St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
ures. You are trying two well-dressed,
intelligent women, one of whom sits
with her husband. Yet you are
g them as you would try man in

ures. You are trying two well-dressed,
Intelligent women, one of whom sits
with her husband. Yet you are
G them as you would try man in
who has picked his neig hbor's
pocket. You must arrive at a conclu-
sion by the evidence presented, and not
by the fact that the prisoners come from
the higher walks of life. Mr.. Davis re-
viewed the testimony given at some
ers to explain how the ribbon had come
into their possession. Now look at the
defense of the prisoners, that Mrs:
Campbell purchased the two bolts of
ribbon in Chicago on Feb. 20. How
strange it is that the old friendship be-
tween Mrs. Campbell, of Minneapolis,
and Mrs. MOsher and Mrs. Foster, of
Chicago, should be revived just before
this ribbon was stolen from the store OF
Miss BlaiSdell. Mr.. Davis next took up
the second bolt of ribbon, which Mrs.
Campbell claimed was in the trunk at
the tlpe the alleged stolen bolt was
found. Mr.. Davis scorned the idea that
Mrs. Campbell had this second bolt.
After Mrs. Curtiss had secured the
samples of ribbon from Superintendent
of Police Helm she went directly to Chi
cago and secured the second bolt which
is produced here in court by the prison
ers' attorney. They thought to throw
dust in our eyes by this means, but they
were not sharp enough. 1t seems
strange that while there was only one
bolt of this wonderful rainbow ribbon in
all the millinery stores Mrs. Campbell
and Mrs. CurtiSS should have several
bolts of it.
FOR THE DEFENSE.
AlT. Worrall followed. He said that
the county attorney was flushed with so
many recent victories that he seemed to
consider it impossible that he could be
beaten. If you believe the statements
OF the prosecuting attorney, you must
think the attorneys for the defense ca
pable OF almost any crime. Instead OF
presenting facts, the county attorney
has been simply casting inSinuatiOnS at
the testimony which has been intro
duced. The witnesses for the state, be-
fore they came on the stand, had salts
he'd their own minds that the defendants
were guilty Of the crime charged. What
puzzles me is how these women could
nave stolen these two big bolts of rib
bon right under the eyes of the two
ladies i'll charge of the store. Take Mr..
Anderson's testimony. When this
alleged robbery took place Mr.. Ander-
son was about to wed Miss Blaisdell's
sister, and of course he wanted to make
himself solid with the family. Then
take the newspapers. They have al
ready made great fuss over the case,
and have really tried this case and de-
cided that my clients were guilty be-
fore hearing the evidence. That's the
trouble with these papers; they say too
much before they know the facts.
Toward the close of his address Hon.
James grew decidedly dramatic as he
appealed to the jury not to separate a
loving husband and his wife, and not to
tear away fr0m little child its agoniZed
mother and hide her behind, dark,
dreary prison walls. Mr.. WOrralfs
picture of what should follow in case
the woman was found guilty was not a
pleasant one and drew tears from the
eyes OF some of the women present. He
said, in reference to Mrs. Curtiss' pro-
curing the samples of ribbon from the
chief OF police, that he had told the lady
to go to police headquarters and ask for
the samples, because he wanted to see
what his clients were charged with
stealing. He began to allude to the
punishment if the women were found
guilty, when Judge Hicks interposed
with:
''The counsel will please come to
order; be has no right to say anything
i'll regard to the puniShment-thatls is the
courts business"
81 beg your pardon,' returned Mr..
Worrell, turning to the judge. He then
concluded his remarks with a spread
eagle speech
Judge Hicks charge to the jury was
brief and to the point. He explained
the case thoroughly, and said that to
convict the jury must find that the de-
PENDANTS were guilty beyond reasona-
BILE doubt. Possession of stolen prop
erty, if unexplained, tends to show
guilty, and you must carefully consider
wether or not these defendants have
satisfactorily explained how they came
into possession OF this ribbon. The
case was given to the jury at 3 As.
1t was learned early in the morning
that the trial was exceedingly likely to
result in disagreement, on account of
the conflicting testimony and on account
of the prisoners being women. AT II
o'clock the jury was still locked in the
jury room, where cots had been pre-
pared.