The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-04
THE END NEAR.


nS tHlttf tOutluuSas oPP>es W JNst
who have witbstood the efforts made TO
corrupt you TO remain steadfast tonight
and during the Lords day.
Here again Mr.. Page interrupted, and
asked fer a stenographer. General Will
sons stenographer was IN the courtroom
and was requested TO take notes OF the
arguments.
-.irhis led the Attorney General to re-
mark some folks are very touchy on some
things. In the words OF shakespeare "let
the CALLED Jade vince" Continuing. he
appealed to the members OF the jury TO
so act that they might always bear the
recollection of having done their duty
sand not as the psrjured liar who sits
there" We're the advocates words as he
turned his eyes toward the defendant.
"Why should this man not be indicted?
Why should he net be convicted, II guilty?
Is il because he Is a newspaper manY The
Constitution of the State insures freedom
of the press, for man may publish MS
opinions on any subject In all libel
cases the truth may be pleaded, though
Ii does not excuse, IL IL is malicious. The
liberty of the press is not licenIiousness. I"
The Attorney General drew an eloquent
comparison bewteen worthy and fair
criticism of persons and that OF licen-
tious press.
AS an example OF the licentious press
the Attorney General referred TO the ar
ticle attacking Cooks place. 1t was writ.
ten to usnder to the depraved taste OF
some OF the readers of that paper. The
article written by Kirby was not written
for any ones benefit, but that few
might snicker over it," were the words
used by the States counsel concerning the
publication OF the article that Is alleged
TO have led up to the shooting.
Mr.. Dubois sarcastically referred to the
claim of the defendant that bis course as
manager of The Telegram and said she
told you In, that bold way OF his, acquired
by long connection in such a sphere OF
newspaper work, Il have never tried the
Attorney General. wish that he would. !"
The speaker then compared such news
papers TO the action OF the cur who bark.
ed at the moon and on the dark night
claimed it had driven 1t away.
= Next, the attention OF the jury was
called TO the stories told concerning the
shooting and their testimony carefully
gone over. The attention of the jury was
next called to the interviews between the
witness Samuel c. Wilson and Lingane
IN regard TO the bribing OF the former.
Very closely this testimony was gone over
and the Attorney General asked: "Has
this witness, Samuel T.. Wilson been i'm
peached? This man has been well known
for years; he was n waiter in the Narra-
gansett Hotel and il they could have inn
peached him would they not have filled
this court room with men to contradict
him.
"Did not, as have said before, every
word Samuel Wilson spoke bear the i'm
press of truth. They ask you TO believe
Lingane before you do him; why should
you. The law knows no color, no reli-
gion, we are all equal before the law.
The money was paid, the services were
not rendered, is TO the dictation OF the
statement, il was taken by man of not
the literary education OF MIR. Lingane,
we do not claim he wrote 1t or that he
threw any Greek or Latin into it as 1t
was not intended for publication in The
Telegram. The man cnly took the words
TO see how far he would go with 1T.
AS 20 the charge of conspiracy the At
torney General appealed TO the jury to
view them as in common sense away
and he. commented sharply on the at
tempt of the defense to show that the
officers johnson and Goodell with Wilson
to put up job on the defendant. He
claimed that the bribery OF Samuel &.
Wilson was proved.
"Why," asked the Attorney General,
"did he do it? Was 1t because he was
innocent, is il the act of a man not
guilty. He did it because that was the
way he had kept out OF court so long, for
he found that m oney in sufficieptq guam
titles could do great deal"
General Wilson here objected to the last
remarks of the Attorney.
Judge Wilbur took the " ords down and
noted the objection of the defen ants
counsel.
The Attorney General then made an ap-
peal TO the jury to lay aside all their
prejud ices and TO deal With the State and
the defendantly III exactly the same
manner Objection was again made TO
the remarks by the Attorney General, but
he was again allowed TO continue his
argument and made brief but earnest
defense of his argument.
Attention was called to the fact that
the pistol with which the shooting was
done had not been presented for the in
spection sof the Jury.
Piece by piece was the testimony in the
case taken up by the Attorney General
and all its salient points reviewed; the
differences between statements made by
witnesses for the government and the de-
fence were carefully examined; the fa-
nous trip OF Wallace and Cook down
Weybosset street on the Saturday OF the
laid upon the action of Linganc, the de-
lendant, after tire shooting, and also i'm
regard to the denunciation OF Cook by
the attorney for the defence; said among
other things:
"When you are comparing towards,
mind you. the attorney for the defence
said Cook was coward, do rot forget
Lingane, he is the prize coward OF them
ALL Attention was called TO the fact that
IL Cook had murder in his heart, would
he not have brought knife?'
The Attorney General was listened to
with the clo'ets possible attention by
many members of the bar by the court
and the jury. At the clcse OF his argu-
mont bo receiypd warm cOnOratulat iop q