The evening world., 1889-03-14
INCERSOLL'S talk.
Crowds Hear the Eloquent Agnostic
Sum Up for Kerr.
Allowed Two Hours and a Half to Save
His Client
He Scariies Fullgrafr and Makes In
' formers Evidence Look Very Cheap.

The jurymen in the Kerr case, who have
been kept away from their homes for the past
few weeks, were p~erceptibly more cheerful
this morning, presumably at the prospect Of
the trial speedily coming to q close.
The courtroom was early besieged with
people who were determined TO be o hand
when Col. Ingersoll made his closing ad-
dress, and among them were many ladies.
Col. Ingersolls wife and two daughters
were early installed in front seats.
Col. lngersoll told Judge Daniels that ex-
Alderman C'earv. whom the defense wished
to call as q witness. WINS confined to his bed.
Judge Daniels said IL his testimony was i'm
portant he would send down a referee to
take his testimony. II was agreed that 1t
should be 30 taken.
Ex-Alderman Wendell was the first to take
the stand. He testified that he never be-
longed to any combine for the purpose of
obtaining money for his vote in the Board of
Aldermen of 1884, and never received any
money for his vote. He never attended q
meeting at McLaughlin's house during May
and June, 1884.
The defense rested ut 10. 80, with the excep.
ton OF ClearyIs testimony, and at 10.45 Col.
1ngersoll. who got an allowance of two hours
and a half from Judge Daniels, began his ad-
dress.
Col. Ingersoll started by paying a tribute to
the prosecutors, and then suddenly he leaned
on the rail and said to the jury:
II, you are told that . man is crazy, You look
abo" "tD him. hm. 'f ff'he scratches eHsSS ihG iS Sead. il fu IS a
But l want to say to you that nine-tenths of
the. people who are indicted by the Grand Jury
Thomas b. Kerr is innocent.
am going to appeal to your reason, not to
g gi"ee. symT II T. my arena a eS Sor tho OF ex instiSe Of i cn a holy
or legal wit. 1t isa place whore exact justice
should be done.
Col. Ingersoll pointed out that the early
morning meeting of the Board of Aldermen
to pass the franchise was not secret.
II was open, and at any rate there were two
other meetings of the Board open aud regu-
lar, at each of which the Mayors veto was
overrldden by a vote of % to 2.
=" No other company had been formed, " said
the pleader. There was no rival. No other
petition had been made to the Aldermen except
that Of the cable road for all the streets. And 1t
The broadway road had no existence. It
hadn't life enough to carry z passenger to
$sio, RyeF q sff' T tSs IL, 'Pr6 MSTs~0'E6; Holders Iss4' in n
to permit the building OF a road In BroadTay,
and nobody else but the broadway, Surface Com
pany wanted to build 1t or had asked for a
true, that is the end Of this case. if!he has not
%cption; l believe 1t to be my duty to be candid
Whenever a man has committed q crime and
his mind to tell the truth, l think that II is q
holy moment. And when the tears of shame and
honest repentence fall, l despise that man who
would point the finger of scorn or laugh al
them.
An honest confession, born Of an honest reso.
luton OF the soul to do right, IL beautiful.
When he turns his back to the darkness and
lifts his eyes to the rising sun Of truth he has
filth and wickedness he may have crawled.
with the evidence Of his guilt; when he wants tC
make a bargain for his own salvation; when he
II willing. anxious to put some fellow-man into
!, can imagine all the snakes of conscience
c"iing Hh + hissiRRG IN his breast. And he vii
side than in. I'll tell the truth, confess M
guilt, take my punishment like a man, and theI
| car, start even again with the rest OF tn
feel like putting my arm around that man!
But when q mantle hounds OF the law. be
mani. knowinG that u as he et scales sntthh, the fe ,efotT 7,
safety the last thing his ears will hear will he tn,
cruel crunching Of the bones OF his, victim be
tween the Jaws of the hounds-I loathe that man
Col. Ingersoll wound up his peroration re
garding Fullgraff with these words:
| do not wish to abuse Fullgraff. That woul,
be like striking the face of the dead.
Then he proceeded to dissect the testimon,
of the informer.
Mr.. Ingersoll then descanted upon the i'm
probability of Fullgrafl's story and the grea
stake he had IN the matter. He was Listened
to with intense interest throughout.
Col. Fellows sat immovable in the witness
chair, taking no notes for his concludiu!
speech. The case will go to the Jury tonight