Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
The Ease otOscar
Slater
4 cj1rthur Conan Doyle
H. i. Holmes in Real Life
n,,A AVS INsTALLMENT.

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,7,rr Mcclure exposed very clear
fi'' I,ny discrepancies as to identl-
y tie nI warned the jury solemnly
fcao7 5snsers which have been so
b % vod 10 Turk in this class OF evil
bc9 g. r.os n broad, comprehen-
lltfs7'"'' ,,.,,,eb where Sd many points
Involved, it is natural that some
Ere H''' ,.ar overlooked. One does
w mug .,o find the counsel as in
p1 'O' might expect upon such
stem fa;Iure of the crown tc
tow slater could hape known any
Wv at all about the existence OIL MISS
DIX - -or iewels;how he got into
' e,t and what becafe of the brooch
Be n''' ,ar5irr to ther theory, he had
4 ried off. Y 49,,
=, rnpracious tdsuggest any addl-
u '' ~ oarnest2a defense, and no
lOu' ~. who is de9endent upon printed
0uD, may miss points which were
on,Ily made, but not placed upon rec
lo' .oirtt must Mr.. McClure's
o'"' -. n,estiored, and that is on
0us' 1iaric,,I, onk which a criminal
lS 49,, over TO Iecide. He did not
O'i''' .,,, &, tEt box. This should
nav ,,,,- be tken as sign of
'"' have u means of saying
'''''' ...iaoration IA Mr.. Mcclure to
'""' ,-.,r,,tra+ion.. 1T certainly told
.eamst his client.
IN the mastery 10 mortal Tor reprleVe
nv S1ater1 solicitor, the late
" ....,rs II &c state with the full inner
''' .,,5oa which tina solicitor had, that
,,..,. ,ras all along nxious to give evil
~, mic own bbalf He was adj
,..., Ike, bie counsel not to do so, but
,-''0 ,u,,, any knowledge of guilt. He
Nv, ,.,5oroone the Fain of four days
..u, TTo snaaks r;her broken English,
u ',,s,,,rt, mite intligible-with a for
avn aooort and hhad been in custody
since January
=, .,,,s+ no adniHd that these reasons
,.,r,. ,,nconviuhg. 1t is much more
9..tohIo that the hnsel decided that the
',,,o,otiva edence which his client
t.nI5 ,,iye mon tn crime would be dear
w ,aid for nv thjlong recital of sordid
a,,6,,rs and blackIard experiences which
lid he drawn rom him on cross-ex-'
animation and n he the most damning
eEoct mon the jinds of a respectable
Edinburgh jury
And vet nerhk. counsel did not suffi-
oiortIy coneidaIhe prejudice which is
svoited-aud rifly excited-against the
nrisoner who inns the box Some of
This rreiudice light have been removed
# If had been hde more clear that Sla-
Ter had volunteered to come over and
stand his triaif his own free will, with
ont waiting II the verdict of the extra
dition proceefgs'
There renl4s the summing up of Lord
Guthrie HIordship threw out the sur
mise that assassin may well have
gone to theE any intention of
murder n is possible, but
in the Insist degree Jas. able. He
commonwealth great seveli,. ICON Sla-
trs genei character.
In his ginning up of the case, he re-
aWuatdthe familiar facts in an i'm
partial thion, concluding with the
words. oppose that you all think that
HE pr>E r possibly is the murderer.
You maIvery likely all think that he
wobablIs the murderer. That, how
ever ~ lnot entitle you to convict him.
Tie ert has undertaken to prove that
he is murderer. That is the ques-
ton ihave to consider II you think
here no reasonable doubt about it.
Wu wiconyict him; if you think there
is yut viii acquit him.
In Jhour and ten minutes the jury
bad ME up their mind. BY a majority
they Fnd the prisoner guilty Out of
5'eeinne, as was afterward shown,
we're r guilty, five-for non proven and
one mot guilty.
ByEgHsh law, new trial would have
been leeded ending possibly as in the
IaFIer case, in the complete acquittal
OF \ prisoner, By Scotch law, the ma
jorI Verdict held good.
fnow nothing about the affair. abso-
ll1 nothing cried the prisoner, in
Hf OF despair II never heard the
nay know nothing about the affair.
1hot know pow l could be connected
vi the affaiTE I came from America
W own account. | can say no more"
tence Of jeath was then passed.
Re verdict WAS, it is said, complete
PRISE to most Of those in the court,
I certainly is surprising when exam
after The event.
W. NOT Se how any reasonable man
| carefully weigh the evidence and not
! =" ynal When the unfortunate prisoner
Eaa ! m2w nothing about it," he was
Es.ViI ana even probably. speaking the
lera truth. ~ I'LL @ '''0
ing monstrous coincidence
,,. ~ 'hNol'ed in his guilt. the coinci-
Eo u."' lhePolice, owing to their mis-
-ar,o5 'ue Yfooch, by pure chance
~. lh pursuit of the right man