El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-19

| will to the cashier he was taking q
great risk If he had forged the instru.
ment. That is absurd. Whoever
heard of busy bank cashier who
would take the time to comment upon
anything. Had it been deed, bond
or a will it would have been the came;
no cashier would have paid the slight
est attention to it.
| "Our opponents said Wallace was run
ming the risk of being con victed of for
gerry. 1t takes two credible witnesses
to convict for forgery. How In the
name of God could he be convicted
with Van Patten as the only witness
against him? He knew that he was as
well protected as If he had been In
| Sonth Africa. They endeavor to prove
that the will was genuine because Wal
| lance spoke of its existence. Who In
| the name of God has heard any evil
dence that the will was ever mention
ed before Burn3's death, except from
Wallace himself!
1.-THE Lamb will was heard OF from
the day 1t was made. Burns went from
one side of town to the other tell
ing all about it. We are
told this by absolutely unimpeachable
witnesses. One of them Is DR.. Thomp-
son, who on the witness stand conduct
ed himself as thoroughly truthful
man. If there is a man on earth that
q dying man would make truthful
statement to it ia his family physician.
"Why,did they bring Irving into this
court? He said he went around to the
Red Light and sat beside Patterson
and Burns and Burns tsld Patterson
that he wanted him to have all his pro-
perty. Patterson said Burns did not
tell him that until long afterwards.
Irving or Patterson, one or the other,
must be wronR-both can't be right.
Charley Patterson was Burns's
lawyer; after Charley got to be record
err Burns had no more trouble. Charley
had Jurisdiction over the prostitutes.
1t was his sworn duty to punish them;
but he was not only city recorder but
Jim's lawyer.
"The making of that will was in
many respects similar to the handling
OF wards funds by a guardian or like
the dealings of trustee-the law says
to them. I'll watch you"
TESTIMONY REVIEWED.
Have the witnesses who came into
this court TO deprive a poor man and
his children of their inheritance con-
Quoted themselves in q manner to re-
move all suspicion from your honor's
mind? Patterson in the direct ex-
animation told your honor
something and an cross ex-
animation COpce8'ed something.
Did he not leave doubts in your honor's
mind?
"Was it material for him to 60 on
the stand at all? 1t must have been or
he would not have gone. They put
him there, and yet when he was i'm
peached no effort was made to intro
duce witnesses to swear to his good
reputation.
"Why didn't they call on the law
yers, his brethren of the bar? Why is
| it that not one of them was called to
give him a good reputation.
"Some of the best men in Ell Paso
have impeached Van Patten-men
with whom your honor is personally &C.
quainted and whom you know to be
truthful He was bolstered up by Maj.
Teel. Well, just offer you Maj Tel;
take him for what he is worth. There's
no u-e to try to impeach If men like
Teel can refute.
"Mr. Wallace!-Men have told your
honor they could MT believe Mr.. Wal
lace on oath; men of the very highest
integrity. The witnesses OF the OppOsi-
ton said they never heard him dis
cussed. Our witnesses had heard b m
discussed on the street corners and in