The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-15

W. A Finch and the talent~d Frank
Hassell. The defense 1ax based upor
insanity caused b. rh~ dis
covery % Illicit corresponte-ce De-
tween hls wife and his hrother. which
Tact threw his mind into such a fr.rzy
Of madness and delirlum that ne los.
all self-restraint and eommltted the
terrible deed, The case was ably con
Quoted, FOR legal giants were in the
arena Or determined conflict The
speech or T. J Barnes aas strong and
forccful. and made a fin Impression.
stamping him as a studious. careful
p~afnstaking and most excellent law
yer He was followed by J. II.
Pou who made a most powerful
speech for his argument was a mas
slFe chair made I'D with q number
OF strongest links most deity Wrought
out OF purest metal Of legal lore. and
most adrritly and most SIX illfuily
welded together. 1t was the work Of
a scupturet In the dynasty
of logic Mr. Pou was follow ed by
MT Dickinson for the prosecu-
tlon, who made one Of the finest
speeches ever heard in this court
room. for In hfs mastery and admira-
BILE and impres-iyeiy delivered argu-
nient there were rarest pearls OF men
tai beauty, l~oftiest flights Of finest
eloquence and thrilling bursts OF
dramatic im-pressiveness. II was in
ded a gem OF richest b%riillancy. He
was olowed by the brilliant w A.
inch, who made a very effective and
impressive speech. for he has the
main, the soul. the fire. the feeling.
the passion. the fervor. the quicken
ing thrill. the electrifying p~ulsings Of
dramatic art. and with all these ele-
ments s. GENEROUSLY mingling he
never fails 10 touch the heart
chords and "a responsive strains.
He Is indeed a most thrilling n cap
tivating speaker. He was followed By
John +. Woodland. who made the clos
ing for the defense, and il
was indeed a most powerful one. for
II had the sweep of an avalanche
Gown a steep mountain side. and the
resistless force of the storm when
trees are uprooted and ships are
stranded. Every point in the line Of
defence was seemingly impregnably
fortified and most skillfully defended
by the heavy ordinance of a most
powerful argument. and for q time it
seemed that there were nc vulnerable
points that Quiz yield to the thun-
dering armament OF the well man
OuVered armada of fiercest prosecu-
ton. His picture of home, and his
eloquent apOstrOphe to its sanctity
and the hallOwed sacredness Of the
marriage rites was indeed most ten
der, most pathetic and most beauti-
ful-as fine a piece of word painting
90 W. S@Si Ptti IA n ~ OoE
He was followed by c. G. Daniels.
h made the best and most thrilling
and most impressive speech of his
life. 1t was acOckian in its intensity
of fe~VOr and impressiveness, Of de-
livery, anG i reminded US OF some Of
the winged bursts of electrical pas
sion that have made Charles Aycock
q crowned King in the realm Of inn
Dassioned and soul moving oratory
and given to his u~tterances the spell
of enchartment And in Mr.. Daniels
thinking speech, many of his senten-
Ces apprcximated in their intensity
and passion those glowing bursts OF
dramatic fires which electrify the
senseS anC stir uD the bosom of feel
ing and start it in widest pillows,
reeling. The charge" Of that model
jurist, the admirably equipped and
magnificiently poised Judge w. r.
Allen vac without q blur or blemish-
His mere statement of the contentious
of the State and the defense wa in
itself a mastery argument, f." it was
clear, compact, concise, sucCinct,
graphic, vivid, lucid and luminous,
and the jury had no difficulty what
ever in understanding the case and
the law pertinent thereto. And the
charge was couched in rich and pure
and ornate diction. and his fine, re-
sonant and sweetly mOdulated voice
made his sonorous and rymthic SEN
fences flow as musically as the melo-
dious strains of sWeetly ripping