Evening journal., 1896-02-17


Brown, Oakes aud Pisa came down
towards tho bathroom. He says he was,
but II would not be natural position
for him to occupy. He was In the room
preparing the water and not In the
corridor. II Is improbable that Pisa
forced Brown and OAKes over to the iron
railing, q distance Of about four feet out
Of their way. IL Is an sbBurdlty TO
declare that Pisa caught Brown by the
throat and maintained his bold after he
had slipped and fallen to the floor. The
reflex sction Of Plss's muscles. when be
felt himself falling, would have COM
PEELED him TO let 20 bis hold Of Brown,
for self preservation II nothing else.
"A man would not fracture his skull
by falling simply with his own weight
believe his skull WAS fractured In the
hall when Brown gave him the asylum
trip, and kicked his feet from under.
Those ribs we're broken immediately
before his death By Swan Kicking hi" Ia
the side.
There has been soms effort made 10
bolster up the character Of the defendants
and to inpeach the character OF witnesses
for the state. l was surprised to and men
come here from Sussex County to i'm
peach the character Of David NJ. NAPLES
For crazyman he was remarkable
witness. They have gunned through
Sussex County and found FIVE or six men
who had feeling against him over busl
ness dealings That does not stand
against David NJ NAPLES. He was
frank with you as he was frank with me,
and his story OF the crime was the truth
I regard David n NAPLES as an ex-
emplsry citizen and II they have many
more ike him 10 the institution it is
tIne that the public should know just
who they have there
Drs Hsncker and Hammond were not
called TO testify TO the good character OF
Lynch OF the twelve men called for
Brown and Swan, only one was from
Farnhurst the others we're from Phil
sdslphia and one from Ireland
Ia this case / oaunot conceive how
there can be any doubt a. TO
the guilt OF these men, be-
lieve that Lynch was In that matter mp
TO his elbows When they sent for those
towels Ia such hurry they knew that
Pisa was dead and wanted to get him
away from that bathroom before too
many attendants and inmates had seen
the body.
Il expected to see pretty stiff defense
set up, but have been agreeably disap-
pointed Ia the character OF the evidence
they have produced There Is no defense,
excuse or answer for that fractured skull
and those fractured ribs.
1--WE cannot afford to whitewssh and
shut up any criminal act done because 10
occurred in a state institution. That
poor Italians lie Was worth as much to
him as the lie Of anyone within the
sound OF my voice.
1--WE don't know whossi turn It viii
be next Within the course OF year
may be confined there. Think OF the hor
ribs features Of an insane person being
cuifed and hammered about like a dogs
person without a mind snd who csnnot
| tell OF the oruslties practiced upon him.
Hs closed at 445 o'clock, having made
& strong argument in bshalf Of convio
tion
Mr.. Gray then presented the prayers IN
behalf OF Swan and Brown, which had
arrived few minutes before in type
written form.
Gray Opened for the Defense.
At 8 o'clock Mr.. Gray opened for his
clients. Ha said, IN part:
"Wo wsrs willing. to submit the case
without argument but the state was not
willing. We ask ct your hands a yer
dict Of not guilty and the restoration Of
these men to their liberty and family aud
friends
He reviewed the testimony and paid his
compliments IN a foreibls manner 90
some Of the states witnesses, especially
Thomas Cakes. who admitted that he
stood by and watched Brown and Swan
choke and beat Pisa Mr. Gray ssked the
Jurors II they ever saw q coward who
Was not liaf2
Thomas Oakes was q liar ell the way
| through his testimony" said Mr.. Gray
David NJ NAPLES had been well coached.
Oakes was too dumb 70 take tho coaching
and was detected ia all sorts or lies.
/ There was e trial Of venom from Farm
hurst to Wilmington. The stats based it'
case on that miserable liar from New
Jersey. The jury should not leave the
box bafore rendering q verdict OF not
guilty. We have the law aud evidence
on our side aud shall expect a verdict Of
not guilty"
he closed az 90, ct which time o re-
cess wss taken until 7.3O p. m.
A Night Of Argument.
At the hour above designated. court
reconvened and the night OF argument
began. There WAS large attendance oil
visitors who wished 70 witness the clos
ing scenes In q case which had excited
such great public interest and been 50
stubbornly fought on both sides
Chief Justice Lore bsgan the prepsra
tion OF his charge early In the afternoon
and the work kept him buslly engaged
from that time until late In the evening.
The fact that no new questions OF low
wsre involved in the case made his work
easier than 1t would otherwise have
been
John X Bradford made sn effective
opening Ia Lynch's behalf and declared
that the state had failed utterly to
connect his client with the inhlction OF
| injuries upon Pisa, and had likewise
| failed TO show that he, directly OF
indirectly, aided or ebetted the others In
the infilction OF such injuries. The
defense had proved beyond q reasonable
doubt that he was neither actively noI
constructlveiy concerned In any Ettach
made upon Pisa. Further than that, the
previous good character OF Lynch had
been established beyond doubt. There
was no evidence Of the application OF
direct OF undue force In putting Pisa in
the bathtub. Why Dr. Clayton's testi