Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09

dows which he faced annoyed him and
one of the officers pulled down the
blinds as to give the speaker Il clca"
view Of the l. men whom he was about
To address.
Mr.. Dclmas began his appeal to the
iury hy quoting from an utterancc Of
District Attorney Jerome during the
trial. He said:
We have NJ right. if the real facts
were known. To BE- acre trying this man
and would he absolutely prohibited BY
the statutes"
Had you heard these words" coil
tinued the attorney. from some irr"s-
ponsible babhlcr instead Of hearing
them from IN official charged with i
great hubble duty. had they been spoken
in a place where IDLE men resort to IS
,iuge in idle talk instead Of hearing
them in Il tribunal wherein justice PIE
sided in so!Cmity; had the occasion been
some trivial discussion on some ,nSiGni
ficant topic instead of 4 debate on the
issue Of which is lie or death. and had
You. after SO hearing them heard the
same lips make an appeal to prove that
the law demanded forfeit for the life
Of tho man about whom they We're
SPOKEN. these words might not have I'LL
cn fou with ama2ement.
1T is ,p prevent such q conclusion
is this case" went on Mr.. DelmaS,
that | have undertaken the perfor
marcc of the onerous task before me.
II is perhaps rot improper to say that
| shall make no attempt to inhucnc"
your passions. no attempt to make your
sympathies Ov"rbalance your judgment.
| shall not call on such a flimsy thing
as the unWrittcn law. This defendant
iinGs his justification in the written law
IL the statutes of this state. In Tho
written law. he finds all necessary 80
protect his life ana his liberty
rs the performance Of my duty it VIII
he necessary for me to refer to the
dead. | Will do SO in all respect possible.
but there arc cases where tn" memory
Of The dead must give way to the meets
Of the living. For those who are left
behind. Cor the widow who mourns. for
the son, | have nothing but words OF
sympathy.
The story is that Of two young pco-
Pile whom fate by inacrutablc decree
has determined to link together, to be
united and walk through life in the
company of one another. Tho story
covers only u few years. | is he sad
dcst and most tragic which Ih" tongue
Of man has CNcr uttered or ear of man
ever heard. let in, begin briefly with
her St0ry-on" filled with incidents with
which It volume might overflow.
'Shc WAS born on Christmas cvc, 1$&i
in the city ot Pttsbllrg. The first yta"S
of her childhood SAW her lose her father
and eft her in charge of n mother who
early manifested that character of frivol-
ity ana extravaganza which wore t. lead
to such GrpiorabIc consequences At 10
years If age tho family began to feel t!i,.
suff"rinrs Of poverty and tic cravings
Of hunger. AT T., she became the family
drudge, assisting her mother in the house.
hole duties and thus the family contin-
uel moving from place to place.
''Iut nature had endowed l'" with tho
fatal gitl If haauty-a beauty 'ic.! man
ifrstcd itself in early youth I'D a Gift
with which the mothc- soon saw means
Of supporting tic family.
AT Ii years She was in Phlad .'phia.
already embarked on the perilous s,l of
ar artists model.
"Gut New York was the market Wit -
| such natural gifts are most sought az
most dearly paid for and to New YoI k
the family came and by the rrocuremcn,
| IF tho mother tie employment begun in
| Philadelphia was renewed here and IL"
beautiful child wendell her way thrnugh
| III" streets from morn to noon al.d from
noon till exc, from studio to studio and
| fr, artist 10 artist, ana ut the end OF
! the week the scant earnings she carried
! to her mother for the support of the
family.
"Erave ana courageous. We fnd this
child at l. or 1E years of age rushing il
the day time from studio to studio. earn
ing SIG - SIS a week. and It night ap-
bearing upon the boards and earning an
equal salary.
/ Vt this tine We fini man. whose
hai~ was tirGcd with gray. who had all
excellent wifi. and an accomplished son.
| fixia:, his eyes upon tho fatcd child and
| determining to make her his. To win
her hr had none of the graccs or prin-
ciples Of tho HONORABLE suitor ITc in
| troGuced himself into her family in the
gIise of an Influential friend.
HE won his way into the confidence of
the mother ana established himself in Il
patcrnal and protecting attitudc i'll til
/
II" persuaded tn" mplhc" t. absent hor-
self from the city. assuring her that the
child would b. safe in his hands ana tell
ing her how fortunate it was that there
WAS such Il protector to watch over her.
The child was left alone. ] wish it were
in nv power to pass over the scene which
| followed. l wish it did not have to be
embodied in my argument to you, but
my duty leaves me no choice.
IN one OF those dcns fitted III with all
thc bea"ty and taste which this man Of
| genius possessed, into ore Of these dens
| this child was lured and found herself
alone with this man. Oh enough to III
Der father, the man who was her pro-
tectNr
"MuEt tel y"U how sh, was led or.
stop by step. how She was ri;rd with
wine ANA drugs and finally became his
victim. that story You ha"- heard from.
that ch,ld's faltcrinE lips Erttcr that
ne never should have lived than to have-
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