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

ment used il making me- :snearsl on On.
the body. And now IS f, the ey 'ii;
dence Of the defendant. ]. don care
whether the old man was sane =o1
insane and to his exam plos 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-
tense no, it shows q 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,iE that reas'
enable, when he already knew about
lit 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 floor-do you know
the real reason it was SO fonnd2 II
was to save the tick. And defend
ant knew, even when She went te
Holbrook' 8 !. that the feather tick
was on the floor, for she so stated.
And 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
tconditions to be. consistent, with he,
|innoeence Il And + ow ntiemen,
look at this lock All there was, &C:
cor,aing 10 her story, bstw con hel
and asoralzy ebloM thirsty man: And
why, when she ran over is Hol:
brook g should she impress upon the
marshal and constable that he had
a loaded gun, until they came to the
conclusion that they would not &c
over that night, And las to the
door being locked upstairs no one
but defendant has 90 stated. No one
else has tried it. And when she
gave the officers O. key that she said
would unlock it she knew it 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 we're
found to exist. Her conduct over
at aolbrook q bears it OUT. She
WASH t afraid to stay there and 50
told. the marshal And the next
morning what does she DO Before
her husband has yet been found
dead, she nlilKs the COW, gets her
money and some clothes and takes
it ali over to- Holb brook q, 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 conduit bears it out.
The evidence is irresistable that she
knew about it. 1t makes no differ
ence as to this case whether she
fired the fatal shot or not, for under
the law, il che connived at or assist
ed in this foul murder, she iss guilty:
Who else could have had 9 motive
! for the commission Of this cripae.
She was the only heir at law-and
the old man had come to be bur-
den nuisance in the eyes of his
wife. Nowfor moment turn your
attention to the evidence of DR.. Sull-
ivan. He didn't like to tell i, but
it was hie dutyand it was with
grief and sorrow that he told it
even to mos But Dr.. Sullivan comes
on the stand and gvies his story