The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-25

morning. Take as much time as
you DESIRE" he said, Il will not lin
it you. Take just as much time as
you think you need"
The jury was then asked to re-
tire, and Judge Searle gave some
advice along the line of the nature
pected to- find.
in the verdict" said the court
''it might be well for the jury to
find specifically whether Silas Lord
came to his death from a pick or a
hoe
Attorney c. A. McCarty, counsel
for Samuel Reed, thought his clients
name ought not to be included in the
verdict, as it would be in the news
papers and might prove reJudicial
to the interests of Samuel Reed
when he was tried in March, but the
Court overruled his objections.
Court then adjourned until Mon
day morning at o'clock.
Monday Morning.
"A mothers love is deeper than
hell and higher than heaven de-
clared Attorney w. H. Lee Monday
morning in the course of an eloquent
plea for his client, Leona Lord, who
is charged with the killing at Equi-
nunk, July 12, 1910, of her brother
in-law, Silas E. Lord.
Speaking entirely without notes,
Attorney Lee held the closest atten-
tion of the jurors throughout his for
ty-minute plea, his contention being
that the fatal blow was inflicted by a
hoe in the hands of Samuel Reed, and
not by pick in the hands of Leona
! Lord.
When court convened at 8 a. m. the
room was well filled with spectators
and before the close of the morning
session all the seats were occupied
and many were standing.
Attorney e. G. Mumford delivered
the opening address to the jury for
the prosecution. For forty-five min
utes he held the interested attention
as he recited in detail the events
big fight" His homely illustrations
twelve good men and true"
Following him, Attorney Lee spoke
and after his impassioned plea, Attor-
ney Homer Greene made the second
argument for the Commonwealth in
.
consumed more than an hour and a
quarter in the delivery and was list
ened to by all in the court room with
the closest attention. Mr.. Greene ran
the whole gamut of the human voice,
once pleading, again accusing, with
outstretched forefinger, sarcastic and
humorous by turns, veritable past
master in the art of elocution.
! 1--WE live under "A reign of law "
said Mr.. Greene. 1--WE must have
law or there would be no order. Was
Silas Lord killed with pick in the
hands of Leona Lord, or was he killed
with hoe by Samuel Reed? That is
the question"
Mr.. Greene is evidently 'purist,"
for he said in the course of his lem
gthy plea, "I'll not even soil my ton
que and lips before this jury by re-
peating the vile words she (Leona
Lord) used. All the trouble" Mr..
Greene claimed, came from a dis
pute over a few inches of ground,
ten cents worth of $40 worth"
In commenting upon the fist fight
between the two cousins, Will and
Millard Lord, which lasted all
through the incident at Equinunk,
he said: "If all fights were only
fought by the. instruments God gave
them for, how few murders there
would be-"
Mrs. Lord he characterized as a
remarkable woman and compared her
to Lady Macbeth, who said, "Infirm
of purpose. Give me the dagger!"
In sarcastically referring to the eX-
pert medical testimony introduced by
the defense, he said: You can prove
almost anything by logic. You who
are a clergyman" he said, pointing
out the Rev. James Pope, of Mt
Pleasant, former Presbyterian
clergyman and present poultry raiser
and one of the jurymen, know that
Ewes people have take the Book oi
Books and proved religions so abso.
lutely different that they have perse-
cuted each other almost to death to
prove they were in the right"
Monday Afternoon.
Immediately after the opening OF
the afternoon session at 1880 p. m.
Frank p. Kimble, Esq, proceeded
with the argument for his client, de
. livering an impassioned plea o
more than an hour in length. HI
made many telling points for the de
; fense. Among other things he said
"a regiment couldn't have pre-
vented any woman from rushing t.
the defense of her son. Have yol
ever disturbed the young of a pleas
ant, the shyest of birds, and observ
ed how she will come up and def
you in the protection of her young
If there had been a myriad of Sila
: Lords with bayonets in their hands
Leona would have rushed down"
, In discounting the testimony o
! Anna Sherwood ne said: "It's pic
; ture in her mind that never go
| there through the retina of her eye.
"Dr. Frisbie was so enthusiastic