The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-08

case. ana that Tor some reason nc Is
trying to put this woman In the cleo
trio chair and place stain on her
children that death itself cannot wipe
n ,,%,.,, Buck b. Dunkum. not l. h;;s put
look upon him as. did my client, who.
after Dunkum waf suspected. said that
little children, is that his attitude
the mother of his brothers children
bed. while the doctors and old man
Hall and Mrs. Ellen Hall were salts
fled of her grief.
store burned from the inside; that it
|! was burned down the very night
evidence shows that he did not have y
pistol. and that he and his wife did
not go to sleep after the IRE The evi.
only awake but that tho windows of
his room were down from ME top, and
that he heard Mrs Hall shout TO him
that Victor was shot. The evidence
shows that he was so nervous that his
wife had to help him to dress. Why
was, Was he SO excited Why was this
sister law TO her death so excited
over the death of Victor Hall?
81, The ,, evidence len, shows tina, Hall was
by very strong man and shot as he
fell. The evidence is that he was shot
by man who knew him: Why would
u, III
II had mot been some one who knew
him? 1t was the echo Of Caesars
cry to Srutus as he fell mortally
1T tn, Brute
The evidence fnpther shows that
Dunkum had $4,000 insurance on his
store and stock. His own statement is
that he had $4,000 worth OF stock in
the store. but there is no evidence as
to this further than his own And
where did he get the money to buy all
"IF DUNI<UM is NOT GUILTY.
THEN HE IS COWAHD."
Talk about motive. Dunkum said
could run him out of business. but
that he was cutting down very close
If he is not guilty lie is It coward and
joined the hue and cry of the detec-
tives. and has Joined them in the hot
%s this w es pu anG not am a,t ueifh ng
Dunkum. But I say to you that there
is more evidence to incriminate him
than there is to incriminate her. Cen
tlemen. 1T may have been. We are
in the midst of mists and shadows. and
we have ne, right to Judge unless guilt
that Dunkum's stock had run low: that
competition, found he could not COM
pete with Victor Hall; that one. or
could have burned down his store and
have obtained the Insurance would not
he have been benefited? May he not
have been hidden in Victor's store
after his own. had burned down. and
that he sought revenge? The man
who killed Victor Hall was acquainted
with him and with those premises.
Gentlemen of the jury. am not
afraid OF conviction; but | am afraid
Of a hung jury. My client can't stand
| the strain OF a heavy prosecution. and
] am making an earnest cnort in her
behalf. I don't want ten or eleven
men TO say she is not guilty. want
| twelve men to say that she is inno-
| cent"
! Mr. Gordon then proceeded with an
I analysis OF Miss Woods testimony as
to the pistol tending TO show that
| she had fred il, and that II did not
| show when examined after victor Hall
was shot traces of recently having
! been fired.
| In his address TO the jury Mr.. Bibb
said that the Commonwealth had cs-
! tablished it's case, and that he asked
| Of the jury only that IL consider the
evidence. IL Victor. Hall was shot
would have been sho, in the face, and
would not have been able to walk
back to the counter where lie was
found.
Who is this mysterious man they
claim killed liall:' lie asked. "I'll tell
YOU who IL is. II Is the same man who
entered the McCue home and murdered
Mrs. McCue. II is the same highway
man who held up Henry Clay Bcattio
and shot his wife To death. II Is the
same mythical man who appears in All
charged that Mrs. Hall had made dis
crepancies in her different statements,
and said. Through all her actions We
| trace the workings OF guilty con-
science. We all have a guardian angel
but II this woman be innocent. then her