Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-22

"TIe struck me in the mouth She
did not deny killing her husband
The testimony of Mrs. Laura Wright,
Mr.. Putnam said, was unworthy OF
auyones belief.
III Hamilton wanted his wife dead,
or IL he had any intention of Niling
her why did he try to dissuade her
from committing suicide?" asked coun-
sci.
and n half, concluding as follows
"rhe defendant Is woman ana
every man feels a sense Of pitv NJ"
than there would be for n man. We
cannot. however, overlook the cfime OIL
murder even IN a woman, for N We do
we encourage other women to commit
the same crime.
"Gentlemen. / ask you not to allow
your Judgment to be swayed because
she is a woman"
ATTORNEY MGURRtN FOLLOWS.
Mr. Putnam was followed by Attor-
ney Fred 4. McGurrin of counsel tor
the defense. He began as follows;
Gentlemen Of the jury: Soon, ex-
cept as regulated by your own Npuuons'
YOU will be able to return to the com
forts of home and cxactions or ousi-
ness, from which this public duty has
SO long, but 80 patiently, detained you,
ont Of a large number Of your fellow
citizens examined for your Responsible
part in this great trial, you have been
gclcCted as men Of fairness, character
and Intelligence; and I'm time TO come,
when your faces have become furroWed
ms The years have come and gone, you
will be pointed out as the man VINO IN
this ordeal, stood between the state OF
Iftah. in it's might and strength on the
one hand, and Lou Hamilton, IN her
womanho0d and weakness, on the ON
er and 1t win depend upon the con
righteousness with which you perform
that trust whether that ringer point 10
one of appreciation or one of scorn.
at is neither my purpose nor Is 1t
nv Judgment nor Is II my inclination
to detract one shade from the charac-
ter Of Johnnie Hamilton, but his VIE
must not be sacrificed upon the altar
OF his blnmeless life. She loved him,
but ms many have done before ana
many will do again, wrecked happi-
ness. and home, and all upon the rock
of the social evil She lost that which
time, wealth, influence and your YER
dict cannot recaim. a woman's only
Jewel, her virtue, and out Of this ter
rible ordeal through which you have
seen her pass, her Widows weeds and
everlasting disgrace-surely neither
humanity nor justice could demand
that she suffer more, Forced In her
youth, by dire necessity, to follow the
divine edict and earn her bread by the
sweat of her face, she is not to be
Judged by the standard of those who
never knew want, for too often pros
titution Is the product Of poverty"
Nj. McGurrin devoted some time TO an
arraignment Of the Seddons. He said
that never in the history of American
Jurisprudence, had jury been known
10 convict IA prisoner upon the testi-
mony of sister or n brother
Never" he said, has son been
convicted in America by the testimony
of father against son"
He further characte rized the attempt
OF the States prosecuting officers to
fasten the guilt upon Mrs Hamilton
on the testimony OF the Seddons. self
confessed perjurers," as an outrage
upon justice.
Referring to Mrs. Hamllton's mother,
who the defendant said she wanted to
see before she took her life and to
whose house Mr.. Hamilton wanted her
to go. Mr.. McGurrin said his client
had no mother, and that she had been
driven from home weeks ago.
Mr.. McGurrln also excoriated Coro-
ner Sommer.
why that little monkey" he said.
"hobbed up here to the witness stand
and showed his bias. He has pursued
her from the first anxious to aid the
prosecution In securing conviction
against this unfortunate young wo-
man"
Pavey also came in for ashare OF
Mr.. McGurrin's whitening sarcasm
Where IL this man Pavey, who is
at the seat Of this whole trouble?" he
asked. why has he been allowed to
escape Justice? is II because he wear.
purple and fine linen and happened tC
be prominent society man and iden-
titled with swell club"
II can Imagine him now" continued
Mr., McGurrin, seated in the club
room Of an adjoining state. Boosting to
those around him OF how he ruined the
unsuspecting little Utah girl employed
in book bindry, and telling how his
influence freed him"
In conclusion Mr.. McGurrln said:
Gentlemen, you cannot give her
back her little house; you cannot give
her back her loving husband: you
cannot give her back the respect and
confidence Of her friends since child
hood; you cannot give her back her
virtue; these have gone forever, but
you can give her back her liberty and
save the felons cell which has been her