New-York tribune., 1894-04-12
DIR. WEEKSS OMISSIONS.
POINTS HE MIGHT HAVE MADE IN THE
DEVERY TRIAL.
DR.. rAnNurnsrs CRITICISM OF Ills CLOSING

nr p,RlIu'RsTs CRITICISM OF Ills CLOSING
ADDRESS -vlcroRy AT HAND FOR PURITY
AND GOOD GovERNMENT
| The Rcv Or Parlhurst yesterday expressed the
hone tha, he had not been TOO severe upon Assist
an, D,s,rlct-A,tornev Weeks in the nddress upon
"Perls and Opportunities" at the calvary Method
! let ruIsropal Church on Tuesday evening. Il have
| uo feeling cr luminosity against Weeks ne sai'
.hut ". won,d nave been pleased to have the
case against Captain Devcry summed ip with aDN-
ity equal 10 that displayed by Colonel James tor
/ the defence and with real earneStness OF purpose
Perhaps Il would have made no difference In the
result Of the trial as | have heard that some OF
| the iurynen were weighted to bring In verdict
| for Devery in any event. but after had listened
~ the able and adrolt speech Of Colonel James. 1t
seemed to me that it would have been easy 10
break the force Of his arguments.
/ "One Of the arguments OF Colone James Whch
appeared To make an impression unfaNorabie to
| the prosecution that the Society for the IRE
| venton OF Crime had been hunting down untortu'
nate women Weeks should have been able to de-
sroy that impression easily. 1t was only necessary
for him TO call attention to the work which We
have been doing for weeks AMI months In the eI-
fort to reclaim and provide work ana hofn's Tor
| those women Weeks had consultation win me
before beginning the summing np for the proSecu-
ton | gave him the opportunity. out ne Sno"'"
by his manner that hc did not want to consult
with me then. | could easily have pointed out the
way TO counteract the impressions which had beeh
produced 10y the arguments for the defence
'Colonel james made a good point for the de-
fence by referring to what ! had said about the
District attorneys office when | was giving my
testimony but Weeks only heightened that impress
sion Instead OF trying TO remove IT, had De'n
asked about our war on the Police Department. ana
| had said that It on account OF the coaltl"h
between the police and the criminal classes Then
Colonel James had asked me II | included the pis-
trlct- Attorneys office. and ! had said yes thihK-
ing at the time only OF cx-Dstrct Attorney NlcoN
After lert the witness-chair. Weeks said he would
want ,o call me again and when asked why, ne
said about the Dlstrict-AttorneN's Office; e%,
rIained to him then what was I'm my mind when
had made the answer. and he appeared to be salts.
fed also made an explantion to
pleased with the explanation yet Weeks mace no
attempt To explain the matter 70 the jury ana even
spoke of the incident In a way - make II "Ppe''
Another point for the defence. which was In
genous ami highly credItable TO Colonel james as
an attorney the reference 10 CAPTAIN DcV-
ery's conduc, during the Anarchist disorders In the
Eleventh Precinct. Wesks might have made W uSe
OF that to score the point against Deyery, Anareny
essncss Is for an Official to play with the laws
he 4, set 70 enforce. That T. lawlessness raised
Hos which vere neglected. Weeks might have
turned the tables on Colonel James II he had
Win the same devotion and oarnesness lat"ly eN-
hibitod hy Assistant Datrct-Attorney "ellman IN
prosecution
ton lave. , 49,.
.\t the same time we cannot DO otherwise than
consider that our defeat In the b"Nery case mas
brought Ms nearer 20 the end Of or journey, pf-
,,us. The defeat - demonstration ~ the tact
that % g. lmposs.b" gnder existing conditions 20
secure the enforcement of law Ia this CITY. j ne
result also exhibits On striking way the disposition
of the Police Department 20 bind ITSELF togfther
when ouc member - 'he'depar;ment is impugheH
slnce 7 have been iu This city hav" "ltn"saeh
only 'yp really MOVING demonstrations OF ponce
activity. was w1.u o4r dri"ciN" "d' l.l
down au. Tho other was when So undertnok %
r,fn down CAPTAIN Dnyerv. on elcn occasion nave
eeon tho courthouse g.uttel with policemen II
ihey ,shshlt.I Do the trrt for criminals a quarter
y 'ho alacriN which tnny have shown ln houno-
irg orr detectives there would be 20 reason Tor
,.sfnl th,r, are signs - Improvement in the
moral s'atc ~ the community There arc signs o'
A coming Icfe1f for Tammauv Hall. that stands
f,r an thai is bad in municipal affairs, TammaW
ia likely ,o o. Defeated .u The n"Nt G"ction h'
leaders - Tint corrur' organization ar" beginning
10 REQ IN. f'c fgc' that they haV" f'cs Within ana
ZOOS without Tn.y have h"cn impru1 n IN thcir rs
play ~ wealth AMI have thus aroused the jealousy OF
their aahcren'R That accounir for the foes within
Tho organlzatlon Then there are thousands oi re
st,.-fe hle democrats whp wiling to Join with
tho Republicans in overthrowing the power of Tam
many II tho Republicans are united IN the support
u worthy candidates.