The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-18
FOURTH EDITION
ULARK-GIBBoNs CONSPIRACY.
Mr. Biggs Concludes the Arguments
to tho Jury-An Able Speech.

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tried on Monday morning and the
barn-burnlng cases would follow.
/ States Attorney General Biggs con.
tinned his address to the jury at 10. lG
O. m.
He defines conspiracy. The gist OF
the offense consists In the common
purpose.
The offense is complete If the de-
PENDANTS had common purpose to
burn this old barn, etc.
Was there IL conspiracy to burn this
old barn?
We're these defendants or any OF
them the conspirators2
The disasters, and the testimony
heretofore published, were narrated.
The anonymous letter was discussed
at great length.
III there ever was q fact proven In
court and that fact rivlted, it is that
Joseph Clark wrote that anonymous
letter.
1t contains the history of this whole
trouble from the beginning to the
present time. 1t contains the cause,
origin and anious of ths troubles, It
was deliberately wrlttel letter and
carefully framed. Every word in it
menus something.
Mr.. Biggs' analysis of the letter, ex-
planned by the whole history OF tho
disaster, was q powerful argument.
Think what has taken place. These
three barns had been burned. The
powder mills had been blown up.
And note the threat, Your trouble s
have only begun. You will have iire s
and fires. We have strong society"
II was society to create lire on top
of fire.
When these conspirators burned
they went for the most valuable prop.
erty first. They went for the old barn
because 1t contained the larg . and val
liable stock that cultivated this great
tract of land. They went for it because
IL was valued by Henry for whom
everybody had the kindest respect.
They went for the old barn because
'the DuPonts' hearts blood was there
as they said.
Mrs. Clark's description of the
Never Sweats," as stated by Mrs
Noble, was all read. Also her plot for.
burning the old barn.
II there Is one person that can be
singled out, among these conspiratorE
that is the author and mainsprlng OF
all these disasters, 1t is that Mary
Clark who sits there. She is the worst
person that In seven years of crlIni-
nal prosecutions, have come across.
She Ia the mother of these diabolical
transactions.
Wicked as the others are she seems
to be the one whose brain conceived
the plans carried out by.helico o.eonspira-
tols. The testimony showing how
she fired up and encouraged Gibbons,
was read.
Gibbons was the instrument. or one
OF the instruments, that caused these
fires.
Mrs. CLARK said, damn the DuPonts"
she would like to touch a match to
everything they owned"
She said when Decoration Day
comes, we will give them (the Du.
Ponts) dinner they cannot eat"
Is GIBBONS IN TTP
/. He said they'd suffer, etc.
Ii. He went to the old barn for the
purpose OF lighting it. This Is the
testimony OF his own lips.
Ill. He revealed that there was an
oath bound society.
~. He executed the heltish plots
that were conceived In the brains OF
the three Clarks and principally of
Mary Clark.
The Attorney General read the testl
mony exhaustiyely during his able
argument.
He ealoy9ized the firm OF L. /. Du.
Pont deNemours d Company, as
long standing and most productive
one and OF great value to our people
and State, but he was not here to
represent them. The welfare and
security OF the lives and property OF
the people OF this State require that
persons proven guilty Of crimes must
be punished.
ask you In tho name of all the
law abiding and peace loving people
of New Castle for verdict OF guilty.
THE JUDGES CHARGE
In Judge Cullen's charge to tho jury.
he first defined conspiracy and stated
the Indictment.
1t Is necessary first for the State to
establish an unlawful combination be-
tween two or more persons. The fact
OF 1t must be proved beyond reason.
able doubt,
Does the evidence disclose aeoneplr.
aoy? 1t is necessary to show it as any
other fact, This may be done in two
ways.
l. By positive evidence. 3. BY nd-
mission of the parties. As this can.
lot always be done. the law let's In
circumstantlal evidence. The testi-
mony of tho dlifereI,t parties, prior to
the act, are admissible after the fact is
proven that q conspiracy exists.
1t is necessary to take all the evil
dence as whole in determining
whether there was n conspiracy,
What is the evidence?
First "A letter. Tie inference reason
able to be drawn from that letter you
must draw,
Acts and sayings which go to estab-
lish conspiracy must be sufficient to
establish the fact of conspiracy.
Ii the testimony Is sufficient to sat.
isfy you leyond reasonable dou bt,
you should render verdict OF guilty.
You should be satisfied as to each of
the defendants that all were connected
n it,
inaamueh as husband and wife are
connected with Il charge of conspiracy
we have been asked To charge THAT
the wife's act Is that of her husband,
and that husband aud wife must be
regarded as one person.
This Is not the law in a case of this
kind. The Judge cited authorities and
concluded tho wife could be punished
II guilty.
II those two husband and wife9 were
alone it would not be sufficient, but II
other person or persons be Joined In it
then both husband and wife can be
charged.
A 10 Gibbons 1t is necos sary to show
he Is implicated and guilty. Ii con.
nected at any point he is in it.
Do the facts warrant you in believ-
ing he was guilty of ono act In the
series of aets2
You must be satisfied beyond rea-
sonable doubt.
You may convict part or all of
these conspirator5.
If Np1l aro guti -ttaJ hatynnfI n