Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-19

Raymond. II you do not find the de
fendant guilty, you say to him he
can say what he pleases OF whom he
pIeases and will not be called To ac'
count unless the individual seeks re
oovery for IT, There Is not a man
on this jury who has wife, mother
or daughter who liz not Interested In
seeing their names protected. II Is
worth II although II cost ten times as
much as this prosecution.
They challenge me. Mr.. Spickard at
least. 10 give you my ouinion Of the
fearless Col. Day in this case. | VIII
not give you my opinion OF him ex-
ccpt as far aa disclosed In this
record: as TO those things ] will ac-
cept the challenge of the fearless
man who comea and does things and
stands by them and OF whom moth
Ing ran be said In trying 10 prove
the publication OF that article and
the circulation of the paper the State
had to have witness who knew,
aud TO that end we called In Mr.,
| Higgins. when Higgins name vas
called Mr. Day went for him and
brought him up here and on TO the
witness stand want TO call your
attention 10 Mr. Higgins attitude
Does n look to you Ms N Mr.. Day
told him 30 tell you he wrote that
article. Day comes here after the
State had produced evidence enough
| 20 prove he had written n and there
was absolutely no purpose In deny
| ing w. n he had denied H. you wouli
not have believed him for a minute.
That same fearless man who vows
his words comes In here and says he
did not mean anything wrong and he
whimpora out on the stand that WAS
not what he meant ! don't believe
H. want 10 say that when he sent
out that subsequent article he intend
cd 10 make and thought he was max.
ing ono Of the worst charges he
could against George Raymond and
when he comes here ou the stand
aud tells us he did not mean II.
don't believe It. II MIR. Day has
adopted this subterfugc TO get out
Of paying a paltry nne have | not
right TO take up Mr.. Spckard's cbal'
lenEe and say what | think of the
bold and fearless man.
The article written by the unfortu-
nate Goldsmith was pcrsonal matter
and he published II over his own sig
nature This bold and fearless man
retnliates with this article. Gentle-
men lt II shame. II Is n shame, IL
Ia ahnme' A bold and fearless
man 20 bo II
Mi Day comes on tha stand AMI
| 4. E.. lat
ter he opened. showing how I, cam'
10 George Raymond as editor OF the
Herald Gentlemen, at the time
Frauk y. Warner was editor OF the
Herald | hhd my eye on defendant
whom be said that don't undertake
to say can say | know when r man
IN telling the truth or not, but when
he made that abatement, did not be
llcyc H. and do not believe II yet.
It is for YOU to say whether you be
Hove II or not Did 1t not Impress
you the same way.
Mr. Day was called back to the
stand. after Sol Raymond had testi'
| ied aud he did not undertake to deny
In any way that Sol. Raymond got
all the mail that came to the Herald.
Under tholr agreement Sol Raymond
was the manager OF that paper. why
should he not have gotten all the
mail? Who else would have been
ukcly TO do so DO you think Sol
Raymond was lying about that prop
ostion and the proposition Of tho
keys besides, Mr.. Day would have
been glad TO say so " II were not
truo. lie says he opened that letter,
he had u right To do A. II he says
that falsely here the rest OF his story
is not true You have right to be
Hove hiE story false ana | believe
YOU do believe 1t false.
lie complains that Sol Raymond
| does remember about other things.
/ do not need to recall to you why
the events of that certain time were
fixed. thoy made the change. he an
George went out OF the individual
partnership OF the paper, Dave Day
came into the lrm. They have gone
out OF the record TO show you that
he could not have gone to the West
arn Slope congress at ouray. and
said that the Wostcrn Slope congress
was held here that year. think
some OF You will remember that the
Western Slope congress was in boto
places In 1892 Myself and Others
went over there and got the fall meet
ing OF the Western Slope congress to
meet here. We thought we would dc
a little advertising on our own part
Are you surprised at the statement
Sol Raymond made here7 Do you
find anything conflicting In his testi
mony that he went 10 ouray 10 IN,
Western Slope meeting
They say why did you not prose
cute defendant on the charge OF Ray
mond being a liarg George Raymon,
went on to that stand and swore posi-
lively that Days charges was moi
true that he did not do those things
and he comes back ON the stand an,
contradicts Mr. Day Why did no
MIR Day prove the charge that Ray
mona wes liar and discredit him n
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