The herald., 1894-11-23
The Testimony of Geo. Hunter
Pronounced to Be IrrecOn-
cilable With the Facts.
THE JURY INSTRUCTED.
Henry T. Gage UnIimbers the Heavy
Batteries Of the Prosecu.
tion Ready for
To-day.

The defense has closed and all that
could &c &c said il favor oi John Craig nav.
ing killed his wife accidentally has been
voiced by his counsel.
Throughout the eltire day. almost, F.
B. Guthrie, Esq.. yesterday addressed
the jury in his behalf. By careful
analysis and arrangement of the testi-
mony be made many points in the de.
fendant's favor; he weakened the force
Of many damaging statements, and with
fiery inveotive he altogether discredited
the testimony OF the colored man.
Garter. In the course OF his argument
he came into wordy argument with the
court, but Mr.. Guthrie, albeit the un-
paid counsel OF the defendant, main.
tanned his rights in the premises and
addressed the jury on the facts leading
up to decision OF the court to admit the
testimony bearing on the Buena Vista
street murders.
Before concluding his argument, Mr..
Guthrie sought to discount the effect OF
Mr.. Cages closing argument on behalf
OF the prosecution. While his words
were sugared, it was apparent that he
feared that closing address, thrown into
the balance, would turn the ecale against
the defendant.
At q few minutes after O'Clock the
heavy verbal batteries OF the prosecu.
tion we're unmarked. Mr.. Gage dealt
with the case in broad outline and his
thunderous periods we're in marked con.
trast to the very gently delivered ad.
dresses OF the district attorney and Gen.
In al; nfM
J. B. Guthrie. The hour OF adjourn
ment arrived before Mr.. Gage had fairly
reused to his work, but this morning
when he resumes his argument, it is
anticipated that for fsrvid eloquence,
passionate denunciaiion, sweeping in.
vsctive and pathos his address will be
. lit finale to an extraordinary trial.
woMAN's FEARS DISTORTED TRUTH.
Upon resuming his argument, yester-
day, Mr.. Guthrie began by saying that
the evidence OF George Hunter could not
be true. His mind on the stand ap-
peared to be q blank, but there was
method in his avoidance OF crucial
points. He said he did not speak to
Craig ON the porch at the ranch. why
was he anxious." inquired counsel, ITO
get to that inside room?" Willie and
other witnesses stated that he had his
coat off aud his suspenders down. He
displayed every mark OF haste in his
passage to the inside of the house, and
why? A man does not display such
anxiety to get either hat or coat,
and yet this is what George said he went
inside for. His sister opened the door
to admit him, and despite the fact that
Craig was outside the door and sought
admittance; instead OF remaining with
his sister to witness the outcome OF the
conversation he hurried inside. 80 he
said, to put m his coat or get hat from
the hat racA Counsel maintained that
in the light OF after events, and of other
testimony given, the only reasonable
assumption that could explain Georges
action was that be went inside with oil
speed in order to arm himself.
Mr.. Guthrie referred to the fact that
the prosecution must rely very largely
on Georges evidence to sustain the case
OF the people, aad 30 he proceeded to
read his evidence from the transcript
before resuming his criticism Of it.
On every material point George Hum
ter contIadicted himself, counsel
claimed. He said he was coming from
the closet and saw Craig at the kitchen.
It was impossible. When he reached
the kitchen door he said Craig was talk.
ing to himself. On direct examination
be said one thing, and under cross-ex-
animation he said something diametri-
cally opposite. His statement as to
when be was shot directly contradicts
che statement of Tina Jensen. DR.. Cole
said George Hunters face was more
BADLY burned than Mrs. Craie's. That
proves conslusively. argued Mr.. Guth.
rie, thstIhe must have been nearer to
Craig than to his sister. The defendant
himself stated, and he is borne out by
Willie and others, that the shots fol-
lowed one another rapidly. II follows
that 1t was an impossibility that George
could have been shot as he says he was.
unless oil this other testimony was
false. But 1t 10 on q par with the bal
ance OF his utterances.
Counsel next took up the testimony
OF Tina Jensen and Willie Craig. remind.
ing the jury that If in essential particu-
lars contradictory statements appeared,
then the testimony itself raised doubt,
and the court would instruct them that
reasonable doubt being raised, then q
verdict OF acquittal must be rendered.
Tina Jensen told the children to 20
into the grandma's room, while Mrs.
Craig locked the kitchen door. When
che returned Craig was on the porch,
and the conversation that ensued be.
tween Craig and his wife was regarding
the children. Counsel asked the jury
TO bear IN mind those facts when it was
claimed that Mrs. Craig was personally
afraid Of her husband, Proceeding,
counsel showed that II Tina Jensen was
correct in her statements regarding the
position of defendant, George Hunter
and Emily Craig, ii was q practical inn
possibility for the shots to have been
fred 40 alleged. George must have
been In another position than stated by
Tins Jensen, for he WAS closest to the
defendant.
The screen door being placed in front
d the jury box, counsel proceeded to
illustrate the facts in connection with
the shooting.
Witnesses had stated that after George