The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-05

WARNING accounts not Of an ordinary oc-
i c,irrcnce, not upon which nothing ue-
4 he ndcd but OF the greatest, the grandost.
\ the most significant event the world was
l ever TO seo---thc cricitixlon OF their Lore .!'
1 and Ma ter. Upon these writers lay tne
| responsibility Of transmitting TO pos.srlt!
4 the record OF this glorious scetie. Ihey
were there III the shadow of the cross,
| they saw and them they wrote EACH
4 saw what the other did: each read. the
! Inscription OH the cross written ". three
Languages; before the eyes OF each pass
| ed The Incidents of that marvellous day.
| And yet what had they written? NO Two
! OF lhcm agreed. The differences weer ran :
cal Not even tho inscription ABOVE the
| head OF the Saviour had been read allKe
by these inspired men.
It was a bold stroke and 1t was pow
erful In its effect. Mr.. Leo read the Sac
Isrcd words aloud to The jury. AS lle went
along lie pointed out the variance IN the
accounts given.
Asks a Question.
"A1d now, gentlemen Of the jury was
NIL IN, comment tho utt0rney made wien
ho wa stllrough' are you prepared 10
shy that the main fnct OF the cr,icifixion
did not occur because four different ac-
counts OF II written by the saints them-
selves differ, and differ radically Again,
gentlemen. / speak with deep reverence.
But gentlemen, ask YOU: Arc you pre-.
pared to say this thing?"
a moment later MI. Lee had left this
point and was delvng again into the
evidence Itself. He referred now to the
occurrences In the house on tho night
of tic murder. He said no would deal
with the jury with perfect frankness.
Did the statment OF McCue sound I'M
probable? IIe admitted It.. Under the
Same circumstances would lic. Leo. the
attorney, act MS McCuo had done? lie
doubted It. But Sam McCue was ono
man ana John l.. Lee was another no
two men, no two faces. no two express
slons. no two voices are alike. AS men
differ physically so do they differ mem
tally. What one will do In n given
condition tho other will not do. 55
God knows, gentlemen, what should
have done myself, had found my house
full OF gunpowder and my dear wife
missing. am told that ono of you gem
tlmcn is nn engineer 1Ic knows and
lyo,, all know that In moments Of fright
full mental excitement man does not
act nationally. Hc does not stop to
reason, gentlemen. He does not stop to
consider whether or not he.is doing what
another would do under the circum-
stances. He acts at once and acts i'm
puitss''Ns'es11' ~
Lack OF Hue ana Try.
AIR Lee went on TO discuss tho ques-
ton Of probability ana improbablity
along the line already covered by his
associates. He referred TO the argument
of, The prosecution concerning tho lack
or hue and cry. He declared that the
accused had acted naturally in going at
once 10 his telephone ana calling for
help, The Office was connected wthSa
hundred homes, had McCue gotten into
his ward and suuallcd until Ills lungs
gave way he could not have published
more lrondly TO the world the fact that
a man had entered his home ana stricken
down ms VIE. = o speakers thanRed 200
mat the innocent telephone Sits mao a
not allo"cd themselves s ;, 70 ne !, away
on INC wave OF puO.lc sentiment lnat
MA submerged me me counsel LOT tie Pt2se-
cutioh. me commonwealth had CLAIMED
that utter lack OF hue and cutlery they
to say that the police had lea rned OF the
murder by accident, and that they ar
rived unexpectedly upon the scene willie
the accused was trying to cover up the
tracks Of his crime And yet what were
the facts The man had gone to his tele-$
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