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

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depef.1en, a. .ss farmer.
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rc.tl1g on thiE earth but . brave
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tse state ~ Texas snc czs, bic for
tunes rhsfe You fud him an humble
clerk a. FJ- y3-tt. and R0be1 Mc
&sit. 1ho vas for Fix yeafs circuit
clerk u the county testlhes On the
witness sand that. in al the yesrs he
lived there there vas 10 stain uyJr
biz character He saved hls hard earn
lngs and came % Gainesville. tneI
little more than a boy and Il war
there ny happy lot % know hin first
Let me say here and now. and ther
10 pass from this personal reisti0n
because standing here. I feel iryeste,
Slth a solemn responsibility a. II uy
ywr destiny and not bis. were 10 yOui
hands. I will state % you that { hsy,
known him iu all the relations % thu
I .Iie. have slept with him when ther,
Vas ~ covering upon us except
whore sentinel stars set their watch
10 the skies and when coming here
~ orer comfort and consolation ~
could have slept with him under
the shadow u the Jail. ana Away.
aud everywhere I have found him n,
same upright honorable. stainless. 10y
81 gentleman and friend.
Il speak 70 you from the eyioenc,
10 this case when I say the legal pre-
sumption u his innocence with which
you began the consideration Of thli
case because the law directs that yOJ
DO Il and tells you that that presump
ton Oi his Innocence has been forti
ned and strengthened by the testimo
ny Of man after man from every wall
Of life. all surroundings and condi
,ions until the court In It's discretion
restricted the number because ther.
would have come men from the foul
quarters Of the globe-those who
know him-to testify 10 bis IN
stained and untarnlshed character.
Gentlemen Of the jury. in the year
Of 1902. when William T Peoples
after his experience as a farmer boy
and clerk be started In business tot
himself and while he and were 10
gether lingering IN the sweet valley
Of youth there daVned upon him
the fact that
The world vas sad and the garden
wild.
And man. the hermit. sighed TIN wo
man smiled
There davned upon his life the sun
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