Daily Republican., 1886-12-31
THE MEssARos CASE.
Why the First Grand Jury Failed TO
Ipdiot -searching Analysis OF Mrs.
Coulst0n,

OF Rev. Waldo Messaros yesterday
Assistant District Attorney Bregy con
kcludod his speech and Mr.. Heverin fol
flowed for the defense, speaking frou
l1.40 until Q O'Clock without reaching
the conclusion of his argument.
Assistant District Attorney Breey
had consultation with his brother
who Is Mrs. Coulston'B private counsel,
Iand then resumed his argument
"If Mrs. Coulston and the people who
ran into the psrlor are telling the truth
l there is no doubt abont this affair,
Mr.. Messaros,is telling the truth then
all these people have committed per.
ljury."
''The next man who ie not to be be-
lieved 10 the young man named France.
In my misd there is no donbt that
France did aak hr. Goulston to settle
the case. do not believe that the Jury
places any confidence In his testimony.
He clearly com mitted perjury.
In conclusion. Mr.. Bregy said the
cause OF the commonwealth was the
cause OF purity, of women, OF religion
and OF religious teachings.
Mr.. Heverin began the argument for
the defense at ii 10. He waa suffering
from sicknese, which frequently sho wed
Itself In bis face and manner, and at
one time compelled him, fron sheer ex
haustion, TO ask the Court 60 take a
short recess. After eongratulatOry words
to the jury and an allusion to the per-
ststency with which the Com mon wealth
had prosecuted ths case, even trans.
crossing the bounds Of professional pro- |
|g,riety. Mr.. Heverin said:
Gentlemen, the com monwealth mus. |
|prove its case beyond rsasone BILE |
doubt, and You are not to presume &C
coidiDg to your impulses or instircJs /
t@tat the man arraigned before You Ia
g1ilty. You must convict according tc |
the evidence.
"The defendant has been anxious for
a tflal of this cause from the day the
change was brought. We wanted mo-
igDored bill; we wanted to get thess
peoEle In court. Yet 1t Is o fact tina,
one grand jury did hear all The evidence
that could be produced and ignored
the frst indictment. Now we have
gotten into court after six months per
sistent bammering on the door OF tho
District Attorneys offioe.
The counsel for the prosecution asSsl
Why we did not attack Mrs. Couiston's
character. He says we could have done
1t under the law. Do Rot be deceived.
We could not have attacked Mrs Coul.
ston's character. All we could have
done would have been to bring people
here who would wear that they would
not believe hes on her cath. All through
this trial we have endeavored to sssail
her character, and Mr.. Bregy has iD-
sited US to do 1t, just as a polecat mounts
a tree, and invites you to assail his
character We 6ndeavorea to show that
this woman has accused men before
We cOuld have shown that sho has done I
1t Ave times before, but every witness
WAS ruled out, and the District Attor-
ney says why don't you assail her
To bring witnesses hers 10
impeach her oredibility would have
been an insult to the thirty Ave people g
who have testified that che told un {
trr,hs from that box,n Il
A STORY FROM THE BIBLE.
Mr, Heverin then with great solt IN n i
ity, read the 6tory OF Joseph and Potl. :
phsr's wife, and said: "rhe two cases d
are parallel. The only thing the Coul.
stons did not get TO make the case ex.
actly like thai one Was that Mr.. Mesa :
ros did not leave a portion OF his cloth. 4
ing in Mrs. Coulston's hands. This
woman has put tho county to an enor {
incur expense In order that she might .
become-as shs told Mr. Costa--lhelss =
most famous woman In Philade phIa.
Mr.. Messaros would not let her into his =.
,hurch at first because she WAS u med
ilesome, tattling woman. 0
Il have not been allowed to show the e
scandal which drove her and DIR.
Butcher from Grace church. She hos
been n church trgmp-foDd OF notoriety.
There are people who would rather Ue ii
\ sinner with notorieIy than q saint IN
,bscurity. There are women who won ID 1t
'athsr be assaulted and renowned than
ighteous and reserved. There are som, I.
Who would rather be depraved and dis. y
inguished tha1 vi-trOus and unknown
There are some who would rather be y,
,ubliciy kicked into the back door oi ,,
'ublic contempt than privately vel o.
omed into the ftont portal OF honor.
These are some of the phases of human
harscter we have seen at this trial.
"Mr. Bregy speaks of the sacredr eas r
+ Mrs Oonlston's home. IL was the
ome of sneakiDg, skulking, sinking
He talks about trap.
md nsk who ever heard of o husband
sing his home as trap and batting it
gith his wife's honor? This SCENT TO
e case in which an indecent assault
vas committed on Gu ieudar time. TIE
arIant sworn out before the ASSAULT
nd letters written to the reporters TO In
IGeDd tue heariDk! Why not announce IN
! in the papers beforehand In big le.- CT
srs: Tue Coulsion Outrage Hippo- of
rome will take place ON Friday, and III
o repeated on Monday; actors present, ~
nd Mra OF.
urpit and Miss Bollinger. Mstinees III
Wednesdays and Saturdays What a vi
eau,lIul home. starch the lowest OF
aunts of vice, infAmy and dssradatien CT
MI you can find no parallel Tor this az
time. They CLAIM it was done by q s.;
hristisn woman, ont of Christian ht
lotive. What Bible do you find Nd. III
islDg q woman TO tempt a man TO CON &c
III an assault? Such spies ara the th
,gatees OF all that God cursed In Eden vi
nd ccl demnsd In Holy Writ" n
tn
.EssA Ros' gNsUsrECTING NATURE Idr
Mr.. Heverin spoke very earnestly, ST
cd approaching the evidence, showed tn
J the Jury that the dates of the Letters pi
D Dr. Butcher, Mr.. Tarpit and City Oh
,ditor Lindsay. of the Bulletin, bad tn
cen cham ged from June 20 to 81. All m
no letters were written on the printed sa
sitter sheets OF the charity organic 'tion. tn
lnswering the Commonwe8ltb's In re-
uiry as to why Mr.. Messaros did not nc
void the woman after he knew she a
,aS bad, Mr.. Heverin said that the by
sstor did not know of her wicked ness fet
ntil she sent the telegram from New or
'ork. and knew nothing Of the con- co
piracy until Mr.. Costa told him some We
me later. Mrs. Coulston was utterly ma
ma BILE to get away from the damnlng ell
videnoe furnished by that tsleetam, th
M could rot OK plain 1t 30 as to leave be
er skirts clean. ph
Abiding to the incident Of Mr.. Mes m'
,ros kissing Mics McOov. MIR. Hever ImI