Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
ODER FL, 1890.

J ton again arises, why did she do it
!, She killed him, and, as she did no
texplain it, it is, therefore, your duty
8 as honest men, to render verdict o
guilty. She has only spoken of i
:. once, and says she killed him, bu
.kS3hat she was driven to it. WASH
s II romantic to stab him with tht
knife his brother gave him. Human
|, life has, Judging from this case, go
to be worthless. Hear the Judge
bcharge, and make up your minds ac
cordingly. ANY romance in this
Had she stopped at romance, c. n
Gould would have been a live man to
day and the defendant would be E
free woman. Did she anticip an.
other quarrel? Where did she get
the knife? She must have had it on
| her person. She didn't have in when
in the basement, so far as we know
but she had it when she went uL
stairs. How was it that the bruise
was upon Gonld, and not scratch
upon her person? Yet she says it
was in self-defense! l don't believe
Bob Ramsey's evidence, because
there was nothing to sustain his tes-
timony. Gould was desperately
wounded, and would rather die than
expose his wife. l don't believe Bob
Ramsey saw the difficulty-his testi-
mony convinces me of this fact. He
didn't wnow where she got the knife,
or where she put it. Why was it
she entered the quarrel the second
time? Apply justice and truth to
this case as the law demands, and
you will do your duty
Hon. Ben Posey, one of the attor-
neys for the defense, then addressed
the court and jury as follows: "This
case, gentlemen of the JURY, is a mat
IterJaf im2ortance~ to all. ou haee
craaore youFa woman chatged With
murder, and | say for you to try the
case according to the evidence pre-
sented for your considerations; / don't
want to influence you, nor would /
have you swerve from your sworn
duty, but we insist that you find a
verdict of not guilty. That the State
should be leresented. / do not ques-
ton, but they have failed, even by
their witnesses, to make case. / will
try to satisfy the court and you, gen.
tlemen of the jury, why she stabbed
Gould. l appeal to you to resist all
the arguments introduced by Mr..
Ferguson, as they contained no points
which should claim your attention.
Will he explain to this jury why
they only introduced one witness?
They unsuccessfully tried to freak
down the testimony of Robt. Ramsey.
Cannon corroborated his evidence,
Mary Woods, so far as the scene i'll
the yard is concerned, also sustained
him. Did Ramsey tell the truth? If
not, then he and Mary Woods and
Cannon all lied. He was there wait
ing on this nan when he was stabbed,
and did not leave until death ensued.
Here is the bill of Indictment; where
are the other witnesses, and why
were they not introduced? The
prosecution say they only want to
fairly investigate and throw light
upon this case. DIR. J. w. Patton
was the only witness before the
grand jury, and he has not come up-
On that witness stand! When they
can obtain the convection of this ,wo-
man by fair means, l will acquiesce.
Is that conyicting her by fair means,
to use ignoble ends? You've got
desperate man on the one hand to
deal with, and frail, delicate woman
on tie other. When you see him on
the streets he is gentleman, and at
home, where he should be kind and
loving, he is beating and abusing the
woman whom he has sworn to love
and eherish-ais wife. He follows
her up; throws bucket of water on
her, jerks her off the couch and
raises his foot to stamp her. How
did she get the knife? Sne had a.
right to arm herself and defend her
personal liberty. The only time she
stabbed him was when deceased at
tempted to strike her down the sec-
ond time. The counsel on the other
side wants you to convict this woman
of manslaughter or of assault and
battery. 1t is indeed rare occur
renee that woman is indicted for
murder. Ordinarily they have some
oRe to protect her: father, son, broth
er or other loved ones. But this
fragile woman, away from home, in
a strange land and among strangers;
no one to plead land take her part,