El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
PITT is A FREE MAN
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tied the lease on the land over which
there had been dispute and passed
it to the jury.
THAT lease" said he. docs not eX-
pire until 1903 and yet they come here
and tell you that the lease was about
to expire and Pitt was afraid he would
lose his land" corrected by Judge
Edwards.
Lifting high his hands he said: My
friends, if / didn't think that man de-
served hanging | would not demand it.
How could go home and look into the
blue eyes of my wife and take my
babes on my knee and tell her that
had demanded this mans life just be-
cause / was paid fee for prosecut-
ing this case. Think of that, If | didn't
think that man deserved hanging |
wouldn't ask it.
Then he went on to summarize the
evidence and asserted that Senator
Gage and Judge Edwards had mis-
construed and misstated the evidence.
He was contradicted by Judge Ed
wards.
Continuing he said: IF that was the
testimony | am proud to be corrected.
/ never yet wrung a verdict from a
jury by misstatement of the facts and
| never Will
who had admitted on the stand that
they had been indicted for cattle theft,
he said:
The same book that says Thou
shalt not steal says that a man who
steals will lie,''
The speaker was frequently inter
rupted by Messrs Edwards and Gage.
attorneys for defendant.
In referring to witness Rynerson he
said the mans face was an indication
of his honesty. He had been told long
ago. he said, to have nothing to do
with a man who wouldn't look you in
the eye. Rynerson had an honest face
and was telling the truth.
Speaking of the little girls letter
to her father saying, Deer Papa, come
home; | miss you so much" he said:
Hill is in his cold grave: his child
rem and his wife call on him in vain
to come home to them. And will you
send Pitt home, Who will send Hill
home to his wife and his babes"
Mrs. Hill broke down at this juno
ture and sobbed audibly and Burch-
field wiped his eyes. One of the Sleep
ing children of defendant whimpered.l
The lawyer next turned his attention
to the evidence and went over it from
start to finish. In reference to the ply
sicians disclosures he told of Georgia
Judge who ordered a doctor to Jail for
to testify as to conversations
held with his patient. The chivalric
physician asked how long he would be
kept in Jail and was told until he was
ready to testify.
Then my bones WI be found there,
he said. The lawyers were so impress
ed that they excused the doctor from
and the presiding judge was
moved to remark: There are three
things | wouldn't believe on oath: A
lawyer who would disclose the secrets
Of his clinet: the Catholic priest who
would tell the disclosures of the sec
red precincts of the confessional. and
the physician who repeats the conf
iential conversations with his patient"
The speaker took up the shirt sleeve
theory and tore it to pieces. AS to
he said that even if Burchfield
had, in a moment of passion, made
threats everybody knew he had no in
.ention of carrying them out, for he |
had not done so when opportunity Of !
erred
IF you acquit this defendant then |
very man who in moment of pas |
sion makes a threat. you can walk up |
md shoot him down like a dog.
Il have not tried to improperly in |
iuence your verdict as Judge Cunning |
lam has done. | have said nothing |
lbout the wife and children of the de- |
leased. who will call his name and re-
GIVE no answer. The defendant /
hould have thought of his wife and |
lis children and of that other wife and |
hose other children before he commit
ed that terrible deed
Opposing counsel praised me to the
kies. They tried to make you believe
hat | was a most eminent lawyer. Why
lid they do this? 1t was because they
wanted to raise your expectation SO
Ugh that when | came before you my
tumble effort in behalf of my client
would not be appreciated and the clos
ng argument in this case would fall
at and be Intellectual It's their Sc
uctive way. the same things been
one many times before"
The actual killing was illustrated by
he lawyer in a most graphic and real
site manner. He cleared away the
rowd and moved the table to a posi-
ion to represent the counter in the
ionahan's store. Then he seated Ed
'ryant on it in the position occupied
v Hill and with walking cane to
epreSent a rifle showed how the shots
ad been fired and how Hill was shot
trough the jaw before he even knew
nat Pitt was in the vicinity His
leory was that Hill was first shot in
he face then in the head and in the
ody after he was down
In closing his great speech the ora
,r said:
The laws of this country can never
E enforced unless you, gentlemen of
lie jury, do your duty. The court can