Telegram-herald., 1890-09-19

tnat they we're not wanted. lnose
people were there IN the enjoyment q
a soeiAl Intercourse. What VAS the
duty OF Rsmke2 Tney were toid 20
leave. bld they leave They did not
81 there ~ DO nothing. DeAanD went
there Tor great, Ok time, and ne Was
gong 10 have 4. iL = undIsputed that
stones were thrown against the barn
They made Il hlceOus for those who
we're Ou the inside. The situation got
10 be pretty menaeing. Circumstances
often speak louder than words When
the lunch Was set out some one raised
that hOodlum cry Of "free lunch. "
Walker rnfhed IN. lie was followed
Out Dy kelnke, Just ss be had right 20
10 He did not use any extraordln-
AIRY means u rid the place OF
MS presence. DeMann stepped up and
sald, III there i going 10 be any Tight
my | am going 10 have hand in Il. "
kickling was on the inside and he went
Out Just as DeMann WAS taking of his
coat. Len Walker was BY TINS time
running away. DeMann was there for
the purpose OF engaging IN row.
klckhug told him 70 90. lt doesn't
make any difference which struck the
tirst blow, but DeMann used MS knife
because he was angry.
There is not one Of that crowd who
can say one word IN extenuation of
what happened that night. What do
We ind hun saying after he came back
for his eoats Did ne not come back
Ike mani He vas still behgerent;
still there on his nerve. He said he
was tle man who could do il. lie af-
terwards wanted Len Walker TO skip
with him. It Will be a sad day for this
country when a man can pull a weapon
and strike a man and then defend him.
self on the grounds that he was angry.
Ii Is a good thing for this young man
that he Is not being tried for murder IN
the first degree.
Mr.. WesSehuS, IN arguing the case for
the defense, said he thought the court
would instruct the jury that the homi-
eide was lustltiable. even II there was
no actual danger 10 the life of the de-
fendant. He said il was party gotten
up for the swllling of beer. 1t was got
ten up oy a breeder of dogs. Ii was a
party gotten up for the seduction of
little girls.
"Do you find this man Reinke going
10 the homes of these girls and inviting
them 10 his dance%' be continued. "No,
we find hun inviting these little girls
when meeting them on the street
When the devil wished to ruin Faust
and Marguerite, he clothed Faust
first IN everything that was bad,
just as Reinke did those
who surrounded him. Just think
of it! One hundred and nInety-sx
glasses of beer in q party of thirty
And this was respectable party. Who
are the people who attended that party
that paid admission? Did the little
girls pay? No; il was simply a cloak TO
shield this man Reinke. Oh, this was
an orderly and decent party. The
gang that was on the inside and the
gang on the outside were people who
work in the factories of this city"
The prisoner was affected by the
words of Mr.. Wesselius, and he shed
tears freely.
GLOW easy It would have been for
that big giant Reinke to have led that
boy, Len Walker, out of the barn and
said here, YOU GIT continued Mr..
WesSelIus. There was no need for him
20 strike him. But he was fullOf liquor.
lie had danced with the rest, and they
had consumed a quarter and an eighth
of beer. All this trouble rises from the
beer Chris. Kicking and Reinke had In
their veins. Il rises from the filthy
place which is usually kept by men of
Renike's ilk, breeder of bull dogs.
"Reinke attacked boy 10 years old,
and DcMann, with that spirit OF fairness
for the under man, said 'let the boy
alone, John; If there IS going to be a
fight am the bigger man, and will
take hand in it,"
Mr. Wessclus then went into the evi-
dence of the case. lie accused many
of the witnesses of not telling al they
knew. He said John Reinke had en-
ticed little girls TO his barn. introducing
them TO a life OF hcenhousness and las
civeOusness.
Il selected men for this jury VINO do
not come from the higher walks OF life.
I selected men who have not associated
with vice. | believe you will do him
justice. For the respondent, for the
mother and father who SIT by his side,
I hope YOU viii do him justice" con-
Clndsd Mr.. Wesselius.
Prosecuting Attorney stuart, in com
mCnClng his argument, said he would
detain the Jury but q short time. Tie
said the fact that Chris kiCklng was
dead is not disputed. and the fact that
the blow was struck by John DcAlanu.
The only question TO DC decided was
whether that act was an honorable one
or not. He referred To Mr. WCssehus'
scathng denunciation OF Reinke. He
said the iury's verdict would have m
ELECT on the people Of Grand Rapids
and Kent touuty, and that Mr. Wes-
scllus had no right 20 say what be did.
Tie character OF the party should not
BE- taken INTO consideration. Every
man who went up 20 that dance with
out an invitation was trC spasscT.
They bad no right on the premises,
even II they were not u the barn.
1T lsn't the trouble that 70 brings n
the person who = on trial. hut there - =
poor old mother. \ loving wife or a
prattiing babe. But we must not lCuS
az tbat point. the respondent must be
tried on The facts Of the case, con-
cluded Mr. Stuart
Judge Baringsme charged the iury
AZ snme length. He defni the dlIer.
ence between murder n the hrsf degree
aud murder in the second degree. also
mansisughter
Tt was s O'Clock when the case was
givoa to the Jury The larymea we're
saxep to snpper and at O'Clock fhev
were taken 81 the jury room for de.
Liberation.
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