The evening times., 1900-01-31

be- q reasonable doubt before you make up
your final verdict and convict this defend
aGl of a crime FOR which he may be- IRE,
sponsible. All The innocent blood that was
shed on the horrid morning IN August cam
moi tinge this mans hands and soul so deep
crimson that he shall be deprived Of that
solemn doctrine OF reasonable doubt"
The attorney then went into the details
Of the crime and the circumstances leading
up 10 IL. He continued.
Tho distinguished Assistant District
Attorney arose here yesterday. and iu tones
and with an eloquent uttcrauce which /
can never hope TO achieve related TO YOU
the horrid details OF the crime You. sir, A"
he said. turning and facing Mr.. Anderson.
you whose acumen has so often WruIg
from unwilling iuries a verdict for which
YOU stroye. you are responsible If this man
shall be convicted OF crime for which be
IS mentally irresponsible. You. sir. have
done me more than q courtesy. because you
have brought here upon this stand thirty
OF forty Witnesses who all gave testimony
that this defendant WAS q man OF peace
ful and quiet habits.
rs this the mau who carried. according
TO the District Attorney. the thought Cf
cruel murder in his breast?''
Mr.. Turner then reviewed the happy Ie-
lIJiOns Of the families of the defendant
the mOdest circumstance Of the Weisen-
berger family. and said:
Il do not refer 10 their circumstances
disparsgingly, Tor / would rather guard
the meanest pauper than a millionaire"
He went on 20 illustrate the friendly re-
lations OF the two families. and claimed
that il was impossible for certain things
TO have occurred 10 which witnesses on The
stand had testified. He referred to the
f1af hnf md
Lizzie Weisenberger had been said to Rave
occurred when Mrs. Duval swore that the
! child WAS at her home. ana that she was
there on the night before the murder.
III ever perjury blackenCd the court
rCOm IL blackened this with its foul
breath, in the testimony OF Kate Kraft
for when this talk of Lizzie Weiseuberger
was sworn to by that witness. the child
was at the home of Mrs. Duval and you
know as well as L do that that converse
zion never occurred. and that the whole
testimony was the most damnable per
jury on the part of Kate Kraft. who has
not told a word of truth And Mr Dis
( trict Attorney, il yod can make any evil
dence out OF that. you are a master
sophist, better than all the schools oi
! Greece ever produced.
There can be but one deduction, gen
tlemen Of the jury. Il was the deed OF a
maniac. Much has been said about the
fits OF the defendant having occurred in
the preesnce of his faithful wife whose
lips are sealed by the mandate Of the law
Much has been said bearing upon the pu-
Fity OF that dead child. Would that she
might be here 60 give the lie 20 that sc-
I cusation against her honor; would tina,
/ those mute lips might be opened TO speai
! the truth. Why could the defendant. IN
/ the presence of this awful crime which is
| said to have been the motive for the trag
| edy. sit down quietly and play game o
! checkers? Because his conscience wa.
/ burdenless. there was nothing on his
/ mind. Did il not strike you as euriOu:
( that mother whose child had been abus-
| ed as Mrs. WeisenbeTger swore she had
4 known hers to be- would merely order th,
giant from the house. and was not sufii.
I ciently interested to see whether or mo-
4 he went?
Gentlemen. there's something wrong