The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-29

has been invading homes and destroy
ing them. No demon who ever came
from the mud stills of hell ever did
worse thing than the false friend
who robs another of his wife. Tell
me man can forget that. Tell me
Matthers Gordon could wipe a wrong
like that from the tablets of his mean
ory! Tell me he could forget the sweet
DAYS before the destroyer came, when
they were happy together in the love
of each other, I tell you, gentlemen,
juries of the country must not expect
such impossible things of any man.
i You must not demand of this young
man that he blot out of his memory
that which no true man ever forgot, or
ever should forget. 1t is but natural
when he meets an enemy who has
done him a cruel wrong; when he
meets him upon the streets of the city,
the common highway, where they both
had a right to be; when he meets him
by accident; when they come sudden
lily and Unexpectedly together, face 20
face, it is but natural gentlemen, that
he should say to this man; this man
who has invaded the sanctity of his
home. robbed him of his wife, dark
ened his life with cloud that has no
; silver lining; it is but natural, aye, it
is but right, that he should say, stop,
stand still, I've got you now, and here,
face to face, l want you to answer to
me for what you have done"
And. so l say, gentlemen, that even
according to the prosecutors own YER
sion of this difficulty, this defendant
is not guilty. He had not drawn
a weapon; this prosecutor says
So He had not offered tc
: strike him; the prosecutor says SO.
man has right to defend his home;
he has no right not to defend it; 1t II
given to him to defend; its honor, it'
/ sanctity, its purity; that principle II
innate in every true heart. And 81
5 when man meets the demon who II
5 the guise of false friend has invaded
; his home and robbed him of all ina
! is most dear, he is moved by an i'm
{ pulse a power no man can resist y
e saw stop. here we are, face to face
. the sight of you makes my blood Dol
. That must be the workings of the min
If the man who has been so cruel
wronged
Now what was in the mind OF tn
IS other man. A friend says to him,
thought this was all over" He r
J. niles 81 don't know" He don't know
o and not knowing, he wants that ma
Is ont of his way. Some time l am g
Is ing to marry her; it would be SAT-
A. to have him out of the way mrs
oe the sooner he is out of the way, u
We sooner and safer it will be for me
OF marry. And so when his friends
ne the corner offer to go home with HI
no to avoid any possible difficulty, he d
" clines. He says to himself, this IS n
ne chance; he is on my way home; | W
us have that as defense; | Will go
NJ myself and if / meet him | will sho
Gu ouick and fast. He wanted Cord
ne out of his way; he had hellish n
'ur tive in his heart for wanting him 9
'ui of his way.
sh Mr.. Russell then entered into +
lie Their discussion of the testimony
ISIS witnesses, but not at length and tn
IN after an eloquent and strong pero
zap ton closed his argument.
Attorney General Garner
&C. In his usual direct and forceful sty
n went directly into the case. He v
rds the representative of no individu
not he said; he represented the State a
MS the law; sworn to uphold the sa
her law the jurors were sworn to uph
it'll and enforce; DESTROYS, as every Ju
will should be. that no innocent man sho
on. be punished, and that no guilty n
m should escape. The prosecutor
1ot the defendant, he said, stand upon
ROY absolute equality with me; | have
all especial concern with or for either
bar them. Neither shall | rest this c
,ars upon sympathy for any one.
mes gentlemen, if I were impelled by
+ber feelings of interest or sympathy
and all, it would be for the innocent wor
hem whose name and character have b
law so cruelty wronged, so unjustly ass
not ed by this lawsuit. 1t has been brou
nan out in the evidence that | was in
nev. Louis at the time and at the s.
, no boarding house where this trouble
NAV gan. l was; and ! wish, gentler
has that all of you could have been Il
mos and looked into the sweet, inno
Won face of this wronged woman, and
and would have felt, as / do, the hot b
nv of indignation when you heard hel