The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-04
ABLE SPEECHES FOR
THE OPPOSING SIDES.
Captain r. S. Ker Occupies tho
Morning Session for tile Pros
ccution and ]. Tinsley Cole
man Speaks Through
the Afternoon and
Night Sessions. d,
Special from a staff correspondent,)9

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s.-As the trial of IcCuc, the ex- Mayor
close, public interest grows deeper and !
broader, every eye is fastened upon the
musty little courthouse In which the fa-a
nous case daily pushes nearer the end VI
and every outside consideration almost
every thought, Is ssyvep w away and lost
III a perfect sea Of spec.la tlon that claims !
the mind OF all men here to the &cxclu-lSS lSS
sion Of anything else. gs!3 + .5s ts5
In manysrespects tho sight is n remark
a bic one; in all respects it is impressive
and noteworthy. Before the bar of jus-
tico stands A. man prominent in the life
Of the community. a crime henous and 1
awful has been comnlitted and he a is
charged with it. ji II
Almost universally in Albcnlarle this
unanimous is the cry for Ills life III re-
turn for that Of his dead wife. III Within
twenty-four hours tho beginning OF the
end will be at hand. BY the time another
sun sets the record making ng5argumentE will
be through, and the jury, will take the
case. ;,559gfF s4sg KIM f$
The Jury Inscrutable.
| Twelve men for two days have sat
stoidly and without sign or movement.
have heard speech after speech: With
them lies the power of life ana DEATH
locked the secret OF the outcome OF his;
greatest Of all Virginia murder trials #5535 s.
No man knows what 1t will be. Greater
uncertainty never clouded a verdict
Since the last day or two anything Is pos
sible. "A thousand ca ger and puzzled mem
sit daily and stare ut the twelve and ask
over and over again the question. What
will they do-convict, acquit or do neither?
There is no answer. But one parallel
offers itself for this sight Daily the
prisoner takes his place within the BAR
Few Friends Left Il.
AL around him are gathered mon and
women he once called his frlends.g
Scarcely a lland is stretched to him now
scarcely q one has for him a. kindly
thou ght, much less a kindly5word. Is he
guilty? Is 1t possible that5this man. With
his children clinging to his side. is stained.
with the blood of his own Wife,. 8s$$5l
Here, again, tho crowd sits and stares
and tries by fixed scrutiny Of tho im-s
mobile countcnancos to fathom tlfS nys-
terry; but here, again, there is no answer.
Tile face tells nothing. Dncgtsas inscruta-
BILE MS the other the jury and the man.
The evidence alone speaks, and to the
great throng 1t is sufficient but the
court-that Is IL different matter.
While tho crowd sits thus in anticlpa-S
ton and the prisoner calmly awaits his
fate, the mighty voices of the great law.
yers are filling the court room and calling
in the countryside for miles around.
Two Big Speeches.
To-day two big speeches consumed tss
entire three sessions of the court, and
such audiences as heard them have rarely
been seen IN Charlottesville before, Men
clan,bcred and fought for admittance,S
and frequently some. wonai, or child
Joined III the melee, and, between hard
knocks, gained entrance to the little room
In which the court sat. I
Morning. afternoon and night saw, tho
Same unwearlcd crowd back again. each
time augmented by Others. until at the
end there was no place for fully u third
Of them.
Among the auditors were a number OF
prominent people, including several pro-
fessors OF .tho University OF Virginia,
three or four ministers of the gospel,
two or three Judges from ncghbprng
counties and n cloud of attorneys liaillng
from many different places Some OF
present during tho argument Of the fa-,
nous case fT
A Strong Speech.
During the morning session Captain r.
S. Ker. of stauntoll. continued the argu-
ment for the prosecution in a great speech,
| lie covered every phas OF the case, from
| tho viewpoint OF tho Commonwealth, and
made a powerful aTaignment OF the nc-J
, cused for what he declared to be a brutal.
! and terrible murder,
I He strengthened 4 number Of points.
already covered, and threw every HOW
and then u now light upon some phase
OF tho case not Yet fully developed l'pi
to this moment Captain lSer had con-.
tented himself with a few pointed auss-l
tions to the Witnesses as they had come
forward, ono by one The crowd awaited
with no small interest to sae what he
would do when he took the floor TO fol-
low the brilliant leader who had pre-
ceded him.
No word of disappointment could 20
uttered. His argument. consuming lit,
tie over two hours, Was one OF the flnest
ever heard In any court His summary
was masiterly; his plea eloquent and
earnest. a9t sa'
Following speech such as that Cars
tains Woods's tha EFFORT Of the staunlon
man added n hundred weight 70 the con-
| tention OF tlle Commonwealth and inada
Hts case stronger and clearer than ever
It was In all rssnects a. a&masn'pseilN ~. eS'.