The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-14
~ W ADIlINUlON'
The siar.I,outc Trial Rapidly Isawlng
10 m End,
To-Morrow the Charge VIII Probably
be Delivered and the
Long-Sufrering Jury Have Change to
Revenge Themselves.
The Defense and Their Intermlnable
Progressively Straws.
The Hill COmmissiOn-Eyidence Assum-
ming q Formidable Shape,
With Chances That the Architect VIII
Have to Go.
Miscellaneous Washington News Notes
Long-Suflerlng Jury Have a Change t.
Revenge Themselves.
The Defense and Their Intermlnable
Progressively Straws.
The Hill COmmissiOn-Eyidence Assume
ming n Formidable Shape,
With Chances That the Architect VIII
Have to Go.
Miscellaneous Washington News Notes.
The Star-ROute Trial.


Washington, June 1l.-To-days' session
of the star. Route trial was devoted to hear
ing arguments upon prayers for instruc-
tions to the jury. The prayers number
twenty for the prosecution and over one
hundred for the defense,
The Attorney General present in court.
Mr.. Ker began argument. He maiH-
tanned that when defendant on the stand
refused to produce documentary evidence
in his possession such fact cast suspicion on
all other adduced evidence by the defend
ant and was circumstance tending to
prove guilt. He held that Ingersoll's
effort to produce the books under restric.
tions could not have been accepted by the
court, and therefore could not mitigate the
presumption drawn from the non-produc-
ton OF evidence.
The prayers for the defense were submit
ted without argument. A large number of
them are attacks on the sutficiency of in.
dlctment, the others asking for the rejection
of evidence touching certain overt acts, be-
cause ofinsufficent or erroneous description
in the Indictment. Still another and large
number concern points that have been al
ready DISPOSED of and are presented merely
with view to saving exceptions. Several
prayers maintain Brady's right to make
orders regardless of seeming extravaganza
or errors of Judgment and hold his purpose,
whether corrupt or not, in making orders,
is alone subject to the consideration of the
Jury. The restrictions imposed by the
statue of limitations are sought to be awaited
of against many alleged overt acts assum-
ing the exist ence of conspiracy.
The defense also make the point that it
ceased with division in April, 1878, therefore
the prosecution is barred Dy the statute
OF Limitation. 1t also alleged there were
two conspiracies or no conspiracy at all
after that date, which would also render
the indictment nugatory. Another point
made is that all or none of the defendants
can be convicted. The ninety-second prayer
asks for rejection of evidence concerning
nearly all of Brady's orders, because the
Indictment does not charge they were
made in pursuance OF conspiracy. The
court called upon the government for
reply to the prayer, which was made at
some length by Ker. The court then ad-
journed until tomorrow, when charge to
the jury will probably be delivered. Al.
though the trial has not yet been ended
the record up to this point is the largest
ever made in criminal trial In this country.
Printed in small type, octave size. it com com.
four and quarter millions Of words. The
report of preliminary proceedings up to the
date when the taking of the testimony
began covered 1853 pages. Direct testimony
for the prosecution occupied 2,318 pages.
Merrick delivered the longest speech in the
trial, lasting nine days and covering 2S3
pages of the record. The record of the
Giteau trial comprised 200 pages and was
regarded as OF extraordinary length, but
becomes quite Insignificant when compared
with this record.