The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-28
M. Little Concludes Ills Argument and
General Shay Begins.
BITTER FEELING BETWEEN COUNSEL.
Mr.. Little Resents In strong Language Re
Elections Made by Dir. Thomas--The
Verdict Looked for To-Day

Fredericksburg, and Washington fur
nished large quota.
They came to hear the final arguments
| In the celebrated case. Mr.. W. S. Thomas,
| Of Baltimore, counsel for the prosecution,
who was speaking when the court ad-
! iourned yesterday evening, resumed his
argument as soon as court opened this
morning He followed the fight of the
robbers to Front Royal, TO Cumberland,
where Searcey was arrested, and Morgan
| 10 the scene OF his leap from the car near
| Winton Place, a suburb of Cincinnati.
He claimed the testimony Of the mer-
! chants Of Front Royal as to the purchase
! and Identification Of the clothes found
| with Morgan was complete. He said
| that il was upon the statement given
| of the two men by a Mr.. Buxbaum, OF
| that place, that they were arrested. lie
| defended the Adams Express Company
officials as men honorable in every deal
| ing i'm life, whom 10 know was TO honor.
! They are among the highest in the busl-
| ness and social circles Of their respective
homes, and that they were proud TO De
able 10 assist the authorities Of Virginia 10
! bring TO justice one OF the greatest crIIhl-
nails Of the age.
He then paid his respects 10 Messrs.
Shay and Little, saying that they hau
| attacked I'm an uncalled for manner every
one connected with the prosecution. they
acted as If the jury was a thlnB 10 De
swaved at the will of any and all parties
| as a weather Vane turning to the every
change of the tickle wind. lie SAID the
prosecution had made out It's case ana
was entitled to a verdict, and ne DeIeNed
| the Jury would so determine
Mr.. Little followed Mr.. Thomas. lie Sala
| that at the threshold of his speech ne
lot q
of the trial. now so near and on thelr
patient ard intelligent attention 10 lhe
! long drawn out story of the case, and ne
| was confident that they would so slit the
wheat from the chaff in the testimony
as would enable them to render just
verdict.
! He said he would first reply to the I'M
| lust accusation brought by Mr.. Thomas
! that the counsel for the defence were ma
| iciously attacking anybody engaged III
| The case. Mr.. Shay could take care OF
| himself more ably than he could, but ne
would say for HIM that he was dlstln-
guished member of the Bar in one Of the
largest cities in sister state, and that
his reputation as an honorable man
| would refute any such accusation.
"As for myself, l spurn as unworthy OF
| my notice, I'm the presence or Inc men OF
! old Stafford, who have known me all my
| life. these base imputations as ! would a
strange eur over my Threshold
He then turned on Mr.. Thomas argu-
ment and ridiculed it as not being based
| on facts, but drawn from the fertile
brain of the paid hireling Of the Adams
Express Company.
Thomas has unfairly represented the
testimony Of old man Triplett. He has
put words into his mouth making him
say that Morgan acknowledged he had
| met him before. when the correct re-
port of Triplctts statement was suscep-
| tiblc Of no such construction
| Tripletts statements were absurd. lie
glored in the opportunity that this trial
gave him TO proclaim TO the public she
| fact that he had been for twenty-five
| years a magistrate OF his county. Mr.
Triplett said he positively Identified
Morgan, when his own testimony showed
it was an impossibility to do so. He said
that the Adams Express Company and
not the State was prosecuting the case,
and that Mr.. Thomas, its paid hireling
was representing the private malice Of
that corporation
Continuing he said he thanked God
| himself and for his client that there was
| justice in this Old Commonwealth, and
| money does not always win. His Honor
| was here TO interpret the law, and he
He had been accused by Sir. Thomas Of
! rejecting improperly on the Court but
| Thomas assertion that some Of the in
| StruCtionj We're a misty tumble OF
| words calculated TO deceive the jury
was far more unjust than anything he
| had said.
He had not reflected upon his Honor,
| he had simply exercised his right TO pro-
| test against his Honor coming TO the
| tff.,, l,.p ltgtf hlI
| for twenty minutes failed TO form a ques-
| ton legally and suggesting how IL could
be done.
MR.. WHITE AROUSED.
Mr. Shay her interpolatel: And both
! paid by u corporation
Mr. Little; Yes, both paid by big
corporation"
MIR. White: "That IS false as to myself,
! and no man shall say So"
Mr. Shay: Il beg pardon, Mr., White.
! Not you; certainly not YOU
| Mr.. Little then took the instructions,
and applying them TO the evidence as he
| asserted il was claimed that under lis
several counts the crime OF robbery had
| not been proven on his client He sad
that the instructions plainly were that all
| the allegations must be proven or the
| prisoner acquitted.
|
| the jury should not listen to counsel but
| believed on the contrary that they should
be guided by Them IN an honest EFFORT to
| help them untansle the knotty problems
| in the case.
In this case a batch Of conflicting tes-
timony had been dumped as 4 were, into
their minds calculated to befOs them
This Commonwealth was too great and
| her laws too sacred for such trhing, and
! q odd ha 4FfC c
oner's guilt by straining fancy into fact
! and manufacturing error into truth. He
| denied that Virginia was the prosecutor
He was opposed TO the law being bedras-
| gled by private malice or money, as IL
was when the two great corporations,
| the Adams Express Company and the
| Pinkertons, were controlling and domi-
mating the power Of the State, and he for
ont rebelled.
| He said that every witness here had
been brought here by detective. They
we're out OF the jurisdiction of the State
and could not be brought by her, but the
| Pinkertons. backed b. the money OF the
| EXPRESS Company, could get them.
yes" he exclaimed, money Is all pow
| erfuI. men sell their honor and women
their virtue for money. but, thank God,
| the women of Stafford are win US.
"A daughter OF the grand old county
has written my associate letter, III
which she characterizes as an outrage
the action of our State authorities IN
Offering reward of one thousand dollars
for those who committed the train rob
berry, and only $50 for the man who muir
dered one of StaffOrds oldest and best
| citizens.
Mr.. Little then took up the testimony
of Searcey, and. from the standpoint OF
the defence, made mastery argument.
He said 1t was monstrous TO allow SELF
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