The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-19
YOUISEY CASE is CLOSED
FATE OF THE ACCUSED IN THE
HANDS OF THE
JURY
ARGUMENTS FOR E BEFENsE
Sweeping Charges by aooahse1 Ste
venson as to Tortured Testi-
many introduced by the
Prosecution.
ARGUMENTS FOR IE DEFENSE

GEORGETOWN, Ky, Oct. 1S.--H. Gard
ner Wallace was the first witness TODAY
in the Youtsey trial. Wallace said he
was In the assistant adiutant generals
ONCE when The shots were fired ana
Iailowo Dick Combs, Mason Hea<er-
smith and Dr. Pruitt were in.,the room
with him, and others, whom he did NOT
Know. The deferse then closed finally.
Col. L. G. Campbell, attorney for the
prosecution, was pUa on the stand for
/ the commonwealth lie said:
Arthur Goebel and I had a conference
With Col. Nelson and Col Crawford In
the Capital hotel, as. stated by Cot Mel
son.
.''I gave Col Nelson a1copy of the state.
1nent Youtsey had made to me and some
questions, that waeted Youtsey to an
sWel, told him that Youtsey made a
verbal statement to me corresponding to
the written one I gave them. hut before
any recommendations could be made to
the commonwealth s attorney as to i'm
munfty that we would ike to have Yout,
sey answer the questions we filed and
make signed statement. That was the
OBJECT OF tEat conference. The paper
read from yesterday was an exact copy
OF the one gave Cor Nelson, and it has
not been changed or altered one particle
since that time One witness for the
commonwealth testified this afternoon
that he made thorDIgh test this week
and found that a mari running down some
steps to the basement OF the executive
building could be heard IN the barber
shop
The defense put on two witnesses who
SAID they had tried It and could not hear
a man running down the steps. This
closed the testimony: fer both sides and
about 3 o'clock the Judge read the in
structlons to the jury, the substance of
| which are IS foliows:
CHARGE TO THE JURY.
/. If the jury believes that defendant
shot Geebel, or aided or abetted jim
Howard, Harry How:trd, Dick Combs or
any one, then he is guilty of murder.
z That the testimony of aeeonplices
alone must not be. rsied on to convict.
.: The jury must believe the defendant
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt before
they ought to convict
s t.. The jury has the right to disregard
the testimony of any witness whom they
believe wilfully ana ssrsaii ciously testified
falsely
John NJ. Stevenson opened the argument
for the defense. AHe>said the testimony in
the case did not show even circuplstantiaI
evidence sufficient to convict, but the
most that could be said was that some
suspicious circumstande s existed as to
Youtsey. He said he believed the jury
thought John. Ricketts, was self con-
fessed liar and perhlfer, and that was
the only way to describe him; that Rick
etts improbable storyi had been contra
dtcted, tn2peached and set at naught He
said this same thing about Culton and
Golden. and charged them with accept
ING money to swear away the. lives of
their fellow men.
In concluding he referred to Arthur
Goebel's testimony as being false. but
said, admitting it was true, then Ycut-
sey had lied, for Berry, Howard and
Combs We're proven 10 be elsewhere than
Yontsey said, and that Yeutsey was not
being tried for lying
A verdict is expected by tomorrow
afternoon.
There is no Improvement in Youtsey's
condition, though he IS not any worse to-
day Now and then the paroxysms re-
turn, and for an. hour afterwards he:
is much worse but is stilI able 10 rally.
showing remarkable vitality.