The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-20
But His Attorneys Declare This
IS No Evidence to Convict.
THE PRISONER WAS UNM0vED
Wbes Charged BY eouusei With the Crime
His Fac uncergoes No .hange-Ihe
.ase Nul Go 10 the Jury,
Perhaps. Frloay.
Especial Dispatch to The T.mes.)

ELIZAEETH CITY. n. c., March H.
at the conclusion OF another dag ::
passionate ora1ory there are yet two
more unoclivcrec speeches, and these :,
consume All DAY 1o-nioiow. district 1T
lorney Ward wiii Tomorrow MOI milf: c.
clrdc argument for me clatc, ani Mt.
aya.stae VIII tlnisn for the dcienso IN tir
afternoon.
Since The charge Of Judge Jones is like
is 10 be long, the jury Will not get tie
case until late at night, or carly in l.
morning.
To-day's crowd was the biggest yet. The
judge ordered several spectators fined b.
fore business WIS begun. FORMER oi
ar1ct-Attorncy LeaIy concluded the Speech
begun yesterday for the defense. and SAID
the evidence pointed towards suicide. He
said if the evidence were followed the
Jury must bring a verdict OF acquittal
He spurned the theory of prosecutin.
lawyer Turner that the defense wanted 70
consiSn Nell CroT,sev TO u suicides he'll.
WILCOX THE MAN.
Haywood Sawyer said North Carolina,
which he represented in part. would not
stain her cscutchon with the blood of ali
innocent man, but he would show that
murder had been done. and that wilcox
did it lIo said the prosecution would
seek a verdict of 1irst-degTee murder
Further on he said: II have shown you
..Sail was not drowned, have shown that
she was killed by a blow. Now. who Killed
her? ycneer is the man." the speakeI
moved toward Wilcox, and pointed a lin
ger in his face
svilcox's expression never changed.
Again he said: 81 have never heard. OF
read Of such Indifference. Here was d
stricken family, the mother bowed down,
the father disconsolatc, the sisters heart
broken, and yet Wilcox came TO offer no
word of sorrow. lie did not need to help
solve the mystery. He Sis there no"
as cold as death, as relentless as the
.rarc. That's tho sort of men who CARY
deadly weapons, who make mdillshl as
sassins. Such men have got tae st..ii
in them to commit hellish deeds. and The
same stuf s,lstains them to The grave. II
comes from hell and 20 hell It goes pach
with them.
UNAcCoUNTED TIME.
The lawyer said there were twenty mn
,ites Wilcox could not account Tor. Wliie
Cluyerius was hanged in Richmond with
only six minutes Of unaccountcd for time.
In the name Of God. in the name Oh
these wives. sisters and daughters, ask
YOU no: to let the guilty escape. l ask
You under your oaths to bring d verdict
that will put Jim Wilcox TO death.
When several of the Cropsey girls wcpt
al his words. Sawyer turned to them and
said: Weep on: we minSlc our tears With
yours: we echo your signs.
w N. Bond, Of Edenton, spoke this
evening and pleaded eloquently for Will
'coa's life He begged The jury not 10 be
swayed by dramatic appeals. and even
though it required i nerve OF iron. to
mind in accordance with the evidence.
He said there was not enough evidence
fa rnn,.icf Nijrnv ~ 10 show
der had been done He said conditions
were inviting for suicide
PRETTY WORD PICTURE.
Tie made a pretty word picture, paint
ing the sorrow and anguish Of the priso-
r1er.s mother. and held up the direful
consequences Of conHicting an innocent
man, and said if he We're ono of the
twelve he would expect some dark ncm-
cs!s Of rctribution TO follow him ever
more.
When he alluded to Wilcox's ghost fol-
lowing them, the colored jurors rolled
heir eyes and looked scared The feel
ing now against Wilcox is as strong as
when the body was found. There are fire.
1uent expressions that lyrcllns would
follow an acquittal. but that is doubtful
Bond, for tho defense. said i'll his eX-
>eljence he had never addressed such a
,ne-sided crowd Wilcox was weli-nish
.;icndless.
The prisoners nerve is wonderful.
Whether he is being held UP as red
handed assassin, or lauded by his own
lawyers his expression is always the
same--as cold and hard as marble. Many
people say he is absolutely lacking in
emotion.
AS his father and sisters cried to-day
there was no softcning Of Jim's face
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