The San Francisco call., 1905-02-21

AUBURN, Feb. 20-"It seems to me
that / can hear the angel voice OF
Mary Weber calling out to this jury
Spare my first born, spare him who
caused me my first pain and my first
joy. Adolph never hurt me; do not
kill an innocent boy These were
the words with which. Attorney john
son closed the argument for the de-
fense in the Weber case this afternoon.
They We're delivered in a most dra-
matte manner.
For minute or two after their ut
terance great hush filled the court
room. Adolph sat unmoved. His
manner was as stolid as usual After
short recess Attorney General Webb
began the closing argument for the
prosecution. For an hour Webb talked,
his remarks being listened to with
great interest.
The crowd that attended to-day
session of the court was much larger
than usual The majority of the spec
tators were women They began ar
niving at o'clock this morning. Many
of the women wore white dresses and
large picture hats, giving the court
room the appearance of a theater
rather than a tribunal where a life was
at stake.
Attorney Johnson resumed his argu-
ment at 8 o'clock by attacking Pawn
broker Carr, whom he described as a
second Fagin.
Charles H. Reimer, the detective
hired by the prosecution, also came
in for scoring at Johnson's hands,
as did District Attorney Robinson.
Johnson said:
SCORES PROSECUTION.
When General Webb made his opening state
ment for the prosecution Carr, and his testi-
mony and his revolver kept in the back
ground They were sprung on the defense
when the prosecution thought the case was so
far along that it would be impossible for US
TO introduce evidence to impeach such testi-
mony. We will, however leave Carr to the
tender mercies of the criminal courts of San
Francisco This revolver is a big link in this
chain Of circumstantial evidence. Without
Carr testimony we would have asked his
Honor for a nonsuit.
johnson here introduced q time-card
about two feet square, upon which was
printed a memorandum of the time of
the events in which the defendant par
ticipated between the hours of $50 and
7:42 on the night the Webers were muir
dered. One of these cards was pinned
upon the wall where all the spectators
would see it and duplicates were hand
- ~ tAAS ANOIClAlhS W lillS Col "
Johnson said:
Judging by the statements made by the
prosecution and according to the various times
as taken by them / say il is an utter impos-
sibility for the defendant to have committed
these murders You will note that at 80 the
family was alive and well. according the
testimony of little Francis Snowden You
will also notice that at ocock Zoe NJ.
HagCr heard the piano playing. Mrs. A Rech-
enmacher stated on the witness stand that she
heard Bertha Weber playing the piano about
$50 According to the testimony of Nav
Clark. Adolph passed her house in Brewery
lane somewhere between $50 and 6:40 This
testimony alone precludes the possibility of the
defendant having committed this hideous
crime / believe of this testimony to be
perjured testimony and upon this presump-
tion it would be judicial murder to hang that
boy. 1t would be stain upon the county of
Placer.
Attorney Robinson and Sheriff Keena did
day after the tragedy and forcing a state
ment from him. They told the defendant that
the statement would not be used against him.
and the boy having no one to advise him, made
a voluntary statement of all he knew about
to almost kick the door down before Sheriff
confined in Jail more than three months and
the Sheriff has allowed people to go in right
and left II doubt the intention of
some of these persons to try and make Weber
say something. They hoped to catch him in
untruth. But he said nothing. for he had
nothing more to say. He was like Dreyfus;
he knew he was innocent.