The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-14

advance one defense for himself and
another for the brother now at the bar
&-that master mind who devised the
plot, who urged or the weaker one to
do the deed. and who held at bay inter-
ference with his trusty Smith X Wes-
SON."
Why Stories Disagree.
After full value from these things
Mr.. DarrIn progressed by natural
iequence to the story OF the tragedy
hseIf.
They call 1t conspiracy because all
the stories OF my witnesses do not
agree to the minutest detail" said Dar-
rim. THAT very fact shows 1t was no
conspiracy, Their storles-the stories OF
Roberts, Andrews. Rockwell, Funke,
Mrs. Annis and all the nine or ten others
N-disagree because they are telling you
The plain truth and nothing else-that' )
the reason, And here's another reason
those men fell back and ran before
the gun Of this prisoner
fDo you remember Thornton Hains's
smiles as he sat on this stand and told
you how these men ran from his sun.
Swing him and his brother alone on
that float? He'd have you believe that
there were but three brave men who
stayed Of all that crowd-Thornton
Hams and Peter Hams and their own
witness. Tierney, the ashman. And
Thornton Hams wants you TO believe
that before Roberts and Andrews puled
the poor, mangled, torn body Of Annis
from the water one of them
5natched up the fallen revolver o;
Peter Hams and with 1t menaced a
dlsarmed man. Nobody but Thornton
Hams says that, and yet in the face of
every other eyewitness you are ex-
pected to believe 1t. You don't believe
1t. You cant believe IT,
Calls Them towards.
And then when all this is done the de-
Tense comes here and tries to make you
believe that woman yonder," pointing to
where Annis's widow sat in her black
robes, is perjurer and liar These
two towards shot Annls before the eyes
II his helpless wife and then the brutal
scoundres come and seek 10 assasslnl;e
her character. That's the Southern
chivalry OF which they prate Well.
gentlemen, II that Is Southern chlvalry
let's have a little old-fashioned puritan
ical Yankee fairness
MIR. Mcintyre begged you to remem-
kAr nll ut,
&rl. beg You now TO reminder that
widow yonder and her two little chill
dren left without father Remember
Billy Annis's wife and babies in making
up your verdict in this case, and you
will see fewer orphans in this country,
and maybe You'll help to put a stop to
this sort of brutal cOwardice. miscalled !
southern chivalry, which prompts men |
tho have no Southern blood In their |.
Veins to so forth armed with deadly '
naked man before his loved ones and
&iends."
IN referring to the failure OF the negro !
waiter, Ellerson, TO fully Identify the .
Hams brothers as the pair who asked .
Rim Anniss whereabouts in the recep-
Tim room, after they had quilted Skura's .
dab, Mr.. Darrin said:
~ Gaps in Hains's Case.
''fIf this negro had been lying | could
Easily have pointed out Thornton Hams I
In advance and so made the Identified
ton complete But Elerson was an .
honest man, striving to tell the honest
truth, Doesn't Thornton Hams also
confirm all of Ellerson's statements /
where they don't hurt him and deny .
them where they do? .-.
tHGentlemen. If you believe | packed
this case with perjury, II you think .
nit words in my witnesses mouths, IL |
You think | have consp ired to take an +.
Innocent mans life by lies and trick .
atid device, II YOU think have done one !
dishonest thing or held back one honest ,
fact, no matter by whom offered, | ask :
ypp then. and ! call on you now to
aeduit the defendant"
pMr. Darrin had said this in way
rf,at carried conviction with ii. Sin
lerity also went with his words as he .
Hointed ont the gaps and contradictions
ipthe tale Of the defenSe's star wit b
Hess, lin Tierney and how II disagreed .
with the stories OF fifteen unimpeached
witnesses. He made good deal OF the
fact that no Other person could recall .
1aylng seen Tierney a. any time be-
fore. during or after the tragedy, where
III TIerney SWOre he stayed on the arlt
dub float five full minutes. without
usoyIng, and witnessed things Invisible :
tDevery ono else Such as dozens OF /
Kids playing about the dock" and the /
Ilresence on the float Of a negro boat
tender, WHO SWure lie wa NIFTY feet
away. cleaning out yacht.
Mr.. Darrin proceeded to show II wasn't
d question Of how rapidly Peter Haius
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