The morning news., 1892-01-26
1FFT WITH TWELVE MEN
1continued from Eighth Pdge'l

5Juih splII;c,ant promptly interfered and
Judge ,bs attorney that he wouldn't
ilioru oven,ination to proceed because
sDo" .-IISerad "a it an indirect way OF bringing
be seonni5ence the court ruled as irrelevant.
o9s Wsldriu said he had no intention OF
vs. ont what Parnell had said, ana the
m-t5 vas taken off the stand.
HrGHEs' STATEMENT.
ar. AfsIdrisn then told the accused to
Mag stand and make his statement.
pH9 pHT,-bss began his statement In clear,
husu -,jce with the words "Gentlemen
ds,ino;; 80 He said he was drinking with
al9e and Deignan when Hyde showed
HyaI down. II said to him, Tim, that's
Ea D1''' way to do man. He
sSrnsd upon me and remarked,
'Von - cracker L could 40 you the
Nou nav, | told him he couldn't do it,
s9s he struck me. Deignan took him
s0a .n9T 11,,t him to bed, and l started TO go
Ou. 4vde met me just inside the door,
olS --abh,n9 me, pulled me out into the
snl .,t and threw me on the bench.
vi ,sIIad out that if he was not taken OF
I'd cnt him. Seeing no help coming to
I"ouJ I"OutJ1 fsaring that my life was in danger,
l. Rim | remained at the place for
Ic.. Ssn. q minute after the cutting and then
No 49, 10 the saloon Of Mr.. Denis Kiley aud
VA him that had cut man IN self-de-
s.nse and asked his advice as to
wbst should do. Mr.. Kiley said that
vlss J. .bo fair had occurred in that way he
y. better 20 home to bed, and If the
."tboriries wanted him they would get him
in the morning.
DECIDED TO SURRENDER.
ur wsnt TO my boarding house, but
,orin't get in and went back uptown,
,otng several drinks. Next morning 1
"i"tsd no the MORNING NEWS, and when
pad the account of the affair l said to my
sslf that it was pretty bad tx to be placed
I, and | decided to surrender. l ew l
oond find a policeman at the Central rail-
rosi depot. and | went there. | met Of
scsr Patterson, and he remarked: Charlie,
Ibsye orders to arrest you [ replied: All
,Cbtn and went quietly with him to the
barracks. Afterward l was transferred to
me- iall, where l have been SINCE"
When Hughes reached the point whore
he related the cutting, his voice trembIed
rsrcsntibly end for a moment or two it
ooked as though he would break down.
K1LEY ON THE STAND.
Denis Kiley was the next witness brought
IN by the defense for the purpose of COR
rOborating the prisoner at the bar. The
state raised the objection that the evidence
was no. within the bounds Of the res geStCeI.
A long argument followed by Maj. Mel
irim who claimed that the evidence was
admissible and was within the res gesteL.
He read numerous authorities in support
Of bis position Maj. Meldrim said that it
would be over;urning a long established
principle Of law IL the testimony was ruled
out
Solicitor General Fraser followed Mai.
Meldrim in a short argument and cited
authorities to support the exclusion of the
testimony. He claimed it would be a bad
precedent to allow a prisoner to make up
and tell a story to person after the COM
mission Of a crime, and then have that per-
son come up into court and tell the story in
bis defense.
At the conclusion of the argument Judge
Faligaut ruled in favor OF the state on the
ground that he didn't consider the evidence
within the measure of the res gestaL.
QUESTION OF CHARACTER.
The defense then began claim of COED
character. c. E. Descum Of Augusta, su-
perintendent Of construction OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company; Supt. Hemp
bill Of the Georgia road and Agent Nichols
Of the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way atthe Central railroad wharf testified
that they had known him for many years
and always found him quiet, peaceable
man.
W. Barrett was put up to testify also
10 Hughes good character, but on cross -ex-
animation Barrett admitted that he had
compelled Hughes to leave his house on the
Gay OF the killing because of a continued
spree DE was afraid from the manner In
wnlch hughes was drinking that he might
gs 81 bis house and he didn't care to find
uesa man in his house some morning.
ile defense closed at 5:55 o'clock and at
OOciock Solicitor General Fraser began his
Upenins argument to the jury, which cou-
use, '''sl mainly In stating the points he ex-
peVsol 70 rely upon to secure conviction and
'u' u''saolhg OF the law governing the case.
THE PRISONERS DEFENSE.
IGoinaS ). Morgan, Jr., followed Solicit
" uF GeIeral Fraser, and for half an hour
~ 1 I9rIiled the audiences with his eloquent
".n1 "ulus IN behalf of the accused. Mr.. Nor
sa. saa plea was Justifiable homicide, and he
TSs pS1rsa 15 70 the jury the positions of the two
ueu "asn the cutting occurred-Hyde a
p.Heriul .Nt man, physically forcing down a
'"naA, "oaA man over bench and almost by his
,SpeIiOr strength crushing out the life of
S' "eaAer, when the fatal wounds were in
aOSu' Mr. Morgan said IL ever there was
.sa's Vi Unsuitable homicide, that on trial
aequittal. " 'A0 JOtJ A'A ''A
,ra Mal Aeldrim followed Mr.. Morgan in a
rSSu Er.S Tt an hour and a half's duration.
sson ~S. ne ne dissected the evidence to
m,gn...a .ae discrepancies, and then the
aI~Sns1V ISleno orator went into one of the
pssJod tod' appeals for which he is noted. He
for tba ~ ong and earnestly with the jury
sn,'i.. sae NE OF his client, and asked for an
SHli:'a, Hnt on the ground Of seIf>defense.
| MeldTlms speech WAS of n highly
lysrpr pA,lsuc Jus character, and during its de-
tima33 'Ie " sisters OF the accused wept many
hsndta,Johniecee Jnee even the prisoner drew a
sTsv .Slel .culel from his pocket and wiped
be,t ~ Ears Maj. Meldrim was at his
Vantage. -0'o' neaFo TO oe'Ser al
~ I'M SOLICITOR GENERALS SPEECH.
gsDa.s1 mnen '; MAJ. Meldrim closed Solicitor
mou. rsr.'at Fraser began the closing arraion-
msmbaC aof the state. 1t was said bv many
,be soI;s, Oh the bar to be the finest speech
asum;na TJ.1Ci.or .9 general has ever made since
inp US rs 'ne once OF prosecutor. His open
several -, on che line that recently
been ortunates without friends bad
"Io.dsvI -vleo vloteo OF murder aud hanged.
chsrsaj VIC see before u.s." said he, "a man
friends sra WIN murder, surrounded by
pealDg t,,u to .,ye rela1iye for the purpose of ap-
TIE euntv ~ oSISIhpathy." Then pointing to
General 2r cnar beside his own, Solicitor
la' 10 friaOS a0Ssr , SAID; Poor Timothy Hyde
day as nrood Vnu IN this country to sit here to-
asymnetSo'to and haven't that effect
The SHY sol;oi!y Possessed by the defense"
svidencsa' s'i0L'or oAS then went into the states
sCesr Clear o.al sna told the jury that 1t made out
psnnoSr rase OF deliberate murder and the
atty N Wv "1s deserving of the highest pen-
Ma, u IIe '1e law. Even ednit+;ne ba soid