New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-21

Mr. Knoylton assumed that everything had been
clearly proved that Lc had started out TO prove
and that it stood practically unconfradicted ana
wholly unanswered.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ATTITUDE.
Yesterday there had been certain tiu.idity IN
his manner and sort Of courtesy In his bearing
toward the lady-likc prisoner he was trying u
send TO the gallows But timidity and courtesy
disappeared together from his argument TINS morn
ing lie pictured the Borden household as
made up of hates and cnvies. The most trivial
incidents were magnicd into shocking eXhioitlohs
of malice and passion. lie saw the little woman
who sat in the presence of that jury 30 quietly
so modcstly but with such noble courage con
fronting her stcpmother, Ratchet IN hanu dri'lhs
furious blows thick and fast, ana wi'h d'i '"e
frcnzcd hate OF Sioux Indian.
lie saw her creeping up TO the sofa on WHICH
her own father lay slccpins and he saw the saic
display of murdcrous hate again Nor had ne any
trouble about it. The picture seemed natural
one TO him. Nothing in the prisoner dpPc"i
ance now contradictcd it. Her small, delicate
hands TO Mr. Knowlton were the long, ciutchiho
I, sod p,,c- of = beast of prey The
graceful movement of her figure de She leancl
forward or over Oh one side or the other OF her
chair suggested in his mind the steaithy APP
ptoach of a panther lie did not hesitate to call
her uurdere,s assassin. lie told the jury thao
they had nothing to do with mercy lie e"''
there was no strait hard, no inflctlon 20 oi'''
that it is not made light and easy By the conscious
ness OF a duty well and truly done lie felt ana
believed this counsel lie took it to hinl'''
II was the key OF his wtch-burninS spcccn
And then came the charge oil the Court. WV
for the world would | do injustice to the la"SS'
whose 80 ungracious part has been 50 h'''e'
taken But it would not be justice to the soe"'
ho sat
stood up and began the address on behalf oil thc
court were there Il failure TO point out the uii-
ference in voice and manner OF the TWO ac'ors' d.
well as in what they said The jury hao oc'
looking at the face OF u heavy. large man ia VIM
the strength and ascetlci>m oil Iurl'di ah'''''
were shown in most forbidding lines. over his
lips and checks and chin grew snort 'ni0A
stiu brown beard His head was big, anu 1roh'c'
with a low broad forehead prominent AMI strong
His small blue eyes were sunk deeply uLuer 'ho
forehead. and every glance that came from them
.Id Of sc,oritv and what he cal.iI the law. 1t
Is not to lie thought that it is face incapaoie OIL
generous expressions; but none has been there since
This trial began You haze nothing to do wl'h
mercy" he said to the inry. Neither, from his
noint of view had he lie said it in .dst tIe tone
appropriate TO such delivcrance, sharp har'i'
severe almost snarling. With that sentence liz
sat down. and the curtain drawn for bfiei
interval on the utterly tisagrecibc seen"
JUDGE DEwEY's KINDLY WORDS
Ninety minutes later il rose again, and then the
iurys attention was drawn to the tan, uous"
rather portly, figure OF eray-haired ola s'h,ic
man, the physical embodiment oil just '',"'
bcnevolence and mercy with which the Ds'ric'--it
torncy had told them they had nothing 10 uo,
lie looked at them mildly over his glasses anu
hooked then at the little woman who, IN the
a. had
mit,ed to their charge And he spoke kindly,
gently. tenderly Judge Dewey has been told
many times that he much resembles MIR. Blaine
The resemblance il most noticeable in the shape
Of his head and in the way he wears MS hihu-
some white hair lis forehead and the upper
part Of his face are like Mr. Blaines, but there
the resemblance ends. 1t Is prominently u'e
face of good rather than great man lie
hind hin as he stood sat two other white-haired
elderly gentlemen with faces of the same nopic
kind Nowhere in any of them was there sug-
gcstion of cruelty. The picture these three
Judges have presented at all times throughout TINS
long trial has been one OF benevolent lntelN-
ccnce Before Judge Dewey spoke, the Cher
Justice, turning to the prisoner said
LIME Andrew Borden, il is yonr privilege at
this time 10 say to the lnry IN person any woru
YOU may desire to add TO what has been said al
ready by your counsel
not clearly understand that it she to whom
his remarks were directed She mad only Just
taken her seat when he leaned forward 10 adj
dress her. and had settled back i'll one of her
characteristic attitudes with her ian against her
chin She started as she heard her name pro-
nounced and looked first at the Judge, then az
the deputy sheriff who sat beside her. and in re-
ply to his motion she again fastened her eyes on
the Court. Judge Mason saw the look, first Of
bcwdermen, and then of inquiry, and lie added,
speak now if you will.
81 AN INNOCENT" SHE SAID.
The silence in the courtroom was painful as
she laid her hand upon the railing in front OF her
In what evidently an effort 10 get upon her
feet. But in an instant more she was in COM
mnnd of herself and she stood looking full al the
jury. Their eyes and the eyes Of every one else
in the room were turned upon her She said in
low clear tones:
IL am innocent. ! did not do il. What my
counsel have said is true They have spoken for
me-" and shc sat down II a simple speech
but il was all she needed TO say
Judge Dewey did not tell the jury that they
mad nothing 10 do with mercy. lie told them
they had nothing to do with speculation. hut
everything with fact. Elsewhere his address is
given almost in full, but there parts Of it
so extraordinary in the manner Of their delivery
and in The eject they produced that they form
a peculiar part of the story Of the day He as
slrcd the iurv that tie AXIOM of law assuming
cverv mans innocence until he hal been proved
guilty was not an idle provision. Ii forbade
them 70 make any assumption against the pris
cncr because she sat there in the keeping of
rier, or because she had fcrn hrough,
there as the result of previous iudcia
inquiries. They had the whole cas-.
in their hands. and they We're to Judge OF II as
il the matter had never been heard of until il
came TO them. He reminded them that the
murders of which She accused were par.
tcularly awful in their character. The manner
in which Mr. and Mrs. Borden had been killed
denoted on the part of their slayer a tremendous
nd nocooonrr