The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-08-13

her vile? There is the man (pointing
to the prisoner). Hurl it back upon
him. II Gilmer had been either Of
you, gentlemen of the jury, the pris-
oner would have benin hell, and there
would have been nothing Of this trial,
Mrs. Gilmer stands unimpeached cor
roborated in at least twenty different
instances, When he told her of the
destruction of his wife, Mrs. Gilmer
cried, "Tell me no more"
Baker does not account for the prus-
sic acid nor the arsenic which he
bought, neither he nor his counsel.
Why did DIR. Baker tell Mr.. Butt how
his wife died and that he gave her q
hypodermic injection, when all his
witnesses deny it? and there is no
better man than Mr.. Butt. When u
man runs after harlots he does not
love his wife, and yet all Dr. Bakers
witnesses testify that he was most af-
fectionate and loved his wife. Loved
his wifel The morning after she was
buried, he was at Mrs. GiImer's telling
her how he accomplished the death of
that woman who was not mated to
him.
Col, Summers continued this morn
ing by stating that the moral evidence
exclusive Of the expert testimony, is
enough to fix the guilt of the prisoner,
Where is the missing link? / ask
you to point it out, gentlemen of the
defense. This man left the couch of
his virtuous wife at all hours in the
, night. He said he would kill his wife
and she is dead she died unexpected
ly, and Baker told Mrs. Gilmer where,
miss Jessie heard him) he killed that
woman. The arsenic was found there
gentlemen. Where is the man who
doubts that he killed his wife? What
is a reasonable doubt? There is not q
man under Gods sun who can fully
define it. You hear q man say, be-
lieve he killed his wife, but there is O
reasonable doubt. A man can doubt
anything The only thing that stands
between DR.. Baker and the gallows is
the theory advanced by DR.. Clark, and
If you acquit the prisoner, you will
have to believe his theory. All thai
DIR. Clark heard was through a stetho
scope, and hearsay evidence is not evi
> dence. Here come the nieces of DR.
, Baker who say that Mrs. Baker sale
on Sunday that she was going to die
and yet not tear was shed, there il
' no alarm. These neices and daughter
come here and tell the same story
the same periods, the sam,
commas. Gentlemen, if the apostle
/ had so exactly agreed in their writing.
: of the scripture, | would throw m,
: bible aside and live an infdel. Her
J comes that nice, disinterested girl whC
= heard Lucy Baker say when they wer
J talking of embalming, papa, don't d
that; mama always objected" Butil
; spite of that the prisoner said embaln
I her, embalm her. He had the trunl
). OF the body embalmed, but did no
y preserve that sweet heavenly face.
> If this man escapes, it's going to b
on a teChnicality. The law demand
p" the life of this man, society demand
i it; Mrs. Bakers brothers demand, tn
y spirit of that sweet woman, who look
from heaven this morning, demands
u the poor children Of that wronge
l. mother demand it. the Christ VIII
" sits on yonder throne demands it.
~ | were God, | think | would make
% special hell for those two classes (rt
! ferring to hypocrites and seducers.)
u John Burson was the next speaker
: He spoke for the defense. He bega
u by complimenting the Judge and jur
! and spoke of the newspaper men r,
. porting the case, as being in the mai
4 impartial in their, report of the tria
II though like other men, sometimes il
u clined to go too far on certain point
~ The commonwealth seek to hang thi
, manon general principles and not o
4 the merits OF the case / hope to
lie able to pit. before you the facts in tn
IL case don't pretend to say that
" case can not be made out on circun
u stantial evidence; but the case cite
u by Col. Summers is not a parallel
. this. In the first place you must prov
'e that Mrs. Baker was poisoned. Ger
> tlemen of the jury, they should ha,
10 shown first that there was a case
II poisoning, and then brought the CT
y cumstantial evidence into tn
u case. But instead of doing thi
they take the other end OF til
10 case. They bring Mrs. Gilmer L
ID first, and back her by a crowd of wi
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