Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-07
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to-day they are trospasseJ uno, 3,
greed, hypocrisy. and selfshnea, w.,
Is n jury2 Is u an arm Of IA So,
No. Il II an arm of the defrndan,s 40.
IL IL an arm of tho court9 No Z, -,
part OF the court II stands alone A.,
its responsibility. The court "a ahsol,,'.
Judge 0f the law. You must AXE ,no
law from the court. and H., cour, mr..,
take the facts from YOU
How are you to approach b,t.,,,..,,,
For the verdict "a not your rref,ti..
not your belief. but IL "a your i,.l.,rD,.'
And judgment upon whats N,t ~,
chances. not upon the desire to sec,,r.
a victim for some horri1 crime. but nm,
the evidence weighed by YOU"
ASSAULT OK BLIXT.
Mr. Erwin was bitter IN his arrai,,.
ment OF BiiSt. and made 4 savage aSs1f.i,
upon MS character. Continuing. ha said.
Now. at first blush. IN the orfin.r,.
cares u life. IN reference 20 man ~.
BlIxts character. 81 be should msk.
charges against one OF your nelshb-rs
you would not ordinarily believe a y,,rt
" it. Whoever thought OF using Jl,.
as witness after The betrayal of th.
MASTER That was trge peultance. ana
from such peuitcnce forgiveness came "a,
went out ard hung himself he con,em.
plated his own usclcssupss That's whtt
your man ought 20 DO turning 10 Assist.
hnt-Attorney Ham = would tax, this
Ieniteut by Cardinal Eustis. Co ano.hrr
confeseor than that ot Friar ODeu. %
another church. not presided over lv
Elder Han or ElIer SteNa-t. would
hold ont as a bait 90 hin that only after
this world could he ge, forgiveness AMI
mercy You scOuu3rc,. only after YOU have
hung yourself That's the forgiveness ot
GOd
Il have got 20 take issue with tho ren,-
tcncc Of claus \. Blixt. I've i.at ta IN tt
and I might as well begin now. 1 think
BllNt has proved himself 10 Do tn mos,
astonishing am daring psriurer I have
ever seen on thr withefs-stani Anl one
thIua | have 20 th;frk r,e Almighty for
for my skin did not bring 70 ogt-thtt
plixt himself has demonstraiei Ais char
acter " a perjurer HhNts testimony d
n structure OF vile falfiacauoa. be- bw.t
Il well. and when he had finished the At
tcrney for the state put a spire uyon it
and called IL the church
Then he turned his attention to Adry
Harvard. and directly charged him With
being one OF the murlerrrs The green
goods story vas scoff,d at. and Mi Er-
win asked n the whole jury had gone dart
10 believe such a piece N testimony az
that-ihat she had gone INTO that schsmo
To- 90 aster green goods with such "A look
ing thing as Blk IL was shameful.
Il cannot believe" said Erwin. by an
,hafs IN me. that he was eNrr In tho
buggy with Catherine Ging. ] repd tt Cor
her sake. ana SO should you II ~ enough
20 turn down the father ani mother ana
the witness. but not the dead. NJ. Caihe-
rine cling dii not deal In sreen-go'ds.'
ranatrtAN
"JTarry Harvard stood on the stand "A
Catherine Cilngs best defender; her uusi
gullant friend. lie vlll even ~ ont from
under the hangtnin's loop "a her De-
fender. | believe that II yOu coald seq the
spirtts OF the dead you would see h'r
spirit standing there between thot man
(pointing to Harry and you. Size would
be his witness.
Whose attitude would you rather ~
in-the splendid attitude OF the gambler
as her friend. or the lying, peflurlug,
hypocrite that defames herF'
Erwin claimed that BllNta story about
consulting the doctor 10 know whore "a
shoot was an invention. made when hliAi
found out that Harry had talked with a
doctor at Anokn.
"The hypnotic theory first cmanatei
from that distinguished Fri1r liiNts AZ
torney. Bllxts memory came nftorWart
He wrote the blackboard full ana thea
wiped II out again. What are you golng
| 10 DO? Has close confinement made ynu
50 morbid that all that's necessary 20 do
| is to telephone In your ears and you Will
| believe IT."
Blixts statement on the stanl that H1r
~ had told him several different stoue'
| Of how to XIII Miss Cling were read over
| and II was then shown that In hls pre-
! vlous statements BliXt had said nothing
about them.
! This Erwin considered 10 BE- he rnnS'a'
| OF perjury IF this IS repentance don''
want any OF IT,"
| with a final shot on the part of Erwin
| az the unreliability ~ BiXts testimony
| the court adjourned until tomorrow, Whcr
MIR Erwin viii close ana tne case wiz h
! given t. the jury.