Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-02
THE ARGUMENT OPENED
Jurors in the Long Case Listen
ing to the Eloquence
of Counsel
Major Cole Opens in Behalf OF
the State and is Fol-
lowed by Newman
lanes Hamilton Lewis and H.
A, Fairchild to Be Heard
Today


Evidence i'm the Long murder case Is |
all i'm and the argument OF counsel was J.
in nrogress last evening when court adj |
iourned The taking of evidence was :
completed at ll:2O a. m, and upon re- :
quest of counsel, the opening Of argu-
ment was deferred until 2o'clock in the
afternoon. A large audience was as
sembled to hear the argument long pe-
fore court opened. When the doors
were unlocked the wide passage-way
WAS iammed with the crowd, which
noured with irresistible force into the
court room. The space reserved for the
ladies at the judges right was also
crowded by ladies admitted through
the attorneys entrance before the court
room was opened. During the after
noon the crowd filed all the passage
WAYS and iammed the space about the
doors 50 that it became exceedingly |
IdifIicult to enter or leave the court |
room. - -,
The argument was commenced mn
mediately after court was opeueu' |
NIainr Cole oDened,n behalf Of the state, |
land spoke about two hours and twenty
minutes. He was followed by L. q.
for the defendant, who occupied JlllG
until 4:3O when court ADJOURNED ullul
9 o'clock this morning. MI NeWlha,iii,
will then speak about an hour ana VIII
be followed by Col. James Hamilton
Lewis, who will close Tor Ihe ueleii7e'
1ttsara TnR CLOSING
plea for the state. -......,.,
nrpbensive review Of the evidence, nut
confined his remarks to the salient
points of the states case. ,,-
Mr. Newman began talking at 100.
He smoke with impressive deltberauoh
= and force, reviewing the defendant
} career and the circumstances leading 10
the homicide as related in the tesJl-
monv. He made a strong appeal to the
= continent of the sanCtty Of the home,
land touched with feeling eloquence
lunon the circumstance offered by the
defense in palliatiOn of the iatal ueeu'
The morning session was devoted to
:. hearing the concluding rebuttal testl-
monv of the state and the sur-rebuttaI
entered upon by the defense. ~.
Clerk Pierce was sworn TO ldenJlly a
= calender of the year 1871.
He was followed by Mr.. Van line
ren time-keeper of the Cornwall MN
Who took the stand with his time-DooB
4 and testified to the time Norman
Humes worked in the mill during th'
summer and autumn Of the year 1871
The testimony Of the witness as u
the days was dispensed with upon SUI
ulation of counsel accepting the adlhl'
sion i'm evidence of "a memorandum u
the DAYS as "A joint exhibit. Ihe oDle'
of the evidence was to lmpeach vi
testimony Of Mrs. Halter, VINO test
= fled to Humes' frequent visits TO Long
house in August. In cross-eNalnlh II,
ton fine witness said that man couI
not Law off without his knowing 1t.
Mrs Simpson, a neighbOr OF u
I,ong,s. testified that she saw Nj
Long washing about six days beio
IT she was killed. Her sleeves were L
V and the witness saw a mark on her ar
| above the elbow, but could not s.
which arm. r.
CoI. Lewis moved to strike out all t
testimony Of the witness, which
,ale denied. ..-
'''i' David Simpson said the reputation
the defendant as lawabiding clJH
q, was bad.
SU, Henry Austin tesulleu aS lollo"5'
have known Long four years. ! s.
him on Broadway Friday before I
occurrence. He appeared natural. i
= The next Tuesday | saw him at ,
mans saloon. jeff Stewart, Lee
Stimpson and James Simpson W
-, nresent. did not see any change
him. The general reputation OF 10
for peace and quiet is not very good.
Adam Sipe testified that he !
ms OF known the Defendants family tl
ating years and boarded there six month,
2 the iSSg He was not kind and aiiecu
nary S ate all the time.
Inary airy Adam Spaukenberger was called,
nedy. could not testify to the general rep
ltion of the defendant.
Al Lutz--I was "a special policer
1Sl, about wear. / think his reputa
- was bad i'm some particulars.
Neil Blue-I have been jailer at
IT county iail for a year. | have not
= L ANYTIME unnatural i'm the defends
an1earauce since he has been IN
n b. Estabrook, deputy sheriff,
~ testified that he had observed not
strange in the defendants appeara
.. II. G. Bell testified that Nor
Huues worked for him last spring
=, was not positive as to the time.
YIN The state then rested the rebutta
OT samuel Warning was called IN
IN rebuttal by the defense. lie test
Ol' that he had known Long intlm
over a wear aud worked with HIM
J6f months. He was asked as to hi,
sonal knowledge of the defend
ready i,oroctor but the evidence was M