Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-29
John N. ZANE TALKS.
His Address 10 The ClIf. To-day ID
Behalf Of Mrs. Irvine.
cONpLinrNrEp uroS MS EFFORT
Judge Beuncti Followed Chi. Afternoon,
aud Judge Powers win Mako
tic Closing Speech

w. II. Dickson, of counsel lot Irvine,
applied to Judge Zane that Major E,0,
who was now present, might bc a'-
lowed TO 20 upon tho wiinrss.siard.
Tho msjor had come here from Oma Hn
In response 10 a telegram. The Judge
declined, however, 10 permit the caH,
to be- rc.OpUuUJ; whereupaa MI Dick
ton entered an exception, stating
what ho expected to provo by Major
Efb's testimony, namciyi mat ho wns
present at the Mufcrr hotel when the
conversation took place between Irvine
and Mr.. smith tNrs. lfviuo's bfothor).
Judge Ztuo said lac INA NO, ,hiut the
evidence was OF suoh importance a. 90
warrant q rc.0prniug VI the case.
Attorney John ~. Zane then 10.
sumcd hls ui4.tss on lOhalf Of the
defendant. ren.fsiug that the oouduc,
Of Irvine alice he shooting Of Mont.
gomcry showed that Doc was giitoI
with sort Of low ritiiul cuuuiug,and
which Chatacluriz i hiH UsnaviOt later
o., the Mrtcrr nOtUI. Counsel Rad eA.
tracts from s1mu VI tho letters wriitcu
by Irvine while in iuil 10 his littlu
daughter, aud certain Of those be &c.
sgfibtJ ~ Of the cheap novel order
bat, nevertheless, artiuIly uut together.
"Do not stop a moment until" was tue
beginning Of u sentence Ia one OF
thum; "Aud there" said Mt. Lnuu,
"He breaks Oh iu the mort luoJhuruut
manner. but anybody can zee what
Hu wants. an told thHt Will suit
he puUUFr.n AZ 90 ihr "pruyiug
businuss,n as counsel formed %,
Ifvlnt's convention was sudden and
extraordinary, a change the like OF
which had nrvct been hVatl OF before.
Mt. Zane bummoi over with humur a.
he proceeded with the pCfuaAl OF tau.
ulrs from the letters. "lhUru 10 extra.
ordinary method In hlA Madness" be
elacuIatUd. at 10 Idle 10 tay that these
Letters arc indicative Of anything but
thC cIwutdly terror, the craven, pulity
fear " man VINO knows he ia coming
10 trial Tor hls lie, and no IL trying 10
manufacture evidence, hc is trying o.
obtain this information, lac is tfylug a.
induce HE wife to falaiiy herself anu g.
Disgrace herself forever Ia ..dor that
his own ueck may 70 irec.h Ia an
other VpiallU Irvine asked his vile for
''stfong, startling things," which
ounfeiintorpieted ~ "atroug, startling,
magnificent lea" 10 help him through
his trouble. "Mhy that man Irvine
never nad au honest hair IN his head;
he never made an agreement that he
did not violate; lac never gave a
solemn pledge that he did not disfe-
gard, az f0ou o. il became necessary
Tor him 10 40 co.. IL In true hu was ac.
quilted on his trial; anu let IL pass. by
some means this Jury was enabled 10
render "A verdict VI aJquitlnl Ia his
case. But rAn your honor believe ~
this lacy, bis " he, had not KEEP, silent,
II she had not kept her pn0i 10 silent, 10
she had not Erpt back every particle Of
testimony that might toll against him,
Of she had not sacrificed herself anu
been willing 10 10y her sacrifice upon
tue altar Of that mans craven fear tue
result would not have been far differ.
splYn Ia regard 10 tho inter.
views between Irvine and HE
wife at tho Mercer hotel,
Mr.. Zaue said there was train
Of schuming ana cunning running
through the whole affair, such us one
would think the man Irvine had not
sense enough 10 o0ncoCt. Al tho
same time counsel paid Abbott, the
Lincoln attorney a doubtful compli.
ment by giving him credit for "being
ths real devil who was pulling the
stTing.p "rhat horrible AbbotW was
Ia snort, severely scored before the
confession Incident was done with.
"They talk abgut this man Irvine not
having been guilty Of cruelty; but tho
most diabollcnl cruelty heard Of In this
case said Mi. Zane amid the laug
Of his hearers, "was when no ished
out Of bic pocket the long speech made
ny Powers ON tho trial NJ Lincoln
and actually read II 10 he'll"
Then turning tOwatda her he asked
her N Powers had not treated her Eel.l
Ana yet page alter page was filled with
the glorifCatiOn Of Irvine; page after
page with the donunclatiOn Of his
wife, As 10 the piece Of paper intro
duced during the trial as having been
furnished by Mrs.. Irvine 10 her hus-
band at his solicitatiop,G aud beginning,
"Tu w. "A. Irvine. / hereby release
my husband from all claims ami
obligations, otc. B" counsel Insisted that
tho very phrasiug proved beyond the
shadow OF doubt that IL was dictated
by Irvine himself who had already
studied and was still studying law, and
that he had deliberately lied IN stating
that his wife herself composed II. Oi
all the scandalOus thingH cOnnecle 1
with this whole Gaze, that WIS tue
meanest and the worst, Al the time
! Irvine was praying with his wife the
papers in The divorce suit were
actually In cOurse Of preparation. He
was wanting In every Instinct
a man ought 10 have, and his conduct
throughout the whole Of the dealings
with his wife showed how he anu n
/ gentleman must always he At war
| how he never, by any possibility could
p0ssess one decent instinct. The
| suggestion a. 10 Mrs. Irvine entering
! a convent was not overlooked, and as
tending 10 show that Irvine had his
own ends 10 serve In that matter Mr.,
Zane mentioned how ho pointed out 10
his wife that married woman could
not 20 into such q place, uud that IA
| divorce would be iiut absolutely nects-
Fafy. Itmight be asked by counsel on
the other siup,in closing, why the little
daughter VI the parties had not been
produoed In court. The only auswer
10 this was that the child, M yet, knew
uothiug I'm regard 10 the circumstances
of this cast-knew nothing against
her father, tor whose welfare she
prayed oyrTy night; and 10 have