The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-25

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ment used in making the snears on
the body. And now as to t he evil
dence of the defendant. l don't care
whether the old man was sane or
insane-and to his examples of vic
ious conduct, ever one of you. have
seen more instances Of insane or
vicious conduct in your own neigh
borhood. But the old man WAS a
burden-and does that help the de-
fense-no, it shows a motive for
getting him out OF the way. And
as to his quarrel, the testimony
shows you that he had had notice OF
the raise in rates. Now defendant
says he got ugly when the letter
from the boy was received about
the raise in rates. Now,is that reas-
enable, when he already knew about
it by direct information from his
LODGE No, the report Of such quar-.
rel, is but. the excuse that defendant
must make for leaving the house.
And as to the feather tick being
found on the f1oor-do you know
the real reason it was so found? 1t
was to save the tick. And defend
ant knew, even when She went to
Holbrook's that the feather tick
was on the floor, for she so stated.
And a reat on must be given for it..
Likewise with the feather pillow
it was desired to save it-so it was
jerked from under the old man and
threw on the floor. There is nc
question but what defendant knew
altogether too much about these
conditions to be consistent with he1
innocence. {: 4. And now gentlemen,
look at this lock- all there was, &C:
cording%to her story, between hel
and a crazy blood thirsty man. And
why, when she ran over to Hol-
brook g should she impress upon the
marshal and constab bic that. he had
loaded gun, until they came to the
conclusion that they would not go
over that night. And as to the
door being locked upstalrs-no one
but defendant has so stated. No one
else has tried it. And when she
gave the officers a key that she said
would unlock it-she knew ii would.
If there had been a key on the in
side, all the keys on earth wouldn t
unlock it. No, the door was just as
she bad left it,and the key she gave
the officers was the one she did it
with. So, say to you, that this
story she has told, doesn't wash
she knew too much. She knew all
about the conditions as they were
found to exist. Her conduct over
at aolbrook 8 bears it OUT She
WASH It afraid to stay. there and so
told: the marshal. And the next
morning what does she do Before
her husban nd has yet been found
dead, she nlilKs the COW, gets her
money and some clothes and takes
it all over to Holbrook's, thus show
ing by her acts that she already
knew what mad yet been undiscov-
cred by the officers. SOL submit to
YOU, that her whole conduct is indi-
cative that she knew. I tell you, if
this woman had had one thought OF
that love which a woman should
have for her husband, she wouldn t
have been taking everything she
had over to Holbrook's. All, gentle
men, she knew the conditions there,
and he1 whole conduct bears it out.
The evidence is irresistible that she
knew about it. 1t makes no differ
ence as to this case whether she
fred the fatal shot or not, for under
the law, if she connived at or assist
ed in this foul murder, she is guilty:
Who else could have had a motive
for the commission Of. this crime.
She was the only heir at law-and
the old man had come to be a bur-
den-a nuisance in the eyes of his
wife. Now for a moment turn your
attention to the evidence of DR.. Sull-
ivan. He didn t like to tell it, but
it was hie duty-and it was with
grief and sorrow that he told it
even to no. But DIR. Sullivan comes
on the stand and gvies his story