The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-14

ed his argument at the opening of [
afternoon session. He said the CA
had taken strange turn, that the m
shot by Cooper was John Stimach al
that Putrich was fred upon and xii
ed by bullets fired into the house "A
ter the ARRAY commenced. He refut,
. the charge OF the defense OF lining l
the case. he referred 10 the two IN,
: cries ln the case anl declared tia
il ans thing the theory advanced h
;he defense STRENGTHENED the case fo
o the people. His address was prnci
, pally concerning Defendants Coope
: and Polkinghorne, he naking but lit
tie reference To the other three mel
I in the case.
He referred to James testimony
which he said he believed was IN,
truth, ana declared that if Puuicl
was shot inside the house there was
no self-defense and every man who
shot into the house was guilty of tho
onensc.
He complmented the defense. espe-
cially on the fairness and honesty with
! which the case has been conducted.
However. ne declared the attack ON
! Prosecuting Attorney Lucas by Attor-
ney Watson this morning was unwar.
rauted and uncalled Tor lie classified
il as an attempt To create prejudice in
Houghton county - do not resent
what ne said ne added. He simply
overstepped the bounds of propriety.
II is The only thing in this long trial
that regret
Mn Nichols dWelt upon the claims OF
the defense with reference To drunk
onness and based his case upon the
claim Of Humphrey quick who told |
the prosecutor the day after the shoot
ing. the men We're not drunk. He also |
referred TO the attempt OF the defense
To attack The integrity of the witnesses |
and was AZ this point mt press time.
His plea was strong and convincing
and he elected the admiration of tn"
audience.
1t is expected the jury will have the
case by night.
Attacks Testimony Of Witnesses.
Outlining the actions of Tiian aud
Ioc Putrich after they arrived at the
boarding house Attorney Galbraith, in
Iis opening argument for the deleu"c
yesterday afternoon, said their purpose
vas to get reyolyers He referred -
he failure of the prosecution 10 pro-
nee Paslivan and attributed thai "a
umc uutowlrd motive. The People !
hjcctcd to this ON the ground that the !
loscrution offered 10 produce PasN
an. The objection was sustained.
Contiuuing, he attacked the tcsti- I
lony Of the Croatian and Italian Wit !
osses and declared tina, they continue Q
lly talked Of the subject in their u
oardin9 house To the end that they
rev the same picture of what they
NV. one of the witnesses, he said, v
'stified that he could see on the opp0- 4
tie side Of the house. an act which p
10 attorney pointed out as physical y
npossibility. With one exception, ne {,
jid, The Croatian witnesses declared t,
lc men who held the rake was Put il
on, while az the inquest, they testified
lat someone else held that implement +
prior to the firing Of the ii
rst shot "a
Another remarkable things" he n
,utinued lis that every Cloatian G.,
itness denies picking up and throw NJ
F." clubs, bottles and rocks or RESISTING il
rest while quick sworc that five or m
X of them assisted Kollan i'm getting III
way from Polkinghornc and Raleigh. q,
hen Cooper struck kolan, he hit =
m with his fist and not with billy. w
the prosecution maintains. He hit n,
m as hard as he could and not gem @,
+ tap as the people would infer. II al
roper hit him with a blackjack, this W
)uld have been a different story. We
ant YOU to get the position of the a.
en and to show the spirit of the pros "a
ution in building up its case Il,
All of the Italian witnesses, at some in
rticular point testified they had m
cir backs turned or their attention
IS directed elsewhere Why was eli
at? Why did they shift their posi- co
m at the same moment? There is 3, II
y i'm their evidence" ST
The plea of self defense was again al
ken mp with the statement. Every rs
an has the right to have his case of
dyed measured and passed upon as 81
seemed TO him at the time. In the WI
ctrine of self-defonse a man has the W.
int To act, if his conduct is reason co
le. Ina conclusion. he said: Il