The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-11
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Carey explained that he wanted to give
the botv q decent burial. and therefore re-
FUSED later 10 tie . rock or q piece OF
railroad iron 20 II and sink Il In the Sound
IF had 10: been drunk. and greatly ex-
cited" he said II would have brought the
body to.the city. and wouldn't have paid
any attention 10 Tulip. but hardly real
i1ed what I vas doing. and so sunk the
body"
And this Is what you tied 20 Il" qtfe-fed
the prosecuting attorney. al the same time
opening the canvas bag and turning the
contents out on he floor. The small pieces
or lead. several hundred In number. feU
over one another with a dull but peculiar
~ narrowing sound. in view OF the grew
some association, and Q feeling OF unde-
Unable horror seemed to pervade the room.
The accused showed no sign OF giving
way. but answered the question in the sf-
rrmative and then explained that the
s!nkers had come from Fraser river. TIE
remainder OF his story agreed substantial
~ with testimony already given.
DR.. J. 5. kloeber and DIR. Emil Bories
gave expert testimony as to confusion
and conclusion. the defense attempting 10
show that the death of the woman was
due to a fail and no; 10 . blow on the
head
Attorney Wright, for the defense. took
the stand and Identified the long oar as
one found o. him In the boat after the
murder had been discovered.
The state did not introduce any wit
nesses in rebuttal. and al Il 80 the case was
ready for argument The court ordered
recess until o'clock.
An Afternoon Of Argument.
Promptly al the appointed hour the aft
ernoon session Of the court began and the
argument was not closed until nearly
O'Clock. The opening speech was made by
Mr. Wiltshire, who was forcioie and logi-
cal He devoted most OF his attention 10
the testimony OF the defendant, pointing
out with the skill Of a student OF the hui
man Intellect the places In the narrative
where Carey had told the truth, and where
he had departed from it The theory OF
the defense that the death had been caused
ny fail, Mr. Wiltshire claimed. was en-
tirely untenable-
Mr. Wright delivered the first speech for
the prisoner. combining his remarks to the
corpus deicu." and TO what he termed
the failure Of the state to make out a case.
The jury. he urged. could not guess man
TO the gallows, and TO send Carey there by
reason OF the testimony offered would in
itself alu,osS be criminal. As long as there
was a reasonable doubt or moral uncer-
tainy OF guilt a verdict could not be rem
derea against the accused.
Mr.. Winstock began with a complete
statement OF the law. which. from his
point OF view should be applied TO the
case: pointed out inconsistencies in the tes-
tImony. and presented his theory of the
death. using pointed Illustration and IN
vective. He spoke Of the miscarriage OF
Justice through convictions or>C;ircumstan-
tia: evidence. and closed with an eloquent
appeal TO the jury for that justice which
IS tempered with mercy.
Mr. HASTE said sympathy was not IN
VOWED but the question was whether such
a crime could be committed and the per
petrator go unpublished. II tho jury be-
leved that death was caused by fall into
the boat there was nothing left but to set
the defendant free. but II his story was
not believed then he was guilty of murder
deliberately and premeditatedly. and YER
dict In the first degree should be returned.