New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
BrELZEBUB OF LIARS,
HE BRANDS HEALS
..no, Sohs When Negro Attor-
ncv Softly Speaks of
Charley.
=, IF. VAN DE WATER.


- ,.s case against the woman ana
alleged negro conspira,oTs. just
-. noon William Il. Lewis at
- fo- Victor Brown. who IS &C
~.e5 Of actually shooting Or. {
III, Nohr. began his summing UP.
VIZ, court adjourned This evening the
-. - beth negroes had been placed
e,,vv before The jury.
v.. Nohr's case will be argued to-
INV morning. The prosecution will
-. i.s side in the afternoon. AZ
~. lose Of the fourth week Of the
"a, On Saturday Judge Stesrns will
s.,;ys- RS charge 70 the jurors and
80. .te result in their hands.
The las. echoes Of the warfare that
-. RACED in the old red courthouse
=, college Hill for the last month
..,. heard early this morning. when
c,,.sn George Il. Monshan, OF the
p-,visence police, was summoned to
a.. stand in the states rebuttai.
vs. Nchr IN her testimony has as
,,,,,5 TIA. when she was summoned
e., ,olies headquarters on the morning
= Ss7.ember >, twenty-four hours
,n.- her murdered husband had died
.so bosp.,sl. she was confronted By
s..urar. Brown and Heals All Of
d. rerross al that time insisted that
.be had been the guiding spirit Of the
RIOT. TIE woman has said on the wit
as stand .hst she exclaimed 70
B-ou7: "Why. Victor. how can you
..v such q thing?" She added that
TIE negro had hung his head and said
nothing
Nonahsn Accuses Mrs. Mohr.
No-shar testified this morning that
Mrs. Nohr's repetition Of her own ex-
dsms,ion was correct, In reply TO H.,
However. he svorc that Brown had
said: 81. Is tue, Ms Mohr. and you
know +: is true
After he left the stand, the prosecu-
,icn produced other witnesses Of tina:
meeting Chief Of Inspectors William
+. ONel. Inspector Ahearn and COM
missioner " b. Moulton, OF the Provl-
dsrcs police. and Chief Robbins and
Constable Wallace. Of Darlington, cor
robors.ed nonahan's testimony.
James j. Fitzgerald. Of counsel for
Yrs. Nohr objected strenuously 20 the
admission Of their testimony, but I'M
avaling,y Attorney General Rice then
announced. The state rests its case.
The three attorneys for the defence
slso sirrifed that their cases we're
complete. and. after Judge Stesrns had
charged the jury 20 keep their minds
open and unDrejudiced until the con-
c.Usior o. the final argument, Lewis,
he negro attorney for Brown, began
big summing up.
Lewis has been the big personality
Of the courtroom since tho trial began.
In his tine he was captain Of Am
1ers,'s football team. and later, during
MS course IN the Harvard Law School,
he was centre on the Crimson eleven.
Do has been member Of the Msssa-
t,lset's Leg .ature, Assistant United
states Attorney AZ Boston and As
''stani United States Attorney Cen
era. a. Boston. lie is perhaps the
Ifsdrc repre- entative Of his race in
america, and he has been defending
.ragl.e, little colored man in q squalid
MURDER trial for tho sake o. that race
sld the three worn dollar bills which
Browns wife pressed into his hand as
retainer.
Magic Voice Trained on Jurors.
few who heard his argument to-day
VII ever forget il. His dark, deeply
Named face the face Of a weather
beaten hgurehead alight with emo
ion, he eXerted for two hours the
htgie Of bis wonderful voice upon the
..9se.ye st0lid jurors who faced him.
re has been trained % cloquence. and
~ used u al to-day IN building up
ptna..y weak case. ~ best, with the
poetry and power Of his voice.
hs lowered 10 20 an awed, hushed
'lrDie as he spoke of the murder.
mere ls p reason" he said, why
lefe has been no public olamor for
ne ana liberty ~ man, woman or child
e'eause Of the Darlington tragedy. II
because the people Of Rhode Island
-teNze that behind the man and woman
mo stray so far from the morality
@s'ea was taught them at their moth
knee there turks and stalks for
f NE spectre Of retributive justice.
death"
ne mighty voice quickened into a
Oai as he fayed the police, who, fol-
Eng upon the easiest course, seized
persons most easily TO be followed.
rr# l. - i q I
D,eo heaven and earth TO convict
ana loving and devoted wife and
NO servants"
The theory started with George
oss' he continued, pouring forth
Temp upon the brother-in-law Of
-! burger, the woman wounded
,,, the physician. Rocks" he said
nuue not condoning the conduct of
- Nohr, told the suffering wife when
came 10 him 10 go thou and do
only two salient feature. cropped
fsn.e e"fCugh the eloquence OF his de-
I've the alleged plot Of the police
.oto~oeat his client into a false
,s..iesslon and absolute denial of the
eS.gohy Of George W. Heals. the
,ss.Heur OF The car on the night of
h., MURDER, upon whose story the state
~" built us case.
Calls Heals a Dog.
CD, m ms condemnation Of Heals oc-
IRE, .isd the most startlingly dramatic
''S sS Of his address.
10 reals was dog lie roared. Then
lelsed and let his voice drop into
t,Ssned monotone. infinitely symps-
we infinitely appealing.
On nu yet ne was not a dog" he went
b.sent'y' NO; Heals was net dog
Min, was a dog in the car on the
srs.S Of the murder. a gentle, pedi-
Ter o o1g. He would welcome his mas
lapn;..,.a ~ag Of his tail. He was