El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-26

arising from this Case saying: /"
there had not been newspapers pul
Elished III this community there woul
not have been the interest drawn I
this case, Notwithstanding It's strane
and extraordinary features"
Gun Wzs Worth $3.75
The speaker referred contempuoul
ly to the gun found near Armour Q
scarcely the modern instrument use
by hunters seeking the creates
safety and accuracy. he, said 1t wa
an old-fashioned gun, one that prof.
ably could be bought of Montgomer
Ward & Company for $3.75. He poin'
cd out how easy, In his opinion, for
man to come to grief with such 4
gun.
Replying to the assistant states al
torney's sheer about Blapcett "stut
bling his. toe" Mr.. Renehan said tina
the defense has not ~contended the dc
PENDANT stubbed his toe, but that h,
|tripped or stumbled. He aske'
whether 1t is not true that such oc
currences are common and said
"You know they are, any of you her
who have pursued rabbits in thei
haunts, turkeys in the fields or bear
or coyotes in the woods. Who hal
not tripped or stumbled? Is the de
PENDANT to be the only one. denied
that privilege in the woods, just be
cause he happens to be the under dos
in this fight with the powers OF the
state heaped upon him?" a /,
Quotes Shakespeare as
Mr.. Renehan characterized some Of
the arguments used against his client
as full of sound and fury" saying
he obtained the expression from
| Shakespeare. "The words of speech
makers and picturesque orators are
not the things on which you can find
a man guilty or innocent" he declar.
ed.
Prosecution a Habitp
Mr.. Renehan said that prosecution
is q kind of habit or state of mind
into which prosecutors are prone 70
fall. He said that the business OF a
prosecutor becomes an effort to
achieve q result, and so intent Is the
pursuit OF this end that a prosecutor
does not hesitate to keep in the dark
evidence that would aid a defendant.
Here. Is this case" he continued,
the prosecuting attorney has told
you that this man, the defendant, had
driven like mad from the place of the
alleged murder, almost running down
the old native named Archuleta. But
he did not put Archuleta on the stand.
leaving that for us to do.
Even the little boys who came III
here. summoned by the defense, were
not brought here by the state. Why
leave them to us to the last minute,
causing me to ask the court for suffi-
Client time to find out what they knew
of this case? Why did not the state
summon these boys as witnesses to
tell what they knew about these two
men, the one walking in a plowed
field and the other in the road, men
out hunting the latter part Of Dc
tober of last year, at the time when
Clyde Armour was shot in the Clio
woods?"
Mr.. Renehan insisted that the tes-
timony of the little boys who had left
the school near S~andoval's home on
afternoon late in October of last
year was of the utmost Importance,
Judging by the time found on the dial
of the ~Ingersoll watch in Armour's
pocketE3:23. at was on that day.
too, that a man speeding down
the road in a motor car, looking drunk
or frightened, according to the testi
mony Of this man Archuleta, who fixed
the time as between $3.50 and 4 p.
M" continued the lawyer.
Did Not Rifle Pockets
MFR. Renehan devoted considerable
time to endeavor to refute the charge
Of the assistant district attorney that
The clear case Of murder Is proved by
the fact that Armour's pockets were
empty save for the cheap watch and
a receipted bill. There is nothing
strange in finding a man hunting in
the woods without his wallet in his
coat pocket and without change in his
trousers pockets" he said. I'VE all
know that hunters leave their over.
coats in their automobiles Or some
other place when out hunting and car
ry very little with them. If the Inger-
soL watch was of too small value to-
interest Blancett, why should this de-
rendant then be accused of taking Al
mour's pocket knife? Could that ar
ticle be converted into much cash? II
.ell you that Blancett did not rifle Ar
mour's pockets, but that he did find
the railroad pass and travellers
as he has stated on the stand,
N the black valise. Armour was q
cautious traveller; he did not carry
much money with him. What he had
in. travellers checks of the small
denomination of $40 each and these
ne cashed, one at a time, only as he
the money to >pay his hotel
bills"
Replying to the charge of the as
district attorney that Blan-
,ett on the witness stand had scru-
.pulously avoided telling important de-
.ails of the killing of Armour, failing
10 state the position of the gun and
other incidents, the attorney
or the defense argued there-was moth
ng suspicious in that. He said the
witness had stated how he was hold
.ng the gun, where his hands and
fingers we're and how the gun ex'
also how he saw Armour fall,
Denies BIancett Was Drunk
MIR. Renehan denied emphatically
he statement of opposing counsel
hat Blaneett was drunk one minute
md sober the next. He said at no