The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-14
THESUMMING UPBEGINS
COL. AYLETT MAKES n LENGTHY
SPEECH FOB THE STATE.
Mr. Harrison Follows in an Able Speech
for the Defense-A Touching scene
Many Ladies Present.

DANvILLE. VA, Feb. 13.-Special.-
The hastings court opened at o'clock
this morning, and with jury. judge. law
yers. officers. reporters and all refreshed
by a Sabbath days rest. the fifth day
of the Clark trial commenced.
A early as o'clock The courtroom was
densely packed with people. among them
quite a number OF women.
Colonel w. r. Aylett, of King William
county, opened the summing up for the
defense, and spoke four and half
hours. When he had been speaking about
fifteen minutes several ladies, for whom
seats had been reserved near the clerks
desk. were escorted through the crowd
to the seats. This caused some little
confusion, and the speaker, noticing ii,
stopped to pay handsome tribute TO
woman, and said he was glad to see
them here They came like a band OF
angels to grace the halls of stern justice.
While uttering the last sentence Mrs.
Clark, the wife of the prisoner, came IN
and, unseen by the speaker, went directly
70 the side Of her husband embraced and
kissed him. and both wept. This created
quite sensation, and many spectators
drew their handkerchiefs to wipe away
tear.
There was at one time a spat among the
LAWYERS. and the jokes they threw 40
each other were, to say the least. caustc
In commenting upon Clarks testimony
Colonel Avlett took occasion TO declare
that the aspersions cast upon the people
of Danville that they were in any way
connected with this murder, or tnat there
was any conspiracy, was utterly untrue
He said these people OF Danville are
noble and aw-abiding people, ana 90
not approve OF this crime. and neither
they, nor the people or the surroundlnb
country. are In any way implicated In IT,
Colonel Aylett demanded 4 verdict OF
murder in the first degree.
Mr. J. T. Harrison, the first speaker
for the defense, followed Colonel Aylett'
and spoke without completing his speech
until tie hour of adjournment arrived.
The learned counsel's argument was
rudely interrupted by a dog fight, when
occurred in one Of the aises of the court
room between a blOOded canlne, owned
by Judge Aiken and n foreign cur, which
had invaded the halls of justice. About
the same tirle a woman in the vast
crowd tainted. and it was some time be-
fore order was restored
Mr. Harrison outlined the course OF
defense by saying the defense had nothing
TO conceal, and announced that they
would erdeavor to show that the killing
was Unsuitable homicide. Mr. Harrison
bitterly denounced those people, who, he
said, had been going about villifying the
"a vers who had been engaged 10 defend
Clark. and characterized this as one OF the
phases of the intolerance Of the Prohibl-
ton party that was raising heaven ana
earth to hang Clark. The speeches and
tha sensational features OF the same are
the talk of the town tonight. The court
adjourned at 4:3O o'clock to meet at 10
o'clock tomorrow.
Six or eight Of the fair ones attending
the trial to-day were members OF Mr..
Moffett's church, in North Danville. The
wives of Messrs Berkeley and Harrison,
of he counsel for the prisoner. also at
tended.