The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-07

more guilty - vou knav, IL there b
Env guils IN the HREs Of the eyi-
dence n this case. are allowed 70
70 free: xhEe nsn vho PRESIDE over the
fes:inirs Of The banking institutions OF
rrss city sss In c1-nsasse1 chairs deAlnz
out ;as c5fy's money and pocket r5e IN
tsress and GO home - their i1xa-sosis
mansions and eas a e.exsnf yisuds as IN
nocent men isffiag srp their couatenance
Ger Their feliow-raea NOT branded WITH the
charge o. crime. rot kocn1ed cy the
rsowefs tina. sxsssse tie enforcement OF
TIE eriraina. laws Of tie state Of ssE-
iagson.1
Mr. Hughes proceeded 20 briefly SUN np
TIE points On which sAe defense relied, IN
these words:
The prosecution in this case hsve
failed 20 make Sut such q case IS wcCid
even sho~ tha. AcoFph krux xss gailty
OF any ossrrse, and the charge against this
defendant IS that he did al, abel aad
counsel Ado.ph krng-Er ~nat7 Il nuss
be preFea 10 your satisfaction bstoni all
reasonable 9oGss that Hearv Fahrmsn
went 10 Ado.ph kruz. and By his couase..
advice ana assistance eansed AcoapG
krax TO conceive the Idea q ioaninx ms
money in order tha. ne tkrag) ulgnt
mare profit for himself cut OF the
same, and that Henry Fnerman entered
into that conspiracy and wrong and
promised 20 pay and did pay Adoipa
krug for the use Of tbst money. interest
on the same 81 per cent. paving II
monthly aud intending taas il should
innre 20 the private and individual prott
OF Ado.ph kTug."
The remainder Of his argument was prin-
cipsliy devoted TO good-nsrured raillery
Of Prosecuting Attorney Miller. whom he
accused Of curling his hair with crsmp-
ing irons, wearing taiaor-m2de clothes
and diamond ring. and yet had the
eifronsery TO get up before jury and
argue that Mr.. Fuhrnan ought TO be con-
victed because be wore good clothes and
was wealthy. Ia Mr. Hughes opinion
Mr.. Miller xas over polite TO the jury, and
to make this plain he told the jury story
OF txo attorneys who we're In court when
Mr.. Miller began his argument One o.
them said to the other:
Nov / will tell you what I'll do. Ill
bet You two-bit CIGAR that Mr.. Miller viii
say gentlemen OF the jury city times n
fifty minutes" The bes vas taken. but IL
vas won within nineteen minutes. The
handsome prosecuting ATTORNEY" as Mr..
Hughes had called him, took the remarks
OF his opponent in good part and saere
was no scene. as there might have been
in Kentucky.
After talking awhile OF the las in the
case. Mr.. Hughes told another story. Il
seems that his little son was in court the
other day when Ar. Thurman was being
cross-examined. After he went home IL
the esening he asked his father:
Why. papa. what are they going TO
punish Mr.. Fuhrman for? Is il because
be paid interes: and the rest didn't1''
The little sarcasm at the expense Of the
other borrowers caused quite breeze Of
laughter.
Mr.. Mcbride then began the states clos
ing argument to the jury. He spoke for
awhile on the purely Law questions. read
ing in full several of the authorities Mr..
Allen had quoted in the morning. He
claimed that oce Of them, q Michigan
case. went to show that in case OF embeZ-
Element ii did not II after " here the money
of q county was being kept at the time il
vas embezzled. provided only that il Was
under the control Of the county treasurer
This city money was under krug's con-
troll. Mr.. Mcbride said. and rs the Michi-
gan case was in point. it did not matter
where Mr.. Fuhrman got the money
In the middle Of the argument the court
took a recess until 7 80 clock IN the even
ing. At that time Mr.. Mcbride resumed
his speech. He began making fun of Mr..
Aliens statement in the course of his ar
gument that Mr.. Fuhrman's buying of
city warrants had been purely for the pur-
pose OF helping the city out of pinch.
Mr.. Fuhrman's reputation was no: that OF
. man who Was brimming over with phil
anthropy. On no. be was rich; a rich
man could be trusted 10 look out for him
self. He intended 20 make neat little
profit out of the warrants. He would be
willing to take some risk. even for small
gain. Did not Judas Isoariot betray
the Savior for $3.50? Mr. Allen n
making his speech. Mr.. Mcbride
said. was no doab, laboring under
the impression tina, he was euiogizing
some dead fellow senator at Washington
City and that Mr.. Thurman was the
corpse. how else could the eloquent euogy
be explainedf As 10 Mr.. Fuhrman's good
reputation, did the jury not know that
nearly every enhezzleE had q good repu.a-
ton before he was found ousf And as TO
his helping the city, dad that give him a
right to go and steal SIS. coo from the citv,
IL would be as well TO say that if one man
Endorsed another's note IL gave him right
TO ROB him 1T the next opportunity of
double the amount OF the note.
Mr.. Mcbride then went on, following
the argument OF Mr.. Allen CLOSELY and
treating II IN . light vein of sarcasm. with
soft gloves, as he himself would express il.
One point he dwellt on particularly was
Mr.. Aliens statement that when kruc
loaned the money 10 the banks 1T los, its
identity completely. Mr.. Mcbride said
that might be, bur IL one OF the Jurors
should go'to the bank and make deposit,
and should soon after return. draw q check
and try 10 draw the money. only to be me,
with the statement that the noaey a al
lost It's identity and vas no longer there.
IL would be very cold comfort: i, vas a to-
g-sher likely that the Juror would .roar.
Was It any different where the city made
. Deposit
Mr.. Mcbride then began on Mr.. Hughes
speech. which he said had been very
eloquent. very. One would thinx
that special providence had sent Mr..
Fahtnan attorneys. We. Il the rich man
could afford 10 hire the big guns for their
attorneys. While the eoan,y's legal repre.
sentaiISes could only Use mediocre ability
In the prosecution, the jury would sl!l
bear IN mind THAI stately stridiag IN front
OF the lary box was no. evidences. and that
the guilty should be punished. even If de-
Tended By attorneys whose names were
famous all over the United States. Here
Mr.. Mcbride reviewed she testimony OF
the 6eienses witnesses who b Al testified
10 toe good character Of Mr.. Thurman.
ana made the remark ,hA, there vas prob
ao'Y 40 nAa ever indicted By grand jury
no rkegts heYa ks-Anf.nf