The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-13


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70 eject without = cause. You have
the cause. There is 70 discussion
about the facts. We are not trying
the woman now. For myself. when I
speak Of wonsr would be willing
70 sacrifice 70 cha-.ty the tongue Of
detrsction. No. you are not trying
the woman now. Il is enough 20
D. know that for all time she will bear
- upon her breast the scarlet letter that
eats into her heart. We will leave
her 70 the judgment. mercy and for.
giyeneEs Of the God who gave her
being"
Mr. Weaver then considered the
conduct Of the defendant az every
stage Of the story. a. recited by the
evidence. his entire change Of appear
ance and manner after becoming cog
infant Of the fact that all was not
well in the sacred circle Of his home
from the most pleasant and happy
men becoming gloomy and apparently
dersnged-all this testified 70 by un-
limpeached and creditable witnesses.
He called the attention Of the jury
70 the fact that Peoples had not killed
Mclaughlin when he first went into
Hsley's drug store. and while the la
dies were there. The prosecution had
claimed he saw Mclaughlin. and had
gone there 10 kill him. Why. asked
Mr. Weaver. had he not done II then
All Of the statistics Of crime and
homicide show that when a mans
purpose is murder he is regardless Of
bystanders, and the very streets are
often Uttered with the bodies Of the
innocent. When be referred 10 the
testimony offered by the several ex.
perts as 10 the insanity Of the defend
ant, he called the iury's attention to
the fact that az the physicians had
practically agreed tha, be was not in
his right mind, and they were all hon
orable. upright men. and learned in
the profession, possessing a vast ex.
perienee.
In closing his appeal for his friend.
the defendant. he said:
DO your duty. and may God defend
the right. II is in your power 10 add
intense suffering 10 that mans black
ened. bllghted, blasted and ruined life.
j No flower is left on earth 10 bloom
J for him. Black despair and the shad-