Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-10

uave hrr age wrous. but there il
not a person her. who car tell what
aye they gave q teacher satan has to
tnia day continued iu l,lupt victims
with trWt Jeuuie was given appies. lie
also gave her money AID tuid ner she need
not WORK cut and dld not. Mr.. Ma-un
says she never worked ont but twice,
three or four days each time How did he
know II Is shown that she had large
sums OF money, where dld she get II ? the
tne winds would whisper that John j..
Mason gave it to her. He has admitted
that Inc has secured the country to nnd
others who have been intimate with her
aud the prosecution only show one and
with that one she went away under prom
isc Of marriage. Mr. Mason admits that
she rode with INN more than any other
girl, He also admits that Tor the past
two years she has been writing
to him Tor money, and he has never
denounced her. He never asked her
what she was writing letters to him for
The speaker then referred to the fact that
Mr.. Mason said he htd other letters III
his sale Dut had time before the, train to
get but one. II'theu referred 10 the "red
lnk" letter auu tur letter dateu June %,
lNSi. They could MI have been written
since. There are SOlW things which
cannot he arranged IA advance any more
than BClchuru'S remark That defeated
Blaine could have been arranged in All
the letters are true AMI on tie stand
she teotileS to the saur tHu-,e that they
contain. Whata chapter il would un-
fold if we had all the letters
written between tlIcm in the
past four or live years knew
there was one MIR. Md~nu would furnish,
but | knew we would nos ct many others.
Another remarkable point IN Mr.. Masou's
testimony was that Jcuplc had lot been in
Ills house but once IN /! years, although
he was riding with her five or SIX times Il
week. That Is just what we would eN-
pect under the circumstances. He says she
was there once to have Il package carr led
to Burlington. How does he remember
that oncey How did he come to say that
he rode with her often but never after
dark Now as to the letter she threaten
ed to send to Mrs. Mason, why did she not
send 1t ? She did not because she wa,
faithful to his secret. THIS is her com
pare it in that respect with those
which were dictated by Mr.. Mason.
That letter was put in evidence
by the prosecution to show blAckmail.
The only untruth in it is that the child
was living. If had been in her place and
thought was about to he cast off by my
seducer I would have done as She did.
Then she went to Willsboro where she
kept the secret although she endured the
agOnies of death to do so. She says she
has written him 100 letters, but if she has
written but 80 or p or ID, it shows she
had some relation with him and was ask
ing MIN for money although as he says he
never responded with cent. Why was
she writing to him He testified that she
said in one 81 am going to try to be Il
good girl" She knew that he knew she
had not been good girl and that passage
Is accountable on no other theory. He
then read other letters and argued that
hay ShnIHnl u I.pif tAD ~
the accused claimed.
There is outside proof also of their rela-
tons. Nellie saw the apples and the ser
pent concealed in them-the money Her
testimony is stamped with the mark of
truth. She mistrusted their relations and
sent her father to see Mr. Mason. Young
Barron saw her have $500, and the two
clerks also saw her have large bills.
Where did she get it If not from John l..
Mason. There was talk that she had
earned it as Il prostitute but the prOsecu
ton have furnished no proof of that fact
and money could not furnish the proof.
He did not swear that he never wrote the
depot letter, although it was written with
III fine lady hand and back hand, because
it was sent by a messenger boy.
AS to the interest of witnesses, never
witness had more reason for Keeping back
the truth than Mr.. Mason. Married to his
second wife, he takes Il girl of the tender
send him to prison. Mrs Delaney also
went to see him about Jennie, and she
would not have been a sister if she had
not lard he puts into her mouth thesstupld
story about the $500. He did that to sup
port the theory of biackmail. He tried to
put his hand back OF Jennie and reach
one who has stood just as high ever since
ne lived here rs John l.. Mason. Know
ing the money, influence and everything
on the other side ! was aware it needed
all our efforts to put the case in its full
strength before you. You have all the
evidence which would ne placed before
jury, and | ask you 10 take all
the time you want to consider the case.
You have tried the case long and
patiently and the case has been tried as
well by the public opinion. Aud while
THINK of it mark this the second order
She sent to Fred although she got the
money ON the first from Mr.. Ward. If
she had not been following Mr.. Mason 5
directions she would have called ON Mr.
Ward again. Mr.. Mason taught her TO
lie as she says and it would not he sur
prisng if she accepted his advice in some
of her letters her letters and testimony
together however are UnansWerHble. DIS
charge her and the public will say amen,
lApplause In the interest Of every one
and OF the community the case should
end here. In the interest of Mr. Mason
especially the Sc should NOT be tried in
CuuJy Court. ! thank you for your pa
thence IN behalf OF her friends and the
friends in this case are the public. The
spectators again INDUCED in applause for
which they were rebuked by the court.
STATES ATTORNEY FOSTERS ARGUMENT.
The argument for the prosecution was
closed by states Attorney Foster. In
opening he said | agree wholly with
the remark OF the court and | was
surprised to hear Mr.. Ballard say
the case had been tried 10y the public.
am trying the case before the court, and
any reference to the public was improper
| shall try to argue the case fairly and
| whatever severe reference | may make tC
any person will be called for by the evl
dence. The crime alleged is forgery. The
order was written not in the handwriting
of John l.. Mason, but in that of Jennie
NJ SaNton. If in presenting it she did
not attempt to deceive she should be dis
charged, but if she did she should be held
for trial Mr.. Ballard says that becaus,
it was not like Mr. Mason's writing 1t il
not forgery. 1t is not necessary Tor hel
to feign his name, if she attempted to pro