The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-08

bring on 4 serious condition. The at
to-nevs ceased ard Major Ryan went
on with his argument nrEt taxing up
the testimony Of James i strange
4 and i'm caustic words bit into his mar
/ riage and divorce record as given IN
testimony.
Mrs. Rowland Breaks Into Tears.
smoke Of the miserable fght of the
{ engineers on the lives and liberties OF
DR.. Rowland and his wife and what
the result Of the trial meant, this fol-
lowing his description u the eX-
hUmation of S~trange's body and TIE
stomach removed. his intense words
breaking into the calm Of Mrs.
Strange, who Of a sudden fell to
weeping as Major RYAN spoke Of her
plight. DR.. Rowland moved not. but
her sister was quick TO comfort.
In urn Major Ryan excoriated the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Eng1n-
GERS for its persecution of the wC-
man, and then in the same manner
discussed Mike TIghe, W. a. steele,
and W. \. Cole and in this a state
ment that Brotherhood men We're en-
gagged In talking of having a good
time" with a brother members wife
was denied by Mr.. Walter clark and
Judge Long referred the attorneys 70
the evidence. ina bit Of sarcasm
Major Ryan went after Tighe and
Steele as spies on a Wornan's track
and here Mrs. Strange had passed the
weeping stage and was laughing now
and then.
In his argument Major RYAN ridi-
culed the idea hat Charles Strange
would have allowed any doctor to
have used a hyPodermic needle on him
for any cause except an urgent one.
and insisted that he knew that DR..
Rowland was doing the best for him
possible and was not trying to end his
life with poison.
AT the hour OF seven O'Clock the
court took a recess till eight o'clock
FOR supper, and at that 0 u Major
Ryan resumed his argument.
Crowded To Every Mich.
At the night session the court room
was occupied as to every inch OF avail
able room, every seat being occupied
and every squeezing space Of stand
ing room having on it a human being.
The room at times was sitting in its
clOseness of over-crowded humanity.
Major Ryan took up the argument
shortly after eight o'clock and con
tinued his work of dissecting the evil
dence adduced during the trial and
pointing out to the advantage of his
clients the discrepancies that he
claimed he found in that presented in
the course of the trial. He defended
Mrs. E~ldredge Smith from the init
nation Of being a false witness and
pointed out how her evidence ron-
firmed itself, declaring that her visit
to the jail where she talked with DR..
Rowland was simply u stronge evil
dence Of the truth of her statements.
In his defense he also spoke for Nj.
David Gill, uncle of DIR. Rowland,
and attacking in vigorous words the
testimony of Mrs. J"hnson for the
State.
With a strong plea for the acquIt,
tai OF the defendants whom ne &
were absolutely innocent. Major
RYAN closed for the defense at 9:l3
after having spoken for w hours
and ten minutes. During his closing
which were intense, Mrs.
was in tears, her head on
her sisters shoulder.
Col. 4Argo Closes For State.
1t was at 9:16 that Col. T. M. Argo.
in the stiffness Of an intense silence
began the closing argument for the
State. and began this in the same m
tensity in which Major Ryan had
closed.
His opening remarks were q fierce
inveighing against the crime Of adult-
cry with which he labelled DIR. Row
land and his wife, telling OF the
faithful engineer who had gone out
L [ ~ $ - hiAS pD'N - 20 I
the engine. leaving in his home q
wife whom he supposed was true, and
from her knees in prayer to GOD
to rest in an unsullied bed, and
in place of this it was to the adulter-
Gus embraces OF that man. And then
Col. ArgO stood with finger pointing
straight at DR.. Rowland.
In such terms he dealt with both
the defendants, and spared neither
in the burning Genunciation Of adult
cry, which he declared was not de-
MED, but as he proceeded he said the
woman was the least 20 blame, vain, |
comely. easily flattereG, not too wise, !
and that she was led along by the
man from the day he saw her form
in the bathing suit at ocean View.
From this he turned, to pay o tribute
to the worth of the men in the Broth
of Locomotive Engineers,
he declared all knew to be men
of good character, and then he en-
tered into q discussion Of the evidence
in the case, saying that it carried with
it a proof of the guilt Of the defend
ants.
In the history of many cases in the
courts of North Carolina there has
been perhaps q more scathing ar
of two people than that
by Col. Argo last night, The
court was one solid mass Of human
10y, dtISl lIG tCODiC Dd1EASI 8.tG StIi31l-#
ing, were in discomfort, yet Col. Argo
spoke in the midst of q deep silence.
which, as he spoke, there came
no SOund from even the two whom he
up to public gaze as shameless,
and deserving Of death by
he law, though his words must have
upon them as relentless whip
cords, h dry cough from DR.. Row
and, the quiveCing lip OF his wife be-
ng' the sign hat the storm had
yhirled and shrieked about them.
Later Col Argo declared that death
he'll were Il far kinder fate to the
woman, than a life unier the domin-
on of the man with her.
"You Iied,' Cried Argo.
Col. Argo next presented t. the Jury
of circumstantial evidcace and
applied it to the case on trial, decIar-
thai DR. Rowland and Mrs.
strange lied when they denied kuowl-
'dge of ZACH other till the day of
strange's death. You lied" he thun-
Tered, as with accusing finger he
upOn the two or trial. What
pity, what a pity. that her character
i'd Lot accord with the Comeliness of
Ter face" he exclaimed, shortly after
n OF Mrs. Strange calling