Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-13

'ruduce. These letters we've >tTritteu
70 Hattie by her family in West ar.
LAT, =. i5., ana We're given to Mrs
Hover by the girl.
Three witness testified that the So
called spite fence" across the alley
NY leading from the laundry was in
'~sition on tie night OF NOV. 20 bui
Il said il Was CONSTRUCTED in such :;
manner that any person could pass hN
tasl!.-.
Mo alleged lying statement Of
Glover was then taken To by Mr.
Johnson who said that the con-; had
already p..es,d rpon that meter; that
the government lad conducted its
case without Reference to it IT. court.
~ don't Lclevc your Nun"r That
Frecaan IS t. be believed after the
experience with lin On tie stand,
| said hJr. johnson.
Mr.. johnson began his final a'gn-
nent for the defence 1T $50 2. ~. IN
! cpening he said: "t;cntltmcn Of the
jury, hear ms plead for on" Who is
too ignorant to plead for herself. H2
| then described the various officials who
| have figured in the trial. beginning
;vitll Judge Bond, when he character
|
honorcd by Judiciary and bar alike. -
! lie referred to the sheriff. and then
spoke OF the district attorney. detin-
| iEg the duties of that official as mot
to pursue ;he innocent. but whose sole
| duty it is to present cvidenc" in tn"
case He likrnel the district attorney
| t. the operator of Il moving picture
| machine. who throws upon the screen
a series of connected pictures. con-
| tnuing. he said of the district attor-
nsv:
1T remains TO be seen from what
shall transpire whether that duty Is
| performed or whether he is like the
| Swapping turtle which faStenS itself
on the nand of a victim and ciings I'M
til its head is severed from its body,
| neither knowing that tie hand is in
| nccent nor turning towards the real
hand Which muddied the waters of its
| placid pool"
| The attorney then spoke of his fail
| urn to put Hattie lie Blanc unon the
stand. and said that he accepted the
! entire responsibility for the girl not
| testiiying. He told the jury that the
| judge would charge them. not to let
! the girls tIiIurc 10 testify have any
| bearing upon their deliberations. ana
! h" cited legal authorities to support
| Ills contention. 81 do not wan to be
a party he said. Ito such an cxhbi-
ton as there was when Evelyn ThaW
| was put upon the stand
| Mr.. Johnson then spoke of the de
| PENDANT. she is Il poor little girl" he
said "only II now. only Is when it
| l., ,,I- Il In,
| You know what they made Of her at
| that house. She was n pure little girl
when she came here and it is not for
me to parade before tn" yellow news
| papers of Il morbid world the Grievous
wrongs uerp, trated ON this little child -"
| At this point in the appeal, Hattie
began to weep.
| "Gentlemen.' said MIR. johnson. the
| responsibility is yours. You are kings,
| aye, more than kings. You are cZars,
| tvrants. d"spots. There is no tribuna /
| this side OF the Judgment seat % GCd
| that can reverse your finding upon tn"
! facts of this case Yours is the risht
| to determine life or death plead
with vou. gentlemen, not to send Il
| soul into the Great Reyond--a soul that
! God sent forth for Il purpose. and
which purpose is not yet complete.
"There are Others that We must
speak of as We pass on. Clarence f.
| Glover is one and he is dead Within
| these halls Of iuisticc we must tell the
truth Of the dead as we'll as of the liV-
| ing" Mr.. Johnson then charged that
| Glover had attacked Hattie Wiiie SHE
| was in his house and under his guard
ianslip.
clarence +. Glover reared the wages
| of sin wherever the lIow WAS struck
| FROM" sail Mr.. Johnson.
"Thnn there is the woman to whom
| point my hand-MrS. Lillian Nj. Glow
! now say it in your presencc-ths wo-
man is a vampire. Do YOU know what
Il campfire is? | will tell you
Mr.. johnson then described Burnc-
Jones painting "Thc VAMPIRE and
when he had concluded the description
he rccited, with rare evolutionary abil-
ity Kiplngs poem beginning, "A fool
there was and he made his prayer
The attorney then stated that Mrs.
Glover had said IT, Alma Roche, one
of the witnesses. tpat the next time
she brought another girl to Boston
fl ON the provinces she would bring
one Young enough to bring up like her
self. THE next girl she brought" said
Mr.. Johnson. was Hattie, aged II:
wasn't that Young enough to bring up
like nersc!f?'
Liberal quotations from the Scriptures
on the bringing up of children were quot
ed by Mr.. Johnson, who lkened Mrs.
Glover to ''whited sepulchre." He de-
ciared that Hattie, unaccustomed to any
thing except poverty, was dazzled by the
luxury of the Glover home in Waltham,
which to her mind, said Mr.. Johnson,
WIS marvellous and rich as the fortune
of Rockefeller would be to you members
of the jury. She was not sent to night
school, MI johnson said, and she was
not taught English. Her childish letters !
written by Mrs. Glover. the attorney |
urged. made her mother believe that she
was in a good home instead of house of
vice" as Mr. johnson characterized the
Glover home. And now" said Mr. john
son, comes this girl whom you are to
Judge She is there for You to look al
and to frame your verdict from looking
at her as much as you do from the words
that fall from the lips of witnesses. Do
no, let Your Sympatht o. Your emotions
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