The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-25
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are cr,sng out IN our cities aud are send
ing letters 70 lawyers suggesting that the
man who IS charged with The crime that
this defendant Is should not be permitted
TO have a trial before O court OF Justice
are more dangerous class TO the com
nlunity than the anarchists about whom We
Now il is the duty OF every good man
10 stand hgmlv by the law and put his
voice qgainst any idea uhat ? man should
guilty in court beyond any reasonable
doubt
My associate and are here 70 uphold
the law Ssne wcakniuded people enter
tain the notion that the lawyer who np
pears In defense Of a dcfeudant Is IN court
20 ohstruct nhe due process Of the law, 70
halk Justice and 20 delay by technicallties
put every man who knows the members OF
tho bar understands that this Is not 50.
Nv associate and ] are here for the same
purpose that the learned district attorney
/ is here for-to see that this trial progresses
/ I'm a legal ORDERLY and proper manner. We
must In every way possible put down and
suppress this feeling that cases may I've dis
I posed Of without the Intervention OF courts
/ Of Justice"
/ Judge Lewis was CRYING when nc hnished
! and the eyes Of many Of those IN inc
/ court room were filled with tears.
| Judge titus then arose and said that
Judge Lewis had so completely covered
! the ground that IL seemed entirely unneces.
| sary for him TO rCiterate and he would
| therefore rest.
At $40 District Attorney Penny began
| summing mp He proceeded In a clear.
! wen modulated voice and every word could
! I've heard in any part Of the room. He
4 said 1T is hardly possible for any man
10 stand M and tax about this case With
ont emotion. II was the most awful thinI
that ever came upon the world Counsel
for the prisoner and have endeaNored &c
eliminate all sensationalsm from this case
huV ,nR ii
there are people In this cOuntry who, un
less they felt the irresistible force Of th'
prompt and proper action in this case
would cause something awful TO happen n
| our beloved country.
Think, gentlemen, Of that grand mar
| who stood but Il few days ago in tn'
! Temple Of Music and he came from tn'
lowly walks Of lie and he was nrst
school teacher, then a lawyer, then
4 Judge governor, congressman. ant
then n president of the United states and
above an, a loving husband; and that OF
80 the last day when he saldi II y Goa
way: good bye all goodbye; man -
great that he could raise his hand aus
save his own assassin a man who coul'
shake the hand OK even the worst MAJ
lit is a great lesson that so great maj
can stoop SO low; that he was 50 gre9
that he could forgive his own assassin. II
was the noblest man. helieye, God eve
| created 4 man who stood near him u
| the Temple OF Music said 10 me. .. hay
Travelled In all parts Of me M9rld aud ma
their rulers but when ] saw the peopl
| stand In the railroad stations aud aleL
the country through which the funern
! train passed, that they might get 4 loo
al the cnsket OF this great man, I wa
| convinced as never before tnAt there
: such a thing as s National heart.
; THAT National heart was broken and
. ( will take Gods way and TINT 70 heal ~.
1T MAS broken BY a class Of people VIII
? are coming TO our country in increasin
numbers and while haFhcrcd by cur laws
are pFopagatlnA their malicious views.
: class Of people that must he taught W
have no place Tor them on our shores;
; class OF people that must be taught tina
they can not take the NE or any one TIRE
spectiYe OF consequences
-'rhlnk. gentlemen. here Is man VII
. docs not want a LAWYER. who does rot w
I Hove In God nor IN law. a man who doe
7 not believe In the married relation-yct on
laws are such thar he Is defended by Nv
r OF the ablest iuris,s y oar city. as Y ,
gentlemen you are required under the col
sututioa 20 listen % the formal presents
. | this man does not want ". Gentlemen,
: ! this man does not want II. GeDlemen.
Z have said what l have &c cay: / have sal
more perhaps than ! ought % nay. fc
: have sworn 70 give him a fair trial on n
evidence Now. WHIST Is the evideneef
say Us Il has been presented 10 yyu
: fully suhStantiates the crime charged.
The duty OF counsel on both sides
I ended. The court viii charge you hfien
than II VIII be your duty 70 take up q
$ same object Il in al ouF. ininds--that 4
e though our country has lost IT'S create
I; man IL should maintain the respect or 4
; whole world, and N should be made Gle.
o 70 ths whole vcEld taat 70 uAkn can eau