Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-19

to give the prisoner the heDehs OF ali oouo''
Here Tss The CAGE of boy IN comparison
WITH tie deceased, q friend OF the latter, @ho
hsd never uttered az Inkind wore sgaiGs,
bin, finds himself prosecuted and hnnteo
down, insulted ard threatened, all Woicn he
beass until !orbearalca csn e!ano NO more.
He avoids his msligner anG scie With ps.
thence aud humbleness not charac e'ietlc OF
men In general. In the meart me 10 green
eyed monster. JEALOUSY, incises Smiths mai
| ice and freIZ ss him lie MS insane io1+sus-
ton for the woman VITO was wont ID divioe
her affections with O rival. The deceased
baG undertaken to lord the nriaoner nao
made him en- object Of pUssu and persecn-
tlon had watched him cad had him arrest
ed Tor every little iniiaolion OF the law, ana
had csppad it Gil By making hesrteea
charge against those every man holds neG'
and dear. Such Eas tie treatment the sc.
cused had to bear from the deceased. E!ter
'sicoir g.on" those noble rsstiffs OF the
law his prosecutor and the 'rs-
ducer patches up treaty, like tlst
Of tho Csrths ginians With the RI,
msrs. until he could sufficiently recnpe-
rate 10 thrust him again. The prisoner hsc
scceUted tina terms of peace in good faith,
but cid eub.sq3ent eVente chow tae dcceee-
ed had bad any intention CT abiding 6y
them? NJ; Smiths language meant war !;
nothing more NOR nothing else. And the
prisoners acticp In the matter-call 1t spon'
taneous, sub-conscious o. emotionsl energy
or ANYTHING elae ycu may-cep De e1cuss-
BILE on the valid ground Of se!t.deieIsa. Inc
speaker ihea gave 6 minute description OF
the ktipg and the evidence In the case, and
asserted that human beings could be 80 pur
SUED. pereecuted ard bounded So 10 become
etrst 9 end irresponsible, and appealed to
tie Jury for verdict OF acquttsa!. MI
Burke spoke about t SO ho1re and bei.
Hs VAS followed by Mr.. Brent, also for
the defense, who made an eXhau.ii7e ergo
ms ut Ia bis endeavors 10 show 10 the jurs
wig Philips's deed ehouid not be loossd
upon as uu;dar, tct a, en- oct purely nstu-
raj where all the circumstances connected
vita it ere properly weighed. He weut
over the 81 tire case from the beginning to
the ending, and euecinctly end fnsciby
drew picture Of The case aa 1t appeared TO
him He spoke OF the mcrciss5 and wan
ton manner IN which 1t wss charged Smith
had epoken of Phillips's mother Gnd slstere,
Together with other avideooe' Of envy and
cor mpt t1e deceased had ehoyn for the
prisoner, whose act he. too, justified on the
ground of sei!-defense.
J. M Johnson, fer the prosecution, follow
ed. He began by eayipg he would not fol.
low the ranblcs CT those who had preceded
him Ia addressing the jury. he had no fo
ton or poetry With which to ipler!aTd bis
I view Of the Gaze l.llning to Mr.. Burke, who
Lutiz.d Alexander tho Great, the Csrtha
inians and R0nsne, William tie Cor q1ef.
or, Canu,e End others and recited veEses
The matter to be CONSIDERED Tss aolenn
and esiious 1t VS. stern reality the jury
had t. face; be ehou.d endeavor 20 shoot
coHe to The mark and present the case 90 ne
saw IL In the light OF law and evidence
He explained the elements Of criminal Law
and read from legal works to explain the
nature Of orlms. and a7efred that the law
OF sslfdeienss he'd 90 application to the
case in point and nothing had been shown
to prove that IL eboud De c!esaed under aDy
cthsr head than that Of murder. He rea
l;z,d bis responsibility when he made this
avowal, and il he did not believe SO from
his heart be would not SO announce Il. He
SIZED The evidence ofthoee the defense had
put upon the stand, Questioned theis nincer-
iiy, and said, allowing that thoy told he
Truth, the Law did not justify killing for
threatening or insulting language. nor did
| Il Justify assault for euoh causes. II 1t did,
whst security would society have? The
spesker said be allowed the state nena In re.
gard 10 Smiths alleged insulting language to.
ward PhIiips'5 mother and sister o go on In
mercy for the prisoner said the iniorma-
,ioO of suoh insults. conveyed by others. did
, not I'll igste Phillips's crime and read No.
rneroua Instances from law reports OF sim!-
!, lar caess where slchGeisnse had been thrown
out ouch construction OF The law as TIE
siense bad urged would render murder
commop, and sill courts, not only tIose from
whose dsoiaions be had read, ehoud con.
denim such notions. The sneaker hen went
iutJ an exhaustive history of the killing ard
thu evidence which had been given, aDd i'm.
, pesohed the ta, timony OF the witness eI, es.
, paclaliy that Of the women, come OF whom
he did net hssittt, to sag would ewear to
anything, especially where fs wss Involved
or their Interests " ere at stake. rs referred
, to Csp;tols Cro5smen'5 exclamation wte1
, she received her sum mons to attend court,
The Inconsistencies of tie tel timony OF the
lat and the others of Der clts-. He then
recalled the fact that Lugsne Mason had
-'-'-' r"-n-al times
on "Cepp3's' buresu, while the lat er de-
posed that she never say pistol In her
house. Gao or the other lied, and the
|
had been made by this Mason woman TO
lead the Jury to beisve that sm!th
had been 10 the habit of carry.
iog a pi til. Martha Miller, another
discordsLt witness, was handled uumerci
fully By the speaker, who termed her testi.
mony tissue OF faisshoodI from beginning
10 end. The speakers blood boiled when
be heard le sacred names of mother and
sister lugged into t lis cass; SPIT upon and
trailed In the dust f,r the pnrposs OF nit :
eating the crime of the prisoner. he acous-
ed the Idea that the alleged insult t these
ree tVes Yves tas impsilng carae c; thu kill
ing; said that had nothing to do TT, Ii.
There vas somttiing else at The bottom OF
this murder which SO fAr had only been
hinsed at, and 1t was but fair II presume,
tlat while Phillips was nov alone reepon.
sble for his deed, he had partners 10 his
c'ime. PHILIPPE, it will aforementioned, had
partner in the E! Dorado House, John
Harrison, who was equally interest ID In the
| jeiZure of t1e oamhljnp DeranbappoEo Of