Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-12-11

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parently Unconcerned-Argume BY
Attorney-G General Biggs and william
s. Hmss-AppIause In the Court Reom.
Large Attendance at Court.
William ] Gibbons has been found
guilty of bnrning the New" barn be
longing to the DuPonts. BE was found
guilty on the first ballot.
At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Gibbons resumed his place in the prison
ers dock. and the trial proceeded.
Addressing the jury in his clients be-
half Mr.. Hilles said:
"Gentlemen: There are times in the
lives Of each one OF us when the weight
of responsibility seems almost greater
than we can bear. There are times when
the voice Of duty calls louder than
others. But can conceive of no time
when that sense Of responsibility viii
weigh more heavily between his client,
whom he believes lin his heart to be in
nocent, and violated law which justice
demands shall be vindicated In this case
the responsibility upo1 me shifts to you
as soon as / make this speech II Is my
province to lay before you as best
may the testimony that was
given from that stand. You have
heard il all, and you must pronounce a
verdict that must be satisfactory to you
all of your lives.
q" shall not draw contrast between
the rich aud the poor Thank God this
Is q place where the rich and the poor
stand upon the same footing.
ftNaarlv q rpnturv auo tharn rame fo
this country remnant Of a noble fam
lily. They have guarded that name and
legacy we'll They have name that is
the envy Of every man that knowsit
''These people think that this man Is
guilty, And with all OF that influence,
wealth and knowledge, they are here
asking that he be declared by your YER
dict guilty as he stands indicted. All of
the force for ferreting out crime, which
my learned friend so well handled, were
at their disposal, placed by state jealous
of its honor
ION the other side stands this man
Nothing | might say would influence
your verdict and the testimony. But l
want you to consider the evidence, not by
It's quantity but by its quality and the
way in which this case has been prepared
If this Is the man who was guilty, con
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say to the honorable judges. give the full
penalty of the law.
Let my learned friend sheer at the
alibh We rely Oh that extreme defence
as a good defence We were handicsppsd
BY the short time we we're allowed for
preparation, and the fact tha6 the al
legged crime took place wo years ago.
s'We have shown that Gibbons had
nothing to do with the burning His
sister has sworn that he was home and
ran to the FIRE That he could not have
been there to sci Il on FIRE. She Is not a
woman who would swear to a lie There
IS nothing strange that she should be
confused as to time. Very few witness
ess can be relied on to swear to time.
Next comes Phillip DoughertY.
his was so NATE tesaf w0rf r ad not bsV.
sense enough to make It up. His state
ment was not solicited by any lawyer OF
detective. He tod plain story aud did
not have sense enough to make no
story he told you that tn nearest way
from the mill to his home was the same
as that pointed out afterwards by
Francis G Dupont.
1.-THE state has also tried to pull Mr.
Sweeney around. They laugh at the ides
OF his being able to walk to the point in.
AAAtNfu Qh AulG I4NItp III bhH AlAlb 4t say
ne did. ANY man here who has walked
the distance, knows it can be done in
that time Gibbons passed him near the
barn. BE was going toward it. That
Rccords with the previous statements
Mrs. Dupont was telling you what
was true as far as her powers Of obseI
walton could carry her. l ask you II is
likely, with all this excitement, she
would have noticed anythlng-defianc,
or shame on mans face, whom shl
passed hurriedly, aud with whom sh,
had never onversed. She believes wha
she says, but her mind is illed with tn,
horrors Of the fires and the possibilities
attending them.
Francis and Eugene Dupont and Mr.
Horty simply testify to the FIRE, and
seeing William j. Gibbons there. an,
that he was working harder than any
one else to put the fire out. That be
stood in dangerous position, cuttin,
with an axe to save the bay house.
my learned friend bresthes hot an,
cold with the same breath. De say
that as soon as he did that hs wake,
out into a crowd of fifty and said L don,
it.. he tries to make out that be mean
burning the barn. We deny that b.
meant it.
''You must use your common sense
with which all Of you are EMO we'd. Thl
first thing he said was get the goods out
OF the house. It may g Next he is Al
work with Horty at the hose; then he is
seen on the eornice of the barn saving
the hay house. After that he was seer
on the roof Of Mr. DuPont's house hand
ing buckets Of water, used In putting tn,
sparks out and in addition to this b,
helped the 6reinen You must weigh this
testimony
''My learned friend has pushed tn,
testimony in relation to the threats. w
live In an age of battle between lsbo
and capital The caldron is, seethini
and II you 60 into the works OF any larg
factory you will find mutteriugs smoth
cred threats, aud that is all there is il
this. will take them all up Edwar'
Bane says that Gibbons told him on tn
iron bridge that he intended to max
things hot and paint things red a
was drunk when he said it Only tn
vivid Imagination of my Learned frient
could have thought that he meant blood
have heard hundreds of men say that
and have seen them do it, and It didn'
mean to paint things red with blood
Ramsey tells you that Gibbons said tina
he would blow up every Cd an mil
In Hagley." He never told 1t until few
weeks ago. although it was told to hin
about five years ago
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