The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-11

court desires the conviction of mo innocent
man. You are here to see that right and
justice are DONE
The first part of Col Argos speech was
taken up with a discussion of the rule;
under the law that must govern Jurles IN
determining the guilt or Innocence OF a
defendant. Then he rapidly reviewed the
evidence and the character of the wit
nesses offering it.
..Who are they?" he asked.
"Mr. Robinson. He's simply the man
that sent the government a counterfeit
dollar. His testimony is not material.
''B. +. Perry. Wen have something
to say of him hereafter. His evidence Is
material only i'm connection with that OF
Darkley and POLITE.
''Nicholas POLITE. Well attend to him
later.
u. r. Williams. He simply testified
that Marshall received packages by eX'
press. His evidence is not material.
Sam Northrop. He corroborated VIII
liams. Well stand him aside.
Mr.. Lowdenslager. the man who till
ed Marshall's orders for Cotsobelus' ma
terial. Wen speak of him later.
Fred IS. Burr, the Iron Works man.
His evidence is mot material.
Theodore Darkley. He and Politz
leashed together. Birds of feather
Well take look at them directly.
u. I'll. Mullen. j. B. Billiard, J. E
Sparrow, J. II. Campbell-the convictS
who testify about Hawkins. Sparrow
is the oyster pirate, who had gun nine
feet long And Campbell is the old to-
bacco worm. Looked like ONE and acted
like one. And according to his own cyl
dence he eat up the substance of thc
widow and the orphan like one. These
are nice lot.
"Col. Taylor Mr.. Hicks, Mr.. Duls and
Col. Andrews. character witnesses. Inc!
are not material.
$50 we have left only Politz and Dark
lev Take these away and what nave
We Only the witnesses on which the
prosecution relies to corroborate these
foul mouthed, lying witnesses.
"Who are POLITE and Darkley? They
are accomplices and the law says mar
cannot be convicted on the testimony OF
an accomplish.
"Who is Politz? He's a sef-convicted,
self-confessed criminal. What crime!
Falsifying, stealing, lying, forging, OBJ
tanning goods on false pretence. The
counterfeiter is all these. He lived in
an atmosphere of crime. He's like Sir
Walpoes politican-'a great big, vivl-
fled walking lie. | reckon Walpole
knew. Walpole is the fellow who said
every man had his price"
Reviewing the evidence of the witness
es that contradicted politZ, Col. Argo
said:
rs there not a cloud of witnesses
here. reputable witnesses contradicting
POLITE. Could amy man be more com
petely refuted?'
And Darkley, the other Greek. Hes
Politz's confederate. He's Politz's clerk,
his friend. his accomplice. As Judge
Clark said in the Abbott eddingheld
case. an 30" is an "o;" add another
20" to it and two "o's" are an 90 still,
That's Politz and Darkley.
''Then there's Perry. | don't want
to say anything unkind about Perry.
He was simply over-zealous. He was
in the position of the fellow who said,
If you can't find evidence, damn it.,
make it. He wanted to make reputa-
ton. He knew the bigger the game the
bigger the fame. and the desire for stand
lent ardor to the chase.
Hawkins in the State Prison heard
Politz confess. He had no interest in
these things, but wrote to Marshall, whom
he had never seen. There in those gray
walls and behind the bars he saw the
fate coming upon an innocent stranger
and he raised hand to save him.
"And who have we against this man
| Marshall Two men-descendants from
an illustrous race and nation. "A race
| that produced such~poets as Homer and
pindar and al thousand others; warriors
like Alexander and Leonidas, and a thou
sand others, such lawgivers as Lycurgus
and Scion and a thousand others. De-
scendants of these, but they are not MEL
such as these were. They are
such as have in modern times made
| Greece a synonym for treachery and
perfdy and all the catalogue of crimes.
On conclusion of Col. Argos speech, at
! 80 O'Clock, the court took a recess UNI
| til 3 O'Clock.