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


ference with his trusty Smith * Wes-
SON."
Why Stories Disagree.
After full value from these things
Mr. Darrin progressed by natural
Seauenoe to the story OF the tragedy
Hself
They call it a conspiracy because all
the stories OF my witnesses do not
agree to the minutest detail" said Dar-
rim. THAT very fact shows It was TO
conspiracy. Their siorles-the stories of
Roberts, Andrews Rockwell, Funke,
Mrs Annis and all the nine or ten others
--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
che 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 gun,
Saving 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
Hains and Peter Hams and their own
witness, Terney. the ashman. And
Thornton Hams wants you to believe
that before Roberts and Andrews puHed
the poor, mangled, torn body Of Annis
from the water one of them
snatched up the fallen revolver OF
Peter Hams and with 1t menaced
dlsarmed man, Nobody but Thornton
Hams says that and yet in the face OF
every other eyewitness you are ex.
pected to believe It. You don't believe
it. You cant believe 1t.
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 Annss widow sat in her black
robes, is perjurer and liar These
two towards shot Annis before the eyes
II his helpless wife and then the brutal
scoundrels come and seek 10 assasslna;c
her character That's the Southern
chivalry OF which they pirate. Well,
gentlemen, II that Is Southern chlvalry
let's have a little old-fashioned puritan
ical Yankee fairness
Mr.. Mcintyre begged you to remem-
Der little Mollis, this prisoners little
&rl. beg You now to reminder that
widow yonder and her two little chill.
dren left without n 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. mscalled !
Southern chivalry, which prompts men !
Who have no Southern blood IN their |,
Veins to go forth armed with deadly !
weapons and slaughter helpless. half /
naked man before his loved ones and
&iends."
In referring to the failure Of the negro ,
waiter. Elerson to fully Identify the .
HAins brothers as the pair who asked .
Rim Annis's whereabouts in the recep-
Tim room, after they had quilted Skura's .
dab, Mr. Darrin said:
rs Gaps in Hains's Case.
'If this negro had been lying | could
in advance and so made the Identified
tinn complete. But Ellerson was an .
honest man, striving to tell the honest
truth. Doesn't Thornton Hams also
confirm all of Elersons statements /
where they don't hurt him and deny .
them where they do? .-
tfGentlemen. II you believe | packed .
this case with perjury II YOU think | .
put words in my witnesses mouths II !
you think I have cons pired to take an .
.hnocent mans life by lies and trick .
aid device, II YOU think | have done one
dishonest thing or held back one honest .
fact, no matter by whom offered, | ask
YOU then. and 1 call on you now to
aeduit the defendant"
pMr Darrin had said this in a way
tf,at carried conviction with it. Sin
terity also went with his words IS he .
Ibinted out the gaps and contradictions
n the tale of the defenses star wit .
Hess, lin Tierney. and how II disagreed .
Elth the stories OF fifteen unimpcaChed
witnesses. He made 4 good deal Of the .
lnet that no other person could recall .
layipg seen Tierney a. any time he.
fOre. during or after the tragedy, where
~ Tierney sWOre he staged on the auht .
dub float five full minutes without
riSoyng. and witnessed things Invisible /
tolevery one else. Such as dozens Of .
Kids playing about the dock and the |
llresence on the float OF a negro boat |
tender, who sWure lie wa nifty feet
away. cleaning out a yacht
Mir Darun proceeded to show II wasn't .
q question of how rapidly Peter Hams
automatic gun might be fired. but OF
fIow rapidly ii actually was fired M
other essential point that came into his /
mind along here. the same one vlic,r
had occurred 10 every one else following 7
the trial, was this. How did Thornton
Hams know Peter liainsS gun was an
automatic pistol ana know that II con-
tanned more shells AT the moment Rob
erts snatched ii up II he'd never seen
the weapon before?
Makes the Prisoner Vince
l"Did you notice, gentlemen" went on
Darrin, tWanging one OF his best Ullp
strings again, chow this mans ale
agrees with the tales Of every one else
right up 10 the point where THEN stories
Lfgin TO spell murder. ana then he SAYS
they lie? How IL fixed this case.
cpuld have known in advanc" so much
Of what Thornton Iiulns would say
rally Happened and thus put I, I'm The
mouths OF witnesses who testified before
I've liver took the stand can yus gyt by
that. Mr.. Mclntyre?'
Give minutes later reycrtiuC ~ lu
earlier phase l. the sequence NJ nap
penings on Aug. II a; lHo CLUB MI BAR
IN slammed across a blow that made
rnoInton Hams Vince once moro and
made Mrs Annis break down and Weep
aRain, In this fashion.
F"Why did Peter Hams stay near the
DIOR when his brother went inside the
phblic reception room? So that he
buld watch Mrs Annis, and he I'D
Match her, as q cat Watches a mouse
They knew where the wife was ~"
husband must be near by, and that Was