The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-19

uce which prompted the sage Of old to
~ Al me earth Is a temple, and all
tnt seasons are summer"
men Mr.. Parrish concluded his great
speech, recess having been taken, law
/ !cIS ana spectators gathered around him
ana congratulated him.
MIR. ALLtH CLOSE, ToE PROSECUTION.
UHommonwealtl's Attorney William +.
/ AIlen closed the argument. beginning
ms speech at 1913. He spoke for nearly
/ three hours, cOnilning himself rgidly
10 the 'estimO ny. He made a fOrceful
! argument. a live speech, and deeply
impressed his hearers
MT. Allen Is a young lawyer, this being
probably his FIRST prosecution in % big
all the way through IL equal 20 every
| emergency and his speech to-day places
him in the front rank Of NirHnla's list
OF able criminal prosecutors.
| In opening his speech he branched
out at once into an attack upon Mr..
! Parrish'a argument. He paid high
| tribute 10 Mr.. Parrish's eloquence and
! ability, but said that when Mr.. Parrish
! was not worth one iota more than any
! other mans who might not be half his
| equal He gave some Of Mr. Parrish's
! char= 'teristics saying that when lie
! went into the case he entirely lost him
! self In IL, and that was the secret of
| his success. He dld not blame his friend
! for his zeal I'm behalf Of his client, al
! though it might at times carry him TOO
! far
but" said Mr. Allen, q have n duty
! 10 perform IN this case. / owe a duty TO
! the Commonwealth Of virginia. and when
! } undertake 10 perform IL. - is not be
! cause ] want that mans blood. but be
cause 10 is right lie did not have one
! harsh word for the woman who sat 10y
! The prisoners side and no one SYM
| paihized with her more than be. He com
/ nalt'' the argument of both Mcssrs. Par
/ r.sn end Crunp. who claimed that from
/ the diagram neither Branch nor Moody
could see the shooting.
tie proceeded 90 argue that both Of
them could see IL. ana that what thcy
| tcStlhed 10 was the true version If it
| ana proceeded 10 show 40 som. length
! mat Parsons made no effort 10 diaW a
| WrapoE. but that Goodman shot him
pressed surprise al Mr Parrisn's state
! iuent that me- would have shot Parsons
ilaI he been IN Goodman place. suSs. ST.
| lns bF way OF apology that had his fell
-piactiuoner been in his sober mo-
mrhis he would not have made such an
eAtraVaEant assertion.
CLOTHES oF ME DECEASED.
Mr Allen made quite a coup when me
produced IN court Tor the nrst tim, since
they haI been introduced as evidence. Tin.
hat and suit Of clothing Woiu by Colonel
Parsons when DE was shot by Goodman.
Mr Parrish, who had been leaning back
in his chair as if asleep. aroused himself
from MS Icthlrgy to remark that me dii
not think that these articles ought 10 De
ustI by Ny Allen, since they had not
! been referred To- by the defence, and ne
hai not seen them at all. The court
! stated tndt they had been introduced as
evidence. and could be- used by counsel IN
! tntu argument TO illustrate the evidence.
Mr. Iaru-h wanted a show 1T them too.
hut was reminded that he had finished
his speech.
Air. Allen proceeded with great de-
liberation and eaInestne-s. 10 show from
the hole I'm the nat Worn By Parsons and
/ the powder stains that GoOdman's asser-
/ ton that this shot had been fired acci-
deutaily as he Wrencncd the pistol from
Parsons grasp. could not be true He
also pointed 10 the hole In the right lapel
of the vest worn by Parsons rs Il sub
sanitation Of the testimony Of witnesses
for the Commonwealth. He scored
point on the defence by stating that
Goodman had killed Parsons because Of
the mailciOusness of the letter. and Of
the great provocation contained in that
letter.
Alr Allen characterized this as a re-
markahie proposition, in view Of the claim
pf ,tlI-uefence and turning a. 1lr Par
rish, who had his eyes ciose0, shouted:
Il don't want you TO 20 70 sleep over II.
either." Mr. Parrish replied thar Mr..
Allen must have been asleep while he
Q'arrish) was making mis- arguv ent. Nr.
Allen reiOined that Mr. Parrish would
ascertain that he was very wide awake
before he got through. Air. Allen proceed
ed reading the Instructions Of the court
to show that the jury could not find an
acqhltial on such theory, and the de-
fence knew it, "Why did they make
such prcposter0us claim as was made
ne eNclalmer "thvy made IL 90 befool |
and befudile this jury.
Mr.. Allen said that 10 man had com
planned more Of wrong verdicts than Mr.
Iurlsn. lie started % tell Of an instance.
when Mr.. Parrish asked who had testi- |
ned TO that in this case. Alr. Allen re- |
piled that Il was little matter between |
himself and Mr. Parrish.
TWO THINGS CERTAIN.
Proceeding, The speaker said that two !
things We're certaiu-if Goodman killed |
Parsons IN q transport of passion. he |
did not Kin him in self-defehce. II was |
the truth of the charges iu that letter |
that Goodman testified 20 d falschool |
here, ana We SET e trap for him. and he |
In this the speaker referred to the |
manned hand II Parsons. During Mr. |
Aliens argument Messrs Parrish and An |
derson put their heads together I'm low |
conversation, "hich somewhat disturbed |
the speaker and the court remarked that |
The interruption must cease
Mr. Anderson replied, rather notify: "We |
are not interrupung the speaker"
Mr. Allen closed at 6 O'Clock, having |
spoken nearly three hours. and the jufy |
Immediately retired
ADD GOODMAN
While the jury were deliberatng the
prisoner and his wife chattcl pleasantly |
with their friends who were seated
around them. and evidenced it'll. inii- |
cation OF suspense or dread Promptly |
at 600 rap was heard on the door
Of the room occupied by the jury. ana |
Goodman knew his fate would soon be-
learned.
THE VERDICT or THr Jury.
The speedy conclusion gave The prison
er ana his counsel hope. for they took il
to mean favorable verdict.
The jury took their seats ana clerk
Hobbs said. Thomas a. Goodman. the
prisoner AT the bar, stand up." Captain
Goodman arose slowly with eyes bi-ht
with hope. which In moment were
clouded with despair. When the clerk
asked the jury the usual question. Fore
man Hughes said simply and I'm 20 low
tone: Murder in the second degree" and |
the clerk formulated the following YER
dict, which was read out by him.
"We the jury, find the accused. ThOma,
4. Goodman. guilty Of murder i'm the
Indictment and ascertain his term og
Imprisonment i'm the state peuiterti9rv
at eighteen years. Signed, d. W. Hughes,
foreman"
Goodman sank into his chair. and the
death like silence was broken only by |
the waiing If d woman whose heart |
was crushed, whose life was b'lghted |
Judge Moore extended the usual thanks
to the jury and commented upOu the |
pleasant relations between counsel, and !
1t was all over.
sTris FOR AN AppFN.
After the jury had been dismissed. Mr.. |
CTump moved the court 10 set aside the |
verdict on the ground that f. was con
frary 10 the law and the evidence The |