Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-12

that It takes that label ink twenty
four hours to turn black, etc) Per-
haps he did,
"How could she tell in the dark
that 1T had q totally different smell
from her bromide? How could she
tell. being sleepy. that 1t tasted like
kerosene and burned the skin? (You
might think she would have spilled
it out. but never mind all that stuff }
Mo- What does she do? She goes
back to bed. (Of course she in all
probability wouldn't have lived long
enough to get there, but she was
there, wasn't she? (Sh;--keep still.
They will never think that she might
have got into bed and taken a whole
glassful afterward).
swell. That Proves IT."
.Of course she was! Well! that
proves 1t!
Now, gentlemen. look at the dam
age this scoundrel did to this inno-
cent young Philadelphia girl of "a
look at how he got himself arrested
and brought all this publicity on her
family! Why didn't he go on the
stand? Because he wasn't calledl
Never mind that stuff. Because
everyone in court said there WASH t
a shadow of a case against him
Nothing to deny? Never mind that,
] tell you he Is guilty.!
you are here because you are
men-ine noble meni 1t is your duty
to hang him!, Never mind the evil
dence. the law or the facts. Hang
him and do your duty!''
And the jury all shout "Hooray,'
and Hang him forthwith"
And then the public wonders that
don't take the conviction seriouslyi
Why ] couldn't take farce like that
seriously, even If they actually did
hang me!
1t is said that twelve men are
twelve times as stupid as one man,
and that a jury has no sense of rea
son or logic, but is swayed entirely
by their emotions. 1t seems curl
Gus thing, but it looks like there was
something In It,
The way of a FISH through the sea;
The way of a maid with a man,
And the findings of petit jury
Are things beyond the comprehen-
sion of man.
(Signed)
ALLISON M. MACFARLAND.
The trial of MacFarland will start
promptly at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing in the Supreme Court room on
the top floor of the Court House At
that time the names of forty eight
jurors specially drawn from the reg
ular panel of petit jurors will be
called.
1t is expected that Frank NJ Nc
Dermit, counsel for MacFarland. will
make an objection to this special
panel, as the names of the jurors
were served on him before the jurors
were sworn in for duty. AS the panel
was again served on him after the
jury had been sworn in last Monday,
1t is thought the technical objec-
ton will be waved aside by Chief
Justice Gummere. who will order the
trial to proceed
Subpoena Same witnesses.
Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott has
subpoenaed the same witnesses as he
used at the first trial, and has an
nounced that he has no new evidence
to produce. Mr.. MeDermit has inti-
mated that he will produce new wit
nesses, but what he intends to ad-
duce from them he has kept secret
Florence Bromley crossed to Cam
den last night to be served with the
subpoena by McDermit.
When he appeared in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Bromley objected strongly to his
daughter being dragged into the case
again.
Its a case of lifenand DEATH" said
the girl, rand | feel / must CO."
With her father and Mr.. McDermit
she took the ferry of the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad across the
Delaware. When they were in New
Jersey, Mr.. McDermit served her.
The first trial of MacFarland COM
menced on January 30 last and re-
suited in his conviction OF murder in
the first degree on January 81. He
was sentenced to die in the electric
chair at Trenton during the week OF
March II, but his case was carried
to the Court of Errors and Appeals,
with the result that a new trial was
ordered. On August / last he was
removed from the county death cham
Der in the Trenton prison to the coun-
ty Jail here.
While the first trial lasted but
three days it is generally believed the
second one will last two weeks or