Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-18

to the Jurors for the irksome task
they had to perform, he outlined his
course by saying he would leave out
certain portions of the evidence
which in his opinion were OF but lit
tie value. He then said TO the jury
that they had in their hands the life
of a human being and that the place
they now filled was one that he HIM
self would not desire. He illus
trated by trying to impress upon the
iurors. that the scales of justice
we're before them and that ON one
side they had human being whose
weight was one hundred and forty
pounds and that they must by the
evidence place ounce by ounce in
the other side of the scales until it
would overbalance, this weight, be-
fore they could justly render YER
dict of guilty.
ole then started at the tragedy ON
the Wohlfarth' $ farm, and spoke of
the prisoner approaching the house,
little Paul running to meet his
father and what the son said to him
Then he spoke Of the pris ,ner at the
first meeting with his wife and of
their happy associations for the
first, second and third days, of
their friendly relations of the intro
duction by Mrs. Schultz of her hus-
band to several persons at the fa rm
house. Then mentioned the morn
ing when the woman was found
dead, the prisoner being in the
room, his dressing, his manner, do
iugs during the day, that it was no
thing more than any man would do.
His pressing the hands of his dead
wife and passing his hand over her
forehead, as much as to say poor
Lizzie. The position of the bed and
clothing. He then called the atten-
ton of the jurors that nothing but a
fiend of the deepest dye could lie
down by the side of the subject that
he had slain, and said to the jury,
can it be possible that this prisoner
who is facing you is a man of such
stamp, and can it be possible for u
man to plan a murder that is so in
accord with the regular habits of
man. He then referred to the son
Paul that he was a truthful boy that
every word this little fellow told
was true, and that he and his faith
er's evidence was in accord.
He next assailed the coroner and
gave his manner of performing his
duty as county official. He said
the coroner knew nothing about the
subject he was called to view nor
did he appear to know anything
further than to hunt for the lost two
hundred and fifty dollars that the
prisoner had given his wife ON Sat
urday morning. He said the people
of Pike county ought to be proud of
snch an officer. He then gave the
close inspection of the manner in
which the jurors performed their
duty at the coroner's inquest.
Then in a sarcastic tone of voice
he spoke of the witnesses from New
York, said their appearance upon
the witness stand should satisfy the
jurors to what class of people some
of them belonged. He then referred
TO the prisoners son Charles, who
was the instigator and founder of all
this trouble in the family that when
Charles was away from home, har-
mony was in the household. Then
referred to the policeman from New
York of the false swearing as to the
number of loaded chambers in the
revolver, and as to his educating
Willie to swear against his father,
closing with an urgent appeal to the
jurors to weigh all the evidence
carefully and render snch a verdict
Jas would in future satisfy their con
sciences.