The Washington times., 1904-11-20

by every vulgar curiosity-seekeF in the
land; cIassed and treated as a criminal
and branded as an outlaw. Such an
existence Is a living death; it is a mil
lion deaths.
Mans Inhumanity to Man.
Gen Reuben Davis, OF AIississippi,
once said: A prison cell has horrors for
me that the regions OF the damned have
not. The one is the inhumanity OF man
70 man; the other the just punishment
inflicted by an all-wise God for the in
fraction of his decrees.'
And should any Of you gentlemen
be tempted to render verdict OF gull
~. and consign me to a living tomb for
life, you should weigh veil its cOnse-
quences, for as has been stated, the
first, the middle. and the last consid-
Grafton for jury Is the consequence
Of their verdict.
i can see my poor mother now. who
was unable, by reason OF physical in
firmities. to attend this trial She is
sitting in her distant home, with a
face sallow, wrinkled. and eareworn
from the responsibilities OF life and the
worries and troubles caused BY the IN
just prosecution of her son. With a
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back the white hair from her sorrow-
| ridden brow. She casts her waiting,
wasery eyes t09g1asd the scene OF this
/ trial and pleads with you, though far
away. TO spare her son the burdens Of
further trials and dishonor. She pleads
with you for justice to her son. She
/ begs you not 10 be frightened away
/ from your plain duty by the cruel in
I xra-sfTrea halraaH
gentlemen in the heat OF argument She
! tmploFes you not 10 blot the good name
OF her home and family by a verdict OF
/ guilty; not 10 bring into disrepute and
/ dishonor the name OF her dead husband
and his offspring; not TO hold up in
shame and blight the fondest hopes OF
her heart: not TO seandalize The evening
Of her life by throwing at the feet or
/ her son the commission of such an
awful offense; when she knows that he
could not be guilty Of such deed.
She beseeches you to be led alone in
your consideration in this case by the
/ lampiight OF duty and not be tempted
10 outrage yourselves and the innocent
/ by political bias, partisan feeling. or
party advantage. She begs you not to
take her 10 an early grave in shame and
dishOnOr; not to cut her son down in
the days of his youth; not to extinguish
the dearest hope of her heart: not TO
! erase every hope of happiness for her
and for him. not TO bring down her
mourning age into a grave OF despair;
not TO take fr0m her that which is
| dearer than life itself, and put upon her
more than she can bear. She asks you
not to reward liars, nor put the badge
| OF respectability upon the brow OF per-
/ jurers by your verdict; not TO feed the
/ greed of men upon the lifeblOod Of her
/ son, or upon the Vitals OF our Common
wealth; not to walk ruthlessly upon
/ broken homes and bodies; not 10 poison
/ or kill her peace on earth and blight
and ruin her confidence IN men: not to
murder your own souls and smite your
/ own conscience.
And my prayer is. gentlemen, that
/ the Giver of Light may remove the
mystery surrounding this case and re-
veal the truth TO you as it is. May He
point out to you your duty and give
/ you strength TO do il.
II thank you. gentlemen, for your
kind patience and indulgent hearing"