh the deieldants instead OF filling thrm
wHh weeping and lsmentation. Afterrrce =
Mr MSoweeney, OF counsel for defense, ad-
dressed the jury. lie said he was not an
orator IKE the Philadelphian, but ne was a
P'aIn' o'uit man, uot skilled in wit or
words to rails, the stones of Nome mr. stcst
from men their Judgment. There had been
much tiippant talk on the part OF the prns,
Hnt,oa. lie said; Don this look suspici.
ousl ana why done they prove
the1r Innocence" On account of
tGls loose, disconnected, careless and
u"harnessed style of arguing this case. q
proposed somewhat in elauoratioa. Ia sta
TO The jury the difference between crlmiu'l
and civil trials, He laid Gown and OK
planned carefully the proposition that in
oIlinlhal trials the presumption of inu,-
eence could Only be overcome by positive
paooi 'lat regal axiom accompanied the &c.
Suseu man down into the,
dark valley of the shadow of The
trial. Guilt of accused must he fnllv
proved. ireponderauce Of evidence was
not sufficient unless 1t was such as To ex.
ciuae any reasonable doubt of guilt. IL
was an old axiom that 1t is better that 10
guilty men escape than that one in"o.
cent man sulier. After referring in = nu
llorous way 10 the statement of Mr.. Kerr.
that the place for the defendants counsel
would be on their knees ut the wbite
mouse, asking pardon for their clients. Mr..
NJ ~ Sweeney took up Mr.. Bliss opening
audress, which he compared with that OF
sergeant Bnztuz, and proceeded to show
where ne thought the evidence had no, re
deemed pledges then made. At S:l5 the
court adJ)urned, Mr., NJ. {, Sweeney not
having concluded.
me surgeon general OF the marine hos.
pi.ai service to-day received the followlnu
telegram from Arthur Il. Spohu. surgeon
OF the marine hospital service at yorpus
Ihrlstl: As soon as yellow fever was
ueciafeu IN Matsmoras aud Brownsville
this city enforced quarantine a,,alnst
.nrse cltles and vicinity AND requested the
.wo ~ noredos and all places along the line OF
the iexas u Mexican railway, running be-
tween Corpus Christi and Loredo to auaran-
tine Immediately The quarantine as now e.
taoIished cuts oil all communication be-
sWeen brownsville and the rest OF the state.
Inc state hospital at Arkansas Pass was burn
eu lew days ago; no shelter there for the
SICK nor proper boat for service, The
s.ealh tug is necessary for the health Off
- ~. wv letu lcntS, prONlSlOUS ana
medicines at our local stations, where many
refugees from Brownsville are now under
guard without shelter. We had official
notice yesterday from Brow sville OF large
numbers of refugees coming til,
way, and Of more from Tampco
hsving landed at Bagdad, and more who
viii follow. The danger to Texas is by
land; there will be no communication by
water with Brownsville. We need hos
pital here to accommodate the sick sea.
men " An answer was sent today by the
surgeon general of the marine hospital
as follows; As soon as possible a close
Gordon will surround Brownsville TO pre-.
vent infected persons and baggage from
leaving the citv, and there will be no ne.
cessl,y ior anything but inspection stations
at Corpus Christi The stations can be
managed by ordinary guards. You will in.
,orm when Brownsville is invested. one
hospital tent will be shipped.
Snrgeon.General Hamilton received q
telegram from Acting Collector Goodrich
a. Brownsv'lle Texas, this afternoon. stat.
ing that here We're twenty -four new cases
and four deaths from yellow fever since the
last report.