The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-14
ORATOaY GALORE IN
CONCORD COURTHOUSE
Boybood Friend of Castor Means
Makes Most TELLING speech
Against Him.
SPEECHES WEAR OUT JURY
Interest Wancs while Lawyers Tseat
Air and Make Long Drawn ArRu-
ncnts for and Against Conviction.


Wearied by hours and hours of argu
meat, the jury sitting In the trial of
CASTOR b. Means for the murder OF
Mrs. Maude 4. King Is still listening
tonight 20 the lengthy debate Of de-
Tense lawyers
Court opened at o'clock this
morning and continued until late to-
night and there la still considera bic
argument 10 be laid before the jury
But two of the ststa's attorneys spoke
in the more than eleven hours of de-
batting today Three Of. the defence
lawyers have unbosomed themselves.
The classic Of the two-days' argu-
ment was offered late this afternoon
hy Jake f. Newell. OF Charlotte. a,tor-
rey foy the state In a speech which
Was relatively short. Newell delivered
himself Of an Grafton to the jury
which went home to every nan in the
+ jury box
Means shows Emotion
+ with tears yelling his eyes the de-
PENDANT left the courtroom for mo-
ment At the conclusion Of NeweIl's
speech, ard as he left he turned to
ore OF his Friends and said: That was
great speech" II was the first real
evidence OF emotion from CASTOR u
Means in the sixteen days that he has
been on trial for hts life. He was not
alone In his emotion. however, for sew.
eral Of tho women IN the defendant
gr0up Of friends we're visibly affected
Mrs. May c. Melvin, sister of Mrs
King. again sat unmoved as she hal
throughout the trial despite the fac
that all of the states attorneys hav.
strongly criticized her because she II
not at the side of her mother, Mrs
Anne X Robinson, who is a physica
wreck because of the tragedy,
Mrs. Melvin has eat throughout th'
entire trial sphynix like by the side o
the defendant.
Was Reared With DEPENDENT.
Newells address went home to tn
jury because he is "a barrus count,
boy, who was reared with the defend
ant He opened with the remark tina
IT was no pleasure for him to all
in the prosecution OF Castor y. Means
but II was his duty He based hit
appeal to the jurors on duty" an'
/, told them he sometimes felt tina
. North Carolina was not a safe plac
20 live in because jurie& were 30 re
. Dctant to convict because of senti
{ mental reasons.
Lee Crowell, for the defense fol
consumed some two hours and quar-
ter in q, bitter denunciation Of tn
Prosecutors OF CASTOR g. Means
, THE Jurors we're tired and worn v
, this time however and many or ther
t had difficulty in keeping awake an
g nov and then one dropped of for
few minutes Of sleep.
- II does not appear tonight as thong
. the iury's deliberations can begin b.
& fore Saturday at the esriiewt Their
> are still two more attorneys 10 offt
argume nt for the state and three mos
: for the defense r. T. Canister VIII
. will close for the defense is expecte
l. 10 take UP at least half a day an
Il is expected that Campbell Gale
we'll who win close for the state wi
4 not begin his closing address unit
r Saturday morning Judge Cline wi
a then charge the jury and II r. c'
pected this will take at least tw
hours and so II does not seern at a
Eiikeiy that the case can go into n
i hands, OF the Jurors unttl afr er--rne
on Saturday.
q Interest in the trial waned sad
- today while the defense attorneys wei
= making their arguments They va
l. all local men and drew no crowd
). Phil, c, McDnffie and Jake r, Newe
- the two state attorneys drew isrl
n audiences however when the woi
81 was passed around Concord this afte
a noon th-t Jake Newell was a-tskiY
"a the villagers began jamminx into q
courtroom and when his argur a
"a was closed the crowd was the rrea
!. est II has bean since the opening ia
of the session.