Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20

a PORK:
= hays no intention 10 excuse any
g committed by these defendants.
but I must ny that, Il u far-fetched
% ask you, gentlemen OF the jury,
20 nnd these boys guilty simply be-
care. and you don't care, whether or
not they had such relations with
Misc Chapman as has been charged,
Tor this Is not the accusation against
andswes are not here to regale
bur minds with Nth and a%bomination.
!. Judge Carmody has spoken about
the unlawful transportation into In.
as the crime Of which these
are guilty. But 1t is TRANSPORT
tation with intent which is the charge.
upon whom Will you place the guilt
Nov, regarding this cigarette
smoking Of which SO; much. has been
made: Haven't you put cigarettes into
the comfort kits which you have been
sending to our@soldiers?% Idon,t de-
fend cigarette smoking, but / GER
,tAinly do not think that any man
should be convicted OF violation Of the
Mann act Just because he smokes Gig
afottes.
Rain ana oners Of Money.
1T has been suggested that 1 had
offered money to Emma Conn for her
testimony. Will any such insults, as
hurled against me by Mr.. Hiidreth,
affect your verdict, gentlemen?"
n Mr.. Bangs then took up. various de-
tails Of the oft-told tale:
'The question of whether or not II
ratned on June 8 may not be MATER
ial, Y there is something in It. II
Rev. Moore was testifying about the
weather in opposition to the univer-
sity records, I should say, with all
defersnce due the cloth, that / would
prefer the testimony of the automatic
records OF h university. There may
nave been q little rain here and. there
in the afternoon, but some Of thA gov
ernment's own witnesses saw no rain
at n time when Miss Chapman came
here from Larimore and> went to q
hotel instead Of to the Y. W. c. A.
"Mias Chapman says she saw from
her: hotel window that It, rained ut 4 in
the evening. No other witness has
testified to this. She has also told YOU
that she lay down on her bed between
Z and S---yet the governments own
witnesses have sworn here that they
saw her sitting in the window between
these hours
More Discrepancies.
Miss Chapman also told you, here
that she went direct to the johnson
house from the Larimore station when
she returned home June 8; yet, she
said In Crookston this summer that
she went first to the office Of Dr..
iWelch and then to the johnson house.
why did she say that the party
started for Crookston at 8 o'clock in
|fno QVANfn0 10 wHAn nNHANvSfNS~~ A1Aa
points to the fact that the start waa
made at 107 Because she does not
want to appear as a girl who leaves
a city late at night for a joy ride with
young men whom she does not know.
She IL no innocent little kid who goes
out with strange men at 10 o'clock to
have a good time. And in this con-
nection 1t is worth remembering the
testimony about the window incident
There certainly must have been some
thing about her to attract attention, il
we are to believe the government's
ownt witness, who, several of. them,
every day saw many different women
at many different windows without
thinking particularly about this. I,
was the government which. brought
this out-we didn't. She sat at the
window giving one of these high
signs which have been described.
"a F1fty-F1fty Deal"
There is a sentiment abroad to the
effect that young boys are always bad
and always to blame. Girls are always
virtuous and reticent. To me THU
particular case looks like q ffty-ffty
split. We are all human and all fool.
ish, and we know that minor indis.
cretions often. lead to disaster because
of the, characteristic, ~carelessness o.
|VRNNnth M..Lr Loo 49, .- ~. -.1.. - .,
a"Now, these boys started out for 9
JOY ride. I don't think You believe
they had any other idea in their mind
than just to go out for a lark and q
As to ohurchly Afrilia.ionA
"They have told you that Miss Chap.
man had been singing in a church
choir. I have never yet heard tina,
singing in a church choir makes AM
woman immune to temptation, and
also want to say that the fact that she
church is immaterial. =
Regarding the intent: Hogg anl
Spriggs had made :, plans to go tt
Crookston:in the afternoon Of June 8
before dreaming of the existence o.
this girl. Bridgeman had no idea OF
q girl in the case, nor. did Williams
Coulter came out from the Crane
theatre and was then invited to joir
tho party and he most certainly die
mot think anything but the trip ant
the dance"
n Corpus Deficit Shown.
At this point Mr.. Bangs held up
skirt and q shirtwaist which Mis-.
Chapman had, worn on the night o.
June 8: M e
Now look at these! Clean ant
white! And yet they will have you be.
lieve that the girl wal rolling in mud
Where are your muddy roads, The
only mud is that In the minds of some
Of those who have testified in this case
mo remark was ever made regard.
ing illicit relations until Miss Chap.
man began to speak about that sub.
ject, ~ the testimony shows. What /,
there to show intent7 Are you COINS
to guess these boys guilty? The fed.
eral government does not control the
morals in different states, but simply
protects the sancttty Of the state line
Moral Aspect UniIhportant.
Gentlemen Of the jury, you are MOI
to consider the morals or lack Of. NOR.
als, in this case. That's not 1t. But you
are here to find whether: or not q VIC.
lation of the federal white slave act
has been committed. You are no,
here to pass on the moral attitude, bu,
simply on the actual violation. Of q