Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-27

vel &c hhu Vul hOu O"Ohs anu the 9Th
March was here again, and Won co.,
see DR.. Baird drive up there, and =
I the two men, and hear the shots wbs
sent Dr. George Baird'S soul to beavs,
What more do you want? Why. IL i(.
demonstration of the fact"
He next took up the evidence OF n.
witness Baker, and literally tore Ma.
unfortunate gentleman, limb from linl
Concluding he said:
"Now, gentlemen, ! feel like eayir,
this case with you. | want You 20 %,
it as soon as possible. 1t is not pece,.
sary for me to go over it for ever. r
has been said that DR. Garrison had ,
good character Who said il wa,n','
When the grand inquest OF this county,
found this indictment it was not sg,.
gested that it was anything else. and
the State to-day does not intimate 2ny.
thing to the contrary. Do you know
when character weighs? 1t Is whe,
there is doubt of the egrnp
deficit. When the defendant 0y;
he didn't do it-that he wasn't
there-that he didn't knock the ma,
down-it is then that character cones
in and the jury says, we will weigh ihn
along with the rest. But in cassof
this kind there is no defense of tha,uu
There is no denial of the death They
say so. The body of the otTena /,
proven. If it stopped there, he would
be hung. But he says DR.. Baird gave
him provocation, and if that is thecase
what has his character to do With To-
Day after day was taken up here trying
to prove that DR.. Garrison waSa man Of
good character. Why, is this
the first time that man Of
the highest character has been
charged with crime? Daniel E. Sickle'
was an honorable man, a man Of good
character, Congressman and an ey.
Minister to Spain, but he was charged
with crime, and did he prove his char
acter? No; he said he was justified,
and the jury acquitted him on that ac-
count. Have the gentlemen on the
other side forgot Webster, who killed
Parker. He was man Of high charac-
ter, at the head Of great institution Of
learning, but he not only killed man.
but actually cremated his body, and be
was promptly found guilty.
Gentlemen, there is nc use IN talk
ing for the sake Of talking. you
to weigh the facts, and then, as az
American jury, bring in verdict in ac'
cordance with those facts. | am talk
ing TO men who are not Furnishing for
the sake OF punishment, or who are
turning a man loose for the sake Of sen
timent If you find that Dr. Garrison
killed DR.. Baird with a deadly weapon,
with malice aforethought, youmust con
vict. With the follies OF the law you
have nothing to do. Hou 90 not
law convctS. You
do not punish - the law pun
ishes. You do not pardon-the b.
ecutive pardons. The law is the law
until it is changed. 1t furnishes pro-
lection to you and |, and it must be up
held. / know that there may be some
feeling on this subject. ! know that
there is, but Notwithstanding that you
must do as you do when you 60 into The
jury box, laying any little opinion you
may have formed aside. and swear 70
render your verdict according 10 tbs
law and the evidence-and SO ! ask yel
to lay sentiment aside. That is mat
ter TO be dealt with in another way
Sentiment has nothing to do with 10.
This case has been proven. u has
been fully up to the measure. We ha"
shown that he had pOndercd over th'
thing, and that he armed himself 81
months before, and changed his plsio
from one pocket to another, and ifof
one suit of clothes to another
thought over it at night; that be mao
an attempt at one time; that ne sald
and-so to Mr. Beans; what he Sald
Mr.. Fee; that he saw Dr. Baird 40
took off his glove and prepared Tor li'
deadly conflict. Take that back al'
what was the alternatives
"Can there be any question aboH' u
This is no place for flowers. ms j. |
place for or.nory. 1t is place iofi4.s
and it is facts which have gwen ~,
throughout the whole afterr09l l.-
throughout the entire day. L hl Gs
your duty to take the la" ii'~
Court and the facts from the VIZ
and it is your duty to go acc'''-'
the law and the facts. ,..o
''If you can transport yours, u" .,r,
to that sunken grave, not .,,
months old, not yet marAcd - s'.tst
stone, and can say, in the >ighl %, ' ,s'n
that this man is not guilty, then J ,"
say nothing. But in the light oil 'us , .Ie,
in this case, demand ~ you '''
Of murder in the first degree.
"Gentlemen, | thank you. .. focr
Captain Dovener concluded a. 49,
o'clock, having spoke aboAi ioul r' ,o,.
He was the recipient Of man! wv
CALCULATIONS. ,,.t.cogh
As soon as he had cOnclude1 'p' hf
called renewed attention 70 wv .5o.i
that the defense had sn0m''VI e..a
a dozen new Instructions anu ~ %
counsel what they were go ,,iD.-,....o,
about it. There was a briei a'' . ,el
between counsel and the C,D, nod.
then an adjournment was 'lA. .te ela
half past seven O'Clock, ana ''
audience slowly dispersed.
(Continued on Fourth f''''
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