Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-16

other than it is. though it has opened up the
gates OF an immense Hood of perjury. What
will not man DO for his life?
Il make the broad statement that il YOU take
the testimony of the prisoner alone as against
other witnesses TO the circumstance YOU NAV
as well close up your courts. You need 60 no
further than the plea of not guilty. II you be-
Eeye the mans story then you will never pun
ish. Ii this rule holds you will have no crimi-
rails.
Il do not intend to harshly treat the prisoner
at the bar. HIS case is in a higher hand than
mine and nothing that / can say will add one
particle to the weight of the facts that mus /
comment upon. II the defendant is corrobor-
ated by any ore at ali it Is by Lincoln Smith,
who sat down here on the witness stand and be-
gan his story before he was asked a single cues
ton. grooming il like parrot, like one who has
learned or made up a story. That negro and
the defendant himself are the only witnesses to
that af1ray. and it Is said they corroborate each
other. Do they? Lincoln smith and the prisoner
at the bar Lincoln Smith agreed to every sta te-
meut that WAS made il his writes paper before
the coroner jury. and vet that did not corrob-
crate what ne said here on the stand. look
for corrobocation and ind contradiction. In
that paper Smith said that Hannegan picked up
the out of the bottom of the boat This
eontradicts the defendants story. On this
stand here smith said that the deceased struck
with the oar the man who was scuiling while
the latter. had his back turned toward him.
he utlcntAnt ne WAS not
struck and that he facing Hannegan.
| ~ defendants story To be credible must be
! ccrruborated Is Hams corroborated? He is
| cOntradicted at every step. Which will YOU
believe: l say frankly will believe neither OF
them.
POSITIONS IN THE EoAr.
| According to all stories Hannegan was on
the s.arboard side of the boat and the sail was
| up and down the boat The oar was off the
| port side and ran under the sail. To raise il
4 lie must have drawn that oar around under the
! sail. Let us say Tor the sake of argument that
1 he raised that oar to strike with He was shot
| dead through the heart before he struck and he
| Tell Instantly. Now how did that oar get, back
| under the sail and across the boat in the posi-
| ton in which the defendant says he found III
Gentlemen. that oar never could have falleI
into the position in which the defendant say,
II WAS II the was raised to strike it would
have fallen toward Hams and the dead boz
leaning forward with the Our in his hands mus
have fallen forward.
Gentlemen. l am hunting confederation
and find contradiction all along the line.
Had Hannegan been one or two steps for
ward when he was shot he never would have
walked back to fall over The seat. The mo-
nentum Of his motion in stepping forward
would have carried the body cato its face.
There Is another feature Of the case. Hains
shot hi- best friend. lie was within q shor,
distance OF .ho-e when that awful cry for helm
rang out, Help. helpr The prisoner will hea,
tiis: cry for years il the DAYS Of his life are
spared. He did not attempt to 90 ashore, nay,
more, be did not shout for some one to come