The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-11

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/ together, that his suspicious wer
, aroused
? 4 have never in all my life hear
as baseless and cruel argument fal
j from the lips Of man as came iron
-lG. T Hughes when he said the doc
( between the rooms was open, mothe
might be up town. brother might b.
gone: they could have been together
and then by insinuation he asks, Il
that not enough2 Great God can 4
be true. as Hughes argues, that because
a woman has the opportunity to dc
wrong she must be false? It's a hell
ish argument that pure woman can
not resist opportunity
And then Mr.. Hughes in his fiOw,
cry flight of eloquenee told you that
he would follow the destroyer OF his
wife to the very jaws of hell to slay
him. When he made that statement
l wondered if he did not fear that
Harry CRANBERRY would step up be-
hind him and Stay him for thus hav-
ing traduced the fair name of his pure
wife and the mother of his children.
And when | heard Mr.. Hughes say
that he would follow the seducer of
his daughter to the very jaws of hell
and Stay him. / wondered If he was
not afraid that this good woman's IA
Their would not step into that door
and shoot him down because he had
traduced and maligned and SANDER
ed the fair name of his daughter and
ruined her priceless character?
For Gods sake don't by insinua-
tions and inuendo ruin and forever
blacken the character of a pure wo-
man, who cannot speak, whose lips
are sealed by the laws Of her State.
State the facts like man. make your
defense and abide by it,. Plead this
case from the facts, but oh, | beseech
you, leave out your damning insinua-
tions.
what does Mr.. Stokes do? He
shed tears, and we al! joined him,
just as we are moved by the pictures
upon the stage. of some great drama
or some splendid tragedy. But he
lid not state one solitary fact nor
lraw one single conclusion that was
fair to this unfortunate and helpless
He has detailed to you the
les and ISLANDERS of liars and SANDER
ers, but every word of it is as false
Is hell itself Never was a falser
argument made to jury than he
made; never was more careless
statement of fact made, or never was
here more heartless reconsideration
f the character of woman There is
lot one line in this record to justify ,
he statements made. If do not cor ,
ectly state the facts l shall esteem
pleasure and a favor if / shall I
9 corrected"
At this point Mr.. Stokes arose and .
niu lAelt ny WOuiu COlICCl slHr AtlOl- a
ey-General now. That he had not -,
lade the statements about Mrs. :,
ranbery as facts, but as statements
{ facts that went to the ears and the
lind of her husband. He said that
e hoped that counsel in the heat of
would not make such mis- 7
atements again. n
Mr. Garner then continued: "This =
the same character OF deception :,
lat has marked the defense from :
e beginning of this case. He says =
at he did not accuse this woman =
faithlessness to this man, and that !.
true; but later on in his argument :.
i'd by his appeal to the unwritten =
W he did brand this woman -
ID did hold her UP to re-
zach and scorn. Is 1t true that she :,
ould thus be characterized? What =
e they asking you to do? .
Nov why did this couple separate? ~
lis defendant says that he killed 60
ng because he separated him from do
J wife; those are his words when O.,
did the killing. Now what reports AZ
he hear before the separation? For he
himself tells you that he did not do
this boy for anything that he wi
ard after the separation, but be- An
Use he separated him from his wife.
ly one report came to him prior to ~,
S time, and that was that his wife ~ a
| been seen in broad open daylight hav
liking the streets with the deceas- bis
Not one thing happened except wb
at grew In the jealous mind of this ~
endant. on,
What facts are here proven that hat
ect upon this young man against ara
om the Jealous anger Of the hus- wal
d was directed? Not one word Ma
been said in derogation of her so