The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-19
own hands, will be required of him W hen
the Almighty comes to sit in judgment at

own hands, will be required of him W hen
the Almighty comes to sit in judgment at
the last day.
"OD tEat day would rather be Charles
Schmidt, with perjury and sel!-murder on
his soul. or even this man Bel, with his
haEds dripping with the blood of jacobson,
than | would be Thomas Chalmers Easton.
doctor of divinity"
Mr.. Barnes then went into the legal de-
tails Of the case. especially as to Bells con-
nection with Schmidt and the robberies.
He traced up CampbelPs connection with
these and his visit to Captain Lees and the
Chief of Police. He reviewed Campbell's
evidence in regard TO the circumstances
Immediately preceding the shooting of
Jacobson; the testimony OF Bateman that
he saw two men on the spot answering to
the description of Campbell and Bell few
minutes before the affair took place, and
cOntended that the whole train of evidence
showed two things-that jacobson travelled
in car TO- and that he could not have been
killed In his own house. In the same man.
Der Mr.. Barnes discussed the evidence of
the witnesses for the defense Shaw,
Dykes. Jeshuran and Archambeau. He
was particularly severe ON Brown and the
kilograms passing between the latter and
Easton aud Rev. Referring to one tele-
gram in which Brown was cautioned 10 be
careful. Mr.. Barnes said this was a case Of
the Eleventh Commandment, Thou shalt
not be found out In another telegram ap-
peared the words, Campbell being Ken
nedy plead self-Gefense." which he inter-
preted to mean that the theory of jacobson
being shot in his house by the mysterious
Schwartz or Kennedy, Campbell was to as
sumo the role and plead accordingly.
Mr.. Barnes also diIated on the large sum
OF money (SIS10) admitted by DR.. Easton 10
have been used in this case.
After recess Mr.. Barnes continued his
criticism of the methods of the defense and
"a lN In OFT fni,,
the reputation Of Hattie jacobson by the
admission of a Marysville girl, an admis-
sion which the latter, TO her credit, refused
to make.
DIR. Eastou came in for further scoring at
this juncture, and then the District AttOr-
ney went into such mass OF cases and au-
thoritles that the audience yawned unaf
fectedly
Barclay Henley rose at 3:15 o'clock and
argued with great vigOr till 80. when the
court adjourned for the day. lie deprecated
the attack on DIR. Easton. who, as a clergy
man, had simply responded 10 the appeal
made by Bells mother in Columbus, Ohio,
to Presbyterian divine there, through
whom The appeal was made to DR.. Eastou
himself. He (Mr. Henley condemned the
prosecution for Publishing such stuff as wa:
uttered IN The privacy OF bathhouSe be-
tween Maloney and Clemens, and claimed
that the defense had never sought TO asSai
the reputation of Miss jacobson. AS TO tht
suggestion that witnesses had been suborned
by the defense, he called attention TO the adj
mission that Campbell and his " ife mac
been provided with money and accomm0da
tiOns by Captain LeeS-the wife for nearly
aver.
At the close Mr.. Henley, amid consider
able laughter. told how he had been arrested
by the police for making experiments witt
pistol within the city limits. but tina
nothing was said about the police having
made the same experiments on the spo
where they claimed jacobson was killed
Chief Crowley had refused him (henley
permission 10 make the experiments.
Judge Murphy at this point interposeC
that in his own experiments he went on
into San Maieo County.
"Ah, your Honor said Henley dryly
''yoc don't belong 20 the Police Depart
ment, that's whyv'
His Honor appreciated the joke and tht
court adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning
when the case will be closed.