Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23

Whe superior court room was e very interesting place to stranger yester- day when Judge Wheeler suspended business for the day. Almost all the afternoon the counsel for the defense, former Senator Kennedy and Attorney Hamilton occupied in their argu- ments.
 Though there did not seem vacant seat when court opened at 2 o'clock, stiM someone would enter once in & while and one tdme crowd of ladies came In and seats were found for them. Ladies occupied one corner all to themselves. Some of them were wives of attorneys and their friends. The room rang with the echo of forensic batteries all day long and the scene was quite Interesting and entertaining to strangers.
 MT Hamilton spoke after MT Kenne- dH He charged Mir Root with try ing to pervert the law in a passage he quoted in hds argument. Though MT Hamilton appeared to be quite serious, MT Root appeared to shake with laughter. He also charged Mir Root with accusing Vandemark of the as- sault merely because he was a strik- err Yet Wodcott was not 8 striker, ana yet according to his own evidence he had the only brass knuckles in the aSsauk
 Were the boys. 'Hhese young noble men," strikers7 There have been state officers. policemen and pinker- ton detectives on the assault case and so tar not a striker has been convict ed Of this assault. All through his argument he referred to the b6ys as 'Athese young noblemen." But where did they get their nobility Tn the in terior of New Haven jail. They went in plain young fellows, sentenced for conspiracy to assault, and lol they is- sue therefrom as noblemen.
 Whitty contzNdicted all of them, ex- leader Of the band, he said, the instf- gator. of the whole crime In the first t1fal he swore positively 1t wag Winnegar put the handkerchief on his face to show how to tie it on and in this caSe he says it was Vandennaxk. He would not demean the adtle man. hood by calling Wolcott a man; he Is disgrace to every descendant of Adam. He as self confessed das- tard, yet where ds he to-day7 Not be- hind the barsl But Merna and Nor rissette who were beaten are no long CT in the employ of the trolley oom- pany. But wolcott as, notwithstand- ing the pollution of his lips, his repu- tation and his self confessed dastardy. His reputation is way below par and that means gentlemen, that when man has reached that degree he is be- low the dregs of humanity.
 Gan you get the truth if you try to get 1t from such source as this2 Ny friend, MT Root. quotes Scripture. I will quote you some Do you find purity in bawdy house. pure water at the mouth of polluted spring2 No, gentlemen. A good tree will not bring forth bad fruit neither will D bad tree bring forth good fruit From such a source as Wolcott you can gst only thdstles and thorna ys-g
 Thorpe, the young noblennan," says he told 1t all to Rogers in his state ment yet not word does his state !. ment contain about Vandemark, but he comes up from jail and added to that story, piles 1t all on Vandemark. Thorpe testified he knew accused very well before the strike; knew him well enough to speak to and yet not a word about him in his statement, Neither Ball nor Thorpe or any of the syoung noblemen" told the truth and they might be arrested for perjury, said MT Hamilton.
 Their story that they do not expect leniency or something dn return for Hesttfydng is simply incredible. They told the true and full story last fall ana they now wish to follow ill the footsteps Of Wolcott, who has good clothes and money to spend. Their story that they identified Vandemark on the night of the assault is absurd because 1t is very unlikely at 10 on A dark night. Identification is one of the most treacherous things we run across. Their stories about their be- ing in the workshop dn the jail on Sundays do not agree. Some said they were there, on two Sundays, some say three or -four or five Sundays.
 Mr Hamilton said MT Root assumed Vandemark was guilty. MT Root would have Vandemark prove his in- nocence, thing Mir Hamilton never Of law by a practitioner as old as MT Root amazed him. What have you to offer that he is guilty2" said he, tsrrntng to MT Root. ssThe evidence" retorted Mir Root.
 saThe evidence,s yelled MT Hamil- ton, I've have been through 1t all from end to end and what do we find! Nothing to show Willis Vandemark committed that assault or was there that night 1t was committed"
 He asked the Jurors to compare the witnesses for both sides and to say which side had the most decent look ing, the cleaner and reputable
 He said that had the people who were at the birthday and card parties wished to lie they could have said MT GauthieFss birthday was on Feb ruary 2d. It would have been bet ter arrangement, and as far as ac- cused's failure to remember the day of hds wife's death there was nothing remarkable about that. There were three deaths in accused's family that time and that was the cause of his failure to remember the exact date of his wdfe's death. Such methods as the state pursued in the case were shocking and revolting
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