The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-01
HIS CROWNING EFFORT.
VOcrhets Makes the Greatest Speech Of His Life
at GTeenville, Tennessee
Be SEoke fcur ftaurs i'm "a Strain of Flo
~a<sr,-e >sI.IOsrs EsIuaIe,I ard Rarely
Surpassed nv the Most Ia
PIestsler~.


SPECIAL 10 the seIrtirel
SiREFNvILLE Tenn, june o. Senator Voor-
lecS made the cFowning effort Of his life to-
day. He begsrll at : =, ,o and spoke till noon
The course of bis argument was as follows:
!. The defendants high character in In
diana, as atte,ted by nearly hundred prom
s, o..itizens of that State.
2 His unusually Iisrmonous and happy
family relations and his great love for his
Eife-and son, as shown by the del,ositions of
every servant who was ever in his family and
by all his friends and neiehbors.
2. His official life in Tennessee. in which
he-was.devoted to duty. and rs Supervising
Pension Examiner, brought To the people of
this region, from the public treasury in
Fifteen months in pensions, more than a
million and II half of ,lolI,srs.
4 The invasion OF his home the downfall
'of his wife AMI his magnanimous offers,
notwithstanding her iniidelity, 10 provide
.iuring life for both her and Der indignant
old father
> The suiride of his wife and the facts
showing the utter ilnpo~>ibilty that she
could have died by means other than suicide.
&. His heroic efforts to conceal his wic's
-.lislonor, even the sacrifice Of himself.
:. The enforced publication OF her letters
and the consequent ruin of her name by legal
process by her imbecile old father, instig;,le'l
by enemies OF the defendant.
D. The base and malcvolent conspiracy Of
Porter and Gordon, through which he Was
charged with the murder of his wife, and
theiFefiorts to procure Captain Johnsorr's in
.lictmsnt.
.. The inhumsn prosecution to which he
has subsequently been subjected by those
men and by his imbecile old lather-in-law 10y
their instigation.
10 The fendiSh charge that his little >on
had con1,ired with Henry and abetted his
mothers seduction. Upon this charge, by
':orJon's procurement. the child was ,iisin-
:herited 10y his grandfather.
II. The letters by Gordon and old Griffith
to the son, containing constant messages from
Porter charging the defendant with the muir
Der OF his mother, and for other crimes, sery-
ing to ALLEVIATE the son from the father.
y. Ike letters composed by Gorlon, and
copied by p,or old Grittirh, to southern new>-
papers, giving Por,crs name a. authority,
cAarging defendant with murder and other
crimes
IL. They pursued or, rather, preceded
him 70 the grave in his lot at Crown Hill
Cemetery. In the grave reserved for himself
they have buried the body Of an old psuper
woman, wh be- died ia Il charity hospital She
lies in his grave, ty the side of his wife and
between her Mariette and her babe. The lot
contains no other grave where he can lie,
and be must seek grave among strangers,
bani>hed from his family.
j. Finally the foul SANDERS at his dead
wife by Henry himself, coming to ears al
ready deaf to reason and beating upon
heart already broken precipiiated the tragic
.culmination OF Henry's death.
Senator VOORHEES, rose with his subject,
swelling with the mighty wrath Of earnest
ness, indignation and eloquenee, as only
VOORHEES, can, and was greeted oD concIuding
with a round Of applause, despite the pTevi
threat of the Court To punish any de-
lnOnstration. IL was quickly suppressed,
however but its effect will remain.
Captain Robinson occupied the afternoon
with the concluding argument ior the State.
The bottom harl been Knocked ont of his
ease, but his cue, like that OF old Zach
Chandler in 1876. was evidently to deny
everything, and this he did most ably and
iDsidioasly. it must be admitted. He Will
conclude by noon tomorrow and the ease
will be- n.the jury's hands by 3.p. m.
Verdict ssNOt tsuiIty'' in the .B.thn-on Case.