The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-07
SAN JOSE Will CONTEST.
THE ARGUMENTS END WITH A
STRONG PLEA FOR THE
CONTESTANT.
INSTRUCTIONS WILL Be GIVEN TO
THE JURY BY THE JUDGE
THIS MORNING.

SAN JOSE, March 6.-With an eloquent
peroration and strong plea for justice,
Attorney Delmss to-day closed the argu-
ment for the contestasssss in the long trial
of the Barron will case. It is five weeks
ago since the lawyer made his opening
statement in the case, and not a day has
passed, when court was in session, that
the large hall was not thronged by inter-
ested spectators, public interest in the trial
being at strong tension.
Delmas argument occupied two days
and was brilliant effort. He was given a
f1attering ovation in the way of the
crowded attendance in the courtroom DUR
ing the delivery of his plea. Such crush
of spectators was never before known in
the history of the city. At the conclusion
of his effort hundreds of ladies and others
crowded around Mr.. Delmas and congratu-
lated him and H. V. Morehouse, his asso-
ciate, and also expressed sympathy and in
terest in their client, George Barron, the
contestant.
In resuming his plea to the jury this
morning Mr.. -Delmas said in part:
Edward Barron's mind was so per-
verted with an unnatural aversion that he
almost prayed that his eldest son would
die, and we will show that he took every
means in his power to drive him to that
end. When he left St. Mary's Hospital
and found himself without friends or SYM
pathlzers the young man admits with sor-
row that he unwisely, perhaps, but natu-
rally, took to drink. Did his father at
tempt to encourage him with words of
cheer or hope and try to reason with
him?'
With an income of $4,000 a year no
other recourse suggested itself to the
fathers mind than to turn his boy over
into the hands of common policeman.
He was thrust into the Home for Inebri-
ates, that living hell upon earth, which it
will be the crowning glory of the present
Legislature to blot out of existence. As
the elimination of all these cruel acts of
aversion the father finally planned upon
and sent George in a sailing vessel around
Cape Horn to some unknown country to
die
From this place of exile George Barron
sent many pleading, repentant letters to
his father, and these letters were intro
duced by counsel upon the other side. they
having been treasured up by Mrs. Barron
to be used against George, but we have
wrested them from her hand, and we will
use this sword as weapon of Justice with
which we will cleave our way through the
impediments that have been strewn upon
our path.
SAT last the hard heart of the father was
made to soften to the extent of allowing his
son to leave New York for Dwight. III. to
take the Kelley cure. George Barron says
he took this treatment not so much because
his condition required it, but because he
hoped by this heroic measure to remove
the unjust unnatural aversion of his
father"
Mr.. Delmas closed his effort this after
noon with an eloquent and mpressive plea
for justice in behalf of his client. He pa
thetically portrayed the bowed figure of
the dead mother as she sent from the
spirit world her blessings upon her wrongeds
eldest son and her hopes that the verdict
would right the great injury that had been
done him.
The argument closed shortly after 4
o'clock, but Judge Lorigan did not charge
the jury and send them out to deliberate
upon verdict. He said he preferred to
instruct them in the morning, so as to
avoid the possible necessity of keeping
them out over night.
The court then adjourned with the usual
admonitions to the jury. 1t is expected
that verdict will be reached by noon to-
morrow at least.
Init Railroad Bill Fails at Olympia.
OLYMPIA, Wash, March 6-Helms
House bill, reducing railroad freight rates
in the State of Washington, failed to pass
the Senate to-day by a vote of IA to 20.