The Washington times., 1911-09-08

too hot for him for all years to come II
ne had remained silent on this point.
Judge Gregory has made much OF the
iact that Mr.. Kastelberg did not tell
knew who that woman was. He knows
who her brother Ia. He knows who her
husband Is. Perhaps he knows, too
well. He Is shielding this woman, gen.
tlemen. as any Virginian would shield
women's name, sheitering her>for the
sake of peace In two homes, his own
and this woman's.
Suppose, gentlemen, just suppose that
this couple six months afterward had
felt some compunction. perhaps upon
were the man and woman the boys
passed that night standing by the side
Of that road. Suppose this boy had
gone to the electric chair as result
men. God Is responsible for this and
You have been saved terrible mistake.
There are many wise and good men
who think human life is too. sacred to
take wilfnlly by any weak. finite. hu-
man means. They read 4 in their
er's knee. They come here and tell the
honored court: I do not wish to serve
upon the Jury. ] do not helieA in TAX
ing human life by the law There are
tain situations when the evidence is di-
rect. positive, and certain that the law
may KIN. But not on circumstantial
evidence
Mr.. smith now painted narrowing
picture OF men sent TO prison for long
went on:
But when the electric chair has done
its awful work there Is no rushing of
Commonwealth attorney TO the pen
20 the floor; no prison doors swing
open when the victim OF circumstantial
evidence has been ushered into eter-
nifty at the hands Of his fellow men.
Emphasizes Responsibility.
when the day Of reckoning comes
before that Judge who notes even 3
sparrow's fall, the responsibility will
rest on you Jurors, individually, not
collectively. Kipling has said: The
sins you do by two and two. ye must
answer for one by one
81 might even say the sins ye do
twelve by twelve, We must answer for
one by one"
jurors to stand by their convictions.
the Rock OF Gibraltar. Again and
again he went over this ground, plain
ly indicating that In spite OF his own
words. he hoped to hang the jury. A
lowed.
ASSdllS FduI beaLIle.
Now, they would have you believe
that Henry c. Beattie, telephoned Paul
to come and meet him at Short and
Main streets. This poor young man
with not a dollar in his pocket got up
out of bed, put on his clothes and was
gone a half hour. and when he came
home his wife never asked him where
he had been. Now. gentlemen, can
only speak from experience, but /
know from my own experience-and you
know, too, gentlemen, that none of US
could have risen from our beds, gone
out into the night, and returned with
out having our wives say something
about the incident. Don't you know
this gentlemen? Certainly you do II
any of you are married men.
Gentlemen, this Thursday night to
which Paul Beattie has testified cuts q
very Insignificant figure in this case
after all. Why. you couldn't even fine
this young man a IS bill except for the
testimony Of Paul Beattie. / say that
II 1t involved the stealing OF pig or
the breaking open Of a chicken house,
Paul Beattie's testimony would not con-
vict him.
These detectives have had Beulah
Binford under their influence for weeks.
but they are afraid to put her on They
have visited her twenty-five times, and