The Portland daily press., 1901-02-15


stake. carry 10 10 his nouss and put u 10
W revoltlng a purpose. How ssnsslsss
that an intelligent man should harbor
this stake for days for the accompani-
ment OF such an objest, and then ship to
shapleigh the cart from which Il came,
that all traces might be covered. It was
not necessary for Edwin II. knight to
thus do. Wood was too plenty and the
plan too we'll laid for such idiotic
action. That Edwin IA. knight carried
this stake from his homo on that fatal
morning the evidences does not and cannot
show for he never had IL in his possession
on the morning OF the crime, nor has 1t
been shown whether IL came from his
cart at all.
AT noon recess was taken until 2
CLOCK.
MIR. Yeason asked the jury to compare
the testimony of the expert witnesses,
Professor Robinson for the defense and
Professor Angel FOR the stats He de-
scribed tho difficult and extremely deli
cate process CT Determining by these or any
Their Giro 1mstances, with absolute ce--
tainty, the presence Of human blood
corpuscles After two Of the most ex-
haustive tssts out OF three had failed.
Prof. Augsll found no hesitation In de-
livering a positive opinion on 80 mo-
mentous a question. "a common tibet
whose guilt Of n petty larceny was appar-
emit would scarcely lie convicted on such
an uncertain quantity. Even II Prof.
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is its connection with the slauahter OF
this poor womsnf Four witnesses have
proven that the knife was not In the
possession OF the prisoner. but was at his
horns where It had been during all the
morning Of the murder.
"wnen on May 1st the men sought Mr..
knight in this pasture and shouted for
him, he wac, according to his own testi-
mony ne-tenth OF q mile distant. Even
In the face OF this, MIR. Yeaton continued.
the learned Attorney General maintains
tnat because OF this fact, the accused
man was net in the pasture at all, but Mt
the scene OF the crime.
The tsstlm ony OF Freddie Sprague was
read to the jury and Mr.. Yeaton noted
the incogerent and contradictory replies
the boy gave to mis- questions. "The evil
dence shows" he continued, THAT the
child was educated by some hostile, some
criminal person." after the boy had three
times denied to as many witnesses that
he saw anyone at his houe, exoeIt MIR.
Locke on that morning. Later on 1t may
be chat he received the first lesson In that
awful caseohism. Who put into that
chIId's mind the assurance that he heard
what was said In his abs1ncsl
The appeal of Mr.. Yeaton which
touched on the evidence given by Mrs
knight wife OF the defendant, was one
tending to show that there was not the
least Inconsistency In her statements,
given at the time OF the coroners jury
and her testimony now.
The character of the accused mnn, the
position he has held In the community in
which he lives, his appearance and FRANK
ness on the witness Ia stand Mr.. YeatOn
dweIt on with considerable stress. The
perfect willingness of Mr.. knight to sur
render anything and everything he
possessed that the officers thought would
assist their plans, was not the action OF
guilty man, MIR. Yeaton ayerred with
much force.
The duty Of the state, was to show be-
yond a reasonable doubt that the accused
man is guilty, and unless this can be
shown the defendant is entitled to free.
dom from responsibility. Whether the
state had shown any implication IL re-
I f1r m Mr
Yeaton closed by saying that he did not
appeal as was commonly the case to the
hearts. but rather to the Judgment of the
men before him. He asked only justice
for In that he was sure the verdict would
| he acquittal.
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