The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-02-21

l anu hOW Lney were uncOn-
sciously and innocently mistaken. He
clted as an evidence of this the
height OF the fence which the Young
man climbed over to go through the
held' instead of going through the
gate. That the gate was heavy one
and had sagged and was quite diff
cult TO open, and that the fence way"
was the easier and shorter way, and
was used by the entire family. That
Mr.. Galloway had testified that he
thought the fence was eight or nine
teet high, bat by actual measurement
II was proven to be less than five feet,
and that there was a log at the bottom
OF the fence, which was used as
step. which made it easy of ingress
and egress.
With a great deal of subtlety, in
geniousness and eloquence Mr.. Sis
trunk said that the evidence pointed
20 the fact that the man who found
the gun in the pond was the man
/ who had fired the shot. That it was
shown that he had had a business
/ transaction with the deceased which
had left a feeling Of rancor and ami
mostly, and despite what other by
| ISLANDERS had said he used some sort
/ OF astrology or necrOmancy, and wad
ed into the pond and picked up the
gun
In closing Mr.. Sistrunk made an
earnest appeal to the jury not to in
d.ct greater calamity and misery up
on the wife and mother and stain
anon the escutcheon OF the family
upon such fimsy evidence.
At the conclusion of Mr. Sistrunks
speech the court adjourned. but upon
q pon Of the jury it was determined
20 have a night session
Night Session
The court convened promptly at
7.ao O'Clock, and Hon. Raymond B.
aullock leading counsel for the de
Tense began an argument OF an hours
duration, which not only maintained
ut added increased laurels to the rep
utation he is rapidly achieving as
criminal advocate.
The distinguished attorney took up
ae threads OF the testimony Of the
lrious Witnesses and weayed them
into net of innocence against the de-
eudaut. and OF guilt against two of
fhe witnesses in the case, too-wit:
Frank Pelot and Horace Hall. who
had had fght with the murdered
man some time before, and had in
fieted an almost mortal wound upon
him.
SIR Bullock spoke strongly and
lorccully. and IN his peroration made
an eloquent appeal COR the acquittal
of his client. because justice demand
ed 10. and the state had absolutely
Jailed 70 fasten any guilty stain upon
him.
AIR Edwin w Davis made the clos
ing argument. and never in his life
did he make so profound and powerful
an impression upon an audience.
The court room was packed. many
ladies being present. and men and
women held their breaths to catch his
sentences.
He said as God was his judge, if the
evidence had justified it, it would
have been the proudest hour of his
life If he could have asked the jury
10 return a verdict of mot guilty"
against the young man, as the Proc
tors had always been his personal
and political friends, but that the evil
dence pointed unerringly to his guilt
as loudly as the voice cried from the
ground against Cain when Abel was
slain, or as when Nathan pointed his
finger toward David and said: Thou
to ask for verdict of guilty
No outsider knew that Gilbert Proc
tor had hid that gun in the barn but
few hours before, and no one could
have stolen it out the next day, be-
cause the gun was searched for in the
barn early by neighbors and the Off
GERS of the law.
The procuring of the gun on that
day, hiding it in the barn and finding
/ IL i'm the DOnd were tell-tale evidences
of guilt as indelible as the marks
branded upon the brow of Cain by the
hand OF Almighty God.
Judge Bullock had taken a keen in
terest in the case, as the family was
an old one, and was anxious that the
trial should be most impartial, and
had taken great pains in writing his
charges. and read them with great