The Portland daily press., 1892-10-29
THE JURY HAVE 1T.
Continued from Fifth Page.

you I confidently commend my client s
cause.
After Judge Symonds had concluded
the jury were allowed a recess of 10 min
utes.
Then the proceedings were resumed
and
E. M. Rand, Esq,
began the argument for the complainant,
saving that in opening the close of this
case he wanted to say that he did not
wish the jury to render verdict for his
client as any favor to him. Nor did he
stand there to talk about myths or about
the early stages of insanity. l propose
to abuse 10 man, and misrepresent no
facts. | intend to SO group the facts of
the case, and make such remarks on
those facts as will show our view of it,
You are here to pass upon an uncom-
mon case, case in which the facts are
indeed startling. They show fiendish
seen outside of criminal court. But
this is not criminal case. The COM
plainant had two courses open to him.
He could have proceeded against Ed
ward L. Burrowes for SANDER, OF could
have done as he has DONE He has been
wrpnged and asked for redress. His
wrong is the issue here to be tried You
are not to try foreign issues. There
is no testimony as to rival screen COM
panies; you are only to try and decide
whether Edward T. Burrowes wrote
those letters, which are Of such char
acter that hesitate to touch them. Did
Edward L. Burrowes cause those letters
to be delivered? We were to prove that.
Have we not done it? We have proved
by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Pease that she re-
ceived those letters, and that he admit
ted to her that he wrote them. We have
shown by the positive testimony OF Two
experts that those letters are in the
hand writing of Edward t. Burrowes.
Now. before calling attention to the
denial of the defendant, / want to no.
tice a matter which the attorney for the
defendant has carefully refrained from
mentioning. Since last September the
counsel for defendant has had in his pos.
session the deposition of Mrs. Pease.
Since that time Edward I. Burrowes has
known every bit of testimony which she
would give. He has had that time to
prepare himself. Do you wonder that he
brings in testimony as to days and dates?
Now as to E. 7. Burrowes's denial.
He denies that, at the time he is alleged
to have had the interview with
Mrs. Pease, he was In
the city of Portland. Now as to the
method of sustaining this defence, and
the witnesses. And first comes Edward
L. Burrowes himself And how does
the testimony sustain the facts as TO the
character of Edward I. Burrowes. He
was represented as good and holy man,
a citizen Of large business interests. How
do the results of this trial compare with
those assertions? They tell you that we
have shown no motive. Who shall de-
clare as to mans motive? Let them
furnish the motive; we furnish the facts.
They declare that Mr.. Pease has been 81
lent through this trial. True! For ey-
ery one of the acts here alleged took
place when John W. Pease was away
from home.
The defendant took the stand, and was
represented as
A Good and Holy Man.
You saw him on the stand, led along
by the words of his counsel, using verba-
tim like parrot the words put into his
mouth by his counsel.
And on cross examination this good
and pious man is asked:
''Have you since the first of January,
1891, written any anonymous letters?'
Il think l have written one" he re-
plies.
Here was an eouivocation He meant
to give the impression that he had writ
ten but one.
When the letter was shown him he
admitted that he wrote it.
That proved that he was writer of
anonymous letters, one of the charges
which we bring against him.
By his own deliberate statement put
forth in the last words of that LITTER Ed
ward T. Burrowes stands here in court
confessed liar.
He is asked if he has written another
anonymous letter.
He replies that to the best of his re-
membrance he has not.
He was shown another anonymous let
ter and he admitted writing that.
The counsel on the other side have
condemned the introduction of that let
ter Now that letter was introduced for
no other purpose than to show that that
man was not an honest and pious man.
We wanted to show Edward r. Bur
rowes as he is-a man whose word you
would not take in business transaction.
Judge him fairly, judge him righteously,
Judge him by his own word.
BY strange fatality at the moment
when Edward L. Burrowes threw that
letter onto Mrs. Pease's steps, as other
letters had been received, Mrs. Pease,
restless, nervous, anxious to know
whence came the letters that were rain
ing upon her, was watching from her
window
AS to the statement that Mrs. Pease
saw the carriage pass under the light on
the corner OF Bracket and Gray streets,
Mr.. Rand warned the jury not to lay too
much stress upon the unimportant mat
ter of the location OF the arc electric
light. AS she sat in her window in the
dark she was able to discern objects
more clearly than one going from dark
ness to light She saw that man drive
up, and as he rose she saw the light full
on his face. Gentlemen, it was light
night. The moon was nearly full. And
if it was cloudy it would be lighter with
full moon, than on a clear night with
out any moon But they give no testi-
mony to show what the weather was at
ter O clock that night.
But there is q contradiction OF her sto-
ry. 1t is the contradiction of