Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-18
PLEADING,
Judge Hall EloQuently Presents
the Prisoners Case.
A Minute and FOrCible Anal
ySiS Of the Evidence on
Both Sides.
Five Hours Of Solid Argument Attenti7ely
Listened to by the Jury anil
an Immense Crowd.
The Attorney General Opens the Govern
mentS Closing Argument at a
Late Hour, to be Con-
Guided To-day.
Comprehensive Abstracts of Both Ad-
dresses from Stenopraphic
Comprehensive Abstracts of Both Ad
dresses from Stenographic
Reports.


preceding day was resumed. Eleven new
witnesses were then sworn on behalf of tn.
prosecution. They were as follows
Mcssrs John Jewell, VIM Lamb, r. ID. Rich
arlson, II. VI. Bean, NJ F. Wait, A. W
Kimball b. T. Foster, S. w. Baker, Alton
Richardson, T. F. Stinchfeld, j. NJ. Wing
all of Clinton Four of these had served OF
the coroner's jury that had condemned
Charles Beal and one was on the grand jury
They were all put upon the stand to testify
that the general reputation of Charles Bea
was bad. One testified that personally he
know of nothing against Charles. one
testified that he had heard things said BY
some of those, who were summoned with
| him, that were exaggerated.
One witness on the examination
was asked, Did you ever know any
thing malicious OF malignant in the char
actcr of the prisoner 2
Witness thought he had He said he heard
Mr.. Beal give Charles quite a talking to be-
cause he hadn't got some things at the time
he had been told to. Charles answered, is
that the right way to ask anyone to do a job 7
George Beal put upon the stand again
by the government to state where his father
| kept his sugar in the store. Said he saw his
father take sugar down cellar for the last
time about two weeks before his death.
| The Government here rested their ease.
Mrs Beal was then recalled by the defense
Stated that she remembered of asking Charles
on a certain night to go to bed first and warm
the bed so that it wouldn't be so cold for
George and George said that it wasn't neces-
sary.
At about twenty minutes before eleven
Judge Hall opened the closing argument for
the defense. The following is an abstract
of his remarks
Nay ii please yoa, Hopor and yoU, N'. Fore
maH,oad yo", geatiemeh Of he JD,y.
We have now arrived at the hour when the
testimony which has been put before you is
to be anayzcd The Government of
country r,v1yes about the jury of the
country. The responsibility of the counsel
is but little less than that of the jurors. |
ca me to the Court last Tuesday when the air
was murky with prejudice again the boy.
/ 4 coroner's jury had condemned him. \
Grand Jury had indicted him The crime of
murder paes into insignifca &c with parricide
of which he is charged. If he is guilty of
putting that poison in the whi>key there, he
is guilty of dozen murders He putt where
not only mis- father and his fathers friends
might get it. but whore his brother and his
brothers friends might get it. In this case
there is not only the machinery of the Gov
eminent, but there are able, aye distin-
guished counsel TO AID the Government
| There is not only no limit to the means,
but there is almost no limit to
the ability of the prosecution The counsel
here read from Justice Miller relative to the
fact that no man should be convicted where
there is reasonable doubt. No matter what
may have been the suspicious. no matter
what may have been the rumors, the prisoner
must stand before YOU an innocent man till
he has been proven guilty | know how
difficult it is hat an effort it takes to divest
| Yourselves of all prejudice till you have
heard the whole testimony.
Two DAYS after the indictment was returned
we were here certainly we have asked no un-
undue DELAY thought my self that perhaps it
wasa little too soon. My client was exceedingly
anxious to get TO trial. tits now my duty
gentlemen. as am able, to take up the ties
timonv and analyze it, If make any argu-
ment tina, is more talk throw itaway. Idonot
wish to do so. ] am thoroughly in earnest
| have tried all in my power to test him and
| am thoroughly convinced that the boy Is
/ innocent of that Infamous crime OF parriclie
The Government has undertaken to give
motive for this murder that this boy waited
whole week, ate at his fathers table, slept
( in his fathers house, all the while watching
for the time when his father should drink of
that poison and die in terrible agony. FONT
To me if YOU can that testimony which proves
( this boy harbored reven'e enough TO poison
a kitten. You have heard the testimony of
Dixon. the strongest evidence which the
. Government has put on to show revenge on
. the mart of the boy against the father. Charles
told Won that Dixon didn't like him. Dixon
( who had the KEYS to the store. who had the
kcys TO the cellar, The counsel here read
from the testimonies of Wood and llodgdon,
also of Geo. Sanborn, who testified that he
never saw any trouble between Charles and
his father. though he worked in the family
Who would know better than George of
trouble between Charles and his tatherE
uoag,lon saws that he never knew of any
trouble between Charles and his father
Gentlemen hope your actions ana mine
NAV never be Judged on the wo DIS we may
have had with our fathers. 1t may be that
the seeds of passionate disposition were
ulanted in the veins of that boy by his father,
/ 4 passionate boy is not the person to place
noison in his fathers way. II is not the boy
who will do that 1t is the man, hardened by
wears. His mother and his sister say that he
i Kind Not the hoy who does that, II is the
man. ave the fend. the cool, placid mis-
creant who does that. And yet the Govern
mont would have You believe that TINS hoy
aid II. The Government havr. Exhausted the
Vocabulary of pancgyrie IN eNoihng the
character of the deceased Is that the Silu
If nature that makes such deadly foe,
esneci,lly of his own flesh and blood Let
~ .nalvze what the next motive was. Here
i the testimony of Dixon again with Its state
mont about Charles asking If he and George
cond run the business if their father should
die Doyou think that remarkable that the oil !
: est son should make such an inquiry knowi'~'
that his father was fast slnkihg INTO drunk
as grave? | do not believe that it belongs
:. ,bn dutv of a government officer to mag
rifv such trivial testimony into such enor
mons magnitudes And here is the testimony
) nf Ira Bowdoin on the same matter. The
government would have YOU believe that tht
fact that he went to half dozen men ant
astad such a question, was badge OF hi'
, crime. 1t is impossible for person to 81
, oct that these actions cannot be construef
against him when once suspicion has fastehe'
mon him. | say that it is utterly incon
sistent with the idea that the boy wa
t meditating murder and went into that room
before half dozen men and pTocialmea II
McKenney denies the testimony OF bow
dom. That does away with that pari OF tn
testimony. But George, even Charles
n stated that the possibility of their father
e death was talked over. .
You recollect the testimony of John
: mn and Sauborn In the opening o
e the County Attorney that wa
=, identified lie, us analyze this testimony
:. Charles has been on the stand and you hay
hoard his version of the story. What OF nj
9 annearance on the stand. Did he not speak
s. clearly even that which seemed unfavoraoi
a 70 him I never saw witness in my If
who appeared to wish more to tell the 'ru'i