Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-05
AFTER RECESS.

AFTER RECESS.
After recess Mr.. Clagett resumed his argu.
ment Mr.. Clagett said it showed the spirit Of
the defendant when it was remembered that
with the same pistol with which he had threat.
ened to shoot himself if Annie refused
to marry him, he had killed her be-
cause she had married him. That waf
his nature, said Mr.. Clagett. He would have
his own way in spite of everything and every
body. And that was the secret Of his crime.
MIR. Clagett then referred to the statements
made to her mother by the defendants wife
in relation to the shooting. He asked the
jury to remember that the poor girl had
told her mother and also her father
that her brother had no pistol and that it was
absurd to believe for a moment that the de-
PENDANT shot for any other purpose than to do
murder. He asked the jury what under heaven
avalanche Of evidence which the government
had produced against the prisoner.
He then referred to Marion Applebys
connection with the case, pointing out to the
jury the fact that Appleby dared not go to the
scene of the shooting, and, that rather than face
his own blood he septin stable that fatal night.
Those who counted the number OF shots and de-
clared that there were but five were enumerated
by Nh. Clagett. There were no less than thirty
two witnesses who had so testified for the gov
eminent. and for the most part those persons
were either well acquainted with arms, else
| they were Of 80 intelligent minds that they
could not be doubted. But above all, the
greater part Of these thirty-two wit.
nesses were disinterested persons.
The jury. said Mr.. Clagett, must not forget
that the defense claim that two pistols were
used and that ten shots were fired. Very
strangely, however they had signally failed to
account for the ten shots The government
had accounted for every shot fired that night
and had conclusively shown that there were
but five fred.
MARION APPLEBY's RELATIONS WITH DEFENDANT.
Mr.. Clagett again referred to Marion Apple
by's relations with the defendant and his I'M
doubted connection with the crime. He re-
ferred to him as one who had been made out a
liar by his own testimony. declaring that he
had never heard of his mothers maiden name
He also referred to him as one who was content to
act go-between to aid the downfall OF an
innocent girl
The alleged bullet holes in the clothes of the
defendant were hext discussed by Mr.. Clagett.
He asked where had the defense shown those
holes to have been made by Frank Hamlink
Not a word, he claimed, beyond the testimony
Of the defendant himself. On the other hand,
the government had shown that the holes
were made after the defendant had reached the
station house. The government had also
shown by the highest expert testimony that the
holes were not bullet holes.
On the 81 st Of January last, said Mr.. Clagett,
Annie Schneider was shot down by the prisoner
at the bar. 1t was a murder the most despica-
bic which had ever disgraced this city,
end in the name of justice, in
the name Of humanity, in the name Of that
sw let girl whose spirit had been welcomed
no ne beyond the skies, he asked that verdio,
OF guilty be returned.
MR. HOEHLINe BEGINS.
Mr.. Cfagett closed his remarks at 2 clock
and was followed by Mr.. A. A. Hoehling, Judge
Wilson associate.