The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
WANTS NO SYMPATHY.
Counsel For MIS-. Cody Declares His
Client is innocent.
All He Asks For Is a Straight Verdict or
Guilty or Not Guilty.

Albany. ~ Y, March 9.--ln the Al-
bany County Court today Lawyer Du-
gan made the yosing argument FOR the
defence I'm the case OF Mrs. Cody who
is charged with having attempted TO
blackmail the heirs of Jay Gould. Mr.
Dugan said that the contest was one
between millions on the one side and
poverty ON the other.
II shall not asl, Tor any sympathy"
nc said. II believe that the defendant
is innocent ana / believe that you VIII
find the same. You won't hear me ask
for suspended sentence II she Is
found guilty by you. Let it either be
guilty or not guilty, and let there be
no compromises.
This is not trial 10 determine
whether Mrs. Angel was the wife of
jay Gould. lt is 10 determine whether
Mrs. Cody was guilty of blackmail in
sending this letter to George Gould.
Take this letter with YOU and | defy
YOU TO spell out a threat ia its con-
tents.
This IS not trial for perjury. IL It
were Mrs. Angel herself would be the
chief party 90 it, Mrs. Cod in all her
work was only faithfully and honestly
performing the business of her clients.
Speaking of the Goulds. he said that
since early part of 1896 they have been
securing the whole country seeking by
the force of their millions 20 find one
stain on his clients character-all IN
vain. He spoke bitterly OF the Gould
attorneys and said that Mrs. Cody's
troubles We're the result OF then
schemes.
Mr.. Dugan then proceeded 10 show
how the defendant had acted in per-
fectly good faith in prosecuting the
claims of Mrs. Pierce 10 the Gould es-
tate.S She had been misled by her clients
statements.
lie reminded the jury that there was
no proof that Mrs Cody had changed
the record cf baptism.
IL WAS more likely that William Nc
NJ. Speer, when he had his eight men
out searching for evidence i'm the An
gell-Gould SUIT, had brought this about.
He said that the testimony of the eN-
pert. David y. Carvalho, was not to be
accepted as final, and held that the
Gould's themselves would be interested
in So mutilating the record so that II
would appear a forgery.
Mrs. Angel. who created a sensation
yesterday by denying that she had ever
seen Jay Gould. was not spared. she
was called IAN old reprobate.' vii
lain" "a liar" and strong evidence was
served this last epithet.
MIR. Dugan endeavored 10 prove that
Mrs cody. in the later developments
of her search was a tool in the hands
of her attorneys Parker and Speer or
Albany. Her expense accounts were
settled by them and the fact that they
had furnished her with the funds she
asked for had been proven.
should this old womab be offered up
as sacrifice" he continued, ito save
the lawyers Speer and Parker and Ev
erst and Stearns aud Judge Brown, IN
whom she trusted and by whom she
WAS betrayed"
In closing Mr.. Dugan said: "lf the
defendant is So palpably guilty why
is such an array of legal talent brought
against her? Why was il necessary
that i'm addition to three men of the
district attorneys office. three of the
most distinguished lawyers of New
York should spend two years in looking
UP the testimony"