The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-20
En-. RUssNLn's ADDRESS.


Michael Reilly.
Err. RUssELL's ADDRESS.
He Commences His Review of the Testi-
mony in the Case.
After recess of five minutes Mr..
Russell commenced his argument,
which was tho concluding one of the
case.
The children have held their father
up as driveling imbecile. If there was
vice. you have had it pictured. If in
his declining age he showed weakness,
you have been told of it. II he chose to
contide in his spiritual advisers. theyare
held up to execration and abuse, in order
that these children might get the power
of squandering this money which they
don't got under this will. They want
you to help kick this corpse aside. He
did hot know whether there was q mon
ument over Michael Railly's grave. The
children have erected one here. What
of the one here? It has been erected
before vast audiences, before the people
of the state-a monument to th9ir
fathers sacred memory.
On one face of it Michael Reilly has
inscribed his quarrel with his old father
twenty-five years ago; that he watched
him become too feeble to know
what he was doing; has shown
utter neglect of him and is
now proceeding to become recon
ciled to portion of his estate. Georges
inscription tells something of the time
when he had enough confidence in his
father to take his endorsement. on a
note. On James side the inscription
tells that the old mon was the "boss"
once, but is not now.
There are the inscriptions you see
and on the top-the old mans figure as
they have painted it-a feeble old fat
man sitting on a chair, his chin drop
ping forward on his chest, his eyes
closed, and from his lips he is slobber
ing over his napkin-on his head Il
FOOLS cap with the inscription, 'The
old fool" Under his chin a napkin to
catch the saliva; in his hand the scep-
ter of power James was trying to grab,
barely able to hold it. On his back
the Othello OF this case, James Powell,
and probably bottle OF Red Cross oil
at his side. That is the kind of monu-
ment these boys have raised up to COM
memorate him and that is tho way he
will go
DOWN TO PosTERITY.
And they want you to support that
monument.
You have the power to render ver-
dict against this will; you have the
physical power, but you cannot do it
without being false to your oaths. The
law and the evidence shall be Observer.
If you would follow my learned broth
ers you would have to go as many ways
as there are men in the jury. They tell
you at one period what is inconsistent at
another Mr.. Hubbard had him insane
twelve years ago and he had him zane
in 1885 when he made a will. Mr..
Hutchison tells you James was away
when the will was concocted, and Mr..
Hubbard says James was here. The
purpose was to smother the jury. They
and Mr.. Hutchison felt called upon to
apologize for reading nearly all OF one
book. They have brought in to you
law from everywhere.
Mr.. Russell commented on Mr..
Hutchinson introducing 1.-THE Sanitar-
ian' because it contained something
that could be found nowhere else. For
what purpose? He did not care for he
had not-time to look into it. You are
told they went everywhere to bring evlo
dence here, and what have they found /?
They have convicted Michael Reilly of
old age and chronic diarrhea, and so of
other trifles, of course my friend, the
attorney general, called them trifles-
they have. only been able to produce
trifea-the are worthy OF no other
name.
Michael Reilly insane! Why it is
perfectly absurd to talk about such a
thing. Their immaginations run away
with them.
Tho other side have invented high
sounding names, seniie denlertta and
monomnnia. Mr.. Hutchinson speaks of
undue influence, but he could better
convict MIR. Hutchinson and Mr.. Hub
bard of undue influence than Father
Sullivan can be convicted.
They have abandoned their former
lines OF attack, and now rely on mono
mania and undue influence. Mr.. Reilly
was old; he was not as vigorous as he
had been; was not as quick In percep-
ton, thought and movements. His eye
sight became impaired. his voice
weakened; he became careless in his
dress. became frugal of his gold, and he
was growing wise and-old. There Is
AIR. Reilly as he was, not the hldeous
statue the boys have set up. but the old
man who has reached the last period OF
life. MIR. Reilly was growing old.
It was said by the counsel Tor the
other side your verdict would make the
law It will help to make the law re-
eardine property rights. The right to
make will dates back four centuries,
when the law was made. What does
the law mean? Did the law mean that
Michael Reilly could make the will his
boys would like? The law says man
may make his own will. My viii, not
some one else's wish.
He wonld dare the jury to say man
cannot make will, as they will do by
bringing in ayerdict for the contestants.
According to Mr.. Hutchinson Mr..
Reilly. attended by the two trustees,
should have at once taken the will to
the children and gotten their approval:
It being then 3 o'clock, Mr.. Russell
appended for the day:
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