, 1889-10-10

| prey ailing desolation. The argument
| against defendant was not fair. Rather
| that all the relief goods, rather that the
town itself should again be swept away,
| than that the name of this defendant
| shou ld go down to posterity innocontly
branded with the taint of theft. Tho
defendant was u sufferer from the fire us
| much as any other man in moderate
circu IN stances In the city who did not
lose his all. After he had gotten all the
goods he honestly believed he was en-
titled to he had gone to lnglis and said
| If goods were being sold he wanted to
buy some and had bought 50 worth
and this had led the prosecution to de.
clare that Inc had received Si55 worth of
goods for 50. Enough goods had, been
were IN moderate circumstances.
Mr.. Gillespie had been on duty
| sixteen hours a day. The goods he got
were received in the same manner that
| goods were received by other policemen
and flrcmon. There was an abundance
for everybody, and the defendant had
| taken no more than he thought his cir
cllmstances and his services as nn officer
entitled him to. There was only one
circu instance which bore the least
semblancc of criminality, and that was
the evidence OF one Bettis, who had tes-
| tilted that Gillespie had met him on the
street and told himIif he had any relief
goods at his house he had better get
them out of the way. An honest maii-
a man who was not himself II thief
would have resented instantly the send
ing of goods to his house and the intima-
tion that he had better hide them, But
| Bettis had kept quiet until he could 20
on the witness stand and by perjury
ventilate his own apparent honesty in
an effort to heap everlasting disgrace
upon an innocent man. The roasting
given Judge Belts was terrific and
Colonel Felghan said lac regretted he was
not present to receive II in person,
| as he did not like to talk
about IL witness who was not present.
! lilo contended that no criminal intent on
the part of the defendant had been
proven and closed with touching APP
peal to the court not to destroy MIR. Gil;
lespie's home by bringing disgrace and
sorrow To his wife and all who know
| him by binding him over simply to satis-
| fy morbid clanor for vengeance. This
examination meant everything to the
defendant and as no crime whatever had
been proved against him he should be
discharged. Colonel Feighan's argu-
ment was as strong and convincing as
| could possibly have been made.
| At the conclusion of Colonel Feighan'S 5
address Mr.. Grillitts of counsel for the
defense called the attention of the court
to certain editorial comments in the RS
| VIEW ana asked that an order of con-
tempt be issued against the editor His
honor said he had not read the editorials
in ques ton, but would give the matter
attention later on.
EVENING SESSION.
Colonel w. Nj. Ridpath began his ar
gumeilt in behalf of the defense upon con-
vening of court in the evening. He said
| MIR. Hayward had been placed in charge
of the relief tent by favOritism, and had
himself admitted that he was only at the
| I'm ff.Ir n A. al
to employ his own subordinatos.
| Among those SO employed was Robert
Inglis u man who came here with an
unsavory reputation and who was now
u self-convicted criminal. The tent was
| used as place of drunken debauchcry,
and from top to bottom the manage
ment was guilty of the grossest dis
honesty and negligence. MIR. Wlther-
| spoon h ad testified that all the married
men and policemen had been granted
permission to receive goods, and that he
himself had given Mr.. Gillespie an order
upon which two loads were delivered. 1t
had been shown conclusively that the de-
lendant had received only such goods
as he was entitled to as a fireman and
policeman. There was nothing to show
that the committee had given any order
that goods were to be delivered only to
sufferers from the tire. McKernau and
Summers had testified that the order
had been given that any married police
man or fireman who would not make "A
hog of himself would be allowed to go 10
the tent and get goods. Captain Martin
and Mayor Furth had both received
goods. Would anybody charge these
gentlcni en- with theft for so doing? Gill
lespie had never taken II single article
from the relief tent without permission
of those in charge. If anybody was to
blame for the disgraceful manner in
which the relief goods were distributed
I,l. IgI loo stts.l
Mr.. Bettls had testified that Gillespie
had met him on the street and told him
that was out hunting up relief goods
and that if }ettis had any he
had better conceal them. This statement
of Bettis was not worthy of belief or u
moments consideration. If Belts had
been honest he would not have allowed
Gillespie to remain on the police force
twenty four hours after such an exhibit
ton OF unwOTthiness of his official trust.
Gillespie had told Il STRAIGHTFORWARD
story. Mrs. Graham had testified that
supplies for her, which he aid; she had
offered to pay him for them and he
refused to accept any compensation,
which was only another evidence of his
honesty. Grcat stress had been laid
. upon the fact that Mr.. Gillespie was
receiving salary OF $50 month, and
was consequently able to buy provisions.
This amount, however would not 20
porting @ M a family. Mr.. Gillespie had
done no more than any other good citi-
zen would have done with the same
opportunity. He had received supplies
for the support of his family from the
bountiful stores sent here by gener-
Gus public.
Mr. Griflitts followed with the closing
argument for the defense, going over the
evidence in detail, and quoting numer-
Gus authorities. He contended that at
best Gillespie's action in receiving goods
was no more than a question of bad
taste or of greed, but it was in no sense
larceny
1t was 9:3O when Mr.. Grifiitts conclud-
ed, and Judge Buck, who was to close
the case for the prosecution, asked that
court adj ourn until 0 o'clock to-day, rs
he did II OF feel like making his argument
at that hour of the night. All three OF
the counsel for the defense objected
They had understood that the case was
to be closed at the evening session and
they insisted that Judge Buck make
his argri ment then and there. He
answered that the opposing counsel had
wanted him to finish after It was time
to adjourn. Colonel Feighan and Col
to go to Olympia on the 10:45
train to-day, and that they owed it to
their client to be present at the close of
the case Judge Buck protested. hat ii
was not right to force him to work that
way in the middle of the night. All the