The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-11
SIX MORE ARE 10 SPEAK
The Six Who Have Alrt ady Spoken
Have Occupied Is Hours and 40 Min
utes, Two Days Of Court---case Will
Probably go to Jury About Wednes-
day Morning.

day Morning. n
Four more speeches were conciuoeG
yesterday in the Haywood case. They
were made by Col. ]. C. l.. Harris, Tor
the defense, Mr.. w. n. Jones for the
defense, Mr. Robert C. Strong for the
State and Mr.. ]. Newton Holding for
the defense.
Col. Harris spoke first yesterday morning
and concluded his argument begun Oh the
previous evening. He was followed by
Mr.. Jones, who spoke until about twenty
minutes past eleven o'clock. Then Mr..
Strong for the State, after little intax-
mission of about ten minutes, addressed
the jury for an hour and ten minutes.
This drought twenty minutes to one
o'clock, and at that time Mr.. Holding be-
gan. He spoke until the dinner recess
at one o'clock, and at three continued
and did not conclude until twenty-three
minutes to six O'Clock, having spoken
just about, three hours. Then court ad-
jcurned.
Senator Herbert E. Norris for the State
will speak first tomorrow morning, begin
ming at nine o'clock. He will be followed
by Mr.. S. G.. Ryan for the defense Then
Senator Donnell Gillian will speak for
the State, then Capt. w. Fl. Day for the
defense. Solicitor Walter e. Daniel viii
close for the State, and finally COL T. NJ.
Argo will close for the defense.
1t is not likely that the case will get
to the jury before Tuesday night at the
earliest, and it will probably be Wednes-
day.
A little calculation right here may be
interesting. Mr.. Pou spoke for about
two hours and fifty minutes. Mr. Wood
ard spoke for three hours and thirty-1ve
minutes, COL Harris for one hour and
folty-five minutes, Mr.. Jones for an hour
and twenty minutes, Mr.. Strong Tor an
hour and ten minutes, and Mr.. Holding
for three hours. This makes a sum total
Of thirteen hours and forty minutes Tor
six speeches, and an average cf about
two and one-third hours apiece.
There are just six more speeches to be
made, so on this basis it will take at
least two days of a little over seven
hours each to finish the argument. This
will bring Tuesday night or "Wednesday
morning.
Col Harris yesterday morning, after
telling why the defense had introduced
50 many character witnesses, devoted the
remainder of his speech to the evidence
on both sides, and spoke with much en-
phasis of what he called the natural evi-
dence" of the clothing worn by Mr.. Skin
ner at the time he was killed.
Mr.. Jones' introduction dealt wits tho
great interest felt by attorneys in such
case as this and the solemnity of the
position occupied by the jury. He
touched upon the prominence of the de-
fendant and the deceased and the public
ity of the place where the shooting aad
taken place, and the rancor that had been
shown. and the prejudice, and he criti
cised the conduct of the prosecution, but
paid a high personal tribute to Solicitor
Daniel Then he spoke of the law ON the
three grades of homicide. He dwelt upon
the difference between negative and posi-
tive evidence The latter part of his
speech had to do with the evidence III
general.
Mr.. Strong made the point that the
killing in itself of Ludlow Skinner was
evidence of a motive. In one sentence
he took a return shot at Mr.. Pou, and
went on to show that the defendant had
the advantage in having his witnesses
come under the influence of his personal
ity as living man. Then he took up the
nrincipaI witnesses for the defense, one
after the otner. He was very sarcastic
IN his treatment of Mr.. Schmitz and Mr..
Hccutt. Mr.. Slmms evidence. he took
some pains to show, corroborated that of
NJ. Jones Fuller. Mr.. Strong finally took
up and examined the evidence for the
State.
Mr.. Holding first contrasted tie con-
tentions of the State and the defense.
and then outlined the evidence On both
sides. He devoted considerable time 10
explaining Mr. Jones Fuller's evidence,
and in replying to some OF what he
called the remarkable statements" OF
Senator Woodland. He spoke at length
OH the compact made by counsel for the
State with Mr.. Fuller not to put Miss
Pace on the stand. The rule of law re-
garding the jury reconciling conflicting
testimony, if possible. received some at
tention from Mr. Holding The evidence
of the witnesses for the defense was Ia
Ken up and weighed. Then Mr.. Holding
reviewed almost the entire evidence for
the State, taking the witnesses one by
enc and endeavoring to show that moth
ing had been proved as to Mr.. Skinner 5
receiving the fatal wound while he was
out in the street Their witnesses. he
attempted to show, did not bear out