The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-21

April Keller suddenly ceased his visits to
\ Mrs Barker. Why?''S
/ Turning to Mr. Barker's letter to Mr.
i Keller demanding the return Of the money
| borrowed, in Which Barker says II know.
now Y, why you don't come to visit US. =
i You see, gentlemen continued Mr..
/ Van Wrinkle, that Barker didn suspect
/ anything wrong Now you remember Mr..
| Keller said he didn't borrow any money,
yet you find that during these long months
l Keller borrowed money from this poor
| woman and without her husbands $ knowl-'
| edge. The letters prove that, notwith-
/ standing Keller's denial.
1 Now he denies he paid back $50, but
| did say he paid back $33 which he didn't
/ owe. Gentlemen. do people pay what they
/ don't owe? If Mr.. Keller lied in that par
/ ticular about the monies you may infer
what he did about the outrage
| Summarizing the evidence of witnesses
| who sWore as to the morose condition OF.
| Barker's mind prior to the shooting, coun-
4 the terrible story of the outrage had un-I
balanced his mind and the shooting was
| the result.
| two ago before February was not the
! Thomas G., Barker two weeks before,
| said the lawyer, raising his hand to
| heaven. He knew that his wife had been.
| polluted. What was he to do? The law
was slow. The brutes in the Paterson
case did not receive adequate punis
ment. Where was he TO turn for ven
| and seeing before him -his wife $ Tav1sherl
| he shoots, not from behind, but from IN
| front"
Mr. van Wrinkle illustrated this by turn
| ing his head from the jury, showing that
| the point of entrance of the bullet was
on the side of the head between the ear
and the right eye, and this not neces-
sarily argued that the shooting was from
behind.
| Wrinkle, comment has been made on
+ Barker's demeanor He saw what he mad
done and his was charity for his wife and
| for Mr.. Keller here. What was his repu-
tation before this unhappy aftairf we
challenged the State to attack his cnaT5
| acter for peace and quiet, and tney couiu
| produce nothing. They tried to prove ne
was a bloodthirsty man, but they couldn 7;
Even a clergyman comes forward aiiu
says that this man and his wife were ed od
| the jury untarnished.
"Now as to insanity. Who knows any
thing about it? I noticed juror Muiier
| shut his eyes when the expert Dr. Corn
Ling testified. DR.. McGill was too POSITIVE
and never makes mistakes but grand
juries do. Now, gentlemen, II thls man nan
of law he must be excued. AT the bottom
of the whole subject is the condltlon OF
the mind enabling him to dlscrimlnate +h+ pc
tween right or wrong 1t IS clear tnat M
| the maddest men in the world are the
shrewdest. But we don't go TO TINS jury
on these points we go on l the 1e r Iacrs. d;rect-
ed the jury's attention to her. she, ne
| said had undergone sore trial during
the past. few days and few women coura QUIZ
and virtuous woman eager to assist nef
husband in his straits. Her story. of TIE
outrage which led to her husbands pres
| ent position was excluded
WAS that fair to this woman or to TINS
man under our constitutions! sald the
| LAWYER IF / were Juryman l Wouid
acauit that man and not whitewash thls
minister
sSeverally turning to each juryman and
| calling him by name the lawyer oe-
How can you say that he was not jus.
| ufeld? 1t is your duty to st mere sdlra III,
doomsday until b snls i,or Slory s o1 tne either ae
/ quit him or disagree. What would eacn Oh
you do had you been in his position? An
assault on this woman without being al
lowed to tell her story. Was there ever
more dastardly piece of injustice, sad
| the lawyer, raising his voice to a shrek.
| Reading next the list of the witnesses
from Arlington who impeached the char
acter of Mrs. Barker the lawyer selected
the name of Charles Dunthorne and said
sarcastically: "Of all the men in Ar.Ang-
tor this man Is the only man to come
here and throw stones at Mrs; Barker
I congratulate him and hope Arlington IS
Chapter, too, came here to malign her.
but a minister who is better man OF
God than this man here 9pointing to M
Keller gave her the highest reputation.
and that far outweighs the lies of her
traducers.''
Quoting from the General Daniel Sick
just as in that ease where q man shot
down the ravisher of his wife SO was
Barker justified in shooting Keller
"You follow the precedent in the Sickels
case and don't depart from it. 1t is
celebrated case and is the law of the
land. You will be the first American jury
can people will want to know why you
reversed the decision of that case. Just
follow it and you can't go wrong, said
the lawyer. Here you have the lustful
passion of this man Keller and the hon-
est passion of this man Barker and you
must choose whom, you will endorse.
Don't think that because Keller is
clergyman and | am attacking him that
I am attacking the church. This man
Keller knows what is right and wrong,
and no one knows better than he the
guilty man of the case and he should as
he done it?''
In conclusion Mr. Van Wrinkle reminded
the jury that the State had the last word,
but he urged them earnestly to weigh up
the facts he had stated and he was sure
they would send the defendant back to
his home free man. Jersey justice, he
reminded them, was known in the land,
and they, must uphold it. They were not
to drive him to the upper court, but give
him fair trial in law.
zone word more said Mr.. Van Wrinkle,
tthis is not a civil case. If Mr. Keller
wants to sue Barker let him do it else
y
church assist him: but this is a criminal
case, and the law says that every reason
able doubt must be given attention to
before you can convict You must not
show that the jury system is not farce
If ever there was an occasion for the
extension of sympathy to man tell
man, and your verdict must prove that
honesty is triumphant in a New Jersey
court of law at least
Mr.: Van Wrinkle spoke for one hour and
a half.
Almost Immediately after Mr.. Van
Wlnkie sat down, Prosecutor Erwin arose
Tor the State. His first words were to
attack the defense for appealing to the
their reason Neither would he address
each juror by name
I object to that" interrupted Mr.. Van
Wrinkle, but the Prosecutor waved him
aside and continuing touched on the IA
nous story by reminding the jury that
the Prosecutor was prohibited from using
just as the defence was
Here Mr.. Van Wrinkle jumped up and
again objected, but the Court ordered him
to take his seat and not interrupt
The Courts duty is to keep out evil
dence not in accordance with the law
however much we may like to get it in
continued the Prosecutor. 81 tried to
shape this case according to the ruling
of the court and ask YOU to confine
yourself to the facts before you and dis
regard any sympathy. People today are
watching you and wonder whether Jersey
Justice is To nrOtpcf a man or. 10 4ufaIanra