Richmond planet., 1896-05-02

he would have asked the woman, who
put her finger around her throat. who
crushed in her skIll and who split her
Jaw-bone with an axe, TO prepare the
Oody of his wife for burial.
AN INvARIABLE RULE AMONG CRIMINALS
Now it is known that it is an invari-
able rule that the murderer always
shrinks from the body of his victim.
nerve to take the body of your victim,
TO wash it, TO wipe away the blood
| from the gashed face and prepare the
body for death2 could you have done
it2 Could you do it?
There are cases where men have kill
ed their victims, chopped and burned
their bodies and burned them to ashes.
but this is where they are after conceal
ing the evidences of their crime, and
they were alone"
: Judge Flournoy read authorities on
the subject and showed where mur-
derers had invariably refused to 90 to
the place of the location OF their vic
Tins.
Guilty conscience makes towards of
us all.' he exclaimed. doubt
Doubt upon your minds If were to
stop right here, would confidently ex-
pect verdict which would tell that
old woman to go her way in peace.
AUNT MARY's CONDITION.
! Now, let us see, in what condition
old Mary was to commit that murder
Look at herl Look upon the prisoner
and hearken TO her cause She is up
ward of 80 years of age. She has min,
} living children, six others dead
At the time of the commission of thi
murder, she carried living child il
: her womb. God Almighty knows tha
] she has been pursued upon the com
mission of that murder down to tn
present time to fasten the guilt Of tn
murder of that dead woman upon heI
o NO BLOOD FOUND.
If she had took an axe and had ad
ministered thirteen wounds, bloc
must have flowed. Has there been on
u drop of blood found upon her clothes
She has been searched. Not a solitar
{ thing has been found in her possession
Has any of Mr., Pollard's money bee
II found upon her or about her or upo
= any body in any wise connected wit
y her? She is the great Conspirato
:, She had the talent, the skill, the nerN
to plan and execute this murder wit
70 other people, and yet these gentleme
y ,. are asking you to convict her upC
y statements which she made in her ne
v0us, excited fear.
- If she has the cool, quiet nerve,
she has the sense, and the persistel
~ skill to plan. to commit this murde
where was that iron nerve when 81
threw her arms around Mrs .Tnom
son and begged her to save me, sa'
,s me and rolled off like a great bee
| a a nd h0 u
- commits the murder. and when 81
it visits the house of Mr.. Pollard, but
n an old fool and baboon idiot, VIII
n she wanders through the countl
making statements that proved that 5
Of was conspiratOr and murdered MI
az Pollard.
We THE MAN. GREGORY.
nd Now Mr.. Gregory is the first man,
TO is the first witness to testify about
or statement made by Mary Aftermath
a And that statement was made duri
the ni0nt of that day that the murd
OF was committed
al Now, the friends for the commc
ar. wealth have chosen to anticipate t
at line of argument for the defence. TIL
lls say that the first gun of the case sho
no the intentions of the defense to j
Ie. peach the veracity of Mr.. Gregory. '
er- don't want to impeach the veracity
No Mr.. Gregory, but l wouldn't charg
OF bob tailed "yaller" dog with suck
70 eggs, unless l had known he had su,
IN ed them.
to And yet Mr. Gregory undertakes
ne give word for word the statement
she Mary Alternately on the night of
murder. Memory is deceitful I h,
made too many mistakes of mem,
myself not to be convinced of the n
ur- takes of the memory.
DH TRAT PECULIAR OFFER.
say Memory, treacherous memory
no. been talked of during the centur
bat Now, Mr.. Gregory has given
evidence of the fact that he has an
am usually good memory. Mr.. Greg
up and Mr.. Pollard disagree absolut
eir as to what was said about his V
YES when he said he wanted so per cent
hid the return of the money instead of
-ith per cent.
all Mr.. Pollard said that Mr.. Greg
took him through the house into
SOL back yard and talked to him. Nc
on am making no attack upon Mr. Gre
hat ry's veracity. Only showing the
ay. feet of his memory.
'od Mr.. Gregory was placed on that
it ness stand and asked If he had 2
'ery visited the prisoners at the Jail.
replied that he never had Absolu
sure that he had not. When his m
DRY had been refreshed, he said tina
Why had
lur- Now ! am not attacking Mr. CIR
the ry's memory particularly, but the
Vay. man memory
)me do not Ike to hear a witness tel