Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-05

fair minded man must believe. How easy
would 1t be, he said, to send boy to Au.
drews' shop with Il revolver, and request
that it be cleaned for Mr.. Ii zeltiue. How
| convenient to have a Blodgett in the
room behind the gunshop, and
to have a Pete Joyce on hand,
| to pick up the revolver after
the murder. The fact that the weapon
was taken to Andrews shop only a few
days before tie shooting of Haseitine he
considered strong evidence that the Cur
rams were instrumental in having it taken
| there. Opposed To the oircumstantial
| evidence furnished by the guusmith's
| record, was the positive statement of
| Frank Dickinson, a witness whose char
| ecter was above reproach, and who swore
| that from the Office of the Curran housy,
he saw Henry Curran fire two nr three re
| volver shots aud then throw the revolver
to the ground.
| "WIllis HaseltiEe was murdered, gen
| tlemen," Mr.. L2mereux continued, shot
down like a dog while Walking peacefully
along with his hands in his pockets. He
was murdered because dead men tell no
| tales Bat there was another cause for
| the an.mosity that existed between Will
| liss Haseltine and John d. Curran. Ithas
| been said in evidence before you by wit
ness called on to prove threats that Hasel-
tine coupled the name of John
| Curran with that of his wife aud
| in the same breath he wished
his wife was dead. What was
1t that made Haseltiue wish that his wife
his chosen partner and helpmate, were
in the silent graveY There is but one an
swer to that question, and if that poor
49, l..
said he wished the scoundrel who had
| helped to rob him of his wife could be
wiped off the face of the earth, is that to
| Justify his murder"
Mr.. Lamoreux's address lasted two
hours, and commanded the closest at
| tention of the jury. Mr.. Brown followed
| MI. Lamoreux in an able
| argument, and was followed by
Judge Cate, who gave the absent young
district attorney 1. scathing rebuke Be
| fore rising TO commence his argument
Judge Cate divested himself OF his collar
and necktie, and unbuttoDed his vest.
| Then for two hours he poured hotshot
into the prosecution in q manner that caus
ed himself and the oppos ition to sweat.
| Judge Cate Is not an especially smooth
and polished writer, and he is incap pabIe
speaks with remarkable emphasis and
earnestness, an 4 he commands the serious
attention of everyone who
| hears him. He cannot brook
an interruption and when
Col. Bird ventured to interpose an objec.
tion to some point in his argument, he
turned on the Colonel a look that singed
| his whiskers, and then went on.
"Your Honor we object" said Colonel
| Bird, in q very loud voice.
Mr.. Felker who, throughout the trial
has acted as a pacifcstor when the other
lawyers got to squabbling, here iuterfered
and said soothingly, Don't yell, Col.
Bird, don't yell"
| But / will YELL" roared the colonel,
aud he did, until the court took uotice of
his objection.
| While tue arguments were in progress
many sympathetic glances were directed
| toward old Mr.. HaZeltiue, who sat by a
| window in one corner of the court room.
As the white haired old man listene ed
| while Judge Gate pictured his dead son
ss a rampant desperado and the persecu-
tor OF the Currans, he became pale as
death and mis- face, bowed upon his hands,
| quivered like the face OF child lust
bursting into tears. He has never re-
! covered from the shock ocasioned by the
tragedy which has made his old age mis-
| erable and which will send him to his
grave before mis- time.
Judge Gates aguments were immed-
lately followed by Mr.. Felker, who dwelt
more particularly on the general features
of the case. "To say the last few words
fo- the Defendants" be said is no idle
thing. / can Say as did my friend
Judge Cate, who has known these men
since their boyhood, end know the Cur
-sn boys for more than twenty years, and
during that .ime have never known of
anything that shoUIJ initiate ayaingt
them in this case. I shal! speak or the
decsased just as little - possible. / stand
to justify the living In
his openining argument, at
the commencement of the case my
friend, Mr.. Brown, spoke in unaffected
term4 of the golden future that lay be-
fore Willis Hsseltiue, and sllu dsd to his
brilliant q uslities as a layer. / regret
10 say that he was lawyer, because when
he was admitted to the bar he swore TO
uphold the law, and yet he knew that he
was every day trsnsgressins both .the
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| threatening the life of fellow being and
by carrying concealed weapons. What
would you think of my friend, Col. Bird,
if he should step up before you to argue
| this case with these revolyers, ly-
ing on the table here, one in
his right and the other in his left hard
pocket, Truly, golden future bad this
walking arsenal OF a lawyer The con.
duct of Henry Currsn has extorted an
| epcomiun from the district attorney.
| 1t ough. TO excite the admiration of
verybody. st. Paul says, No man hath
greater love than this, that he will lay
down his life for another This evi-
dence, the incident at the barber shop
the occursnce in Judge Kingsbury's
court, show how readily Henry Curran
would have laid down his life for his
! brother. The district attorney who
seems 20 delight in raising his voice
several octsves and howiing muir
der, murder, bloody murder, has seen
fit to stigm.tize these men as towards,
and 70 express the wish that Haseltine
vas here with pair of revolvers to see
them scatter. Is Henry Corran, the man
who vas in the battles of the Wilderness,
and Who carries rebel lead in his body, 9
coward and 1oes the fact that John went
into his brothers regiment when he wa