The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-21
ARGUMENTS NOT
YET FINISHED.
II. r. Collins, Opening for the De-
Tense, Speaks All Morning and
TWO More Arguments
Before Close.
JURORS GETTING TIRED
County Attorney McManus and Hol-
IInssworth viii Close the Case
instructions To-
morrow.
JURORS GETTING TIRED
County Attorney McManus and Hol-
IInasworth viii Close the Case

The tenth day of the Lochhead trial
opened this morning with the argu-
ments of the attorneys still unfinished.
1t was the opinion OF court attaches
that the case would not go to the
jury before Saturday noon.
The opening of court was delayed
about half an hour this morning on
account of the lateness of the train
which one Of the jurors comes in on,
but he arrived about halt past ten
o'clock and Attorney H. r. Collins,
of the defense resumed his argument,
which was interrupted when court was
adjourned last evening.
! Mr.. Collins, in his review of the
evidence, paid particular attention to
the testimony of Earnest Steidley
son of the slain man, whom he char
acterized as a poor, ignorant boy,
who possessed an absolute inability
to follow train of thought through
two consecutive sentences
An effort was made by Mr.. Collins
tc tear down the story, told by the
boy, and the circumstances surround
! Ing the tragedy, as brought out by the
state, were held up to ridicule by the
attorney.
During the argument of Mr.. Collins
Lochhead, surrounded by his wife
his son, and his sister, sat gazing at
the jury, giving no intimation that he
/ felt the least bit nervous over the
case. The other members Of the fam.
| lily also sat with their eyes fixed on
the speaker but with no outward signs
of nervousness.
| AS Mr.. Collins took the evidence
bit by bit, and pieced it together to
the advantage Of the defendant, the
court room was silent, although the
room was packed as usual. Every one
Ipaid close attention to the argument
and interest in the case is growing
daily.
The strain of the trial is plainly
evident upon the faces of the jurors
who for ten days have been forced to
listen to the testimony and argu
ments of attorneys. Opinion is that
| they will be forced to remain over
Sunday together before reaching a
verdict and many persons do not be
lieve that they will agree at all.
! Mr.. Collins finished his review OF
the evidence this afternoon about two
o'clock, ending with an appeal to the
jury to take into consideration in
their deliberations the spirit of the
Eastertide and send the defendant
back to his wife and child, possessed
of the same clean hands and con
science and character that have been
his, before this affair was brought up
Mr.. Collins had talked since foul
O'clock yesterday afternoon and to
ward the close of his argument show
ed the strain under which he has beer
/ laboring by frequent spells of cough
/ ing. His throat seemed to be giving
way under the strain and at the last
uished.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Collins
argument, Mr.. Hollingsworth before
he began the closing argument for thu
defense, commented upon the author
tiles cited by the state, in regard te
the defense of self-defense in botl
murder and manslaughter charges
contending that self-defense was jus
as good defense in one as in. the
other.
/ 1t was expected that Mr.. Holdings
worth would take up the rest of the
afternoon with his argument and tina
Mr.. McManus would not get to make
the closing argument for the state
until some time tomorrow morning.
/ Mr.. McManus declared this after
noon that his speech would not oc
cupy more than one and one-hal
hours.
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