The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-09-11

| knew your daughter or your sister.
No matter what her past had been.
| Judge her as | knew her.
When Mrs. Springer was on the
stand she was not permitted TO tes-
tify fully. but her testimony was
held back. and you know it. The wo-
man was put under morphine before
she was put on the Standard you
know il and everybody knows it.
The district attorney allowed the
bars to be put down on one day and
on Friday you and the district at
torney would not allow the bars to
be put down. Why? Because you
were not sure what testimony she
was going to give before this court.
Between Friday and Saturday night
whether it was the district attorney
that saw her personally. or whether
it was some of his Officers-he knew
the testimony she was going to give
on Monday morning.
The woman came on the stand
here with a divorce hanging over
her head-a woman that had been
shamed: her name had been in the
papers. dragged through the dirt.
and everything else, People have
asked me why | had good word
to say for her ! have good word
to say for any woman that is down
and out John Springer today is
surrounded by host of friends John
has my sympathy but. in comparison
with the sympathy ! have for her.
h Ch 10
gave. knowing that that testimony
was practically given by an insane
woman. most of my sympathy goes
to her | think no matter what the
woman did or what she is. We all
ought to have just certain amount
of respect for her.
Il don't think il would make any
difference how young my life was. if
were up here for sentence before
yOu-it would make no difference,
This is my personal opinion of you
Judge Whitford From my observa-
ton. it does not make bit of diff
ference how young a life is or how
old. whether man or woman. your
one thought is conviction: your one
thought is and always has been con
viction You have been prOsecu-
tor all your life and YOU know moth
ing else; it is like kleptomania with
you: YOU have a desire to convict.
Il have sat here to see my law
Yer abused by you'll cannot call
it anything else but abuse-you have
allowed the district attorney TO walk
around and swagger through the
courtroom and laugh out loud and
criticise everybody. while my lawyer
has been gentleman since this trial
started He has always kept silent
when you told him to.
This is the first chance | have
had 10 speak as a man would speak
have noticed since ! have been
here that practically every day - al
most every evening you and the
district attorney and his assistants
go home in the same automobile to-
gether 90 outside here and have
some mutual understanding. | don't
think that is right; | don't think it is
right to the people of the state OF
Colorado. | saw you up here the
other day - | am just drawing con
illusions; | know that you are going
to pass sentence on me. which is the
happiest part of this trial for you
Now, while | am talking to you, is
the happiest part of my trial for me
| have not only been prosecuted
but | have been prosecuted.
The real wrecker of the Springer
home is dead am sorry he is dead
| am sorry for his mother. his sis
ter. Mr.. Copeland cannot speak
about him; everybody knows how
feel about it, | was going to walk
across this courtroom and ask il
there was nothing | could do fol
them to help them. You knew all
these things; you rushed me to trial
when ! had some StockS-securities
that might have raised some money
on with which to secure witnesses
and bring them here. But no There
is any amount of cases over here in
this Jail just crying to be tried, and
the district attorney knows it. and
you know it. No; you must get me
in before the Springer divorce case
Mr.. Bottom. in his motion, brought
up the fact that the district attorney
during this trial had placed bunch
CT Mrs. Springer's letters from Won
Phul on the tablets that not 50:
as ! remember the motion-tO in
timidate her I would like you tC
ask the district attorney, in this
open court, if she did not receive
back some 10 odd letters with his
knowledge. if she wasn't released
CT C-t1 wit {
with his knowledge. from the sub
poena on Saturday around noOn-and
he says he was in Denver Oh
Saturday He was not in Denver
on Saturday; at least. so we under
stand. but Mr.. Bailey was the one
who came over to Mr.. Bottom tC
know whether he could release her
She was given $4,000, her jewelry
and an automobile and the letters
from Won Phul back and was released
SO that she might leave this place
and go where she could hide her
shame.
Il was not tried on the Won Phul
murder; | was not tried for shoot
ing Won Phul; Inever murdered him
| shot him in self-defense. and every
body knows | did, and you never
could have brought in verdict OF
anything else but not guilty if you
had tried me for the murder of Won
Phul. You know that. There is one
thing: that. as long as ! live. will
spend everything ! have got to
wipe this thing off the slate-and you
will help do it-call me the wrecker
of the Springer home!-because, by
-, l can't sleep at night; | can't
do anything with that on my should
ers
Judge Whitford, | cannot call you