Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-12

controverted every assertion the ac-
cused had made, especially his self-de-
fence and insanity theories. There
was no ground for self-defencc, and if
the prisoner was insane he had con-
venient memory and acted very metho-
Ideally. DR.. Brown, who had been the
family physician of Phillips. was not
called upon to pass on the prisoners
sanity, but DR.. Roy was, by having 4
series of hypothetical queries put to
him. The speaker gave history OF
the occurrence at the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing Park when Phillips's gambling out
fit had been seized and the events which
followed until the prisoner shot his vic
tim down, and urged that it was the
duty of the jury to bring in verdict OF
murder in the first degree. If the speak
err didn't believe the facts in the case
warranted such Il verdict his conscience
and oath of Office would not allow him
to advocate such a course.
Mr.. Brent, for the defence, followed.
The Jury, he said, had been brought
here for the public good-not to carry
out the dictates of the clamor of Alex
andria or Fauquier. The speaker want
ed to see the majesty of the law vindi-
Gated and justice done the weak strip
ling of boy in the dock. We all had
family ties which were sacred to us,
and the jury should not forget that the
Young man has mother and a sister.
What would set the brain of the jury
on fire would have the same effect on
his, and the same impulses which en-
ter into his makeup enter into US all.
He then stated the case which had been
urged against the prisoner and read the
various degrees of killing. Mr.. Brent
then proceeded to give an exhaustive
history of the killing and the incidents
which preceded and followed it from
the standpoint of the defence, and con-
troverted every standpoint assumed by
the prosecution. In answer to the OBJ
servation that the defence had not put
Julia Phillips on the stand, Mr.. Brent
stated that it had been concluded that
there had been filth enough introduced
in the case and had supposed the jury
had had enough of it. The speaker
forewarned the jury of being swerved
from facts by Mr.. Johnson when he
should have spoken for the prosecution.
Mr.. Brent was followed by Mr..
Burke for the defence The speaker
began his argument by saying he felt
some Observation-Disclosures embar-
rassment-in undertaking to plead this
case, from the fact that some of the au
ditors may have heard many of the dis
tinguished members of the Fauquier
bar with the memory of those distin-
gushed men now clustering around
them. The speaker, as his predecessor
had done, cited the different grades of
killing as laid down in the Code of the
State of Virginia, and cited various au-
thorities on criminal cases. He argued
earnestly in endeavoring to show
that the charge against the prisoner
could not be termed murder after
all the circumstances in the case
had been taken into consideration.
He argued that the prisoner had act
cd in self-defence from the latter's view
of the premises, and that even if
through misconceptions the accused
had misiudged the circumstances and
perpetrated the act, there was law to
show he could not be held to a strict
accountability. In regard to not having
put Julia Phillips on the stand to corob-
crate the charges made against the de-
ceased, the speaker said that he thought
it awful enough to have subjected her
sister Mrs RolanO to such severe or
deal. Mr.. Burke then gave long his
tory of the relations which had existed
between the prisoner and the deceased,
the alleged amours of the latter as we'll
as all alleged circumstances connected
with the tragedy before and after.
While Mr.. Burke was addressing the
Jury the hour of 3 o'clock arrived and
recess was declared until 8 o'clock.
Court reconvened at three o'clock,
when Phillips's mother entered the
room. She kissed her son and sat later
with her left hand on her face. The
prisoner while conversing with her
held handkerchief to the right side of
his face. When he left his mother for
his place in the dock the prisoner kissed
her again. Mrs. Phillips followed JEFF
and took seat alongside of the en-
closure which. surrounded her son and
sat there few minutes, but finally
took place in the centre of the room.
During the arguments which followed
she kept a handkerchief to her eyes
and gently moved her head backwards
and forwards, as though undergoing the
tortures of terrible ordeal.
Mr.. Burke soon resumed his argu-
ments, and was not long in drawing
the attention ofthe jury to her presence.
The speaker endeavored to impress the
Jury with the idea that Smith had been
on hunt for Phillips and that the lat
ter had found his victim first.
Mr.. Burke had not finished his argu
ment when this report closed.
Mr.. Johnson will follow Mr.. Burke,
and it is expected that the case will be
given to the jury tonight.
Must Logan Carlisle Coz
The indignation of the civil service
reformers at Secretary Carlisle for the
dismissal of A. L. Sturtevant, the ven
cradle chief of the stationery depart
ment of the treasury, has shifted from
Carlisle father to Carlisle son. Secre-
tary Carlisle, while maintaining that
he had dismissed Sturtevant because a
democrat wanted his place, has refrain
ed from any comment on the mug
wumps or their doctrines. Logan Car
Isle has not been so diplomatic He
has told the civil service reformers
that Mr.. Sturteyant's dismissal was
none of their business, and that he did
not propose to let them interfere in the |