Evening journal., 1903-03-26

you do not show your love toward this |
man, great will be your punishment. |
warn you against taking the life of an
innocent man. viii you take the chance
of blotting the sun from your livee.
When you go in the jury room don't
shut God out Deal with him as you
would a brother. You will have done
your duty when you have delivered this
man from this awful charge. Would
you appear before your Maker with |
your hands covered with gore?
Mr.. Wards Address.
Mr.. Ward started his address to the
jury at 4 O'Clock. He said in part:
We have had no feeling against this
defendant. Deal with US all, the detec-
tives, constable and other State officers
Justly. We have not been bounding a |
man to his death. True you will have
to answer to God for yuor acts. have
taken an oath to do my duty and so
have you. You feel the solemnity OF the
occasion, and it does not need
any picture Of the judgment seat
From the time law was written the
lpenalty for taking a human life has
been human life. The punishment for
murder is death. You did not make the
law; the State made it. You are to
say whether this man is guilty or not
guilty. The penalty is set down in
law.
Dead Woman the Issue.
The counsel for the defense made the
issue in this case the lining. The issue
in this case on the morning of April IL
lay ma stall, face down with her head
crushed.
The counsel for he defense said in
their opening that they would show
that the defendant did not do it, but
THAT another person did. They have
not proven either They are standing
on their attempt to discredit the States
witnesses and Collins testimony. If
you believe Collins against the other
witnesses, you must acduit Is there
any reason why he should not deny
the crime? "A fierce attack has been
made on Harrison Wrotten's testimony.
Men have sworn they would not believe
/ him. A man may lie when he has an
interest, but Wrotten had no reason to
lie. The man was not interested.
Why did not the defense send for the
man who was with WrOtten? They did
not want him; they did not WANT the
truth. They were depending on the
fact that Wrotten was a jail-bird. Do
YOU imagine that Mr.. Richards or my
self hired Wrotten to testify?
Coming to Henry Niblit an attempt
was made to impeach his testimony
Give me one week and / can qualify
men TO say that they win not believe
vou on. your oaths. AS between Ni0h'
and Collins. who had the motive tc
tell the truth?
Reviewed Niblit's Testimony.
[ Was Niblits testimony increditable1
q I am a Methodist. and believe i'm re-
I pentance. believe that even a muir
! derer may be forgiven. Was IT natu-
raj thing for Collins to do, mar
: drought up as he has been? have nc
= doubt thar Elmer Collins. If he is guilty
of this crime. repented it. He went &c
! the place where he could be forgiven
! If you have read of the history of this
u crime of murder, you will remember
there is a strange fascination for the
scene of the murder for the murderer
What more natural thing for him to dc
+ than to go to the scene of the murder
i, to confess. Not to men, but to his God
Z What possible motive is there for Z
y man of Niblit's age to come here and
= perjure his soul?
y Discussed May Rhoads.
n Now come to May Rhoads She wal
# an unwilling witness. She told tina
II which no woman would want TO tell
q She had no motive to testify agains
/, the man. She had all to lose and nom
= to gain. What motive did Solomon
= Rhoads have? His daughters shame
Theory Of Crime.
Mr. Ward at this point gave his the
l. lory of the case. What thing happene,
"a I'm the Collins household that day? Tn
70 housework was not done up. Witnesse
- for State and defense both testified t.
! that. They had not slept together 70
! several days. They got their break
y fast at 6 o'clock, yet the dishes wer
y not washed. Who got the breakfast
10 What did it consist of: Coffee. brea
- and molasses Collins could have go
20 It, What was Mrs Collins doing? Sh
g got up in time to get the breakfast
n Would not she have taken the be-
le clothes from the lounge i'm the dinin
5s room? Would she not have put tn
dishes away? How many plates wer
" on the table2 One woman said two
X and possibly three. Mrs. Collins wa
r a good housekeeper. Yet what did sh
l. do that morning, assuming she wa
"a alive and did live for a short time afte
she got up? There is nothing to lea
you TO believe the yeast was made tina
morning. Suppose the yeast was mad
~ that day. She had two hours. Wha
ne else did she do? Did Collins and hi
rt wife quarrel? If they did not liv
happily, would they publish it to tn
world? The fact that other people di