The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-19
Special to the Herald

PoTrsvI1LE Jan. 10 When Mr.. Brumm
was interrupted in his address to the jury
last evening by the adjournment Of the
court no was talking about the right OF
Richard Amour TO 20 to GilbertOn ON the
night Of August 2lst, last, in the capacity OF
detective, Mr.. Wadlinger having laid stress
ON the point that Amour's certidca Of ap
pointment simply allowed him to open D
detective agency in Shenandoah, not in Gil
bcrton.
Mr.. Brumm took up the same theme this
morning He argued that the Pmkertou
agencies are in Philadelphia and Chicap
but no one ever qus STONED the right Of NJ -
Parlan to come into Schuylkill county o
unearth the Molie Mcguire troubles. Am,
very recently Judge Bechtel tried the case q,
the Commonwealth against Lowthgr ard
Zoelner in which convictions were secured
almost entirely upon the testimony of de
teCJive under certificate granted by the
Court of Common Pleas Of Lackawanua
county, as Amour was appointed in Schuyl-
kill county. The men employed 10 90 to
Gilbertoi that night to repair the track and
men who were to protect them, were there
lawfully and they had perfect right to take
arms as long as they didn't secrete the arms
The question is did they take these arms
there for a lawful purpose We have shown
that, to wit: to protect themselves against
any emergencies that might arise, aud they
were going under the cover of darkness
they went to repair that road. They did it
for the public good for the benefit Of the
travelling public,
At this point Mr.. Whitehouse wanted to
know what question was before tho court
| He said that when he started to speak yester-
day, Mr., Brumm said he spurned the legal
propositions of the Commonwealth and he
| Ould II, waste time arguing on them, but
now he had stopped his speaking to the jury
/ and commenced an argument to the court ON
| legal points
Mr.. Brumm replied, q didn't spum the
| idea of arguing the legal propositions, but
spurned the idea Of aguing propositions that
were not legal That was all
Judge Wedman instructed Mr.. Brumm to
proceed with his argument and the latter
| continued on the theme that Amour and his
men had right in Gilbertou that night, cit.
| ing the opinion of Judge PaXson in the
H mestead case Of the @ mmOnwealth gaiust
| uugh ODduneiI, and otherauthorities
He concluded his remarks on this branch
| of the case at 10 o'clock and then turned
from in front OF the Judges bench and re.
sumed his address to the jury There never
| was case in this court so desperately,
| madly and wildly fought by the Common
wealth as this one How hungry they are
for revenge when they try to build upon the
testimony Of Bril- gs that he WAS suspended
by The Traction Company for smoking on \
car. They are desperate to make case
against him.
Briggs never pointed the gun Mr.
Brumm then called upon the court officer fol
Briggs gun. Having been handed the
weapon Mr.. Brumm held the gun in the
position in which militia man holds a gun
when advancing naturally, with the point o
the muzzle pointed upward
The proposition of the Commonwealth thai
whether or not Briggs fired the shot thai
killed Parft is ridiculous There is nc
charge that Briggs conspired TO kin tartit OF
a charle that he was an accessory before oi
after the fsct The Indictment is clear an,
distinct IL says that Briggs did shoot anC
kin James Parlit.
One of the sections of the spectators seat
in the court room was entirely filled witt
women this morning and they remained
while Mr. Brumm spoke The opening o
the addresses to the jury has attracted lare'
crowds 10 the court room,
During one of his flights of impressive
expressions Nr Brumm scored the electro
railway company and sand it had beel
cowardly throughout this whole transaction
he said Mr. Whitehouso was right in hi
statement that he (BTumm) could not stan,
by the railway company. Mr., Brumm adde'
/ that he would have something and plenty {
say about the company later on.
In addressing the jury during the mOmin