Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-12-17

do not destroy the conspiracy.
DAVIS BEFORE THE JURY.
Deputy Attorney General Davis opened
for the state before the jury
He said: "This indictment Is only
a misdemeaner 1t is not crime.
The punishment is left to the discretion
OF the court ! beg of you TO remember
that they are brought here By an act of
their own. Not flash of temper, but
planning and scheming from day to day,
month to month, to carry cut their pur
poses.
There are those who did not know
but that their property would be scat
tered to the winds and their lives sacri-
feed at any time,
1T is not necessary for them to NEE
and pass resolutions. II they have
common purpose, which is IN this case to
destroy this odd barn, they are guilty.
"Conspiracies are proven by circum
stsntial evidence and the weight OF cir
cumstances when combined they make
the Individual threads Of the rope upon
which verdict may be reached that
these persons did conspire to burn this
property. and 1t is this that we ask for.
ut was for revenge that they sought to
destroy the lives and property Of those
who had done so much for them They
said they would Stand by each other TO
revenge their alleged grievances They
bad a secret place unknown to the state
and they were bound by strong oath.
"Will the defencs claim thatsthe burn
ing of barns and the explosions were the
result OF accidents No, all Of these 70
to show that there is a conspiracy
In addition to that proof Of conspiracy
we had certain letters. take it that
this letter came from The hand Of this
young man, and do not think that the
defence will gainsay it. You must have
seen, as the experts saw, that they
were written by the same hand. There
is the complete link between that young
man and this letter, which states that
they have a strong society against
these gentlemen. 1t was mailed on
November II. and on the Sth. before the
DuPonts could get 1t the Seltzsr bs n
was burned, and the letter says: How do
you like Settler by this time, the Dutch
ball-dogT The grievance is stated right
here in the letter
They had grievances agsinst all OF
those persons named in the letter and
said that these wrongs were going TO be
righted.
when a man who EN- ploys labor can
not discharge man without being IN
danger Of being burned out, or killed
by explosions, it is time for q jury OF
twelve men to step in and protect
them
MRS. CLARK wEEPs.
While Mr.. Davis was reading the
threatening letter and commenting upon
its contents Mrs. CLARK leaned towards
her husband, placed her handkerchief to
her eyes and sobbed violently.
''THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT.
Davis-"T There can be no doubt of
conspiracy. We have proven that these
people were connected with this con
spiracy by direet hne of circumstantial
evidence.
zoe week after the explosion they
engaged the Wilkinson Detective Agency
to ferret out these 'Neyersweats, or
whoever they may be.
Detective agencies are necessity. Il
is by such men that we are able 10 pro
tect our lives and property and bring the
guilty to justice
"Tnis state has had SO much conf-
dence in detectives and detective evi
dence that it pRssed bill appointing
ehular detectives for this state.
The whole line of the defence was to
prove animus. They had no feeling They
went right TO the people as de eetives
should, and induced these people to IN
bosom themselves Had these detectives
not been worthy Of credit the defence
would have called whole array Of evil
dence to prove 1t. My learned friend
did not bring one. They worked not for
contingency or reward but for per
diem. They expect no reward, and their
testimony is not biased All the money
used was supplied by the DuPouts.
The defence attempted on cross ex-
animation of Mrs. Noble to show that
he dictated that letter to Joseph Clark.
But tie evidence shows that the letter
was written and sent two weeks before
Mrs. Noble ever saw the Clarks On
Saturday afternoon, November 90 she
vent there. The letter was written on
Move mber z Therefore she could not
have dictated it..
NO INTERRUPTIONS ALLOWED.
Mr.. Harrington interrupted him
several times
Biggs-''Just ask the Court to put a
stop TO these objections
Harrington-"I have right ID OBJ.
jsct
Biggs-"Well. won't stand it and
that is all there is about It,
Harringto All right sir "
DAVIS ON MRS. MOBILES EVIDENCE
Mrs Mobiles evidence cannot be
laughed out of court because she kissed
the children. 1t was her business to
Work herself into the confidence OF these
people and get them to upbosem them
selves, ana she was assisted BY John
lreynorr VINO boarded at tne house and
went insane
'In the furtherance Of this ganars,
object hotel was bought
This testimony Ia So dova-heilad that
Ii Is worthy OF belief. ssMosars 49,
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