Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-10-02
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Why uOu couldn't have helped ask
in0 il. Then what? Now Mr.. Radiord
comes upon the boards and speaks
for himself. | came from Evans and
met man at the corner who SAID,
"hurry up, Mr.. Constable Torian
has been Killed and Adcock wounded
and | am going after Esq. Peay."
There is what he said, coolly and de-
liberately of this affair. Is this state
mcnt true? 81 met man but didn t
know him. My horse shied. lie
called he Mr.. Constable" This man
knew Radford, this unknown stran-
ger. Knew he was an officer and al
dressed him as such and yet Rad
ford did't know him, but noticed
that he was small man with
white hat on. | could tell that. de-
scribe his form and the color OF his
hat but didn't know him nor couldn t
tell his color even, but saw his size
and his hat. don't believe in my
experience of years that | haveever
prosecuted horse-thief who did not
say that he bought the horse from
man, he aid not know who he was.
1t is The same old story every time.
And gentlemen this is Luther Rad
lord's defense That he came about
8 30 o'clock. That this low man
with q white hat impaired the infor-
nation that Torian and Adcock had
had fight and that one was killed
and the other wounded. How
strange this thing! How unnatural.
A man might have done it but IN
this case it comes crowded with many
suspicious. Strange he knew Rad
ford well, vet Radford couldn't tell
his color even. As witness after wit
ness came upon the stand, one by
one, gentleman Of unimpeachablr
character and vsracity, and rccited
the statement he had made, thought
it was strange, passing strange
How strange that Il man could come
ihoro and have such bloOd-curdling
information impaired bya stranger
who knew him So well and never
stop to make an inquiry. lie speaks
himself and says he never addressed
Il word to this man. The fearful
words fell upon his dull ear and he
moved along and his way and
never stopped TO ask a question.
What would you have done? When
you leave here and start home if IA
man should meet you and tell YOU
that two of your neighbors had
fought and killed each other, would
it not arouse every possible inquiry
and would not the questions come
thick aud fast2 "You know me
well-who are your 10 YOU
think YOU would ride quietly along
as Radfurd did and never ask a
question?
Proceed a sTEr FURTHER.
Upon the idea that this was triIe,
who was that man. Radford wont
inquire. | propose TO investigate it
with YOU. lie was either an limo
cent ora guilty man. This is an
automatic fact. ! will proceed upon
tho IDEA first that he was the actual
murderer. Suppose we take that
view. Now | want to ask you this,
do you believe and does your COM
uon sense tell YOU that this stranger,
if no had boon the murderer, would
have been found lettering there two
hours and a half after committing
the crimep Can any mortal man be-
licvc any murderer would remain
within gun-shOt of his victim for = 3
hours. Suppose he was the man,
do you believe he would 60 upon the
public highway and tell an officer OF
tho law ? Can YOU by any sort Of
torture of mind or Imagination be-
lieye it? Gentleman these facts are
enough to show that the man was
not the murderer. Then who is he
and what is he? Now upon the
theory that he was an innocent man
Then if any such innocent man had
been there he would have come To
the front months and months ago /;
why should he hold back? 1t ha,
been repeated over and over again,
lie has heard the recital a hundred
of times. Where is he that he
doesn't step forward to rescue an
imperilcd man2 II was somebody
who knew the facts No passer-by
could have known them, who was il :
You have heard that W. b. Radford,
Mack Radford, DR.. Radford, Griffin,
McKc Wcs', Adcock, Mrs. Stcger,
Lizzie Stcgcr and Miss Osborne
were there. That Mckee and West
were sent to CARROTS, in an opposite
direction from Evans and when
they get back Radtord is there. Crit
lin goes for DR.. Thomas and they yet
back first These three are the only
three human beings who left, who
had any knowledge Of the killing.
The only souls and if he got this in
formation at all he got it from either
Griffin, West or Mckee and they all
tell you they never saw Radford. Do
you catch the point? This informa-
lion he must have received from one of
these three or not at all. | have
shown that he did not receive it from
either, Then what is the fact? Here
Is man who met a stranger who
can't be found. No mortal man
could have told it but these three and
they didn't do it. This man himself
speaks to show the baseness of his fab
rication. Asserted over and over again
that it was a small man with a white
hat. When he goes to play the part
of u gricf-stricken friend, Steger sug-
gcsts the name of VIM, He is
catching at every straw. He next
meets old man Clay and tells him OF
the "bad news" and says, came
from Evans last night and met
who? All listen "a tall man with a
black hat on" Bill Winn, who is {
feet 2 inches, hasn't been here for
years. How drowning man will
catch at straws. We have this man
here by his own condemnation, con.
victed by his own testimony. His
made-up story broken asunder. The
last resort gone, all gone and hero
simply on question of time. Here
comes
THE CLIMAX OF PROOF