The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-08-01

his OratOTy for more than an hour. His
speech was potent with argument, deep
with emotion and graceful with rhetoric.
In his closing he said, in that great
judgment day when the judge Of the
universe shall make straight the crooked
things Of earth; when both the man
whose eyes are now closed and whose
lips are dumb, and the defendant now
still quick with flesh and bloOd-when
these shall face the judgment bar, be-
lieve from the lips of the OmnipOtent
and omnisclent God viii come the
words He was justified.
Attorney Waters concluded his speech
at 5:15 Tuesday afternoon, when court
adjourned until eight o'clock Wednes-
day morning, when the closing speech
of the trial should be delivered by At
tOrney L. ". Colby Of Beatrice, Neb.,
in behalf of the state Of Kansas.
CoIby's Powerful Speech.
Wednesday morning came. The sun
shOne cleaf from the eastern sky.
Women with babes in their arms, bare
foot boys, the aged and middle aged,
young ladies in the bloom of yOuth-all
came early with Fastening step to get a
seat before the court room should be
thronged and no room left. The hustle,
whisper and subdued noise Of the null
titdde were tapped in silence as the clear
notes Of authority declared court to be
in session.
Attorney Colby stepped forth, and,
addressing judge and jury, began a
forensic address, whose logic and pathOs
and power held in willing thrawidom the
rapt attention Of every ear for more than
three hours.
The character Of Mr.. COlby's speaking
was less imPetuous than that Of Mr..
Waters. With ample vocabulary, grace
full rhetoric, cultured mind. a rich fex-
IDLE voice and pleasing presence, Mr..
Colby was clothed with that indefuable
power which all men feel and under
stand but few can WELD. His opening
remarks were temperate In voice, and
calm and placid In manner. The OratOry
Of Waters was the whirlwind from start
to finish. but the speech Of General
Colby was now like the soft stealing Of a
summer breeze upon the folige, then
rising in directness and power until the
intiexible trunks were swayed by its IN
huence. He told the jury of the IN
pleasant duties attaching to a case where
the life and liberty Of one of their fell
lows was at stake, but that for the sake
of the general good some have TO suffer.
He said that though ne was from anoth-
er state, justice was the common herit-
age Of every American citizen, and that
as he was here to uphold the rights Of
of the state, it was none the less his
bOunden duty to see that the towering
walls of freedom should not be taken
from around the defendant, ScheIl, as
long as he was worthy Of them.
Mr.. Colby dwelt at length upon the
instructions to the court, and focused
the weight Of his argument upon the at
tempt to prove that Schell was guilty Of
murder X the second degree He re-
viewed the testimony of a number of
the witnesses whose evidence the defense
had made no attempt to controvert.
Il sling back the SANDER said Mr..
Colby to the defense, which you tried
to heap upon the railroad people of this
city. have been in many railroad towns
before, but never have I visited one IN
which I was 50 favOrably impressed With
their great heartedness and good citizen
ship as here in GOOdland. The men who
man our trains have to rise at all sea
sons Of the night, using their brains and
risking their lives that the arteries Of
the body polite may not suffer injury.
When you board a train or send away
your wife and children to visit relatives
and scenes of other days. your faith be
comes almost transcendent 10 the men
into whose care you give the dearest ties
Of earth.
Mr.. Colby brought in evidence the
clothes Of the deceased, and showed the
jury the bullet hole in the clothing,
which was powder burned by the close
contact with the pistol. The defendant
admits of having shot Mr.. Frazer, and
what greater argument can be brought
to bear than the blood, and bullet hole
in this shirt said the orator, that fact
Is incontrovertible, the sternest evidence
of ghastly deed. Only God and Schell
know absolutely whether this defendant
killed William II. Frazer with malice
and purpose but we may justly presume
he did from the evidence IN this case.
Human reason may err but that IS no
reason why We should not attempt 10
render to every man justice There is a
power IN nature that works for right
eousne=z and