The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
Summing Up by Mr.. Kalisch
Was Concluded This
Morning.
BOTH SIDES CLASH AGAIN
Prosecutor, in Able Argument
Urges TaIesmen to Convict
: if Evidence Warrants 1t.
Defense Flags Writing
Experts in Speech.

With the conclusion of the summing
up by Samuel KaliscI, a review of the
case by Prosecutor Henry Young and
Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott
and the charge by Judge Ten Eyck. the
jury in the Court of Quarter Sessions,
which heard the evidence in the trial Of
Mathew j. Ready, the lawyer charged
with forging the viii of John Wells
Russell. OF East Orange. commenced
their deliberation this afternoon.
Mr.. Kalisch. with former Judge
Thomas S. Henry. who summed up late
yesterday afternoon. represented the
defense, went over points in the testi-
mony that he did not touch upon late
yesterday afternoon. He referred par
ticularly to what the handwriting ex-
pert for the prosecution had testified to.
"They came here simply to show, as
Shakespeare said, What fools these
mortals be!'' said Mr.. Kalisch. He
then told the jurors to consider the
fact that only a depraved man would
induce his mother, as Ready Is
charged with having done, to sign her
name to an alleged forged will. III she
did that" added the lawyer, "she was
equally guilty, and that was something
that could not be conceived by Any
reasonable man."
After talking for nearly an hour Mr..
KaIisch, who held up his client "as a
victim of designing experts, gave way
TO Mr.. Young.
The latter's summing up was yigor-
Gus and logical, and covered the testi-
mony completely. He said that it was
the duty of the jury to find Ready
guilty il the evidence warranted it, and
the State had shown forgery by pre-
ponderance of proof.
Mr.. Young said that 1t was not
strange that ''no man actually saw this
man do this thing" but the evidence
was that either Ready had actually
forged the will or was cognizant of tho
forgery which made him just as guilty.
There was the customary clash even
during the summing up between the
State and tho defense. Mr.. Young had
stated that Russell, who was 81 years
old when he died, would not have gone
To Ready's office, and MIR. KalischNre-
marked that an offer had been made
to prove that point but the State would
not allow it.
mfr. Kalisch," shouted Mr.. Mott,
this is an outraged"
MIR. Kaliseh," shouted Mr.. Young, 81
am surprised"
Mr.. Kalisch said nothing in reply, and
Mr.. Young repeated his statement
about RusselPs age,
There was another hare-up. Prose-
eutor Young made the remark that it
was Judge Raymond himself that made
the complaint resulting in Ready's ar
rest.
~ take exception to that remark"
said Mr.. KaIlsch 1T is not proper,
and ask the stenographer to make q
note Of IT.
mot proper. eh?" repeated Mr.,
Young. II think ! will judge of the
in the matter not you"
Mr.. Young dwelt long and with eni
phasis on the difference in the sigma
lures on the so-called standards" and
that on the alleged viii. He pointed
out to the Jurors the minute variations,
and urged them to consider this feature
of the case most carefully.
When he was in the midst of his
argument. in which he cited from
famous cases. Mr.. Kalisch remarked
sarcastically:
That's good deal Of bad law you
read therel'
Mr.. Young glared at him and Mr.
Kalisch calmly asked the stenographer
TO make note OF his objections.
Then Mr.. Young said rather sharply
that he would tolerate no further inter-
ruption He continued to review the
case from his point of view.