Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-07-25
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easily the most interesting 10 Col.
l.. Allison Wilmer. He is O man
of distinction in his part Of che
State, Q colonel Of the militia, q
politician, lawyer and influential
flayman in the Episcopal diocese Of
Maryland. Mr.. Wilmer has also
been mark for the public gaze this
week from the fact that he is one OF
the two citizens Of La Plata who
wore white trousers. A third man
appeared on the scene Tuesday
evening to divide the honors with
the two. BE was q New York news
paper man and was examined with
interest by Smoot, the court mes.
senger and town critic, who made
fun of a wondrously constructed
collar the New Yorker wore.
When Colonel Wilmer talks he
breaks ont suddenly like o volley
from his own militia regiment. He
waves his arms and gives his voice
full reign. He winks his eyes hard
and looks as If there was no other
possible position on the question.
Sometimes the court disagrees with
him.
Ex-Congressman sgd. Z. Mudd,
Mrs. FarralPs other lawyer, is not
so impetuous as Col. Wilmer.
The counsel for the State are Mr..
John II. Mitchell, Of Port Tobac-
co, who does most of the talking
for the State, and the States At
torney, Jas. F. Matthews, who, it
is the general impression, has done
q heap Of thinking in getting the
evidence against Mrs. Farrall in
shape.
Mr.. j. Samuel Turner, the clerk
Of the Court, is one of the familiar
figures of the trial. He lie chair
man of the local Democratic Com
mittee. On Sundays when there is
no session he takes the Court Bible
home and faithfully reads it. Last
Monday he forgot to bring it back
and Court was delayed while he
went for it.
The jury to which Mrs. Farrall
will have to look for life or death
is o jury of farmers. Out Of the
IL men good and true 10 are tillers
of the soil. One is q blacksmith
and Foreman T. J. Owens is mer-
chant, doing business at Newburg.
There is one negro on the jury,
Austinus Butler. He went TO sleep
during the examination of q wit
ness one day this week and the fact
occasioned some merriment when
it became known. Two men on
the jury have held Office. 8. j.
Lancaster was formerly o gauger in
Baltimore, and G. A. Bowling was
formerly County Commissioner Of
Charles county.
Enough people have attended the
trial to call it "crowds" in La Pla-
ia, though the big courtroom has
never been quite full. Every morn
ing at 10 o'clock, when the train
comes in, Judge Briscoe adjourns
court few minutes. This gives
the opportunity for the people to
SEQ the cars and get the Baltimore
papers. After the excitement has
somewhat subsidized the Judge bids
the lawyers proceed with the case.
The evidence for the State has
oeen much the same as that before
the coroner's jury. 1t has proba-
big been toned down somewhat by
cross-examination, but has still re-
NAMED damaging to Mrs. Farrall.
For the defense evidence has been
introduced showing a discrepancy
in the testimony of some of the
States witnesses at the coroner's
inquest and at the trial. Medical
experts have also sworn for the de-
Tense that they did not believe Fred
erick Farrall died Of strychnine
poisoning. Acquaintance of the
Farralls have been put on the stand
to swear the prisoner always got
along with her husband. One man
swore he saw Mr.. and Mrs. Farrall
playing together and said Mrs. Far.
RAILS hands were on Mr.. Far
ralPs shoulders. But no one has
sworn that Mrs. Farrall played with
her husband quite as much as she
did with Brakeman Hall.
It has been n weak defense. IL