The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-27
ABLE ARGUMENT.
Tho Closing Address blade by MIR. Hill
les for the Prisoner Had n Visible
Eject, and Verdict is Expect
ed of Murder In tho
DECREE.

: william II. Hilles made the CLOSING
argument. In his opening remark
he said there would come times into
the lives of us when the weight of re-
sponsibility gems more than we can
bear.
10 him human liberty meant az
much as human life. While he die
mot feel there was much for him tc
lglean from the field 80 ably reaped by
his learned colleague he considered il
This duty between the prisoner and the
State to say something on the case.
He dwelt on the Inconvenience thu
defonse was put to by the class oil
witnesses who were produced. who
spoke in a foreign tongue, 1t is not
easy to procure witnesses who were
raised in the same little Italian town,
scattered all over this broad land OF
ours.
! Gentlemen. get out OF your hea al
Intentions OF anarchy and try b IN as
you would man or your own blood
He could not understand what makes
all the people have such enmity
against this man If what hap pened
In the back room OF l0i Market street
would not have brought dru nken
man to his senses. he did not know In
Gods name what would. Throughout
IL
Carlo Ruvo was the aggressor In
'Gropp's saloon.
F., 1t will not do to draw differences
where q mans life Ia at stake. 1t has
never been proved about the location
of the table and chairs, and yet the
State has let an engineer to DO carried
away by Imagination. Oh. men, try
| this man on the evidence and you will
never find that this man hunted up
Carlo Ruyo.
lie commented at longth on the evl .
Idence for the State. Polambo claims
that he met the officer at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot and yet the policeman
iswears that after putting ON his shoe
and laced 1t and when he got to lO4
Market street he there mot Polumbo.
He thought he had done his duty to
his profession and tv this man, and he
thanked God for 1t.
The responsibility In this case passes
from me to you. We cannot to serious :.
ly dwell on that duty,God grant whe n
you render your verdict 1t will be sat.
lisfactory to your consciences. Do
your duty. But my friend said there
was no room for mercy to come into
the halls OF justice. But there IL. We
ASK Justice and nothing else. With
these remarks Mr.. lilies concluded
after one and half hours address.
! 1t was exactly 4 O'Clock when the at.
itorney General began the closing ar.
lgument. Murder in the first degree
is the killing OF man with Il sedate
and deliberate mind. Murder In the
first degree Is what the prisoner ia
charged with and murder in the first
degree is the verdict we expect from
your hands. He rcylewed the evi
IdeDce at length. In his remarks he.
scored Mr.. Byrne over statement
made IN the morning that the State,
only expected murder in the second
degree. He would not be acting I'M
accordance with his oath II he did.
he agreed with Mr.. Hillsslthat was.
for the jury to come down to common.
sense and do your duty. ON the.
strength Of the evidence he felt that
he had nothing to do but ask for q
verdict Of guilty in the manner and
way as charged.
The court then informed the Jury
that 1t would not be charged until to-.
morrow morning.
Mr.. Byrne then addressed the jury
and stated that the comments made
i'm the morning by him were nothing
more than the usual practice OF the
members OF the bar. The Attorney
General then advanced towards Mr.. /
Byrne and both had warm shake
hands. MIR. Giles followed in the
wake of the Attorney General.