Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-08-21
FRONTIER oRATORY.
Polished Arraignment OF a Hif-
ness in an Oklahoma
Murder Case.

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When Grace Alien, Kansas girl,
was on trial ut Chandler, o. t., charged
with the murder OF her rival. she was
defended by Attorney L. E. Payne. In
his speech TO the jury Mr.. Payne adj
ministered the following merited and
blistering word-castigation to the lover
in the case who it seems loved not
wisely nor yet too well:
1--WE win now contemplate for mo-
ment the Kansas Jay; the creature who
was engaged TO two girls and true to
neither. expected from what ] had
heard OF these two women's infatuation
for him to see an Apollo Belvidere, a
glass of fashion, and mold OF form,
some magnificent specimen OF grandly.
developed manhood, such as men might
be envious of and women might rave
over. But wher this Insignificant. red
headed specimen who, with his specta-
cles, reminds me of horned-toad,
jumped upon the witness stand, con-
fess that / was disappointed. And we
now have the honor to stand In the
presence of the lah-dedah OF the lah-
dedahs, the beardless Adonis without
any sign of manhood about him that !
can see, and TO feast our eyes upon his
physical graces and beauties, his weak
eyes, and to rejoice in the sound OF that
sweet little lisp of his-ta-ta. This IS
the thing; we have seen it at last. En-
gagged to one woman, with the day APP
pointed for his marriage, he entered
the widows home in the state of Kan
sas, and sought the heart of this poor,
innocent, pure and trusting girl, and
gained it-fearful thought. This is
the thing-the gosling that gave
away the secrets Of his sweetheart and
turned her love letters over to rival
to be made the subject of her sneers
and ieers; who plighted his troth, his
fidelity, to one girl and then in his
duplicity said he hoped something
would prevent him from marrying Il
he could marry another, and spoke tbs
words OF promise in the ear of tina
other, only to break them to her heart
and. laughed and danced TO see thu
fiendishness of his own treachery pincl
the lily-tincture of that others fac
and starve the roses on her cheeks
This Is the moo-calf who. took bugg,
rides with sweetheart and lisped i
her ears the dulcet strains of his puel
lie passion, then said he took the driE
at her request. This is the double
faced hypOcrite, who. two weeks ago
held the lily-white hand of this pur
girl in his claws and told her that b
loved her, and is here to-day, writin
notes to the prosecution and aiding,
every way possible to him, to send be
to the penitentiary. He says i neyt
mentioned marriage to grace Allen
and then, in the next breath, he say
i told her that if things were differe
/ would marry her, and that | won
like for things 10 be different Thir
of thatl Is it not the language Of
subtle, false, periured and disloyal v
liam? If had son who would engaI
himself to one girl while engaged
another girl, tell their secrets. expo
their letters, and then come on the W
ness stand and attemps to swear one
those girls into the penitentiary,
would shoot him and throw I
lousy cur headlong into well fill
with scaly snakes, that they might h
at and bite him from now until etel
ity."-Topeka Capital.