The San Francisco call., 1895-11-02

murder of young girl, perpetrated under cir
cumstances exhibiting such unparalleled and
civilized world.
Let The uerdict show the
supremacy Of the ldtO.
This attention we might we'll have wished
TO be spared, for ii has accorded to our City a
bad imminence wholly 10 be deplored. trust
you VIII prove to mankind that while such a
crime may be perpetrated in San Francisco, u
cannot avoid detection or go without punish
@.ieni. @ 1ou nave It in your power TO prove
that here at least that spirit OF rude justice
which underlies the often righteous indlgna,
ton OF the mob, born of distrust of courts ana
the apparent uGwillingress of jurors 10 pun
lsh ht!y crimes of blood, can have no reason
lor existence here, because there is here no
law or the devotion of jurors to their plain
duty 10 man, and, with reverence say II. 20
thelr duty 10 that God who thundered from
Sinai and spake as with the voice OF many
waters, Thou shalt not kill"
The responsibility ao,o
rests alone iCith the jury.
Gentlemen, above the building where you
now are has been rising for many months
Iotty tower replete with arch4tecturat peauty
ana OF perfect strength. Its materlat mas oeen
collected from many sources ana wrought
upon by many different artisans Escn OF
these has furnished his mechanical! Sklu IN
framing this skeleton OF STEEL, lis pillars ana
It's ties, lis arches and frames, its htungs ana
The bolts that have welded its fragments To-
gcther into one numerical and perfect whole
and on its Summit is 20 stand overlooking the
CITY, statue OF victory which VIII remain, II
may be, 1or centuries, bearing eloquent tnougn
NnlcelesS testimony 10 the sklll ana courage OF
the builders OF the tower that upholds IL. rev
OF the hands who have contributed TO the
shaping of its separate parts knew or could
laprchend the function OF each small COM
plement in the completed erection, but every
toller did what was given MN 10 90 without
other thought than that the lines of his work
sEoald lie rue and his labor done without
flaw or weakness, trusting to others whose re-
sponsible Obligation Il should be 10 assemble
al the fractions, each IN It's due place, into one
immutable whole which tempests should never
shake nor earthquakes PROSTATE in desolation.
The structure depends upon the
trldiJHinesS Of no ore iuitteeSs.
So, here have you to combine and place in
due order the testimony in the cause entrusted
TO your keeping Witnesses have brought to
YOU their Facts, their observation, their eXpe-
rience- separated facts: each of no great Sig
nitiCance in itself, are borne 10 you by many
persons. The structure you are building de-
pendS upOn the tTuthfulueSs, the discernment,
the motives OF no one man or one woman.
Each part fits with its companion part without
doubt. hesltancy or jar. Slowly has this mon
ument OF patient investigation and tireless
search been rising, each day stronger-each
day more lrreSlsuble-as II has neared compile
tlOD. There is weakness nowhere. There is on
every side and at all heights that abiding
conviction, that moral certainty which the
law says must bind together and cement the
entire frame and substance OF the case and
brings the candid and honest mind to the con-
ciuSlon mat InlS QelenuanI, ana none olner,
was the slayer of Blanche Lamont.
This case Of the people
against DurTdnt is ended.
The structure which has thus been buiIded,
cemented with mass OF indisputable facts
consistent with his guilt, and absolutely incon-
sistent with any reasonable hypothesis of his
innocence, is now before you. 1t is for you 10
finish il. VIII you crown it with the sublime
form OF justice, robed in her garb of law, her
forehead bound with The lambent purity oi
truths white dladem, and il her hand the
flaming sword which Furnishes the doer OF I'M
utterable sin; or, viii you leave it to the
usgrgatton OF an incarnate he'll, 70 gr1nning
human intelligence and hugging to mis- devils
breast the crime OF this dreadful murder, per
petrated under the shelter of q church of God
and saturated with unspeaka5le and measure
less depravity?
Gentlemen of the jury, so far as the people
Of the State OF California are concerned il the
exposition OF this most tragic story, the case is
with yOu