The Marshall republican., 1900-08-10

l~Continus-t FROM Seventh PHs-.l
A.. y. RECroR's ADDRESS.

ne = . uOCCtOT OVCuICu ubS o0uuOB0 ~
$40, referring II five or six murder
cases In which he had served ss prose.
cutting attorney, but had never had
his witnesses questioned In the man.
ner In which the attorney for the de.
Tense had. He stated that mysticism
had tsen thrown around the csse be.
cause the attorney had NO case, and
attacked the net Of the defense's ut.
tUrncy In calling - Of the best men Of
Malta lScnd hounds aud perjurcrs. sr.
raigning MIN for taking into his y
iidencc liars, prostitutes and other
characters whom he could Use, and
charging the hest people III MSlta
bend with being perjurcrr and sssas-
sins. He spOkcOf Attorney Run max.
ing u grand stand play by stating ne
had charged william Purcell nothing
for the defense he had made. ~ only
right. ~ he didn't think he ought to.
With u strong appeal Ia the Jury
To do their full duty, he com.
mcntcd upon their being u young
Jury. which was right, ~ both the de.
ceased and defendant were young men.
lie defended the right Of those who
had assisted In seeing that justice was
done the man who had outraged the
community and murdered unprOvoked
u good citizen, and pointed with sat
isiactiOn To sherman Houston rs an
example Of this kind Of man. He
brought up the testimony Of Haggard
In what he claimed to have told BAT
ley before Browns drug store. which
William Brown denied had occurred,
and made the point that he alone Of
making threats against Purcell had
not been impesched. Taking up tine
threats Mrs. Harrison and daughter
had testified To, the speaker referred
To the denial Of the former made to
samuel MahSn. The incident Of the
Friday afternoon proceeding the shoot
my, and the character Of the witnesses
who had testified to the threats made
by Purcell against Bailey. we're dwell,
upon.
Al u o'clock court adjourned to
meet NJ 80 that evening, when
the argument Of a. +. Rector WA con.
tinmed, who In opening, stated that
the deiense's attorney had shown that
Bailey Was the HggressOr In oil the
incidents prior To the shooting, but
stated the only witnesses they could
produce testifying tn such facts were
Percy Purcell and Charles Haggsrd.
The speaker touched upon the throw
Ing 1T the brickbat as u very imprOb.
able story, and the saving Ot the
brickbat ut that time ~ Y likewise Inn.
probable occurrence. The testimony
Of william .. Purcell as having
stopped ut the barn ~ SchOOley ut
noon. Saturday. March lMh. was
brought up, and In contradiction tn
this, the testimony Of Mrs. Bailey as
to when Jim left home. James t.ny ard
Us to when he met J i'm going out and
u. II. Levy ~ u having seen him
coming home, showing that Bailey
could not have had the conversation
reported by the father Of defendant.
The conversation Of Charley Hsvvard
testified to by w &. Fisher WAS NJ.
called ~ showing the intention Of
Purcell the evening al the shooting.
and passed from this 10 the circum.
stances and evidence concerning the
shooting Ut the barn, which he re-
viewed Ia full. The sdvOcste then ex.
planned the instructions, why given
for murder In second degree and man.
slaughter, being required by law.
The speaker said he had tried 10
conduct u gentlemanly case and had
charged no Witnesses Of anything not
warranted under the evidence, and
justified the remOnstrance sent out
against reports OF several city papers,
by twenty Or more of the best citizens
~ Malta Bend. Told the Jury that
by their verdict II might be determined
whether they believed twenty. I've or
thirty Of the hest men Of Malta Bend
to he ''assassins ind periurers," or
had rightly fixed the crime upon the
"hafAnhAnt a.Insiny In nm annual Co.,