The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
oratory of a Frontier Lawyer.

When Grace Allen, a Kansas girl, was
on trial at Chandler, Ok, charged with
the murder of her rival, she was defended
by Attorney L. E. Payne. says the Topeka
Capital In his speech to the jury Mr.
Payne administered the following merited
and bllstering word castigation to the
lover in the case, who it seems, loved not
wisely nor yet too we'll:
I'VE will now contemplate for a moment
the Kansas jay; the creature who was en-
gagged TO two girls and true to neither 1
expected from what 1 had heard of these
two Women's infatuation for him to see an
Apollo BelVdere, 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 when this Insignificant
red-headed specimen, who, with his spec
tacles, reminds me of a horned toad, jump
ed upon the witness stand I confess that
was disappointed. And we now have the
honor to stand in the presence of the Ian
dedah of the lah-dedahs the beardless
Adonis without any signs that can see
of manhood about him, and to feast our
eyes upon his physical graces and beau
ties, his weak eyes, and 10 rejoice in the
sound of that sweet little lisp of h1s-ta-ta'
This is the thing. We have seen 1t at last.
Engaged to one woman, with the day ap-
pointed for his marriage, he entered the
Widows home in the state of Kansas, anu
sought the heart of this poor, innocent
pure and trusting girl, and gained it-fear-
full thought This is the thing, the Soslns'
that gave away the secrets OF MS SWEEP
heart and turned her love letters over 10
a rival to be made the subject of her sheeiS
and jeers; who plighted his troth, ms
fidelity, to one girl and then in ms dupIc.
ity said he hoped something would prevent
MAJ could
other and spoke the words OF promise u
the ear of that other, only to break tneln
to her heart, and laughed and danced ~
see the fiendishness of his own treacheiy
pinch the lily tincture of that othef IaIe
and starve the roses on her cheeks 1nl5
is the moo-calf who took buggy rides wan
a sweetheart and Hsped in her ears inc
dulcet strains of his puerile passion, InGu
said he took the drive at her request! ms
is the double-faced hypocrite VINO w
weeks ago he'd the lily-white hand OF liil9
pure girl in his claws and told her thaI nc
loved her. and is here to-day, writing hoto9
to the prosecution and aiding, in every way
possible to him, to send her to the penn
tertiary. He says he advised the EcHg'
family not TO drop this prosecution. ne
says 1 never mentioned marriage ~
Grace Allen and then, in the next Dfed'H'
he says, Il told her that II things W.
different I would marry her ana Una.
would like for things to be dlHere"rs
Think of that! Is 1t not the Language %
a subtle. false, perjured and disloyaI va
lain? If 1 had son who would ehsas'
himself to one girl while engaged 10 an
other girl, tell their secrets, expose ~
letters and then come on the witness stauo
and attempt to swear one of those SH L,
into the penitentiary I woued shoo1 u',-.
as l would a dog; 1 would throw the lou5y
cur headlong into a well filed with 90 XXX
snakes, that they might hiss at ana Jaw
him from now until eternity