The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

twelve men in an all night-eighteen |
hours labor--that eXcites such senti- |
ments that would lead some people to |
think they had their rights trampled
upon, but it is from the bowling ex-
preston of some bombast who is the
"sumum bunum" of all that is pure
and good in the field of sacred liter
ature None but he
Now the writer of that article at no
time presented any evidence to the
jury If the defendant was as he says
"As guilty as He'll" he had evidence
that the jury needed, and the not giving
of that evidence was of the primitive
style of back-woods bombast which
would lead one to inquire if ever the
writer was used to living in a civil
lied country. If he did not have the
evidence, he is the most despicable
fellow at large.
Had the writer of that article come
to the jury and asked the reasons for
acquitting the defendant, undoubtedly
he would have spent his time in adj
monishing witnesses to be more care
full in the giving of evidence; he
would perhaps have asked that citi-
zens render the jury assistance by
giving evidence. He would have
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little ones to play alone with crowd
of boys running the streets after nine
O'clock at night. Now what are the
| facts?
| One witness said there were finger
marks on the floor of the boxcar in
the dust. Four witnesses swore the
dust on the floor was from one six
teenth to one-quarter of an inch
thick. The testimony showed abso-
lutely that no other marks were Wis
ible in that dust on the floor eX-
cept some finger marks which the
little girl claimed to have made in a
sitting or a crouching position. Wit
nesses swore no dust was disturbed
other than as above stated. Can a
child lie down on the floor covered
with as much dust as sworn to and
get up without making other marks
other finger prints? Can man get on
the floor and not make hand marks
or disturb the dust in some way? Can
a jury manufacture evidence? Now
further.
The curfew man at Bull seems to
be man of more than ordinary intel
ligence and left certain phases of the
evidence to doctor at Bull, who
was ut the boXcar that night when this
alleged crime took place saying he
thought the doctor more competent
in certain evidence touched upon. The
jury at midnight said Where. where
is that doctor that can throw the least
particle of evidence that will assist
us" Now further:
The garment of the little girl which
was exhibited in evidence hardly SEEM
ed sufficient A piece had previously
been cut away, beginning about three
inches below the waist line in the
rear part of the garment thence under
meath and up across the front of the
garment to within about three inches
of the waist line in front and new
piece sewed in with single white
thread about No 40. Now this white
thread was broken in one place only
The thread was practically all there
and a part of the thread pulled out
and the patch was loose This, mind
you within about three inches of the
waist line in the rear part of the gar
ment. No other marks of violence
showed. The garment was easily torn
and was torn by the jury with their
hands. When three-fourths of the
members of that jury have little girls
the age of the little Lane child, could
any one think that the jury would be
Indifferent?
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