The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Judge Hush'a Spends Morning In
Final Plea for Liberty for Man
Who Shot Commission
er Hickey.
MILLER WILL CLOSE
Judge Hughes Makes Eloquent APP
peal for Verdict Of Not Guilty
In Argument to Jury
Today.

! The fight for liberty, being waged
| by Hughes and McCoid in behalf of
/ William Dunn, was resumed this
! morning at the district court with two
! arguments still to be heard before +
Judge Bank delivers his instructions
to the jury. i
Attorney Felix T. Hughes, for the
defense took up the argument and
spoke eloquently during the morning
session and will probably occupy the
greater part of the afternoon. Judge
Hughes took the lives of both Dunn
and Hickey and commented upon
them for over an hour, then took in
turn, link by link, the evidence In
troduced during the trial and the cir
cumstances leading up to the shoot
ing.
Clinching every statement that he
made, the attorney wove the fabric of
self defense and the unwritten law SO
closely around his client that 1t seem
ed as though nothing that the defense
could bring up could get through it
sufficiently to allow the jury to get
away from the reasonable doubt,
which has been the keynote of both
Mr.. McCoid's and Judge Hughes arg
umentS.
The defendant heard the arraign-
ment of Hickey and the alleged de-
struction of his (the defendant) home
by the prosecuting witness, made by
his attorney, unmoved, his only sign
of the strain which he has undergone
for the past two weeks, being an oc-
casional shifting of his body in his
chair. He shows plainly upon his
face, however, that the strain has
been terrific and that his long incar-
ceration in the county Jail has not
been to advantage, SO far as his health
is concerned.
Both the attorneys for the defense
q aud the defendant express confidence
in the result Of the deliberations OF
II the jury. Dunn is well pleased with
the efforts that his attorneys have
made In his behalf and says that he
cannot see how he can be convicted
uLon the evidence furnished by the
state.
In Judge Hughes argument this
morning he insisted that the jury
should either find the defendant guilty
or not guilty, saying that lesser de
gree of the crime, found by the jury
would mean that they had not the
courage Of their convictions and would
by no means satisfy the state or the
defense
Shortly after two o'clock, Attorney
d. F. Miller for he state arose ant
launched into the last OF the argu
ments. His opening statements were
confined to defining the different de
grees Of assault with intent to commi
murder. as charged against Dunn.
A verdict can be returned as chare
ed in the indictment, said Mr.. Miller
or one can be returned for assault
with intent to commit manslaughte
or assault with intent to commi
great bodily injury or plain assault
and battery. Any one of these vel
j. diets can be returned, according t
to the evidence as seen by the jury.
The second step of Mr.. Mile
was a refutation of the plea of tn
"unwritten law" as brought into tn
defense by Hughes & McCoid, M
Miller insisting that all of It b
thrown out when the jury retired
Z deliberate upon a verdict in the cas-
Next followed scathing denuncf
f ton Of Dunn and his attorneys,
"a bringing the name of the former vii
M of Dunn into the case, when, as til
attorney said there was absolutely
use for such course. He denounce
the idea of attorneys advising the
+ clients to hide behind woman
skirts in order to shield themselves
Mr. Miller created small sens
ton when speaking of the disappea
ance of Mrs. Dunn and her son, Ho
ard. who the defense said, could n
Il be found and used as Witnesses N
Miller intimated that either of the {
PENDANTS attorneys could have go
directly to the place where the wom
was hiding, at any time, and produc
her, had they SO wished. He said til
1t was because she could not bear c
the defendants testimony in rega
to threats by Hickey that she was I
produced
1t was said that Mr.. Miller wo,
occupy about two hours in his adore
and that the court would take abe
an hour in instructing the jury. tt
schedule would allow the case to
to the jury by time for adiournmt
this evening. 1t was predicted arou
M the court room that verdict wo
be returned within few hours af
the jury retired to their room.
Will C. Hedgecock has returned
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