The San Francisco call., 1897-06-15

had been 1.-TWO of these little conIabula-
tions" at Mrs. Craven's house.
Mr.. Delmas said this was palpably an
! instance of misconduct. He asked the
court to direct Mr.. Wheeler TO be a little
| tairer with the witness and not 10 indulge
IN 'spread-eagle" remarks intended TO
| reiudice the jury.
Judge Denson added to this an obiac-
! ton TO the eff-cJ that tile other side
should not be permitted to continue on
their hshing excursion. II was very plain.
! he said, that they were ouly cropping
around in the hoI e of finding something
| with which TO bolster up fallen case
Wneeler replied by asserting that the
| hand OF Martin Kelly was being traced all
through the case. He had been here.
/ there and every where
is 'here something infectious in the
very name of Kely?" asked MIR. Dalmas.
is he monster that contaminates every
thing with his touch, and is your Honor 10
take judicial notice of that fact that the
very mention OF his name, the very touch
OF him is pollutionP
III so, what becomes of the chief execu.
tive OF this State so far as the testimony of
TINS casr ptoves2 He is the first person.
so far as the testimony shows, 10 be CON
tamlnated with the touch of this monster
In lerous form whose very name is odor-
Gus Of conspiracy. Now l say if there is 8
conspiracy ii consists to do wrong. Where
is The agreement 10 do wrong? A con-
| splracy Is an agreement between two or
more parties 10 do an unlawful act.
Are we 10 be told that the mere fact
that this lady-a teacher. honored by her
fellow teacbers with being appoin ted IN a
committee TO further legislative measure
/ beneficial 10 hem, and because in Sacra-
mento she met this man, whom she
| thought potent of influence, having the
! guoernatorial ear-he had the guberna-
! tolial ear-are we 10 be told that because
she sought his aid in those polluted pre-
clncts oil Sacramento, where no such aid
| Is ever required except by the hum Bile and
| poor-the rich do not need it-ihat she
conspired with Martin KeIly2 1t is cnly
| the poor and those who are seeking to mt
through the Legislature bills for the relief
OF widows anu orphans. They alone
know who Martin Kelly is. They, when
they touch Martin Kelly, are conspira-
tors. Those who have bills for franchises
and have other things of shat kind know
INN not--never have heard of his name!
Now, fyour Honor please, unless you
are TO take judicial notice that Martin
Kelly is monster OF iniquity, that Bon
ner is monster of villainy, that the very
name OF Cullen l. equivalent to pollution,
l ask you as Judge where is there any
evidence of conspiracy in this case2
Now let us have fair play If you want
to inquire into the relations of Martin
Kelly and Mrs. Craven, 10 II. II you want
to inquire into the relations of Cullen and
Mrs. Craven, do it. If you want to in
qulre INTO the relations of Mrs. Haskins
to the witness on the stand, whom you
| charge as a conspirator, do it; the rela-
tions of Cooney, who it is said was accus-
toned 10 play cards with her, when they
do not know each other at all, do it; but
to inquire into every act of this lady's life
simply because some ebody here has been
pleased TO charge her with a conspiracy,
say 1t is a violation OF the right of per
sonal liberty and immunity from in.
| gu u'sitoriaI inquiry"
Mrs. Craven finally resumed her story
and told about meeting Kelly last Thurs
day evening at the house OF lady friend.
They had a good laugh, she said, about
| having been called conspirators
Wheeler made a eranG-staEd pIav on
the alleged fact that Kelly's name was not
mentioned in court until Friday. Mrs.
Craven replied that if that were the case
ii was Friday night that she met him IN
| stea+ of Thursday.
Her narrative was still unfinished when
an al iournment was taken until to-day.