The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12

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been no display before this jury. or any
thing of the dramatic on her part. You
have seen her in this court room. when
she has endeavored in a modest, womanly
fashion, to face the charge which is
brought against her She was sick: she
was suffering; and she told the truth.
Don't you believe that she told the truth :?
Is there anything to indicate that this
woman falsified? If she was a woman
who was telling untruths she could have
helped herself by telling many an IN
truth; but she has barred her very soul
here before you.
The Journey to Washington.
After she got on the train that after
noon she scarcely slept. She had the por-
ter bring her brandy, and she suffered
terribly. Nearly all the next day the train
was delayed by a wreck somewhere in
Wyoming, and when that got on to Chit
cago they were many, many hours late.
She did not even know, at that time, what
road she went over to Washington. She
was conducted from one train to another
by the porter. She had told them at the
office in Ogden that she did not care what
road she went over She suffered mental
ly all the way, and she suffered from
headache and she was suffering from dis
tress of mind. From Friday morning I'M
I'll after the dreadful tragedy on the Sth
day of the month this woman did not eat
anything at all. She had gone without
sleep and without food She had Just
arisen from her sick bed. She was in
condition where it required but little to
threw her completely off her balance She
reached the depot and telephoned to the
Ebbitt house Then she went to the Raj
eigh and without any effort on her part
and without any suggestion upon her
part room was assigned to her that
was near the room of Senator Brown. Ii
she had thought of killing the man, when
they asked her If she wanted to go to his
room she would have said: Yes" she
would nave said give me a room near to
his; but she said nothing of the kind
She was shown up to her room and
changed her undertaking. Then she in
seemed long while before she found his
room. 1t must have been three or four
hours. Then she went to the room and
Miss Kidwell was there. Miss Kidwell
tells you that on that day this woman
looked worse than she does now The DO
lice matron told you how well she looked
whenever you get without the influence
of the police and without the influence of
the government you quickly find that the
woman takes on a different look Miss
kldWel saw the woman there. and she
says she looked worse than she does now
Found the Annie Adams Letter.
She went into Browns room and there
she picked up the Annie Adams letter
she read it and took it with her Miss
kldwell said that she FASTENED from the
room. She went to her own room and
tried to write. That is manifested nv the
torn scraps of paper that were found in
her room. 1t was at that time that DR.
Rich saw her. Mind you the clerk of the
haielgh tells you that at about 10 or II
o CLOCK she told him she was going up TO
the Ebbitt house to see about some mail
Evidently she did not go there or the
prosecution would have had some witness
mere 10 snow 1t. That indicated the I'M
certainty of her mind at that tirle. He
said that, at that time she did rot look
insane. That was before she saw the
letter, because the defendant testified that
IT was long time before she got down
into Browns room; that it was two or
three hours. If she got there at the hotel
at 9 O'Clock II would have been after II
Q clock before she got into his ROOM She
nad been IN the room and seen the letter
When Rich saw her. when she came rush
ing down the ladies' parlor in the wav he
described in his testimony. and brushed
between him and his papers. which he U7as
examining. He described how she went
about with her staring eyes running from
one WINDOW to another, apparently uncer-
tam as to what she wanted to do. looking
apparently at nothing, and in condition
which satisfied him that she was an in
sane woman.
Thinking of Suicide.
You cannot wipe that testimony ont of
me case; There II is. Just after the
time that he saw her she tried to write
some letters. At that time the woman
was thinking only of Arthur Brown and
When she wrote those letters the defen-
dant was thinking of committing sui
eide. These torn letters stand here TO-
day as the strongest witness in this case
In her. behalf By these letters | can
prove that she did not have any thought
IN her mind of killing Senator Brown |
when she went into that room 1t was
providence that preserved for her these
scraps of letters which are introduced |
here and which We forced the prosecu- !
ton to read
Mr.. Baker, object to that statement. |
Mr.. PoWers-They wanted them to Of |
ger them themselves, as a part of their /
case.
Mr.. Baker-I object to that statement |
A request was made and an offer made
TO the court They stated they \
wanted to introduce them so that their 1
experts could have them before them.
Mr.. POwers-I asked you for them and /
you would not give them to me-
Mr.. Baker-The prosecution was per
Iectly wiling to have them go in.
Mr.. PoWers-When you We're forced to
I. You wanted to introduce them on
your own case You wanted to hold |
them back for dramatic effect, BUT /
WE CALLED YOU.
Mr.. Baker-I say there is nothing in /
this case that warrants any such state
ment as that. and the statement counsel !
makes in that regard is absolutely I'M
true, and he knows 1t.
The Court-The jury viii absolutely dis |
regard that matter. There is nothing be- |
fore the jury to show whether it is true
Or not and it is not of the slightest con-
in this case
Evidence in Torn Bits of Paper.
Mr. Powers-We propose to show that
these torn scraps of letters contain the /
very strongest evidence in her favor She |
writes: zone week ago Sunday and Mon
lay You could not love me"-and there
are the letters ''gh," probably meaning
enough. I now see why and how you
we're so inconStant"
To whom was that written? Surely not
TO Mrs. Lufkin. and surely not to Mrs
Corey. whose names are mentioned. Who
was it that could not love her enough?
Who was it that on Sunday and Monday |
week ago could not love her enough? |
Who was it that was incOnstant? 1t was
Senator Brown. That is a portion of a
etter written to him and then torn I'D l
and thrown into the scrap basket in her 1
Dom at the Raleigh hotel. A persons l
loes not write a letter to another when |
he is proposing to kill him
Then she wrote this letter: These let II
ers are from Annie Adams, Maude Il
ADAMS mother" That fact has been
Introduced here In evidence. please II
axe care of them and use them if you
hink-" then it is torn. Twill you kind II
y Keep these. L have written you
I may need them in case there is need II
or defense of any rashness-publish II
hem. Mrs. Lufkin, % South Second II
treet." Then that is stricken out and Il