Evening journal., 1892-02-09
BLACKBURN NOT GUILTY.
Blackburn's Life Now in the Hands
of lively Of His Countrymsn.

Attorney General Biggs Makes tbs Closing
rArguments In which He Scores The
glPrisonsr and says That He Killed |
Eddie Gardiner and is Bad nan.
Judgs Grubb Charges tho Jury.
Al Q 40 o'clock Mr.. Ward resumed
argument for tbs defence he said:
5Blackburn did not deny at the car
Mrs. G Gardeners accusation because II was
moi the proper place and because of the
suspicion in his mind as to who som
mitted the crime When he got the
family upstairs at home, he said Don't
accuse me Of this murder Hinesley did
IL Mrs. Gardiner had nothing what
ever upon which to base her accusation
II declare that Mrs. Gardiner said
the prisoner was not present when Mrs
Blackburn said she knew about it long
before. / contend that Blackburn denied
Che accuse ion four times. he did not
dream what he found.
SCORING BELLE SCOTT.
II have not considered or discussed
the evidence of Belle Scott What kind
Of a person was Belle Scott You saw
her on the stand Her gross body
and boated face was q testimonial Of
wise. Persons have not such face as
hers unless they are given TO vice VIA
kind Of heart or mind Las that woman :
You remember her story. You heard y
tWiee-once out of her own mouth anu
once by hearsay Brother Hawkins
testimony is the most fortunate thing II
this whole case.
Her evidence is impeaehed by Wslter
Bratton, ohm z McHugh, John Cliff,
ford. Martin Gardiner, Lola Sivard and
Kitty Lsary.
a0n this wonderfully brilliant moon
light night she mistook man and chic
for a dog. She was very prompt to say
that it was not Tom Hinesley.
with the assistance of Detective
Hawkins she proved that her evidence
wasa PACK of lies
.Place yourselves in the prisoner place
Some OF you committed this murder
Now tell this court where you were frou
/ 80 .. m on October IA, to 5 p. m. OF
October 10 You cant do 1t, and yol
know you can not.
when Belle Scott said she saw Waite
w. Blackburn at the railroad carrying
the dead child at g. As o'clock Wsdnes
day night, James Murtha ana others hsv
testified that they saw him at the Insti
tuta Hall, at Eighth and Market streets.
RIGGS STOPPED BY ADJOURNMENT.
At420 Mr.. Ward closed and Mr. BiRg
began the closiGg argument for th
state lie took exceptions 20 certai
authorities on circumstantial eyidenc
and read rom authorities to counterat
their influence. Before he could &C
dress the Jury court took recess unit
10 O'Clock this morning.
BI6Gs BEFORE THE JUKY
.-t..,4 ~ IL oialoo
this morning, Mr. Ward, for the defencl
asked the Court to allow h m to includ
in his sffid avit of Indulgence the names
the additional witnesses he had SUBJ O
naed The request was granted.
At 1912 o'clock Attorney Gener
Biggs faced The jury aud bsgan arguir
for the conviction Of Blackburn.
said
.rhe counsel for the defence hi
severely crltieisized Isabel Scott,
order % get her out Of the case. II
defence knew that it was necessary
get her out Of the case IL they wanted
verdict. It is also the desire Of the d
fence to get Detective Hawkins out
the case Mr. Hawkins does not need al
vlndicgtion from me. is record di
proves any such base action on his par
lie would never prompt Belle Scott
swear lie. His testimony was not in
peaehed The defence has linked the
two witnesses and have tried TO thro
them out of the case with abuse.
II don't care Whist Isabel SCOTS Il
may have been. Her evidence has be-
corr1borated The defence has not pl
duced witness who has sworn that
would not believe her on oath, If 8
was determined to swear away BlaC
burns life, why vas she so cautio
when she was brought to court to ide
tify the peisonerY
HARD on FREDDY CLIFFORD.
NOW we come to Freddy" Cliffc
that red headed fellow with the pun
kin face. You saw him. Amt he beau
to contradict anybody. He is a pref
person to impeach anybody. OF cour
Belle Scott had to b. careful in givi
in her evidence II she had not be
careful my learned friend would ha
made her lie whether she wanted to
not.
''The fact that Belle Scout asked II
was to get her witness fees prov
nothing l expect that there were 81
witness at'the last Germ of Court W
asked the same question.
"N0w take up Richard J. Cook.
don't know VIII at you think Of him.
don't think that he was competent
take an oath asked my learned frie
at the time I don't know what was |
matter with him he knew nothing
cept that the man had dark moustacl
and he heard that talked over with
aud had 1t fixed in his mind until
could not be rooted out
THE testimony Of Belle Scott is in I
case, and it is in it to stay. The tel
mony of James L Hawkins Is in to vi
and my learned friend can't whistle
out. The conversation amounts to no
ing. They have set traps and everyth
else, but they have failed
why didn'5 Blackburn ask somebS
where the child wssf Because he KIN
himself where he was-down in that
along the railroad track
"This boy was murdered. He '
murdered by the prisoner who put b
In the car. Don't you believe he knew
was in that carr If he did, be put
there, end If he put him there he xii
him, He could not get away Fl
there. bis crime was gres
than his conscience could stand.
was drawn to the scene of his crime.
wanted to see if that car had gone
taken the boy with It. BE could not k
away II was that consciousness
God has placed in every mans brl
that prompted him. He could not