The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-03
[From Fridays Daily.l

I looked at the paper could not be deter
mined. That he heard the awful details
as recited by Mr.. Pomerene there can
be no doubt.
Mr.. Pomerene referred to the wedge
and the deadly character of 1T. He said
the defense claimed the blow on the
head did not kill Hartong and that no
one wound killed him. He insisted that
all of them, taken together, killed him.
They say there is no purpose in this
offense and that the law lays ii down
that there can be no first degree murder
in case of this kind. l think the
court will say to you that you can deter
mine from the acts of the men whether
they had purpose. No purpose in 1t?
If that is the law in this state l want
to get out of Ohio. 1t you can't find
from this proof that first degree muir
der was committed. let us do away
with juries. Let us turn the court out
and close the court house. If crimes
of this character are to go unpunished,
lets quit maintaining courts and let
red-handed murder run riot"
Mr.. Pomerene next took up the dec
larations. The declaration to Winnett
and his wife that when l go out to do
job l tie 'em up, I gag 'em, burn 'em,
torture 'em and make 'em give up
their dough was referred to by Mr..
Pomerene, who assumed the voice and
manner of braggadocio. did you ever
see better picture of the Greentown
job than that?" asked Mr.. Pomerene.
The testimony of Mrs. Alice Williams
was only referred to in passing way.
Mr.. Pomerene asked the jury to de-
termine, from her manner on the stand,
whether she told the truth before the
grand jury or on the stand.
The testimony of Carrie Stitcher, con-
ceded to be the most important witness
in the line of confessions made by Hen
derson, was discussed at length by Mr..
Pomerene. The fact that the
LITTLE MOGADORE WOMAN
came on the stand and told of portion
of her own life that tended to disgrace,
was referred TO as being positive evil
dence of the truth of her story. She
did not enjoy coming on and telling
the story, but she did it and told the
truth.
"They try to besmirch this little girl
whose sin began when she met William
Henderson. They try to cast asper-
sion on her" Then turning to the de-
fendant, Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone. You mustn't cast
it, you married man, with three chill
dren, violating the laws of the land
and outraging society. Oh, you are a
fine specimen to cast aspersson on this
little woman"
Mr.. Pomerene read the testimony to
the jury, bringing out the strong points
that had been made in the testimony
The assistant attorney for the state
read with fine infection and made a
most forcible presentation of the facts.
Where was Mrs. Henderson them"
he asked, after reading that portion
of the testimony referring to the re-
quest of Henderson that Carrie Stitcher
go away with him.
where's the witness that says that
story is not true" asked Mr.. Pomerene.
you will remember that they COM
mented on the fact that Carrie Stitcher
mentioned Little Billy" and that he
was dead at that time. There was a
big Billy" at about that time. He
was the fellow that stuck the revolver
under Charlie Simmons nose. There
is another Billy in the case too, whose
surname is Henderson. Merely names,
a confusion of names.
'They say Skates Brame was there
at Wilson's barn. We haven't heard
that Skates Brame heard what Hen
derson said at that barn. They want to
know why we didn't bring him here.
We couldn't find him."
There was a little passage at arms
among counsel, Mr.. Day and Mr.. Grant
particularly that served a diversion.
THE ALIBI.
when l was a boy" said Mr.. Pom
creme, 1--WE used to have what appeared
like a great firecracker, bomb. When
we lighted it we expected a great re-
port but it simply went off fizzzzzz.
That's all there is to this alibi defense.
1t is all fizzzzzzz. l don't blame the
attorneys for the defense for that. They
did the best they could with the mate
rial they had at hand. Does this al
legged alibi do away with the testimony
of Minerva Blatt and all the others?"
Now, let's look at this alibi. You re-
member that an old man namedMarkley
was robbed and one Hije Williams was
blamed for 1t. An alibi was at
tempted"
Mr.. Pomerene did not proceed as de-
fense objected and the court stated thai
he would prefer that the history of q
case outside of this be not gone into
Mr.. Pomerene submitted at once anc
said there was material nearer at home
The testimony of Simon Becker was
gone into. Then was taken up the tes
timony of Frank Piero, brother OF Dicl
Piero."
Judge Baldwin objected to that state
ment as he claimed 1t was not In thu
proof. Mr. Pomerene insisted that 1
was in the proof but Judge Baldwin
said II didn't make 1t competent to b.
discussed IL II was. Mr.. Grant salt
something about 1T might have got II
by accident
Il wish you gentlemen would agree.
said Mr.. Pomerene.
1--WE agree that you ought not to max
that statement"
I'm glad you agree in something"
Mr. Pomerene next took up the testi
mony on alibi He numbered the me-
in the place and said there were fiv
men, to clean out that saloon that night
"It Is a hard job to clean out tn
Augean stable said Mr.. Pomerens
There were five men from 10 o'clock I
/ o'tlock scrubbing out that place.
would therefore take one man hftee
hours to do that job. Why one woma
lcould scrub room that size In an houl
Billy Henderson, they say was readin
the paper next day and said: That's on