The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-23
The court allowed the request and .
short recess was taken. t
At s o'clock the lawyers returned tc
the court ROOM
ARGUMENTS BEGIN. 5

| me evidence all being IN, the urgu-
ments for the prosecution was begun by
AR. Duncan, who explained the nature
of the warrants and then spoke as fol-
| lows. in part
! This crime Is one Of conspiracy; the
/ defendants got together and tried to
compromise said Lillian Cannon; the
| case is one Of such gravity that oqine
| the devils in hell would blush if they
| were charged with it, The Common
wealth has closed its case; the defense
| has said nothing; believe that the 81
lence OF the defense is the belief that the
Commonwealth has failed Of it's case
| There Is no doubt In our minds that
! these three were conspirators who
sought TO ruin young girl scarcely II
years of age, and not through enjoying
| her honeymoon. When we come to CON
! tcjiplate the crime and see the girl, that
Is victim, the mind can scarcely con
| template The baseness of the crime I
| the evidence of Annie Wakefield be true
men cannon was In Il sdisreplltable
| house one week after his marriage,
| bringing out the name Of q virtuou~
Slfl and saying he would get rid of
her. He expressed the same thing to
l.aylor and Morris ("Rcddy0 and to
! everyone with whom he was sufficiently
acquainted to talk He would get a di-
| Vorce and get rid of her, for che hates
her, damn her"
The time has arrived when the con-
| spilacy has been proven and the evil
dence damns them all. He has dragged
| the fair name of the girl wife down in
to the mire. When we look for the de-
| iinition of this oTense we have to refer
back to the Dark Ages
smith Is evidently that outside wit
ness who shall rush in with the gravity
OF Il clerk In church, and Shall tell Of
the wifes unfaithfulncss
Monday arrives and Smith goes to
John Mariner about 4 horse and saws
were working UP divorce case: this
Slrl Is to go up on q Baltimore boat and
she is to be gotten into a room Then
/ well rush In on them. What does this
mean TO the Sirl--a very child? She is
. TO be ruined and, damned before the
world in order for the husband to get
free before one month Of their married
life.
Mr.. Duncnn's effort was n scathng ar
raiGnment OF the three defendants, and
he took the evidence. BIT by bit, putting
n piece here, piece there, until he had
woven Il fabric that certainly impressed
, his hearers, and may send the prisoners
to the penitentiary.
Mr.. Duncan. here asked for an in
crease Of the bond
MIR. Randolph wanted to know If Mr.
Duncan had ever heard OF more than a
$500 bond In n misdemcanor case.
MIR. Duncan said it was the gravity Of
| the case, not the class
; Justice Tomlin-'I will have to have
sufficient evidence that the bond is
now too small. IN the absence Of testi-
mony will not Increase it, 80
AIR. Thorn addressed the court very
seriously on the necessity Of raising the
J bonds, giving as his reason, information
received by him In confidence, from n
source entirely outside the prosecution
The defense demanded more explicit
infor cation before The bonds were rails
cd.
Mr.. Thum again address ca the court
on the gravity of the situation from
his point OF view, but His Honor said
that he saw no reason to change his
mind; that the bail as fixed was orig
haily satisfactory to the prosecution,
and no evidence OF an intent on the
para OF tho prisoners to escape had been
presented. y reference to public senti-
ment, made by Mr.. Thorn, was quoted
by the defense as directed at the Court,
as If 1t was to be influenced by public
sent ment.
| Mr.. I.hom at once disclatmed any such
application Of his words, and said he
meant that the effect OF public senti-
/ ment on the prisoners would tend to in
duce them to forfeit their bonds and
| escape.
| 80 ttic Ic'lueSl u Inc uclenSC the case
| was adjourned until this morning at
1880 o'clock. In order to be on the safe
side and avoid any technical defect the
| Court ordered a renewal Of all bail
| bonds
Cannon and Smith renewed their
bonds and Hall went to Jail, as he was
unable to furnish 4 bondsman
Cannon's father became his bondsman
and Mcssrs. Cole and Shultce went on
Willie Smiths bond.
SuLLEN OVATION TO HALL.
AS Hall was being taken back to jail
he was preceded by Sergeant Iawler.
Captain Curics and Officer Snowden.
and other policemen brought up the
rear. Hundreds Of men stood around
him. and looks and words Of exccration
greeted the unhappy athlete. II was any
thing but triulnphal march. In that
crowd were young men who had sisters,
fathers who had daughters. and the cx-
preSslons: IF that girl We're my sister,"
or IF that girl were my daughter I'd
shoot him like a dog were heard from
many lips.
THE END IN SIGHT
1t is believed that to-day Will see the
conclusion although this by no means is
certain. The nature Of the defense has
not been III any way animated, but it
Is expected that counsel for defendants
Will dwell strongly on the fact tina;
Mrs. Cannon left her home of her own
Volition. and stayed away when she
could have returned to the Cannon
house. Halls careful refraining from
any 1ewd words or act toward her Will
also probably be conspicuouslv brought
out. The arguments promise to devotion
hard fought combats on technical
points.
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