Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-27
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Of tho mystery with which murder In
the midst oi populous and lAw.abiding
communities may be surrounded, by
tho celebrated case Of the common.
wealth OF Massachusetts vs. DR.. Web.
ster, for Staying Parsman. IL at.
tracled the most profound attention
and awakened the most elaborate dit-
cu,sion In this country and every
other where there wAsa printing press;
there were no direct evidences OF guilt,
nil was purely circumstantisl, the
murder had been committed In the
comparative Heoluslon OF an tillce
where only the murderer and the
murdered were ptoseni. anu the body
was Immediately destroyed. we believe
by boiling, and Il, remnants skilliully
disposed OF. Not ore soul could give
oriminAtiHg tealimony save such a.
amounted 10 suspicious circumstances,
and yet Webster. was convicted anu
haDgci-ptopsrly ", Ia the light Of
subsequent facts which became known
aud which doubtless would have been
oonee''eu 'oioVei pu' io' suon oohNIo'
''on anu sAeoutou'
some years la'ef' anu Just before inc
breaking out Of the civil war, a pstai-
lei oass-equ" 70 Tue DINER In 'he den-
siy Oh j" mystery shu me prominence
OF .he pa'uss-ooouifea III Ne" YORK
A'u WI" Ano"n 70 criminal sunh' I"
'no buIueh mu'ueI' lne pstaHei
oe'e'u 'u" s'"o 'o' '"' ss'o"'' now
ever 'o' 'he hoouseu ps'"e'-Ats'
ounh'ns"Am' h0Asls anu snousfas'-
were never eA'ou'eu' a''hougn puoho
opinion convicted every on' Oh 'hem'
VI oou'ss mere ha'e oeeh mum
oe' VI o'neiE' ho"o'y ,no otoh'h
S"' /" chcas' 10" years
SGD 'ne no'uei case IN ma'sA'
ouu''"'' "hu 'no qulo seeeh'
.i'ais anu convictions oil carlyle W.
n nai' a1a y" nuonAuah 10 New
'o'A "n' marry hsy""u 10 MINNIE
'OA' ou. We .u'nH mons OF these ma,
w'''su." UP '"o ~ohuo''"g interest OF
wv o'','"'u "'i'u W sue" M et'sn'
!" h"s 'no ih'o'.sauon NJ pan Fran
'noo 'h'o 'ne snA''y uAgouy OF 'ne
"h'ns on OF n'anone hsmont' ana
Wv" ""''" JUNK Du''A"' ~ NO"
unue'soins WA 'o' ~" NO
iue p'0s'o''On mas e'oseu ai'er n
"sN''''tno '''s'on o' more 'nAn nine
"eoAs' uu''ns Nhlou 'no s'a'o's Ai'oi-
heJH "a'o pA'ou''y, pot'is'oh'iy' even
uogseuIy' ueNsiopeu 'hs case against
'ho prisoner piece oy piece, ioaSing
h''uihk ou OF 'ho tsoetd' u would
seem' mat oouiu possibly shed even
a scinrIla oihght upon the surround-
ing gloom. fragment upon fragment
nero Hills anu more q h'ne' some
Times uiseonnse'eu ana a.ain
hiling IKE smoo'hed mosaic,
none OF II conclusive nhu nut '1tiS ol
II positlVe' ye' sl po'ntins Ike tue
needle 10 tue pole IN tnedireoilon OF the
guilt OF rheodoie purranl It's such
acase tha' mas bssn maus OUT rs puts
the defense upon y" own PROOF; thN H.,
the 6uiwafk oil tue slate must be over
thrown and the innoo'ncs OF the ac-
ouscd established by affirmative owl
deuce.
Judging from tho pre'ent trend Q.
the case, this may DO dSue; in fact .
great Slide was taken In that direction
when tho opening statement OF the
defense was made TO the jury. o.
course this was only as'atomen1,simply
outlining what that aide OF the case
expected 10 prove, or A. least lwhat II
claimed II would prove II u shout
succeed, DuttAn' would be entitled TO
aequllIal without 90 much OF formsllty
as the jury reslflnG but We all kaow
that attorneys IN a oass fall to roach
tho points aimei ~ quite frequently,