The times., 1898-06-12

pleads like angels trumpet tongues
against the deep damnation of his taking
off, that Mrs. Canty succumbed and
bending over on her husbands arm, wept
bitterly and from then until Judge Cole
concluded his charge to the jury she
continued to sob. During this terrible
ordeal the defendant did his best to COM
fort her. but TO no avail.
Throughout the whole day the court
room was crowded to its utmost, and
though the heat was terrible, the spec
tators sat through both sessions, ap-
parently too intent on what was going
on to heed their own discomfort.
1t was four minutes after ! o'clock
when MIR. Davis rose to address the jury
and il was evident from his manner that
he was going to make good his threat
that "a time would come when l will
have word to say to the jury" 1t was
plain TO see from his opening words that
he was smarting under the sting of the
criticisms which had been made on him
by the attorneys for the defense, and
that his time had now come, and he
would pay them back. measure for meas
ure. In this no one was mistaken, for
his arraignment of the counsel for the
accused was nearly as severe as was
his denunciation Of the crime with which
the defendant is charged.
wears
at the bar he was, he said, for the first
time called upon to say a word in denial
of a charge of misconduct. If he had
done anything. he said. he supposed he
had achieved a character for fairness
but fl seemed not He had been denounced
by man referring TO Mr.. Worthington)
for whom, until yesterday, he had the
highest regard; but even then he felt 1t
was the great exigencies of his case
which prompted Mr.. Wor ,hington TO such
a course. Mr.. Davis was referring to the
accusation of the defense that he In con-
nection with the police, had suppressed
evidence. This he denied most emphati-
cally. and challenged his opponents to
say that he had not used the money of
the Government to secure the presence OF
Witnesses for them. And, then, trembling
with Indignation, he turned to the jury.
You who have heard the discussions
here from day to day, can judge of the
man who would sit in judgment on me-
Frequently throughout his argument
Mr.. Davis referred TO bis of evidence as
another strand in the halter" and in
nearly his first reference charged Judge
I Wilson with putting a halter around
Cantys neck" when he said that that
knife (wielding the one with which il
is alleged Rye assaulted Canty) was
worth a hundred pistols in a close en-
counter THAT is true" said Mr. Davis
and if Rye had had that knife in his
hand, as ii is claimed he did, and was
as close to him as Canty said he was, il
would have been Cantys and not Rye's
funeral"
He then took up Rye's movements or
the morning of the shooting and followed
him step by step, tracing him from hi:
/ home at the Wellington, where he break
Factad Senator Ria al
/ o'clock, to the Ebbitt House, then t.
/ Silsby s, Co.'S, then to Hibbs's and the,
4 to the Washington Stock Exchange. Ry'
was, he said, on the Rialto where hi
/ business called him and not, as claime'
! by the defense, lying in wait for Canty.
Mr. Davis then took up the argumen
/ of the defense that Canty had prepare'
! himself for the meeting by taking hi
money from the bank and giving it to hi
wife. If this was the actions of mai
who feared a fatal encounter Rye show
ed no signs of anticipating one, for whel
he was picked up in death from the stree
he had over $400 and valuable jewelry ol
his person.
During the discussion of the part tn
knife has played in the case, Mr.. Worth
/ ington asked Mr.. Davis what was hi
! theory about it. and the latter replied
I GO TO your own witnesses; pay you
money and take your choice" Then, Il
] commenting upon Waggaman's testimony
he said he would not say he (Waggaman
! was lying. but simply was not telling tn
truth. And in telling why he had no
! placed Swaggart on the stand, Mr.. Davi
said he could not be responsible for wha
such an animal as that would say. II
next disposed of the testimony of Keat
ing and Miss Somerville.
In closing Mr.. Davis made q most ele