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LAST WORDS
To The JURY
Judge Hoffman'S Effective
Argument on Behalf
of Noonan and
Simpson.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BITTER
Most Made of Every Suspicion
or Inference Against the
Accused Lawyers.
Judge Lippincott Begins BIS Charge
Immediately After Recess
Today.
SENSATION OVER BUTTNER
The states Star witness Under Arrest
fnNew York as Receiver of
stolen Goods.
SENSATION OVER BUTTNER
The states Star witness Under Arrest
in New York as a Receiver of
stolen Goods.

The summing up in the great Noonan
and Simpson trial closed today, and IL
rests with the jury to determine Wnetner
Joseph NJ. Noonan or Alexander Simpson
shall go forth free men, with characters
unsullied, or shall be convicted OF having
entered into a conspiracy to defeat the
ends of justice. Yesterday readers Oh
The News" know the State began ITS
summing up and then followed counsel Tor
the defense.
In his opening Judge Garrefson maze
some remarks about the action OF the de-
PENDANTS when the Journals story ap-
peared. Counsel said that they ran away
as guilty persons always do. They should
have, Judge Garretson said, asked mag
istr+ate for a warrant for libel, complained
10 the court or begun suit for damages.
and because they did none OF these coun-
sci argued they were guilty.
All the counsel for the defense resented
this in very sharp language, and charged
the conduct of the State in opening IN
such manner as extremely unfair. Judge
Hoffman told the jury when he toucheo
on that subject, that to get writ from
a magistrate was absurd, he had no 1uris-
diction; the defendants had gone to the
court. ana as IOr Lfe HD6l Sull,ticS "ON%-
follow. he significantly remarked. MI
speer's opening for the defense was re-
narkably telling and effective speech, in
which he handled the case for Mr.. Slmp-
son like an old pleader of the bar. Judge
Noonan came next for Mr. Noonan. and he
analyzed the testimony in his accustomed
careful and thorough manner Wnen
.arhe News" went to press last night he
Testimony of BGck,
and showed that it was as worthless as
the Human Pincushion's character. Con-
tinuing Judge Noonan said
..He denied that he ever said anything
about a dive he was running in Coney
island last year, with the vllainous part
in crime Pidgeon. and afterwards admit
ted it. These answers show closely that
Beck is a perjurer. Now, for that fellow
Pidgeon. When asked If he knew No. 12O
Livingston street. Brooklyn, he denied 1t
and finally admitted that he lived there.
and with the Reilly woman. Isn't he ly-
Ing. isn't he a perjurer? He tries to crawl
out of the Bohemia Publishing Company
and when he was shown the card he
aoundered all around the question, and
said that they were going to publish a
book. What a pair of pirates they are
as ever scuttled a ship.
Now here's Mr.. Rappleye who has
brought yellow journalism to this city,
and a heap of trouble and disgrace to the
ssEvening Journal who will have plenty
of damages to settle later on. Oh, this is
only the beginning of the end. The mills
of the gods grind exceedingly slow, but
they grind exceedingly fine And you,
Judge Garretson. will soon find out that
we will bring these libel suits you said we
should have brought, and these infamous
scoundrels Beck and Pidgeon, the Jour
aaps" witnesses, and it's editor, the author
of those lies, will be swept from the face
of the earth.
This man Rappleye swore that Mr..
Noonan was sober in Browns, yet there
were five gentlemen in that room who
sWore that Mr. Noonan was intoxicated.
So you see that Rappleye swore falsely.
Rappleye said he was standing up to the
bar. where he sneaked like thief up to
Mr.. Noonan. and said MIR. Noonan didn'
drink anything. Gentlemen, Rappleye Is
liar. and he knows that he lied to you.
Now you have this Rappleye on the
cross, contradicted by Mr. Brown, Chief
: Callagham Mr.. Wilkie Mr.. Corhant ano
impliedly by Beck, ION two essential
points in the case.
Judge Noonan went carefully through
the testimony of Beck and Pidgeon as
to the first interview and described Inc
pair as audacious liars, and IF there was
outside of Hades a worse scoundrel thar
Beck, it was Pidgeon."
How absurd when these liars say thai
Mr.. Noonan took down a law book to find
out what the penalty for the Pole would
be- Why. do you suppose that such 9
thing was ever done by Mr.. Noonan who
is second to none in the county for his
knowledge of criminal procedure? He has
drawn every indictment in the county fol
ten years past, and not one has beer
ouashed, and do you suppose III
didn't know the penalty for grant
tarcepy? Absurd; it's a lie on its
face, Equally mendacious is Beck AM
Pidgeon's statement that Mr.. Noonal
said .4These damned Poles want murde
squared for 81 Does any sensible mar
believe THAT Mr.. Noonan said that
WHY. there hasn't been a Pole murdel
ease in the county for thirty years. Becl
and Pldgeon lied.
Taking the States side of the case
K Judge Noonan said that If Beck and Pid
geon's statements were true then the.
were themselves tainted with criminalit,
and their testimony couldn't be believed
He quoted an opinion by Judge Knapp
which laid down that witnesses of tn
Beck and Pidgeon stripe, should be re
seived with the greatest caution and dis
,rust and must be scrutinized because i
il were not 1t would encourage decoy'