The Portland daily press., 1892-10-29

| both testify that he did not leave the cot
tage that night, and that, made of
matched boards and without carpets as
| it was, they could have heard him If he
| had.
hope I shall never see the day when
| testimony like Mrs. Pease's can pass for
current coin in the courts of Maine.
That Black Man
who remained with her four hours, on
the night of August 9th. in her dining
room within few feet of her little girl,
sleeping in the bay window, dragging her
| about, holding her in his lap, forcing her
to her knees, smoking cigar; doing all
| this four hours, with the houses of
| neighbors near! The story is too absurd
| for argument!
Gentlemen of the jury think of the
| oath which the black man made her
take:
I sign this of my own free will; never sup
posed Mr.. Burrowes wrote that letter; Know
my husband wrote it. know he loves an
| other woman better than me.
Now, gentlemen, was there ever such a
hodge podge of mind since the world be-
gan! She says the big black man had
this written out. Is this the composition
of the big black man or Mrs. Pease?
| Judge Symonds referred to the other
| calls, to the man who came that fore
noon to her window. She said that at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, with neighbors
all around, that mar had stood there
| holding her hands an hour and half, al
| though that window was four feet above
the ground where she stood. She had
| told how she got Bible while he was
holding her. There was always a Bible
| at hand on these occasions The jury
had viewed that window and had seen
that it was in plain view of the corner
! shoe shop where the man was on guard
to protect her. Where was he? Where
were the police? Why did not her hus-
band make any effort for the apprehen-'
| sion of this man?
say these things are myths, dreams,
| unrealities. do not think it is incum-
| bent for me to explain them. We can
stand upon our denial. Under such tes-
timony even if malice, hot from the pit,
and the cries of
| BedIam Let Loose
should charge us with writing tn csc let
tiers a year and a half ago, should we
not be justified in standing on our de-
NAL?
do not know what to think about
| Mrs. Pease.
There are some things which indicate
| to my mind conscious fraud, her failure
| to fix the time of the interview so as to
make the proof of alibi more difficult, is
enc of these. But it is not necessary for
us on any other ground, to endeavor to
explain Mrs. Pease's course. We know
that here the veil falls from the condi-
tions of human life. In the court room
ell I. i H. %
| Perhaps there may be a more charita-
BILE explanation. We know that there
are
Stages of Insanity
where the fancies of the mind become
more real to the subject than the realities
| of truth.
If this is the truth am glad. Madness
| is never crime. madness is never wrong.
Though its act be the act of perjurer
or murderer, madness is innocent both
of perjury and murder.
would not attempt to say either
whether she was the tool in the hands of
more designing persons.
! Tt is enough to say that her testimony
| is incredible
Judge Symonds then had the
Anonymous Letter to Mr.. Lorine
| the printer, read:
Boston, MASS.
Dear Sir-Some two or three weeks. ago
Portland gentleman good customer ies 81 ~ yours
| as favor to me. They had a Boston address
| on them AS a favor to your customer please
an eGpy ana to ha
| you printed them. If you will do this you will
save one of the very best men in Portland from
lied to him to get him to get the printing done
for me and he will suffer for it If you do not con-
| ceal it carefully.
| This letter, which evidently is intended
| to be used as an argument to show that
| if Mr.. Burrowes wrote that he would
write these letters to Mrs. Pease, is
| anonymous, it is true. But it is very
different letter from the others. Mr.
Burrowes was shut off without an OPP
portunity to explain it. We cannot in
vestigate that because it is part of a
| greater matter of which we know every
| detail. That great issue we will never
refuse to meet
| | submit that it is unfair to admit here
| that sheer which is implied in that let
| ter. They have two letters relating to
| the same matter, one of them they put
| into the case and the other into their
pocket. That is, they introduce but
half of it here. And on that half of
story ask the jury to make an opinion.
| There are other anonymous letters
| witch Mrs. Pease claims she received,
but which they refuse to disclose.
| AS to the experts Judge Symonds said
he had little to say. They had spoken
| for themselves. Mr.. Kendall how shown
| himself as jealous as he was inaccurate.
AS for Mr.. French, the old gentleman,
| he admitted that when he first received
the letters he could not make up his
mind butby long study he did bring him
self to see emblances. Judge Symonds
also referred to Mr.. French's admission
| that Mr.. Burrowes must have retained
copy of the May'91 letters in order to have
written the letter of July 20, '92. That
| is, it is the theory of Mr.. French that
| Mr.. Burrowes must have kept copies of
those foul and reeking letters for a year
and two months.
Gentlemen, is nothing to be deferred
| to the probabilities of human nature
Now I want the jury to see whether
that letter of May IA, 1891, was ever
sealed. If an obscene cut was to have
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