The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23

tios ANA Aeauli sa the Evidence.
AtRANr. March p Tears rolled down
the cheeks OF senator lothian p. Aids
to-day when Lewis =. Carr. the first Of
he counsel 70 sum up. pleaded with the
State senate not 20 throw Aids over
board. either 10 purify the Republican
party or To satisfy the clamOr Of the
people, hut to restore 20 his aged mother
a. Norwich "A son to he 10 her IN the
future ~ In the past. the pride of her
heart and the jov Of her remaining life
The senate chamber was packed as
IL has not BEEN before at the Aids trial
On the hoor we're a. many women as
Senator's. and their opportunity came
Nhen after a brilliant argument for the
accused senator Mr. Carr brought IN the
'sged mother Then the handk srchisfs
came Out and the impression MIR. Carr's
summing up made on the jury was
apparent.
Nr. carr consumed all morning with
t,- argument. MIR. Iittleton took mp the
afternoon ernbelhshing the points that
NJ ra-r had pointed out TO the senate
Win srrat care bait IN mOsiulated tones.
Unuhe ib" pVrotrchnic orator. OF Little
ton 20 aro@s FROM bed this morning
HAis@' Nv UNfN- VT NVNNsN hAANN
- carr referred To tho S.r ." Jury
- h." trsrS Of fact he denounced
F'rr ,opeer for going INTO the graves
e AZ 4" 4 g. tiar n1m"1 cf rrer iors since
+ , rod this ito 10 tack up IAN atrocio,Is
30 rcd WITH spite end h'tter enmity
T., rr ger ~ inst %'n tor AIDS.
- rr iu-'steu nj CCn=cr was -
,-~ h. would not -, hs d.rd brother
To- b, a ss .s..sth d. ~, h.,
- eng ,.ih "ih~r de-d raan ike
.,a.p 40 Eurr' O.. NJ ly1rg witness
o",H" hsir -ub~t ntigts hs story. insisted
- '-gr
4 tls,r arguments Mr. err md Mr.
= - 90 q insisted tn Couger md Moe
h % .nUspr"d 200 huild mp tho story of
~ .rsrv against tlds. th'' their declar,-
t.u~ on m" - nd we're uruu- hfedly
g. -. IN I thor testimony licked corrob-
or ton "a ny form. nd lacked especially
the corrOborstlon the lgw demands must
30 Gl~cn the Testimony oG en- FCcompiioe
hoy Insisted that sccomplicr Moe
was not corroboratrd IN sny manner.
rcr vas sccompliC' Congsr. They said
III. Cung,r brothers ~ Groton found an
Old ,a.ck for % SOD and lmned lately
received when tho Aids story WIS sprung
o. connect this with the bribery fund
Ia was for thus reason. th' attorneys
asserted Deacon Mo- said h. brought
N $50 To Albany. while only ts.OO was
sestihcd "a by Conger and Moe as having
been distributed.
Thoy sisted that the check stub had
bsen changed m the past year; that Ton
gers counsel Suspected that the stub
had heen doctoned and that having
proved conclusively that il had been
ntdd"d with. the stub was Invalidat.d ~
evidence
The particular point emphasized hy
Mr Carr and Mr.. Lrtl"tOn was that
Senator Aids and STeak'r Nixon had
reversed their we'll known antipathy to
granting tho bridge interests any Uro-
Gctiou and kept IN" Naiby -St.ysns
ball bUt'l'i up % IN" Assembly Commit 80
. request or command ~ the lat.' ScnHtor
Thomas { Plat. th'n tn Republican
party boss IN this STAT
In opening Mr. Carr pointed out that
" this case was decided purely upOn
che evidence alone md the senate was
guided by the ruiez tibet would Rpplv
Ia court there would he no question
tha' the decision would he IN favor of
AllGs
I =ae IN tho rawSpf parS 'hrt here -
grave Danger that p Tohtic~i nary may
rot he abb~ - meet the coming 90 n1ps ign
III ess ~Ror a exercised her" and some
v''tirl thrown nverb0. ri 10 order ~
ma s = plain and clear TINT thu poht o,l
- -.i.''''' '''f 80 - W. NJ. '."Nf7'l
IL the fI'ura
~ r. gr1-" wrong and p grave
Injustice 1NIa - not matter " roll
tire. Ih's - n"' a matter ~ nanag'-
U1'rf ~ f'oliTfrHi idrty h8f o. question
.: .4"ls's rights and th" accused stands
,h ~" -ain" rights ihal srv man stands
'N' Ntr 81 I.~t',". a rIIlsi tn b." fairly
q ~ %" du mr.. .r'i'l jury ZION who's"
rrIut- uu luii' ."u, " o. suggest ON ha- t,...n
Permitted o." Ha'" "a "ir'vt save that -
~ cvit'n." th. Ea~ e"H u~l sru'.d "u
~. 'r.HI
3 -s-' ~ '''rn 'lr~-s thar nm" voters
ul % H"'r... '' nr 30 -ry Wust haN"
~" w. "Ts 10 tip vutt Isr n.pr,ur aud
d"feri' nation Of rhl- ra-, You hay"
hralc '.' u'I6"u.'. i'"v hay" u". log
ar 90 r .''-. '-.. NoIr iriSm""f~ they have
- -. n d"l" 10 '-'rfp-rn. T. Is o. 'rgfrrr
e ~sHu E.Nff and yo'Ir ,rnSrir~,'s
III carr fr"r 4. srus-'.d tho cong
and ''"' testimony ant declared thar
fC.f ~. Fni rrC ,Crrolf,rn'. 90 oytd".,..
noe. -Ef" p" lack az a',"'r, .I.u- Nr
Ca r.i"rr"d q" highway hrdg" ""n-
srrI,'i"u a1d fhH 'nsthrd- u...d 10y fh"
t.fd~' u.0'..n,He ." 'uHusp, 4" tov u ioa rds
Gnr 1ek0d Il o. 'efH rn-sonahlH ~ l"lisve
TIA erui' -,oor'ng tp rhe-. maar. would
- hs"i" 70 ro''rHt. ilA"knail
S'r err 80 ~ Il that u wa- Aids
cont nupvSl'Ion =" - bridge l.ils
G-i Hui.y Aide stand tgIrnsf 'ns
hoa n. . bill N. las y'4r. that Eork'i ~
B-rn "nC"r wrath 20 srch an extent
~. b. lnN"a'ad To- bribery story ."
Ert n
NJ 'a"r sad ~ waa signifcan' that
C0nger p,aC "a all N" blame TOR he bribery
~ dad h~1'ha- frank vhilo ~
nns''-r NJ 'a~t ~" Senator himself vss
80 much 'nrefestei m the matter a. vas
Frank 'cnG"r
Mr. Carr then read the correspondence
b~,ves1 tho lato Senator Plat Ed.tor
Sr1vths - thr OwAgo Tirrrs ami senator
Aids W Carr inai-'e1 that u Vas
plan senator Aids hanged his well
known and natural advocacy 81 the Malhv
Stevens bill IN 1904 solely A. senator
Plat = command
Mr. Carr went in'~ 'ha relations Deacon
Nee had with the 'ongers and said Moe
vas guilty 81 q criminal act when hs
overflow ira bank account while an officer
81 the Groton bank He said Noes story
about distributing sS.OO and bringing
$50 back 20 Frank Conger's safe was
pfepoeterous that nobody ever saw the
Sir Carr concluded with an appeaI