The morning call., 1894-09-14

we're 6gnting for" There was some
laughter in court at this sally. Then
johnson went on:
"But remember she Is a mother and treat
her as you would want mother to be
| treated"
Johnson commented upon the extraor-
Ginary proceeding taken by the other side
IN crnss-examining their own witnesses.
They put Mrs. John Martin on tho stand
solely to impeach her, solely to torture her.
solely that they might throw mud at her.
| And why did they do this? To make some
money! To satisfy the malignant hatred
of another woman. Mrs. Henry Martin,
and the cold anger of +. B.. Pond!
| How long would the lawyer live who
did such a thing to your mother. Mr..
Cody?" addressing another juror. JOh IL
son spoke of the great charity of the
American people and drew such q picture
| OF outraged feelings and vows of ven
geance that Juror Cody caught the fever
| and looked for moment as though he
wished for chance to act the part of an
| avenger.
Then in a calmer manner johnson said {:
I'VE are not bound by Mrs. John Martin S
| evidence. Her truth or untruth concerns
us not. She belongs not 10 our case. She
belongs to The other side and is not party
| to the action. SO regard this woman as
their witness and judge her as such. And,
gentlemen, when lawyer cannot defend
! his own witnesses he's running some con-
fidence game upon the jury. Don't let
| them bunco you, gentlemen.
But their boasted contradiction of Mrs
| John Martin was a dismal failure. That
is settled by tbs testimony of DR.. w. +.
| McNutt of whom you have heard" Then
johnson spoke of the extraordinary care
bestowed upon Mrs. Johns deposition by
Craig, Meredith, Delmas. Rodgers, Heyne-
| mann, Robinson and "our friend from the
police Office"
Johnson seemed 10th TO leave the subject
of Mrs. John Martin, cut he btanched off
awhile TO speak about him self and lawyers
10 general he said he was proud of his
profession. as the nOblest In the country,
but when lawyers were guilty of improper
conduct ii made him mao, clear through"
He referred TO the iDtIo0uclion of the
! Crawford letters. It was not certain That
| these were genuine, as they rested SUI -ly
on Mr.. Heyneman. The latter occupied
| peculiar posi- lou in this case. as he was
! Crawford'S attorney, and did not give up
these letters until he was engaged by Mrs.
Henry Martin. Why did he not give up
those letters? Was there not an offer of
| So, 600 for them?
The truth is, the other side paid more
than SO, GOO tor those letters" Laughter
IN court.
"Whal kind of people are these, any
way? There's Mrs. Crawford. Mr.. Cross
and MI Heynemann. What kind of peo-
PIE are they TO barter away these Letters ?"
Inen johnson drew fanciful picture of
An Interview at Cross office eight months
ago. Mrs. Henry Martin, eX- X-Mayor E. B.
Pond, Messrs. Rodgers, Craig, Heyne-
mann, are present. Cross gets up and
says: How much am | offered for these
letter., lhis evidence of a dead mans
follyP Now the other side offers me
$1,000 how much, will you give, Mr.:
Pond? How much you. Mrs. Mar in ?
81 they go on. Cross wakes eloquent and
says: Give u something more tnan
$4,000, and Wen throw HeynemaDn in as
witness, too. What aye say" Loud
laughter.
80 the bargain was struck the secrets IF
dead man exposed! And by. a lawyer,
too! A lawyer, gentlemen, tool
But they paid too much money. The
letters prove nothing. What do they
prove? Simply tnat Andrew Crawford
was wicked man. The letters prove his
lnfamy. not that of this woman. Was this
transaction worth al that was attached To
ii? Was 1t worth $l2, ,0O0 and Heynemann
thrown in? Renewed laughter
Andrew Crawford was the wicked one.
Upon him ought to come the shame, not
upon the woman" Then Cross and
Heynemann came In for a little more
! abuse, the counsel expressing his opinion
tfat tue mouey they got for this iran sac
ZION ought to blister their hands.
AT length johnson gathered himself
| together and cencbed his fists. "MrS.
John Martha may be all they say she is"
hs said: "She may be a fOrger, she may
be a blackmaller, she may be a wicked
woman, She may even have poisoned her
husband. She may have done all these
things, gentlemen of the jury, and yet I'd
rather bank upon her chance of entering
the pearly gates of heaven than that of
Cross or Heynemann, who sold dead
client for money"
This last sentence was uttered in a
piercing voice. and with trembling, up
lifted hands. 1t was impossible to stem
the tue oil elOquenee, ana one and all the
spec asors burst lutO thundeIgust of ap-
plause. Nothing could stop the mo-
mentary exhibition of feeling, and Judge
| COffey ordered brief recess, thus allow
ing the disturbance TO sujside. johnson
threw a handkerchief about his neck and
! fell back in his chair, apparently ex-
hausted. He seemed, spare-frameless man
that he is, 10 be literally consumed with
| the fire that ragged in him.
After recess johnson dismissed ;he
question of mud-thro wing at p woman.
and turned 10 he otner prop on which the
| other side rested.
The other prop, gentlemen, is labeled
| experts This is weaker prop even
than the other sides abuse of their own
witness. Johnson had to say th at he ad
very poor opinion of expert testimony,
| the experience OF a lifetime proving to hi m
| how shallow it was. The reason was plain
1t was because expert testimony rested
| solely upon opinions. not facts. AS for
| himself, johnson did not desire t. intro
duce expert testimony in this case, but he
! was overruled by his associates
he had plenty of instances of the value
| or otherwise OF such testimony General
| Barnes himself had once repudiated a
check signed by himself, and had come
near sending an innocent man across the
| bay before he discovered his mistake
johnson appeared to think highly of
Barnes, giving him great send-off TO the
| jury, at which the general, who was In
| court, blushed with pleasure.
Ii was claimed by counsel that expert
testimony In handwriting was even worse.
especially when forgery is charged
| whenever experts 90 hunting for for
| geiies they always find them!" Then the
| counsel went on a lecturng tour among
the jury. lie showed how that under GER
tain circumstaIices the same pen Will write
differently. the ink will look different, the
very characters themselves will be changed,
| good deal depended upon the person to
| whom the communication was being ad-
| dressed. lt 1t was proper person, all
| right; but IL ii was secret communica-
ton 10 some forbidden person, a communal =
cation not 10 be shown to any one. all
| wrongl
Ill you're in the Palace Hotel, with all
your wife's relatives watching you, with
your dear friend, ex- Mayor Pond, ana his
| wife and his wife's sister watching you.
to see that you don't get away 10 see any
one, doD't you think that would affect your
| nandwritingY"