Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-10
THE COOPER TRIAL.
Continued from Page Two.)

:, the family ana Sue loVed MIN as She
~ "a her own children. He entered the
sD,,se about 35 or 40 minutes after this
IA saw the young boy sitting i'm this
.oir with his head so; saw blood
.a-oss mis- forehead, looked at him and
'san turned around and walked out of
the house.
DCantlemen, after the county attor-
.ov had told you that the case had
',osad fur the government, that fact.
lated for fact by the county attor-
,sv is not given. You have simply
haara the story of the boy upon the
soor by the rocking chair, with
| ~ouDd in his temple and with the pill
Inv under one shoulder. Turn to the
,sstino1y of Jasper Gray upon the
o,estiOn of the body slipping from the
cbair to the floor, so that with the bur
sen 1f proof still upon them We pro-
nose to tell you the whole truth, and
lD.ruth which they deem beyond argu-
rent am willing to go ahead with
| ,his trial and give you the truth the
| soyernment has suppressed. because l
believe in this woman as you will be-
Iieye in her when you know the truth.
Il have read much and so have you
| n the dangers of circumstantial evil
aeuce; circumstances that convict; cir
c1mstances that send many innocent
,srsons to the gallows, or imprison-
ment for life; but in this case, gentle
men. circumstances have been in
things of the prejudice of partisans,
ard of the ignorance of experts which
ran be twisted, and are not accurate. |
am not compelled to join or match
them all consistently with the idea of
suicide. | am going to show you that
there is only one purpose and that prr-
lose renders it impossible for you to
believe that story of murder.
81 find gentlemen, and you will find.
,he purpose and the reason why the
government suppressed the first fact
IN t1is case. Take the absurd testimony
they put in here from these experts
Dr. Whittier from mechanical expert
merts so twisted and distorted facts,
as | will show here by the very man
that a few years ago educated DR..
sturtcvant, DR.. Sukefcrth and Dr.
Whittier.
This is a case of a wOman's life. She
Why, I remember the appeals of the
court at the recent trial of State
against Terrio, which was 1 think the
most sublime piece of English that was
ever written. The respondent is an un-
known woodsman, whose personal des-
tinv may attract little attention or
awaken little interest. He is entitled
TO the protection of the court. Justice
should always move with deliberation.
with strength and dignity of impartial
law' This was only poor Terrio. ignor-
ant. iliterate and poor because want
4 Of education, n Frenchman or back
wOodsman.
"She is only an unknown woman.
4 mott. ing to you and nothing 70 me.
1 Wher, you go to your homes with your
I rpnsciericCs satisfied with the perform
I ance of your duty. gentlemen. wher
you have declared the truth. when /
have gene to my home and have taken
up again the pleasures of my life,
shall never think Of her again. But.
gentlemen, with me today, she is a
Queen. but has she been treated as
such by he government? Is it Amnri-
can Law is it American liberty? Is it
American civilization for the govern
ment to suppress the primary fact in
the history of the case? l submit TO
you
Now why didn't Edwin Cooper go
on The stand. though he will go on.
pro ,o,e to call him, gentlemen, as the
first yi:ne IS in this case and give you
the "l,IoentS of truth i'm this case. The
government promised you before open
ing its case To fully give you whatever
matter had a bearing on the case.
propose To try this case through and
send this woman home without the
stain of murder upon her skirts. no
matter what her follies and weaknesses
may have been before.
81 hope to be able to furnish you
with sufncient facts so that the theo-
RS upon the part of the government
'lrougb their distinguished experts,
may be made clear. The detective VINO
worked upon the case, the dlstih-
gushed Mr.. Detective Martin was
mentally blind-not physically so-Just
mentally He failed to see two or three
facts which would have helped might
lily In discovering the truth-the whole
truth. Was II he who built up this
case? know It is not the sheriff OF this
county. and know II is not the coun-
ly attorney, for it is not his duty
neither is it the attorney generals,
20. let us go back 10 the good ola
times so years ago or so, when the
sheriff had the charge of such matters
1t was then that the whole truth was
brought out. be it of advantage or det-
rimental TO the cause on trial and to
The defendant in the action. If an Of
hcer in those days unearthed evidence
that would assist in clearing the prls'
oner of charge. It was brought for
ward as willingly and az gladly as th'
evidence that would help to convict. II
Is my right and privilege i'm going oNei
this case To tell you that this has no.
Deen done in this instance. The whoi'
truth is not here. But we will have INT
truth. now. You will find that the stor!
OF Mrs. Drake Is 90 per cent. true. ahG
a part of it. which she put in. was moi
true. How did she leave her story ol
the hammock episode? She inferred
things which she knew to be untrue
and the understanding of her testi-
mony was not brought out until snt
was croSs-eximined She binted al