Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-09


family wall vet see the DAY svnen re
will plead for enc drop OF water to
quench his heated tongue from this
guiltless ap,1.
Taking up the letter written from
Quincy, HIS, after taking the Chicago !
trip, he said: This woman had stretched
out her hand and taken from a home Of
poverty and placed her sister in the
Sacred Heart convent at Chicago, to be
educated in the ways of Christ; she had
taken her little brother to raise him, !
had had him baptized in the church,
and we this woman is depraved? Iwon-
der whether 6od-Christ in his infinite
mercy. forgets his children. This ex-
| preston was used in reference to the
assault King had committed upon her
in Chicagol. 1t is not a question of be-
lief that this woman is not guilty of
any crime. / i knew it eyer since / met
her in this building tpointing to the
| county Jail some our months ago. In
the Chicago visit King had struck the
woman in the side, had struck at his
own unborn child, at his own loins.
Gentlemen, he forfeited his life for that
act, and yet they say you must protect
us. Who is he, the man that strikes his
wife? There was not q slave
driver in the south that would
be allowed to do this. Three weeks
later she was delivered Of a fntus.
Gentlemen, what would you do if your
mother, your sister, had been assaulted
i'll this manner Nothing could stay
your hand. Continuing he said, there
is another noble trait in this woman's
character; it is her faithfulness. The
paper which they had signed as a con-
.an - -, a,.r o,,a I.a tnnls nv Nntt, IN.
never allow the eye of man to rest upon
it. And she kept it; she burned it with
out any one seeing it. A savage does
not strike a helpless woman. No, it is
a pet of society that does this; a brute.
"A savage does not do that.
AT this point the prisoner burst into
tears, but with great emotion finally
controlled herself without in%terrup,ing
the speaker.
Taking up the letter to Henry Wool
worth King he said in explanation of
the reason the wonian was worried
about the bills, was that the bills had
been sued under the name of LeGarde,
and she was fearful that if IL would be-
come known that LeGarde was King it
would cause trouble to Harry. The
sheriff was knocking at the door to- take
the household articles in lieu of the.
bills. He said: sit almost makes me
crazy when the duns ONE in; Harry
does not know how l have suffered"
The speaker emphasized this point,
saying already the reason was tottering.
THE grief that cannot speak
will finally overturn the mind.
What Il grand sentiment this letter con
tains. She says: II didn't think you
would tell Mr.. Adams | was sorry fer
your family. but | think it was the best
you could do. If Mr.. Adams had not
given me the money iG would have come
cut who Mr.. LIE Garde was. Regard for
every one but herself, gentlemen. Is
there a mercenary thought, an impure,
~unchaste thought in this expression?
Does it belle a blaekmailer, a mercenary
being? No, it was but the pure senti-
ment of an honest mind. Now comes
the missing page; that is as bad as per-
jury. Blu it is a noble sentence, a SEN
timent, the last sentence of this letter.
II do not care for myself" Then King
garbled the page which would show q
grand sentiment. 1t was mutilated and
destroyed by the satellites of King.
Little did she think this letter would be
read IN evidence against her in a trial
for murder. This is your mercenary
woman! Is this the act of dishonest
woman? No! no! Is this the work of n
paid mistres? MOI no!
At this point court took a recess until
2 p. m.
Such a pushing eager or ovid of hui
mainly never before was seen in the
Douglas county court house as was the
throng which vainly tried to gain adj
mittance to the charmed room, where
hangs in suspense the life of a woman
Mrs. Bechler-King. The crush was
horrible. Several women tainted, and a
bailiff was kept in attendance to pre-
gent u repetition of the accident. The
room was crowded at 1890. Many of
the gentler sex b%ivouaced in the court,
eating their lunch, while with the ten
acity of bull dogs they held their seats.
At 2 O'Clock court reconvened, and Gen.
Gown resumed his argument. He said:
The last letter | read was the letter that
i she wrote when a separation bad b5en
|. effected and her home was broken up.
} This letter is different from those | have
/ read. Those We're written during 9
mental storm. After she had broken
i up the home Harry King telegraphed
r her: HOLD iii FORT, for we are still
, man and wife" He also arranged a
cipher telegram to be sent him: ''Libbie
{ has not heard from you. | understand
t and agree By this he was to know
that she would be the same t. him. apG
she did this. After this she left for Chi
' cago and Cleveland. This letter was al
d answer to one that he sent he
It at Cleveland. Coming to the passag,
where she said: IF you go back on M
: again, God help you | will not let 20,
d live" he said: This is but an overflow
of the passion which had been pent up
and shows that her reason was failing
s that she could not be responsible for an
y act. but God alone could be. The ser
a~ration was not made that he might be
n come the husband of another woman
If but to appease the @hims of the Kin
a family. She sacrificed all to bring tina
n peace to the m~illionaire's family. T..
He concluded with an eloquent plea
asking the jury to render a verdict a
j. their conscience directs, and he knew /
l. nor his client had nothing to fear frol
n their action. Court then adiourne
it until $3.50 tomorrow morning
r. when Prosecuting Attorney Malone
will close the case for I'll
u state. Gen. Gown spoke fl
for five hours with an intermission
1t two hours for the midday meal. II
Ne address had Il perceptible effect upo
the jury. 1t is thought, and his cliel
,e has nothing to fear at the hands of Il
as jury. 1t is expected that a verdict wi
it. be reached in twenty-four hours.
i, Mrs. Theodore Thomas Dead.
New YORK, April S.-Mrs. Theodo
n Thomas, wife of the musician, died
IN this city after a lingering and paint
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