Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-09

ne nearS OF tne cn0l0g OF tnlS relhblOn, Oh
this trouble, of this sorrow, knowing the
woman as he did, when he hears all this,
what does he send out here at oncel The
message is, 10 let looseitbe dogs OF war, un-
chain the bloodhounds and set them upon
her,
Let Them Tear Her lcsh
from her limbs, and limb from limb; de-
,-nounce her character, blacken her reputa-
tion. Aye, more, see to 1t That this great
, power, this, engine that moulds public
opinion and forms public judgement Is fixed
the press. See that the press is fixed. and
attend to and see that IL hurl its thunder
bolts at her, and speak the name OF KING IN
golden letters. Aye let not the name OF our
royal household be attached 20 her, but call
{, her Miss Bechler. Evidently King knew
what moved the world.
Now, gentlemen, let us pass over this. l
p. found this woman, believe, on tho morning
of the 18th of last November. l found her
tossed from an ocean OF trouble and OF sor-
row and landed n wreck upon the shores OF
an uncharitable world. 1 found her in the
hands of the law. In this case, kind, 1t Is
true, but stern, also. l found her q
Mental and a Physical Wreck.
saw, rather than heard, the cry for help;
and reached out my hand; and, be there
. that man or woman living, no matter chris
tan or infidel, who has one word to say to
me, who seeks to pass Judgment upon my
conduct for rushing to the rescue OF TINS
woman when saw her in trouble, want TO
tell him that l will have it to my credit when
Judgment is passed upon me by our final
court These delicate,
Gold-Laced Ladies of Society,
many Of them who will take into their mar
BILE halls the libertine of the world and intro
duce him to innocent girls and give hun an
opportunity 10 ply his vocation, will turn and
say, "You pollute yourself by connecting
yourself with this poor, wretched woman"
/ see in her the image of God, as christianity
taught me- ] know, at least see in her the
imnpa Of M mother and IN sister and / tell
you gentlemen If Christ walked on this foot
stool Of His in this generation, instead of
1,s0O years ago, He would be at this bar to-
day defending this woman; and His teach
ings from the beginning to the end of the
gospels are plea in her behalf.
We are told that King is christian gen.
teman, that he was brought up in the
church, that he teaches the principles of
Christ, and yet, as say, What does he dos
j want to refer here to that teaching of
Christ--words that have Numbered down the
ages for eighteen hundred years-the grand
est sermon that ever was preached-when
Christ. Spoke Upon the Gross
as he saw those who had placed Him there
His feet he raised his voice, he raised his
eyes to His Father and said, Father, forgive
them. they know not what they do.n Christ
said, "Father, forgive them" King said
"prosecute.n Aud II there is one principle
that gives to the teachings of Christ the
great prerogative over the teachings of all
other moral philosophers, over all other
moral teachers, it is the great and the sub
lime
Doctrine of Forgiveness.
Who in this vast audience, what one in
This vast assembly can say, 81 am safe, il you
lake away the doctrine of forgiveness!
Now, gentlemen of the jury, we are told
here that we have put IN no defense, that Is,
that We have introduced no testimony in de-
Tense. | do not suppose that there is one OF
you but what understands exactly the nature
Of criminal prosecution. 1t is not the pur-
pose of the state to convict. What is your
Datht-'true deliverance make" Ascertain
the facts in the case; and that is what the
state is doing here-presenting the facts in
the case.
1t is Not to Convict,
but 1t is to give you the facts connected with
this unfortunate tragedy; and, II those facts
on the part of the state show that the de-
fendant is not guilty then as matter of
course, the state is satisfied, and better salts
fled than If the facts had shown that she is
guilty. More than that: it is within the
power of the defense to require the state to
put in evidence every particle of testimony
connected with the prosecution, although
that testimony will show conciuslvey that
the party is innocent. Because, as say this
state wants to know the facts, and like the
mother to her child, II she finds her child
blameless, thanks God and lets her go.
We concede as L stated in the opening,
that our defense would be that OF
Self-Defense and of insanity.
We are told that these are inconsistent II
they are, have new law to learn. A witness
is put upon the stand and testies to facts
sufficient, think, when | shall come to anal
we that testimony, to warrant you in saying
she was perfectly justified, provided she was
in that condition. They claim she was fully
conscious of what she was doing. That tes-
timony was introduced by the state A thou
sand witnesses could not make it stronger,
fNnpa fhnpa tc nn,,tli irt
put in the plea of insanity, and, gentlemen. [
will talk some of the plea of insanity when L
come to that branch of the case. Pass it over
now. In other words, we say this We say
that Mr.. Henry W. King, the deceased,
Assaulted This Woman's Mind
In its CITADEL that he bombarded it for
nearly three years until he finally prostrated
it. Tho testimony of Johnson, the testimony
of Adams, shows that he assaulted, as i say,
her mind in its citadel The testimony of
Scott shows the final shot that entered that
citadel and swept away the last vestige ut
that time Of will power. No number of wit
nesses could make it stronger. Then this is
what we say: Why should we put in testi-
mony as long as every word of testimony
that Is in is as strong as testimony can DC
for the defense! Had it been in my power
TO call these witnesses for the state, | would
have called every one of them and put them
on TO give testimony showing absolutely and
unQualihedly that this woman did not COM
init n crime. And | will say, gentlemen, /
believe that If my FRIEND Mr.. Mahoney, had
taken this case before grand jury, and had
this same testimony, that there would have
been no Indictment, nor would he have ad-
vised an Indictment.
want to call your attention to n case on
this point that is probably now fresh in the
minds of all of you. A short time ago Mr..
McCauley, u married man living with his
wife and two little children, was book
keeper In one of the large establishments in
Chicago. AS this occurred but a short time
ago, refer to it now. Mrs. McCauey was
o nervous woman, good woman, faithful
wife, a devoted mother On visit one day
she learned of the lntidelity of her husband
beyond question. She brooded over it two
or three days. ,She finally went out upon
State street. She entered a store, bought o
PISTOL, and returned to her room where her
husband was AT that time areportcr of the
Tribune was present In the house interview
ing the husband. She talked with the hus-
band for few moments, went back into the
other room, and, whIlc MIR. McCauley was
talking to the Tribune reporter she came
into the room where they were, placed her
pistol at the back of her husbands head and
tired, killing him instantly. You will say,
"Hang her" If she had been hung, as it
was shown whut the condition of her mind
was, 1t would
Have Been judicial Murder,
tho most horrible Of all murders, tho MUIR
der that comes from the courts. If she had
s,nn al II br,,o I,