The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-11

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was trying to open tho door OF the room
In which Leslie was, while Leslie, afraid
Of her, was keeping tho door shut. Mrs.
keim then took her around by another
door, and they found Leslie still pushing
against tho othor door. Leslie was NJ
bay. lilo knew sho had tho revolver,
and threw up both hands. Mrs. Kcim
was nearer to him than Mrs. Leslie was
and saw that there was nothing in his
hands. When Leslie walked up, ho saw
her with tho pistol in her hands; star
tied, he threw up islands ;she shot and
no fell dead ut her feet.
Mr. Howard described tho business
In which Leslie and his vito had been
engaged, and described tho shooting OF
Leslie as tho killing OF ono harlot by
another harlot In tho house OF n harlot.
Col. Arnett would urge, Mr.. Howard
continued, that confinement in tho
penitcntiary would ond Mrs. Leslio's
Tile, Tho consequences OF its verdict
should not appal the jury. II, after
Mrs. Leslie were sent to tho poniten-
tiary, tho physicians would testify TINT
confinement would kill, tho governor OF
III "t"'' "o"'u 'o,ousc hot IL sHo hhl
k'lieu thousand men. MIR. Howard
closeu, having spoken three.quarters Of
ah h9ur: ~,
Nol. Arnett began at n quarter to
we've O'CLOCK. lie claimed that Mrs.
Leslie had been faithful, loyal wife to
Frank Leslie. lie asserted that the con-
dition she was in at tho tftne Of the
killing, owing to the
PERSECUTION SIZE HAD SUFFERED
from her husband WA srch thot sho
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"hetner or not she was In danger oil her
life.
Colonel Arnctt spoke thirty-fve min
u,es, and at quarter after IL o'clock
court adjourned. At seven minutes
after . o'clock Colonel Arnett resumed
his speech. Taking tho testimony OF
the witnesses for tho defense, Colonel
Arnett claimed that they all had proved
that she had been n faithful wife 10
Leslie. lie recapituated the abuse the
prisoner had suffered from her hus.
band. After explaining tho different
degrees Of murder, Colonel Arnett said
that Mrs. Leslie was justified in killing
her husband il she had reason to fear.
not death only but great bodily harm.
The defendant had seen the knife in
her husbands hand; one single bound
and he would have been upon her, and to
save herself she fred. The colonel
dwelt strongly on the fact that the knife
had been found by Policeman Wilkie,
who was the soul OF honor and had no
interest in Mrs. Leslie. He claimed! to
have proved clear case of self.defen So.
1le appealed not for mercy, but for ius-
tice, and could by asking for a yerdictof
acquittal. The colonel spoke two hours.
In closing, Mr.. Howard promised that
he would not intlict long speech on
the jury; he had addressed so many
juries on the subject OF murder lately
and heard so much about bloodshcd
that he almost thought he could taste
blood in his food. Colonel Arnett had
described Mrs. Leslie as good, vir-
tuous, loving woman, and had said that
the state could not have proven other
wise, though it had been given the op-
portunity; When Colonel Arnett said
t%;n. w., NV. issset'et, ne sa'u SONIC
Colonel Arnett in,orrnntoI Mr. How.
ard here, and asked for an explanation.
Mr.. Howard replied that when the
state had put Gertle Williams on the
stand to prove that Frank Leslie had
rescued the woman that killed him from
house OF ill fame, the colonel had TO-
fused to allow the questions to be asked.
Colonel Arnett protested opainat Mr.
Towards using such pleas before the
jury, but the court refused to Interfere
and requested Colonel Arnett not to in
terrupt.
Mr.. Howard continued by saying that
Colonel Arnett had been guilty OF q
ericK, IN endeayorlng TO mislead the
iieye TINT tho woman;s cbnracter w ~ in
issue, when no well knew it was not,
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at the time he was shot, MIR. Howard
said that Mrs. Ieslic's testimony was
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