The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-30

Sympathy for Old Mrs. Bee
be but Urges Jury to
Perform Duty.

With sepuIchral tones which
caused a solemn silence to settle
down upon the court room filled
with spectators, Frank Reeves closed
the argument for the state at 2:20
this afternoon. Denying that he had
animus against the woman Of So
years who is the prisoner at the bar,
he went so far as to almost suggest
that he would let her off with the
lightest possible verdict, but for the
fact that it would make little diff
ference to her what should be the
degree of her crime, in view of her
advanced age. He said that if ar
bitrary power were in his hands the
jury could not guess what verdict
he would dictate.
You have duty to perform, gen
tIemen, and your conscience will
haunt you all the rest of your days
if you fail to act in accordance with
your oaths out of sympathy for the
unfortunate defendant.
Sensational Opening.
The most sensational part of the
address made by the foremost at
torney of Chelan county was at the
very beginning. After saluting the
court and jury, he picked up the
hammer which the defence claims
Jim Sutton threatened to hit Mrs.
Totten with. Taking out his watch
which he gazed at for full minute
while the hammer was raised in the
other hand, he stood in perfect 81
lence. There was not sound as
all wondered what was the signifi-
cance of such a dramatic imperson-
alton for which the explanation was
evidently to follow. Finally 1t
came.
Gentlemen OF the jury, that
would be a long time to hold a ham,
mer while you were waiting to be
shot. The defendant ana her daugh-
ter acknowledged on the stand that
full minute elapsed from the mo-
ment when the fence was cut until
the fatal shot that killed Jim SUIT
ton was fired. The assumption that
he was threatening Mrs. Totten all
that time is unreasonable"
After going over the evidence to
prove that Mrs Totten was right
eously convicted Of committing muir
der in the first degree in the first
trial. the evidence was analyzed to
show that Mrs Beebe was in a plot
with her daughter TO go out and
build her fence once more and this
time to maintain ii ut the point of
shot gun, should the Suttons or
anybody else attempt to tamper with
it.
The jury was told that if they had
the slightest doubt about such A
plot having been entered into before
leaving the house for the scene Of
the alteration, then discard that
theory altogether.
800 You Sec That GUM"
The words which will cause YER
dict Of guilty if that should be
the result of the jury's deliberation,
will probably be DO you see that
gun?" With dramatic power the
eloquent and shrewd attorney en-
phasized the agreement of the Suit
ton children that Mrs. BeCbe. after
being angered when she pointed to
her mo Trespassing sign, then
turned toward her daughter and said
to the young man, We'll then, if
you don't care for that sign, do you
care for that gum
BY that gesture and those words
she encouraged her daughter to
shoot. One could not ask for greater
proof. To illustrate, Ma. Thomas
might say to me, Reeves, you can
not convict this woman | might
then reply, Certainly not, but do
you see that jury 1t was just the
same kind of encouragement that
Mrs Beebe gave her daughter as
would be giving you to bring in a
verdict of guilty.
The supposition is strengthened
Ly other circumstances as we'll. The
idea of their carrying out that lunch
for a picnic is ridiculous. The shot
gun must have been taken for a pur-
pose and everything indicates that
that purpose was to kill the first
member of the Sutton family who
attempted to injure the fence.
In comparing the testimony of
witnesses, it was shown that Nettie
and John practically agreed about
the pointing to the gun and the ut
terance of the threat. The fact that
Milroy did not see this nor hear the
words may be explained by his climb
ing over the buggy seat at that mo-
ment to take the lines. His atten-
ton was called elsewhere. If he
had wanted to lie, it would have
been easy to commit these few words.
The fact that he denied hearing
them shows his honesty.
Il do not believe" declared At
torney Reeves, that if, at this mo-
ment you were called upon to place
the crown Of acquittal upon the head
of Mrs. Beebe, you would be willing