The Evening critic., 1883-05-24

Bliss-The Latter Confcsscs to Err
rOrs of Statement.
We publish below extracts from Colonel In.
gersolis great speech yesterday, in tho Stnr.
Route trial, in which no holds up Kor and
Bliss In proper light.
Now. gentlemen, the evidence, In my judg-
ment shows, and shows beyond doubt-and
believe It is now admltted--that at the time
Mr.. Rerdell mado up his mind to so to the Gov
ernment he expected that he was to have alb
solute immunity. You must judge OF his evil
dence in the light OF that fact, in the light OF
that knowledge, In the light Of what had been
cay. You know something OF this man. You
have seen him from day to day. You saw his
manner ihaf m @ mpon MN ,ne M sana wny, mey teii you
tion, and that that is evidence that he was tell.
ing the truth. 1t may be that there is left In
TINT man some little spark of goodness still.
When he was swearing, or endeavoring to
Swear. Away The Liberty of the Man
who Had Been His Rriend,
may be NJ that time the memory of the past
did for moment rush upon him. He may
have remembered the thousand acts Of kind
ness; he may have remembered the years OF
liberality; he may have remembered the days
that he had spent beneath that hospitable roof;
he may have remembered the wife and chill
dren; he may have remembered all these
things, and for just that moment he may have
realized what wretch he was. In no other
way can you account for his having emotion.
But am about through with that gentle
man. l shall not take up your time In the re-
ma as p nss hs
now let us put him out OF sight; let us
Put Him in HIS Coffin, Close the Lid,
Nai1 ft Down:
First nail-afiidavit of June 20 1881; drive
It in.
Second nail-the letter of July ., 1882 when
he says that affldavit Of 1881 was made by the
persuasion OF Bosler; drive 1t In.
Third nail-anadavit OF July 13, 1882, where
he swears that they were all perfectly inno.
cent.
that IN.
Fifth nail-the tabular statement that gave
334 per cent TO Brady; drive It In.
Sixth nail-his pretended letter 10. Bosler
Seventh nail--the letter he pretends that
Dorsey, on the 18th OF May, 1879, wrote ID
Bosler, the copies being made by Miss White;
drive that In.
Wind his corpse up in the balance-sheets
Sm the red books made oy ~
US paste right on there the Chico letter, April
red-bcoks, put one at his head and one at his
feet.
And let his epitaph, written upon the red
book placed at his head be;
Up to this moment have been faithful to
every trust.
My prayer to GABRIEL is "when you pass
| over that grave, don't blow" tLaughter.] Let
| him sleep. There are not, there never were,
there never will be twelve honest men who
| viii deprive any citizen OF his liberty upon
| the evidence Of a man like Mr.. Rerdell. 1t
| never happened; II never will.
Ker's Idea ofJury Duty.
| After burying Rerdell, Mr.. Ingersoll took up
| the speeches OF Ker and Bliss and proceeded
| TO comment on them and show the misstate
| ments OF Ker particularly. He commented on
| Ker's final appeal TO the jury and said:
| Now, gentlemen, after having made all these
| statements to you, and have only taken up n
| few Of them, these misstatements, these mis-.
| takes, Mr.. Ker winds up with this finnl appeal: :
| sand II by any mischance, gentlemen, or any
| misfortune, you were to make mistake In
| your application Of the law, II You decide
wronsfuly against g these IS ~, ,defendanss the
| Court can do even justice by upsetting your
| verdict"
| He finally winds up by telling you 1t is the
| II you find them guilty wrongfully the Court
| will upset your verdict. Gentlemen, you have
sworn TO try this case according to the law
and the evidence. You are tho supreme ar
| biters of this case 1t is for you to decide upon
| this evidence, and for you alone. Yet you are
told by Mr.. Ker TO shirk that responsibility.
| You are Told by Him 10 Violate
| Your Oaths
| and find against these defendants for the
| sake of certainty, and thon turn them over TO
| the mercy Of the Court. That is not the law
These defendants are being tried before you.
| They have right to your honest judgment.
| II you have any doubt as to their guilt you
| must find them not guilty or Violate your
| oaths.
| You ere told 1t is the safer way to ind them
| guilty and then let them appeal to tho court
| for mercy That doctrine is monstrous. 1t
| is deformed. Such a verdict would be the
| spawn OF prejudice, and cowardice, and per-
| jury. You cannot give such verdict and re-
| tain your self-respect. You cannot give such
| verdict and retain your manhood If you
| have any doubt as to the guilt OF these de-
| PENDANTS you must say they are not guilty.
You have no right TO turn them oyer TO the
aafrA rrla flNaV NO Ia N.f
| full or unmerciful. You must pass upon their
| guilt, and you must do 1t honestly.
| Never Heard So PrepOsterOus, SO
| Cruel n Sentiment Uttered fu u
| Court of Justice.
| 1t amounts to this, gentlemen: If you have any
| doubt OF guilt resolve the doubt against tho
defendant. If the evidence is not quite sufIl-
| cient, find against the defendants and turn
should we have Jury at alls Why should You
| sit here at all? Why should you hear this evi.
dence, If after all you are to shirk the respon-
| sibility and turn the defendants over to the
| court? You never Will do 1t, gentlemen.
Bliss Statements Commented On.
| Now, gentlemen, wish to call your atten-
| tlon TO a few points made by Colonel Bliss,
You must remember that Colonel Bliss has
ciates as kind OF perlpatetic index OF this
case, an encyclopedias OF all the papers; that
he never makes mistake; that he recollects
amounts with absolute certainty, and that he
is infallible. Keeping all these things In your
| mind, wish to call your attention to some
| statements thathe has made. First OF all
will refer TO a little OF his philosophy or law,
and that is that In every affidavit you should
state not the number necessary on the then
schedule, bur the actual number, and that
there could be no doubt about the number of
| men and horses used at the time when an afIi.
| davit was made, and that consequently any
| body making an andavit should put In the
| number then actually used.
Mr.. Bliss-Where did say that?
Mr.. Ingersoll-I Will show you. II you are
In any great trouble about II look at page
4,T60. Gentlemen, he says that they have no
us see how that will work. He says the oathe
are false because they do not state the actual
number OF men and horses employed In carry.
ing the mail at the time they were made. He
says that the person making tho affldavlt
swore TO the number actually employed, and
that where that number was not employed
that fact Itself shows the affidavit 70 be false
say that is not the law. The law calls fol
the number necessary not the number actually
employed. Let me SHOW how easy it would b,
to cheat the Government on the principle lait
down by the gentleman.
Let me illustrate. Here Ia a route 100
miles long, once week. You know IL is pos
sible for one man and one horse for littl,
while to carry that mail and to go $50 mil
one way and 100 miles the other, making 3O(
miles week. You can take a mngniflcen
horse and a good, stout, tough man, anC
| you can do IT.. The man can ride the horst
100 miles in three days, and then ride 15(
miles back in the next three Gays. All yol
have 10 swear to, according TO Mr.. Bliss, is hi
number actually used, and so you would com,
III and swear TO two on this route. Now, wheI
| you are making an affidavit as to the numbe
TO be used on a schedule to be made, you can