The Evening critic., 1883-05-25
THE so-cALLED CONSPIRACY


Ingerson Tho so-CnlIed Argu.
uents OF Her and Bliss Fairly and
SquareIy Answered.
colonel ingersoll, continuing after THE
CRITICS report closed yesterday, said, was
there ever conspiracy published so widely,
that one end OF the country kept so secret
from tho other? Was there eyer conspiracy
like that, the news OF which ran through the
West like wild.nre, while the fellows at the
East never hoard OF 1t? Everybody knew 1t
out on the plains. All YOU had to do was to
washington, and he would remember IL. And
| yet that Is the evidence that tho prosecution
desires de you 70 believe. / do not believe 1t. /
| DO not think ever shall. But then they prom.
ised 30 much 8t the beginning, and they have
| done 30 little In many respects.
| on page 2G5, In little burst of confidence 10
"At least ono United States Senator was tho
| paid agent Of these defendants"
Who was the SENATOR
MIR. Bliss-Did say that, sir?
MT; Ingersoll,Look at page 265 and sec
Mr.. Bliss-Read all that said there.
MIR. lngereoll-f will do that.
United States Senator, urging such Increase,
WAS was The paid agent OF these defendants"
MIR. Blies-I then went on and said we should
show II II you put him on the stand
MT. Ingersoli-Yes, II we furnished you the
Mr.. Bliss-No, sir: that is not what said.
Senator5
Mr.. Bliss-why didn't you nut him on tho
stnndp
Mr.. !ngersoli-How did know what Senator
you meant?
Mr.. BIiss-Dld you have two?
Mr.. Ingersoll-No, sir; and we did not have
tho one. II You could have proved II, 1t was
your duty, as tho attorney of the United
did not do your duty In this case.
Mr.. Bliss-Whose name is expressed In the
Mr.. Ingersoii-why did you not say that to
the turyP You dared not do 1t. That is like
whnt was said here the other day before this
come to 1t. These are the gentlemen who did
not wish to stain the names of citizens. These
are the gentlemen who did not wish to bring
dicted. And yet MIR. Bliss, in his opening,
says that he would show you at least one Sem
ator who was the paid agent of these defend
ants; and now having failed to do it, he stands
here before you and asko whose name was on
the pencil memorandum, meaning that ]. H.
Mitchell was the paid agent OF these defend
All, gentlemen, would not, for the sake OF
convlcting any man on this Garth, stain the
| where that other could not defend himself.
| would not do 1t. do not think there is any
wrong beyond that 1t is
AS Bad to Stab the Reputation as ft
| ts 10 Stab the Flesh;
| 1t is as bad to kill the honor OF the man as to
| put dagger into his heart
There are so many things In these papers
that ! would never get through;if COM
| mented upon them all, II talked forty years.
| now refer to page 4500. l have to swap of
| from one OF these lawyers TO the other. Now,
on on mis- u.s., subject OF subcontracts, showing how
| 45o9:
"Acting upon Stephen W. Dorsey's advice he
| put In this clause giving the subcontractors 65
| per cent. Of the increase. 1 want you to re-
member the 65 per cent, because Will show
not xpts IA s1,aN
but do not want you 10 think for one moment
that the subcontractors ever got a dollar out
| OF IT."
Gentlemen, the evidence is that the sub boon.
tractors were paid the amount mentioned in
their subcontracts. believe all OF them are
on ,s HE IN this case, and on all that were filed
rectly to the subcontractor. And get Mr.. Ker
tells you that he does not want you to think for
dollar outof 1t. Is 1t possible, gentlemen, that
there Is any necessity for resorting to such
statements? Can you conceive OF any reason
lor doing II, except that they are actually mis-
taken, except for the fact that they know they
ants?
We are not begging OF you. We are not upon
our knees before you. But we do want to be
tried according to the evidence and according
yours, nor yours Undressing different jurorsl
poisoned with misstatement. We want to
be tried, and we want the verdict rendered by
you when every fact Is as luminous in your
mind as the sun at midday. We want every
fact 10 stand out like stars in perfect night,
without cloud OF doubt between you and the
We want
A Verdict That Comes from Clear
Head and IA Brave Heart.
we DO not want verdict simply from sympa-
thy. We want verdict according to the evil
dence and according to the law. And when
the verdict is given we want every one of you
TO cay, "That Is my verdict; i found 1t upon
the evidence and upon the law; dig beneath It
~ a a atnn
a m1sstatement, or "a mistake, or a falsehood;
It stands upon the rock Of fact upon the
foundation OF absolute truth."l
Do you know that IL were prosecuting q
man, trJing TO take from him his liberty, try
ing to take from him his home, trying to rob
his hreside and make 1t desolate, and II l
should succeed and afterward know that had
made misstatement of the evidence to the
jury, could not sleep until l had dono what
was In my power to release that man; and
after he was released, or even II he were not
released, i would go TO him whom he was wear.
ing the prison garb, and would get down on
my knees and beg him to forgive me. would
rather be sent to the penitentiary myself, I
would rather wear the stripes OF eternal deg
radiation, than to send another man there by a
misstatement or a mistake that had made,
That IS my feeling. may be wrong.
Bliss Unmanly and UncharitabIe
Appeal TO the Jury.
1t may be that am guilty, according to Col
people hold sacred. But do not sneer at
justice. believe that over all Justice sits the
eternal queen, holding in her hand the scales
In which are weighed the deeds OF men. be.
lieve that 1t is my duty 10 make the world a
little better, because have lived In II, be.
lieve In helping my fellow-men. do not
sneer at charity; do not sneer at justice, and
l do not sneer at liberty. And why did he
make that remark TO you, gentlemen? Is it
possible that Tor moment he dreamed that he |
might prejudice your minds against the case
OF my client, because !, his attorney am not |
what is called believer? Is It possible that
ne has 60 mean an opinion OF Christian that |
Christian would violate his oath whom upon |
the Jury, simply 10 get even with a lawyer |
who happened to be an inndelp
Is That His Idea of ChrIstianftye
1t Is not mine; 1T is not mine. I stand before
you day, gentlemen, as man having the
rights you have, and no more: and am WILL
Ing to work and toll and suffer to give Won
every right that enjoy. And know that not
one OF you will allow himself to be prejudiced
10 disagree upon subjects about which none
OF us know anything for certain. do mot be-
Ieve you VIII. And yet that remark was
made, gentlemen-I will not say that Il was
made but may be 1t was-hoping that n
would lodge the seed OF prejudice in your
minds, hoping that 1t might bring 10 life
That Little Adder of Hatred
that sleeps unknown to us In nearly all OF our
bosoms. have too much confidence In Won
too much confidence In human nature TO be.
lieve that can affect my client.
NOW, gentlemen, come to o most interest.
Ing part or this discussion, and hope we will
live through it, In the first place,
What is a Conspiracy?
We'll, In this, case, they must establish that
II was an agreement entered into between the