The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-19
Evidence is All In, Jury Has Re
ceivcd Instructions and Argu
mCnts Have Begun.
DEFENDANTS CONDITION BAD.
Clock in Courtroom Has Been
Stopped and Bells in Vicinity
Ordered Not to Ring-.Iudge
Stevenson 10 the Jury.

Georgetown. Ky. oct. lS.-Tho You;sey
trial is drawing rapidly to It close. All H."
testimony is in the instructions have been
given the jury and the speeches are being
made. y verdict is expected by to-morsGY
/ afternoon.
There is no Improvement in Youtscy's
condition. ON the contrary. he Is said to 5e
worse to-day. Now and then the parosy s'.,s
return and for an hour afterwards: he IS
much worse. but is stiIi able TO rally, show
ing remarkable vitality.
The clock in the courtroom has been
stopped and bclls in the ueishborhood of
the Courthouse will not ring while YOut-
SeE's condition remains 50 serious.
one witness for the prosecution testified
this afternoon that he made a thorough
test and found that Il man Funnin. down
the stone steps tn the basement of the oX
ecutiEc mansion could not be heard in the
barbe. shop. The defense put on two wit
nesses who said they had tried it and that
they could not hear man running Down
the steps.
THIS closed the testimony for both sides.
Instructions to ti,e Jury.
The Judge read the instructions to the
jury, The substance Of which is as follows:
First-lf the jury believes that defendant
shot GOebel aided or abetted Jim How
ard. Berry Howard. Dick Combs or any one
of them in the shooting. then ne is guilty
of murder.
Seyond-That the testimony of ace 'mpIic ices
alone must nos be relied on to convict
Third-The jury must believe the defend
ant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt be-
fore taey ought TO convict
Fourth-'rhc jury has tie right To- disrc-
gard the testimony Of any witness who
they believe wiifuily and malciousiy testi-
lied falsely.
states Evidence Impcnchcd.
Judge Stevenson opened the argument for
the defense. He said that the testimony in
the case Gid not show even circumstaniini
evidence sufficient to convict. that the
most that could be said was that some sus-
ficious circumstances existed as to Youtsey.
He said be believed the Jury thought John
Ricketts, w3s q seif-c0Efessed iiar and per-
jurer, and thHt wGs the only way to de-
scTib. him. that Ricketts's improbable story
had been ContradictcI, lmpcachcd and sct
at EauSEt- He said the same thing about
Culton and Golden. and charged them with
accepting money to swear away the lives OF
their fellow-men.
Prosecutions Summing Ip.
In concluding. he referred to Arthur Coo
bcrs testimony as being false. but said.
admitting il was true then Youtsey had
lied. for Berry Howard and Combs were
proven to lie elsewhere than Youtsey said
and that YOutsey was not being tried for
lying.
The first speech tonight was by Victor
=. Bradley for the prosecution. He said
IL the defense had been deprived OF Yout-
sey's advice and actual presence in the
case, 1t was nobody's fault. but his own. as
he could not stand the strain when the
evidence OF his guilt BEGAN TO pile up.
Bradley asked why the defense had not
brought witnesses here TO impeach Ricketts,
:ulton and Golden Il they were'the dishon-
est men claimed by the defense.