Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-08

pOrtant case.
That if a man was able to make
100000 in one deal he was well able
to take care of himself 1t was the
duty of the defense to sing the praises
of the accused, but they should have
held the memory of the dead Logan
ii. Roots sacred The case mnst be
desperate indeed if it was necessary
to shield the living by the defenseless
dead, The jury was trying the de-
fendant tor making false reports to
the comptroller and false entries in
the books of the banks and defendant
previous dOings had naught to do
with the case.
He showed the jury the pencil copy
Of the December report.
"You see here the figures $334,000.
Mr.. Yost says he prepared the pencil
report showing the same item to be
$234,000. When Mr.. Allis handed it
back it was changed"
"We have produced the books and
shown that $234,0OO was all the money
in the bank. Here is the govern
menPs expert and the testimony of
Mr.. Yost to substantiate it. Nothing
refutes this but the testimony OF Mr..
Allis
"The law makes it incumbent upon
you, gentlemen OF the jury, to say
whether or not Horace e. Allis, made
a false report to the comptroller or
not Ask yourselves what interest
had Yost in this case. Upon the other
hand what interest had Allis.
"What motive could have prompted
Yost TO make a false statement? Then
stand the two men up together, and
ask yourselves, how do these witness
es stand as to contradiction. | say
Yost stands here uuncOntradlcted.
How does Mr. Allis' testimony come
to this jury? | ask you to point out
some spot of it that is not contradic.
tory.
"Allis tells you that Kupferle is the
purest hearted man he ever knew.
Try him by the man he has thus laud-
ed Kupferle swore he never saw nor
heard of the drafts upon the Hide and
Leather bank until he heard of it in
this trial, Notwithstanding Allis had
testified that Kupferle knew all about
it,"
In conclusion Mr.. Harrod said;
"If Horace G, Allis is not guilty,
then | ask you in Gods name not to
convict him, but if he is guilty, then
on your oaths you must convict. He
admonlshed the jury to take their
stand on the side of justice in making
their verdict"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Harrods
speech, five minutes recess was taken
then came Col. Geo. w. Murphey tor
the defense.
His speech was a mastery presenta-
ton of facts from the defendants
standpoint. His review Of the case
was both forcibe aud eloquent.
Ills opening argument was masterly
and gave evidence Of the great speech
he is making this afternoon,
He represented a man broken in
fortune and powerless to secure the
agencies which the government had
invoked in this case.
He spoke of the sale of stock of the
first national bank to II. G.. AlIis for
$4,000.
ain nearly every trade somebody
had the advantage and in this case it
was not the defendant"
"With reference TO the thirteenth
count, charging the first false entry
on the 18th of February, it was perti-
nent TO inquire where was Mr.. Allis on
this date The testimony showed that
he left here in the latter part of Jan
uary and did not return till February
20th.
"These false entries began when the
defendant was a thousand miles away,
and run on down to the 18th Of Feb
ruary, when he was still away.
Calls is here, his home, if he had
one, is here, the wife of bis bosom and
his children are here, here he expects
to remain. On the streets, and every
where In the city, are seen the eyldcn-
ces of his love for his native town,
Counsel criticized Export Hays tes-
timony on this point.
"Denny tells you he made these
charges on Allis' direction
aThis story looked all right until