The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-03

eel beyan. Solicitor Pou making ne
~onening speech. In course Oh ne :"
aa4n,ent Nh. Pou said:
u think | can show YOU = oes'.aJ1
Tom ZONES part. u tina, ~" o'''
execution followed that cesisn-
.Ire had lived iilicitly with that wo-
THAT child was his
IL ,yas the father of that newborn
1n,,I which took its fight IN the names
1T he started. And that * the mo
80 he had confessed the paternity
,nooiStrate. lie knew he'd have
:. =, my for. and so he went To Mt.
Johnson. the i~uStice of the peace. ana
ia ri bring Ella down here tonor-
Nv nioht che fatal night and we u
fin it up. 10
This * not the first crime OF the
lind that has ever been committee.
Hardly \ month passes that the Wa
tars around New York do not Yield up
j dead bodv-a terrible CRIME com
Yni+ted TO hide Il lesser CRIME.
This creature here-tiilS uhiof'hh-
are defendants: not 50 or @ht ~ Soii'
others. but perfectly iaole - :"
1aw-it occurred to him that he could
80 his crime in flame and smoke.
Ha.s NOT the first man tnat ever dld
hi Had il not been for the fact n a
Ton, Homes forgot to lock the door ne
wound now be at work. and NOBODY
,vonld know the author Ct that terri
lilo deed But h left the door open
| and the little girl who YOU nave
seen here today escaped. taking with
her ! little sister. But Tor this little
sim he'd probably be q free man To-
day and people would be saying that
the fire was accidental.
:! don't know when such crimes as
This will no longer be committed. !
don't know when society will be purl-
fed. hui do know that the safety OF
| the home-my home and your home
,lenends upon our hunting down an'!
furnishing those who commit Sucli
deeds.
MR.. BECKWIFH'S DEFENSE.
Mr.. pou was followed BY Nh. Beck
with who made a strong speech III be
half of the prisoner. pleading that he
| could not. on account of his mental
condition. be adjudged guilty OF muir
der in the first degree. lie began
pointing 10 his client:
.The solicitor called him q thing.
and YOU did well to call him q thing.
Look on him-thing he is and nothing
more. God Almighty has stamped on
his ~countenance thing and nothing
more. Dwarfed in body and warped
in mind from his birth, we cannot
call him man. : : :
Those victims-one of them his
own blood-were sent to the ShadoWN
| Realm by that thing pointing to the
~Drisoner). and he has not denied IT.
When he handed that paper (the ac-
count with Ella Jones) to Mr.. DAVIS
the morning after the crime. he admit
ted it.. now admit ii TO you. but !
shall argue TO YOU that al the time the
act was done the nan was crazy.
l have Your sympathy, know.
have the sympathy of all these people
because ] stand here today alone, fol
my client is a fool and cannot assist
me in this defense. ! stand by him
today because / believe him to be q
fool. and that being thus irresponsible
! his execution would be a shame on
Wake county. | stand by him now
and shall do so until his feet ave lost
hold on the ScatfOld.'
MIR. Beckwith was followed by Mr.,
Pcu in q short speech in which he
admirably summed up the evidence
Of the case. and presented the case
with much force to the jury.
The judges charge was fair impair
tial and lucid. It wa completed at
5:45 and the ease given to the jury.