Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-11
comeford's Logan County Speech in The
Person Murder Trial at Lincoln, N.


lu' for tt,f. Nnt only for this defendant
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hai ' cons .,u, .l.s- dollars and the methods
h" ,h.m - tietr warfare upon the toiirrs
ase" ugbifne too in"t. than III. lite Of this
W a., tl,f= -tfuEglr H. 10 sustain the honor
~ .r.at nla..uu ~ 81 emancipation Of which
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e W.. n,o-.cuiIou b. ,.utttled In IN" nam. Of tn
y, m, -ttf, of lInois- OF this puweTful
',ir m, j.. nuahui i- nne lie Is a ,tiAen-nat
ph,,, Il l.. +, tt," mans blood they ask yopI
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70 -. Won l4istS arc his fellow citizens even
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,ne t 1Iss4.i,. cot equality rnuet be fulfilled
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M. s,.,. ~ Illinois deny the truth of tins
y, w u5foa- injustice and fragrant blood
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wv M. .upt,n, tn IT. cunning. frenzied IN it,
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ean.,.,.nt vim the spifit of Justice. that Ii,t
y ~ ~. II tf., ttS, and a half million. Of
IN u women and children who make NJ this com
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u'm IN presenting ms Defendant 'suse fo'
r Wri,.ms opinion Of me Had ms attack been
Eeses.1 to m. aion, I a.,ur. Won n would have
sosp,d unno,ic.a nut An view Of the fac, ,hs,
nav, directed IN. cas-. from IN. beginning and
s~m~ unai,,,.d r..no,sih,,,,y In, VIII, hay.
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49,, And unf,irn.s. NJ tho nonor.b,. state. a,
s,~sv ~ III. 1911, - ~. Mn II.a Al,
{ NUM- been .,.eiflc and uo,n,.a IN n single ..t
= e>svtns had fam uuon tn. mar, Of Mr. Miller or
& oyon,G n. wound ~ i..., nav. shawn himself Ia
y an enemy I'm IN. op,n u.inx m. bonorsbl.
usAoA, Of xarf.r. which N, r,uit . defense ",
ssuil ssd would answer lie ba. .iy.n u. nothing
v r,ply to / want to remind the prosecutor from
Dewitt county ina, "A general .t,ar. un.upport.d
~ truth unxarr.n,sd hx orcas,on mark. II.
aahsr q character as-a,.ln The thief who pub
SAssv ar. som. who nrix. character even NOR,
IN life Honor II to many men tn. ch,.f.., of
psss<sslon. R.tw,.n m. murderer who taxi. M.
~ the murderer who d..trov. character th,r. IL
0an diff.r.ne. Tn. biggest s.s., a man has Is
- reputation 1, il me hing tina, MAKE. him
- win hts fellow. n. uha wou,a .t,,as A. down
court room, bY rutfanly innu,ndo 4. guilty of
= sff.ns- thar cannot h. iu.,ifI,J bv enthusiasm
~ ambition Ia win y,o,y an n law suit which