The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-27

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| in the courtroom were filed with
tears.
| Judge Titus then arose and sale
| that Judge Lewis had so completely
covered the ground that it seemed
| entirely unnecessary for him to re
| iterate it and he would therefore rest
At $40 District Attorney Penney
began summing up. He spoke in q
clear, well modulated voice, and every
word could be heard in any part of the
/ room. He said in part:
at is hardly possible for any man to
stand up and talk about this case
| without the deepest emotion. 1t was
| upon the world.
PENDANT stood in the Temple of Music
that afternoon and
Shot Down Our Beloved President.
We have shown you how he deliber,
ated on and planned this awful crime.
We have shown you how he attended
| anarchistic and socialistic meetings
at which were sown in his heart the
seeds of his terrible act.
"The counsel for the defense says
-
sponsible and that if he was insane
he must be presumed to be innocent.
He tells you that is a presumption of
law.
at is also a presumption of law that
every man is sane until proven in
sane. Evidence tending to show that
the prisoner was insane has not been
forthcoming. 1t has been proven that
4 Sc Il
there should be no question in your
minds as to the responsibility OF the
defendant.
"This is no time for oratorical dis
play. Counsel for the prisoner and
myself have endeavored to eliminate
all sensationalism from this case. 1t
is not my intention to indulge in ex-
tended remarks. You understand the
responsibility resting upon you.
Think, gentlemen, of that grand
man who stood but few days ago in
the Temple of Music and how he came
from the lowly walks of life, how he
was first school teacher, then law
yer, then judge, a governor, con-
gresham and then president Of the
United States, and, above all, a loving
husband, and that on to the last day
when he said: 1T is Gods way. Good
bye all, good bye a man so great
that he could raise his hand and save
his own assassin, a man who could
shake the hand o. even the very worst
man you could imagine.
at is a great lesson that so great
man can stoop so low, that he was so
great that he could
Eono;x,e LIZ. n..,, hee,eein
He was the noblest man, l believe
God ever created.
1.-THE national heart was broken by
class of ptople who are coming to
our country in increasing numbers,
and while harbored by our laws, are
propagating their malicious views; a
class of people that must be taught
that we have no place for them on our
shores; class of people that must be
taught that they cannot take the life
of any one irrespective of conse-
quences.
think, again, gentlemen, here is a
man who does not want a lawyer, who
does not believe in God nor in law, a
man who does not believe in the mar
ried relation-yet our laws are such
that he is defended by two of the
ablest jurists in our city, as if he were
the most respected defendant, and
even though he comes into court and
says he is guilty.
Gentlemen, l have said all have
to say; l have said more, perhaps,
than / ought to say. You have sworn
dence. Now what is the evidence?
say as it has been presented to you
1t fully substantiates the crime
charged.
"The duty of counsel on both sides
is ended. The court will charge you
briefly, then it will be your duty to
take up the case. No doubt the same
thought, the same object is in all our
minds-that although our beloved
country has lost her greatest man, it
still should maintain the respect of
the whole world and it should be made
known to the whole world that no man
can come here and commit
Such DastardIy Crime
and not receive the full penalty of the
law"
Justice White began his charge to
the jury at 1929. He arose from his
seat and stepped to the side of the
bench nearest the jury box. He said:
Gentlemen of the Jury-In this
case the defendant has acknowledged
his guilt. Such an acknowledgment
in such circumstances cannot go to
the jury or to the court. The law re-
quires that the defendant be charged
with such a crime must be tried. The
law says that all the facts must be
observed and revised by you. The
law guarantees that the defendant
shall have a fair trial by II impartial
men and fair, capable of taking the
testimony of the trial and giving it
thorough consideration. If, when all
the circumstances of the case are con-
sidered by you, there still exists in
your minds a reasonable doubt that
the defendant is not guilty you cannot
find this man guilty. The people have
submitted evidence tending to show
that this defendant committed this
crime so they have given evidence
tending to show that it was premed.
itated. If you are satisfied that there
was design and generalization and, if
In accordance with that generalization
and design these shots were fired,
then the defendant is guilty of the
crime of murder in the first degree.
"You must consider all this evil
dence that the people have submitted
to you. You must consider it fairly
and without prejudice. You are the
sole judges of the facts in this case.
"The Jurors must find him
Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
You may ask what is a reasonable
doubt. II, in your minds there is
any doubt as to the defendants guilt,
you ara hound m acuuit the defendant