The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-03
Mouret any motive in swearing false

''This woman hasa motive. She has
the strongest motive In tbs world 10
tell an untruth because her fate IS
trembling in the balance and before
her are the walls Of the penitentiary
or the gallows in the tower.
He WAS A GENTLEMAN.
Mr.. Dubuisson said that Allan Car
land was a gentleman; that the action
alleged by the defendant as reason
for taking his life was the actlon Oh
a brute, of a negro with an eighteen
inch collar, a brute filed with amman
passion.
But" and Mr.. Dubuissons voice
rose. "AIlan Garland was no brute. He
was a gentleman; he was a Scholar
he was no brute"
Mr. Dubuisson ridiculed the 1dea
that Allan Garland would have CHOSEN
such a time to make such a proposal
to her when he had other and oetter
opportunities.
.arhe state does not have to prove
motive" continued Mr.. Dubuisson'
's'rhat homicide was committed by that
woman getting that pistol from the
! back room, or some other place OIL
concealment. She then stepped up De-
| hind the chair and shot him witnout
/ giving him any chance to send the
| Slightest word of prayer to his Maker.
SShe says she don't remember how
many times she shot him. Rather a
remarkable statement from this woman
who when Door Mrs. Garland came TO
the house and asked for permission TO
see her poor boy. hoping he might not
be dead, told them, hes oeao' oNo'
him three times
"Thig woman-this expert revolver
shot, and who Allan Garland knew
vas an expert revolver shot-knew
; that a man with bullet in the Drain
cannot talk. =,
aHer story is false in every fact. II
has been proven false by every wit
ness. <.o.,
as they are shown by the evidence
: and the fects are plain that 1t wa
cold FLOODED, horrible murder, tne1
, gentlemen of the jury, you must Sdt
eide that she must hang.
Mr.. Dubuisson's voice rose to
dramatic tone then as ne asEed u
death penalty, his head "afs DOVE
y low CHARGE is RER7AD.
s Before the jury retired Juror Guidr
q asked that the courts charge coverin
;; circumstances be rea8 again. TIL
u was complied with. Then at the re
s. quest of defense's counsel the coul
; instructed the Jury that insultin
would warrant reducing the verdict
: rnanslaughteH that the alleged insu
must be loo5ked upon by the jury frol
I the viewpoint of the defendant. an
/ that thS guilt of the defendant de
pend her Of she ss sSdy hs Ssm
VI <rfhe court further charged that lac
u ftof proof of motive should be consiC
% cred as favorable to the defendan
~ but added that the mere fact Of xii
a ing with deadly weapon carried wit
n it the presumption of malice.
~ The jury retired at 1902 p. and ii
~ court took a recess until p. m.
1g A BITTER ASSAULT.
to Last night Mrs. McRee listened to
er bitter assault upon her character fro
vn the lips of Attorney E. P. Veazie,
e. the prosecution, who concluded h
II. caustic address by asking the jury
Sc render verdict of first degree mul
nd der.
e. Attorney veazie declared the test
mony showed that very intimate rel;
lions had existed between Mrs. MGR,
and Allan Garland. They We're a
ways running the risk of discovery
"a he said. The matter must have be-
~ discussed by them as well as other
And. Mrs. McRee, fearing her hu
. band would get the facts, determin,
Ia. to place that witness where he cou
a. not disturb her. 1t was inconceivab
rs. that she should kill him for anythil
IN, that happened in that house tn
it. day"
at AS to the insult which the prison
ng said Allan offered, and for which s.
n claims she killed him, Mr.. Veazie sa
tn Allan did not insult her then, addil
ng and 1 doubt from the eviden
whether he could have insulted her"
or Answering the plea of Attorn
- Lewis, for the defense, not to send
mother to the penitentiary. Mr.. Veaz
Numbered: Why not? 1t is not a |
too good for her If the facts are
they appear. It would not disgra
her. She has already disgraced he
self and degraded womanhood'
Judge Hunter, who closed for t
Veazie and concluded with tribute
womanhood which deeply affected t
audience which packed the cot
room. He denounced Mr.. Veazie I
his accusations against Mrs. McRee
murderer and for his attack UP
her purity, without evidence to su
port it." He spoke bitterly of mir
attorneys working for blood none
and said it appeared that Mr.. Yea.
would be gratified if the jury VOL
make it possible for him to see the &
fendenat suspended between earth a
heaven.
The jury has been told to fors
womanhood," he shouted. This is
markable and is in the teeth of t
law. If the jury forgets womanho'
they forget all that is high a
noble"
He eulogized st. Landry patriots
the past and declared that If the cha
acter of men in this country had
come from mothers who were not pt
mitted to protect their honor no su
class OF men as are found in 4
parish could be expected.
IF jurors punish a woman for {
Tending herself, they place their O.
wives at the mercy of any one W
might enter their homes and ms
Them he concluded.