Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-18

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sooeGed On ssspieteo. You mons have
psob1t1e Gnass for believing him guilty
beon6n - eAn ho5d hkn. knse ].
manning ColDaa. Insvos knev bst-
tsf maa. and voaid TO 0sd that I
could point 0ot hts mnrdersr. The
public feel onsFAQsd a. the IA .sArdiy
murder, bat thai should not work 70
tbs pretQdios Of my client. l admit
there we're hard feelings beesesn Col
man and Miller. bot moi suoh feolinQ as
wouid lead Miller " mur3or hts ooemy.
bufress v shs sisuth houud uho is
tzsokiaa Miller do9n and waQfnQ this
prosecution seainss kioa. / will admit
that The principal part Of ~ evidences
psodnosd b. ne fssfisory y b trus.
Mr. Mstoslfs then vent on 70 show that
Miller could nst nave bssa at the scene
Of che shoottne. roWsd Colmaa's boaf
down 10 Bogarsa place, and than rowed
IN his ewn bsat back around the south
end OF the island % his home and
reached thsre ~ the time be Il admitted
10 have been there.
y. 7. RONALD
Then clcssd the case. Ne said: The
sounsel purpSssly misesposivss and
misoonetrues the theory Of the prosecu
tion. Tried 30 oonfuse the testimony
BY oross examining tbs witnesses. bat
only hrought the faots out more promi.
nentiy, Miller knew Coismsn would
start for Seattle Monday morning. he
knew his ustal route of travel. He
kns that when C0lman's boat rounded
ths isiand It would be seen before il got
In under the shade Of the islAnd. and
be knew II would not be safe 10 leave 10
near where tne murder vas committed
He did not want The bodies found, 90
after throwing the bodice oui into %
lake no got into Colman's boat and
sowed along 90 the rsuts that Csiman's
boat would have taken. and palled
toward tbs peninsulA, but when he
stranded thai bsat on the islal1d beach
and tsft IL his Intention vas 70 escape
70 bis home. withopt being scen 70
turnine. and also miairsd sae kahlio ks
10 the point where the orine 'sss CON.
mitssd. bus be failed, far the clothing
Vas found on the beach vhi ~ II had
washed within sixty sfx fee OF the
point vhsrs the murdsr wAs . mmisssd-
Mrs. Aatthevssn saw shc boat eound tks
ssv the boat moving along on its course.
" 4HA 80S M484 - " u &fXltM N anu ~
ton we're it, occapAnts; when she next
saw II. Miller was iss occupant.
srpss Isos.
In summing up tbs case. said; Il think
perhaps IL 10 seldom that court u
called upoa 70 invess3gste - dtfzisuit
case as this. and ons sf suea mag
uitads. DARING the progress Of the
trial l have taken ncfes, and have
given much thought 70 weighing the
tessiDouy. TIE Law requires the Court
10 hnd, First. has tue oHense been
commitsedy and. second, ~ there prob
allie oanss upon she evidence 10 charge
the person Aocused With having ccua-
msft<d ths oElensef I aud that the
oifcuas = charged has been coumitfed.
ana that on Monday. February sth.
from the testimony. 1t soue time about
o'eicck In the morntuc. on the south
cod OF Mercer Island. IN Lake wash
inesou, 90 tie vsse eide Of sAs island.
near the poius, tvo persons, J. Manning
CoIman and Wilbnr Patten, wsrs nuF
dered. AssAssinatsd, shot W death, By
soms pesssa of persons. OF that am
convinced. think the testimony shows
that the eessoas we're shot frem 40 am
bash and 81 close range. WAS present
aud witnessed the poet naeFffrs exsrnfna
tioa. and have Z rigat TO use what 1
there ssv and What know 20 be facts
10 assist me IN desermiainr this case. !
an sure the msn we're shot aesat the
saxse tirse 81 or near the place neo-
sfaned. think the shais heard b. Mrs
Msfthewsoa we're the shoa which killed
ths rnen. H<vina fcand that the
criue Of murder Ia tbs nrSs degree has
neea scmmitted. sm eaijed apon 10
fnd II there 10 proosble eaaps ~ charge
9eorsc n. Msoer vsth besnh tire psrson
az one Of the perscns whce committed
that crime. wiii say Rsnkly. that
when cAme in here this Esorutns. The
evidenss up 20 that time gave me nc
reasau 10 more than strongly snspect
thar the defendant may have been
eaisty Of committing ths crime. Tasre
had ben shown up 70 thai tine ne cay
hou Miller got 30 the plsce where Tue
merder was committed and back hone;
bat sAss nncrnine there hss been shosn
. vAy u coaid have been done. re-
member the tessinony was - The snect
tnat on Sandsy night Q bsst sotng
north psssed Miiier's pisee between III
and III 10 o'elock. and ssands as Of ears
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