The morning call., 1894-09-15

alluded to. wherein the rides taken b'
| Henry Martin with Mrs. John were spoken
] Of There was also the fact that Roster
and his wife took care Of baby John to 81
| considered.
How did Henry Martin know that Ton
! Roster and his wife were caring for thu
little boy Roster didn't tell him. YET
! he met Roster on the street and shaking
| him by the hand said: How is the little
boy ?"
1T shows that Henry Martin changed
| his views toward Johns widow. Only a
month before his death he met Attorney
General Hart and said he had changed
his mind and wouldn't see either Mrs
John or the baby suffer. Aod yet Mr..
X dgers wOuli have you behave thai
Henry Martin did this to avoid a libel
suitw
Johnson went on to speak of other wit
| nesses whose testimony Arthur Rodgers
had completely ignored in his opening ar
gument. There was the testimony OF
ChaTles ). Cfittenden, worthy man, who
exactly e0rrOborated the evidence OF Tom
Roster with regard to the rides Henry
Martin took with Mrs. John.
Ernest Turner and John McDermott had
also been omitted in Arthur Rodgers ref
erences TO witnesses. And their testi-
mony must be regarded as extremely i'm
portant They had seen the goings on at
the Palace ii tel and had testified to them.
lucy hucW Tile secret VI 1cHtl MAI IiE ;
extreme care of his wife during her ter
ri0le sickness. They knew that at that
very hour. when it was said he never left
MS vile, Martin was Slipping away like a
thlel In the night and stealing into the
room OF another woman, to bestow his
a1ectlon and caresseS upon slster-in-law
he said he hated.
"Oh. Godi was there ever a worse in
stance of a double life than this? Henry
Martin. Won deceived many people i'll yon7
lifetime You deceived your own wife
and those around her! You deceive no
one now that you are dead y
johnson closed his argument for the day
Dy reference to the testimony of William
ID. Chambliss, third mate. He spoke ex-
tremely highly of this witness. claiming 2
that he was all that could be desired. He
personally had never seen Mr.. Cnam bliss
TIL he put him on the stand, but be had Ia
say that he admired him and thought that
lie acted in perfect good faith. ARTHUR
hO1gefs says he's society dude, does he
Well, all can say is | hope there'll be
more of themi
HE had no reason TO lie. We've no
money TO paw people. We can't even pay
ourselves. So we've no money TO buy
VIII II. Chambliss to tell lie. And,
gentlemen, if Guam bliss told the truth
then that ends his case so far as the feel
ings of Henry Martin toward his sister-in-
law are concerned.
''Mr. Rodgers claims that Chambliss
cannot tell the truth because he dress es
nicely, tries To act like a gentleman, leads
germans in society and plays poker for
money! My God. gentlemen, if that we've
80 we should all be in a bad fx!'
Laughter in court
Before closing Tor the day, johnson
called upon the jury to see justice done to
this il tie boy, and by way OF a starter NOT
| To believe that Henry Martin loathed and
abused his si,tyr-iu-law, when the evil
/ dence went 10 show that he was her
| frlend-aye, and perhaps more.
johnson expects to close his speech on
Monday afternoon. Delmas says he will
only occupy Tuesday and Wednesday In
replying, 50 that the end of the famous
trial may be confidently looked for before
next week is out.