Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-26

and that of his mother had been reilect
ed upon. 1t drove him TO tears, III
could not sleep, and was driven 10 the us'
of norcotics that he might obtain rest
vet for the sake of his wife and child
rem, and of the poverty with which h
was afflicted, and for the sake OF al
that he held dear, he had determined
that so long as mere words were used
he would not resent the language, an(
he had made up his mind TO endure 1t
Oh. gentlemen, did you ever stop t(
think of the persecution that mar
suffered? There are no words In TN
language adequate TO express what DIR
Garrison was called upon 10 endure
The language is too poor. Words can
not depict it. He has told you the
story, and yet my friends have sale
they were the words of peevish ole
man, and that DR.. Garrison ought tC
have turned down an alley or have gone
some other way. Gentleman, the law
does not require that.
again, gentlemen, | come back ano
enquire, what was there in the sur
roundings of that fatal 9TH of March tC
have led DR.. Garrison to make an attacB
on DR.. Baird? 1t is true he was In
suited: it is true he was called hard
names: it is true he had been called
everything a man could invent until be
was subjected to the imputation of cow
ardice, and it has been said why didn't
he use his splendid physique to assent
the insult? That is just what we claim
was sought for. 1t has been said, why
didn't he give him bodily chastisement?
Why didn't he beat him? I'll tell you.
What condition was DR.. Baird in? Do
YOU recall that statement? i was taken
unawares in the gas Office. That was
Garrison's turn. The next time will be
my turn And suppose that DR.. CARR
son, frenzied by these insults, had
struck blow. What would have
been the result? Why, sirs, it would
have been the signal for the production
of the revolver, and a shot, and thus il
would have been said, as it is said now,
that it was self.defenSe. DR.. Baird
couldn't submit to be abused again-he
wouldn't submit to be pummeled again
and he would have been justified in
the use of the revolver. Undoubtedly
that was what would have occurred, and
that was apparent to DR.. Garrison, and
he wouldn't be driven into an attack Of
this kind. But he was TO be goaded
into despair, and at last, reckless of
consequences, and driven into an on
slaught which could have but one re-
suit, he would have been shot, and
the defense would have set up the
successful claim of self-defense. And
so he was to be denounced in every
way that the ingenuity Of man could
devise, and insulted in every way in
which the language could be used. You
know the words, and know what |
mean. You know what was constantly
repeated. In the earnest language OF
the witness Lashley, who was in the
gas Office, and knows all that was there
said, you have been told OF the Ian
guage and the threats. My friend told
you you were to act the part of the
American jury. So say |. You are
told that no mere words can be an eX-
cuse for the use OF deadly weapon.
Why, gentlemen: | care not what sort
of a jury we have got-whether we
have an American jury, or French
jury, or an Irish jury, or German jury
all must be and are affected the same
way. remember perfectly well when
the polished and courtley Daniel Barton
Keys was killed at Washington by
Daniel Sickles."
The speaker then went on to review
this case and in concluding his refer
ence to it, said the moral sentiment was
that Sickles was guilty of no offense
whatever, and that conclusion would
ever be the verdict of jurors under such
and when one came in
consider the provocaton in this case,
and take it along with the facts on
Eleventh street, there was good reason
why his friend Mr.. Howard should be
anxious as TO the result.
Col. Arnett then went back to the
tragedy on Eleventh street, and said
it was plain to DR.. Baird and that
he had made up his mind that
no insults would be cuf1icient, and
that DR.. Garrison would not be en-
meshed in that way, and that some
thing more was necessary, and thus it
was that when DR.. Garrison came along,
he left his horse united to accomplish
his purpose. You have noticed that
those lines were not tied. He had
drawn the rein through the ring, but
never stopped to tie it, and why not?
Have you thought of it? Why every
witness says he was west Of the ring.
If he had left the horse unhitched
wouldn't be be east Of it? Why, GER
tainly, and Mr.. Prayer says no one was
in sight when he heard the first shot.
If DR.. Baird went away too precipit-
ably to hitch his horse, where did he
go? Certainly DR.. Garrison was east Of
the ring, and DR.. Baird muse have been
east of it, too"
The Colonel then made an elaborate
review of the situation at the scene OF
the shooting, and argued that DR.. Baird
must have followed DR.. Garrison, asking:
What took him east? Certain it is
that DR.. Garrison did not drive him east
Of it. 1t is a significant fact, and | call
your attention TO it. 1t speaks volumes
as to where Dr. Baird was gong when
that shot was being fired. 1t argues
that when DR.. Garrison came around
the corner. the sight Of his old enemy
him, he used the language you
have heard, and feeling that DR.. CARR
son did not intend to reply: that he had
resolved to 90 through the world under
the weight of these insults, without re-
senting them: the other concluded that
that was the time and the place for him TO
carry out the threat referred to so en-