The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-27

time he has made numerous Friends ana acquaintances. Prior to his going in the mayors office as his private secretary, MT. Richardson occupied the position of deputy clerk in the Jefferson county Cir cult court for about year.
 a@-0-Ss-eSs-s-0 0S-s-e-S-e-e-s-s-eSS-s-e-s . the testimony. Why, gentlemen of the jury, things that are capable of standing by themselves don't have to be propped Do you suppose that because these men swore to Wises character that they be- lieve him innocent of this crime7
 Now, let's go a step further. What was Wises motive? To get at Havis motive 1t is necessary to consider that of Wise. Give me attention, gentlemen of the jury If l have the power Wise shah not stand before this jury as the cham pion of a wronged sister Wise cared nothing about the reputation of his sister, and I'll show 1t to you from Mrs Rubel's showing.
 'I.athem had some letters of hers that would compromise her. Mrs Rubel knew that If Mrs. Lathem sued for divorce and named Mrs. Rubel as correspondent and produced those letters as evidence that MT. Rubel would then also have grounds for divorce. That must be prevented at all hazards. (The defense objected to this line of argument but was overruled)
 As to Motive.
 There you have the motive. If she was the outraged woman, why didn't she go to her husband? I'll tell you. Because the very purpose she had In getting these letters from Lathem would have been thwarted. She knew that if her husband saw them the whole thing would have been exposed. So then, knowing that her brother William Wise, would be just as eager to shield her against a divorce pro- iceeding, she sends him. There Is his mo- tive for going.
 At the hotel Wise simply demanded the letters. He wanted them at all hazards for they were compromising. IT any wrong relations had ever existed between Mrs. Rubel and Lathem. Wise knew 1t. He knew 1t long before the day he went to the hotel. Wise told you here on the stand that he told Lathem that he had gone to Mrs Rubels house and that he had made love to her. He must have known the wrong before He didn't go thereto right a wrong that had been done his sister. If he had been a man to act on a thing of that sort he would have acted before he did
 They are puffing up the evidence of Steve Askew. Steve Aslxew, the redoubt- able Steve On the outside a blazing diamond and on the inside something l would not like to speak about Does the trial of case amount to anything? Are our laws mockery? Is the time con- sumed in murder trial money thrown away? Has the time come in the history of this great state when man can be slain and slain as the result of a con spiracy, slain in cold blood, and then come before a Jury with any kind of patched-up faatimnnu innocence? Our laws are both a shield and a sword, shield to the righteous man and a sword by which the guilty shall be cut off
 l feel that in this case the very civ- ilization of our community is at stake. It matters not how many blast furnaces or ten-story buildings we erect or how many mines we open up, if we turn a guilty man loose in the community we set a premium on crime"
 Hugh Morrow Speaks.
 Judge Banks finished his argument at 10:15 o'clock after having spoken an hour and fifty minutes. A short informal recess of five minutes was taken by the court, at the end of which time Attorney Hugh Morrow for the defense began. He said in part:
 If your honor pleace, the indictment in this case charges murder in the first de- gree But in this form of indictment there are also included murder in the second degree manslaughter In the first degree and nanslaughter in the second degree The defendant in the case claims self defense, and in my argument ] shall con- fine myself largely to that phase of the case.
 Gentlemen of the jury, you have ai- ready been treated to a high-sounding speech on duty. It Is with many misgiv- ings that l come to you in plain, com mon ordinary speech. When the state of Alabama, through her representatives, devotes as much time to talking about duty as did my distinguished friend yes- terday and today. you can put 1t down that they don't want to talk about the facts of the case. He spoke of Gen Robert D. Lee so graphically that I saw that gallant man pictured before me.
 T recalled what Lee thought of southern womanhood. and felt sure that he would have been first to condemn a man who had invaded his neighbors home to ruin 1t. My distinguished friend dwelt much on courage. Gentlemen of the jury, 1t doesn't require much courage to call a man a butcher and a bloodhound In the presence of his gray-hared father and mother when he is a prisoner in charge of a bailif.
 What has Robert F. Lee got to do with this case? If you are going to con vict this man because Robert E. Lee was a hero I will quit right now
 T do not wish to say a word that will cause grief to anybody. I would not say a thing that would, add the sorrow of the father and brothers of the deceased. love and honor that old man and I would not willingly add one drop to his cup of grief.
 Remarkable Case.