The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25

I IN Tor his share. ana the crowd roaFel
as Mr. Fraser raped him for his double
| dealing" as he called IT, The search for
I that terrible Ratchet without a head, -
| Qaughter) was described. and the sole
| itor general commented scathingly on the
I fact that il was not thought Of til the
/ last moment. his description Of how one
/ Of the lawyers "coached" the Gonzales
witness was greeted with shouts OF laugh
/ ter.
For an hour the solicitor general ar
I gued on the evidence, making strong legal
I points Tor the prosecution. Il was stir
ring address. and was listened 10 .atten-
/ lively by the jury.
AT 12.1j o'clock Judge Twiggs began the
/ closing address to the jury. He began
/ by saying that although a stranger to the
I bar here, he was not a stranger 20 the pee
| pie, as he had made many visits 10 Savan-
nan. he earnestly deplored the sad trag-
| edy that had caused his presence this time,
and that his friend and client had become
cntangled up in this matter He congrat-
ulateI Loud, however, on the fact that
this sad case was not brought on by him,
and that I'm every step he had tried to
escape from the sad catastrophe that fol-
lowed He criticised the states counsel
for saying that they had no case, and he
could say the same for him. If they. had
only twelve lawyers, as the solicitor gen
eral sneeringly stated, why, they could
now claim thirteen" he said, as the sOlic-
itor general had made their case for them
Qaughter). for which," added the speak
err drawing up his tall form and peering
through his glasses at the solicitor gem
eral with quirk that made all laugh, I
thank him. But he is not to blame, his
was a ground hog case laughter. He
put up witnesses and they testified for
our side"
The speaker continued IN this vein for
some time. poking fun at the state and
H.efe saru "a
Continuing his argument the speaker
stated that he would lay down two propo-
sitions and prove them. First, that Mr..
Loud, under well known principle of
justice had a right to kill Fitzpatrick,
aside from the right Of habitation; that he
could have done It on a public street,
aside from his domicile, in self-defense.
Second, that he killed him to prevent
forcible intrusion into mis- bed chamber.
1t mattered not wether Fitzpatrick was
armed or not. he said; that was not the
question; armed or not, Fitzpatrick was
killed while under LIQUIDS roof and there
fore an intruder. These points were ar
gued at length.
He then commented on the states con-
tention that they dared not place Miss
Stockton on the stand. They said that
they had no need Of any witnesses and
also that they gained the opening and
closing addresses by not having witnesses.
The case was argued in all its branches
until 2:l5 p. m. The judge is a striking
figure, and he made the most of his time
for the jury. He Is a peculiar speaker
and has an impassioned manner that
would take with a jury. He grew dra-
matte, threw out his arms, gestured and
tragically paced back and forth as he
Numbered out his sentences. Then he
would grow confidential and speak low
and sententiously. Next, with a change
that would be as sudden, as alarming,
he would take a new tack and give the
jury another specimen of his eloquence
He made many thrusts at the solicitor
general, some of them good-natured, and
the two had frequent spats as to the evil
dence and points of law. When he de-
scribed the scene at the hotel where Fitz-
patrick rushed up stairs, followed by that
Iago, Somers," the laughter that followed
was even joined in by the court Alto
gether his address was a fine one, fun
of humor, witticisms. taking points, and
was delivered with a dramatic force that
kept the attention of the jury.
At 2:20 the judge charged the jury, GO
ing over the subject very infinitely, charg-
ing them as to murder, and manslaughter
and giving all the definitions of self-de-
Tense, and justification. The charge was
an impartial one, but under the evidence
and the circumstances of the killing, was
rather In favor of the accused, he being
in his room where the law states, a per-
son had every right to remain if attacked.
The jury retired at 2:4s. The crowd re-
manned in the court room expecting that
the verdict would be found soon. But as
hour after hour wore away, they began to
dispense, and it was about p. m when
they began to fill up the room again.
They remained there till the jury came
down TO be recharged, and until the final
verdict was rendered.