The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-07
,er as he would one of his own chill

has a word Of blame for Viola
Strothor? he exclaimed, don't speak |
too quickly; don't reach conclusion
without careful thought Those of you |
who have daughters cannot tell how
soon the betrayer may enter and wreck |
and ruin your home"
when she had once yielded herself
there was no turning. He threatened
her with other women. She felt she |
had given him her all. she could not
let him leave her" Continuing, There
was no regard on the part of that
man for anything under high Heaven
which usually. appeals to manhood and
gentlity.1 lie described how Viola
had begged B.waters not to subject
her to those criminal operations. 1T
lis the only way, said Bywaters, and
she was taken into the den of iniquity
In Washington, where n man makes his
living by destroying tho lives of un-
born children He pictured the horrors
OF the operation, the suffering of the
woman, the father standing by while
the life of his child was being taken"
With graphic power the speaker de-
scribed the two succeeding trips to
Washington for the purpose of having
the operation performed. Edgar Allan
Poe with all his powers of imagination,
could never have pictured q trip 80
teeming with bloody horrors as that
third trip to Washington, said Mr.. Lee.
His denunciatioh of DR. L,eon, the Abor-
Zionist, the butcher" was terrific. Not
less was his denunclation of Bywaters
for leaving Viola Strother alone in
hotel in washington while he went OFT
to Leesburg to see after his hound
puppies After depicting the suffering
through which Viola Strother had passed
at the doctors Office, and while left
alone for over an hour at restaurant
the speaker exclaimed: II believe the
recording angel when he saw the ter
| rible agony through which she was
passing, blotted out forever with his
! tears the sin she had done"
| "Thank God. John Keith" said Mr..
Lee, addressing the Commemorative At
torney, you and cannot comprehend
tho moral makeup of such man"
Mr.. Lee Resumes.
| AT 1910 court took a recess until 2
| o'clock when Mr.. Lee resumed his ar
gument in crowded courtroom. Tic
| lam was worse than at any previous
session. Individuals were almost ready
to fight for places One big man. VINO
| claimed to be a taxpayer, made that
alleged fact the basis for claiming
most of the space allotted The Times
Dispatch correspondent at the press
table. Work was done under extreme
difficulties.
NThe Jury was lateS In arriving, but
got settled down in their seats In time
for Mr.. Lee to resume his argument
at 2:10 o'clock.
Mr.. Lee said he had tried prior TO
/ the dinner hour to impress upon the
/ minds Of the jurors the picture which
| had been Impressed upon the minds
Of tho defendants with thousand
/ times the yividness He described the
i incident of Philip seeing Bywaters IN
his night clothes leaving the room OF
;. VIOLA Strother, followed by the little
/, pet dog, which slept in her room. re
read the letter Phil wrote to jim, ask
, ing him to come home at once. He told
l Of how Jim came at once; of how
viola. to save the man she loved, TOLD
an untruth, and begged them not to &c
to Bywaters with their suspicious.
Il The brother went back to West Vir'
III einia,. but was recalled a few week:
S later by another telegram. French
4 coming with him this time. Agar
a Viola denies everything and when BY
Il waters came to Rotherwood he raise'
i his hand. to Heaven and swore his IN
nocence saying he would protect .
; as quickly as he would his own sister
!, After reciting the words of BY
: waters, to the effect that had NAL
done to his sister what the Strother
charged he had done to theirs. n
would kill .hm, Mr.. Lee said Eve
= from the lips of this betrayer; evel
from the lips of this debaucher,. W
u have expressed the sentiment 'Whlc
IS prevails among gentlemen"
n Puts Part Blame on Her.
:. The speaker sketched with grea
} mower succeeding events, including tn
;, confession of Bywaters that he wa
- guilty, but practically saying 1T wa
" as much her fault as his. Bywatel
II consented to marry, but Mr.. Lee az
- clared he consented because he nevt
!. had a doubt he would be able to 6,
i, a postponement.
-, lie knew he controlled her mind al
!, soute1y ana believed he could make hi
plead for Il postponement. That WI
IN why, he said, Bywaters had agreed I
~ the marriage From the very instant
In was mentioned to him by the boys c
he the next day that they had decided U
Nv wedding should take place that afte
nd noon, while apparently consenting,
SO had pleaded for time.
as "And yet when he went there on IN
IT, afternoon she tells you from her ov
lips that everything he said was in q
de nature of a plea and supplication !
more time"
his But the boys were firm, and when
ey wedding was over chose boys took thu
poor wreck of d little sister In the
zee arms and kissed her." and shook han
lily with Bywaters.
it, After. describing the plans for tn
IN future, announced by Jim to Bywat'
81 and Viola. and Bywaters telling th'
,ed he wanted to come back to town a
lat tell his mother and have his announ
lad ment cards of marriage gotten out,
? was IN evidence, Mr.. Lee said, that !
,id, waters had seen his mother just bete
ere he had started cut 20 be married. w
nd, did he not tell her then?
the That the Strother boys did NOT W,
hen trouble was evidenced by the fact u
uld when Bywaters used vile language IN
her presence of Mrs, Gaines, their sister, u
did not strike him, much less shoot n
of though they had their pistols at the III
ded They played the parts of peacemaK
that night. They wanted to keep sec
we'd the story of their sisters shame so
He were they from wanting to have an Is
hen with Bywaters it was even agreed IN
lied should bring him to town and BRING
her back, but when Bywaters said non
had could mako hin, come back the brOtl