El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-26
Marathon Speeches BY ATTORNEYS as Battle DfA os ss
d For His Lite RACES About Head at Blancett

La OF BLlncett
I to the drinking. There was a pin
j. of whiskey and six pint bottles D
beer when the two men left Denver
another pint Of whiskey and six Dol
. ties OF beer were purchased at Trim
dad; six quarts Of bier and no whis
key were obtained at Ration; a quar-
: OF whiskey and only one pint Of bee
were bought at Las Vegas for use OF
| the trip This amount Of refresh
t ments was taken October 81, 20, %
three days In all. Who will say tina
: Blancett, a young pan accustomed Il
/ whiskey, could not take this amour
Of whiskey In three days and still es
cape actual drunkenness? Who o
you do not know a man could take
fifteen, twenty and in some instances
even thirty drinks in a day and stil
60 about his work. The testimony o.
the defendant himself shows that he
was the whiskey drinker, while Ar
mour preferred the lighter beverage
beer. We have his testimony that
after accidentally shooting Armour he
went to the automobile and took q
drink of whiskey. What is there
strange about that when this defend
ant sought whiskey as the only friend
he knew? What is there strange
about his seeking more alcohol on ar.
irving in Santa Fe, for the lsame
reasonY M
Denounces Zimmerman
In defense of his contention that a
man may take on a lot of whiskey
and still be able to walk. Mr.. Renehan
asked why the state had the temerity
to assail as improbable a theory that
had been exempliied by the state it.
self in placing John L. Zimmerman as
one Of it's witnesses on the stand.- Mr..
Renehan asked the jury II it had not
noticed that Mr.. Zimmerman was
drunk on the witness stand when he
testified the other day concerning the
| county line. "You heard him here"
continued Mr.. Renehan, replying to
questions in basso profundo tones,
and telling about carrying 1915 rocks
in his pockets." There were ripples
of laughter at this remark. MI. Zim-
norman, by the way, denied on the
witness stand that he was intoxicated.
Replying to the statement of the
assistant district attorney concerning
the alleged inconsistency between the
ordinations used by counsel in his
opening statement to the jury, 20, my
God-Armour! Armour" and the
..tord. ,,ro1 Key +ho rJofandart n IN thn
witness stand, Armour! Armour"
Mr.. Renehan said that there was nc
inconsistency, He, remarked that
B1ancett, under the stress Of the ex-
animation and with thousands of
strange eyes upon him." might have
forgotten the exact words he had
used when he rushed up to the body
of the bleeding Armour.
Money Mad Murderer"
Mr.. Renehan laid great stress on the
contention of the state that the shoot
ing of Armour wasOa money mad
murder" and said that this expression
had been used by the state as an al
liberation which was repeated time and
again cas- though a tinkling phrase
would supply the evidence of an eye
Witness"
The attorney denounced the asser-
ton that Blancett had planned the
murder for money or for any other
reason and said: Certainly ne did not
plan it in Las Vegas, nor on leaving
Las Vegas nor in the many places
they, visited en- route, places where
they stopped en- route; if it was plan
ned they would not have stopped on
the road side for men to look into
their faces, for men who plan murder,
plan it in secret and do not fly ban.
pers to tell people Here | go, and
efter a while, it kyill be easy for you
to find mel Murderers make no rec
.rds Of their whereabouts; they do
not loiter in towns which they reach
afterwards; they have some skill In
deception; they show some ability In
their tracks,
II Blancett planned this murder.
Mr.. Renehan asked why it was he left
the tailor's Identification marks in his
coat and vest pockets and the receipt
ed bill in the shirt pocket? I,
s'Those who plan murder, dispose
Of the body, also" he added. Those
cold and calculating 'money-mad MUIR
derers' look beyond their noses; they |
look before they leap, and they peer
into the future, as best they can, to
ascertain what will follow after the
fatal stroke is given, No murde rcr
the body above the ground
when he has a shovel to dig earth to
cover it. And, moreover, men who
pan murder do not select a spot near I
the main highway or a railroad track
to commit their crime. Therefore.
to you, all the indications are
that no actual murder occurred
+ Signature on Hotel Register !
The attorney for the defense DIS
the remarkable and by many /,
considered unique signature placed on /.
The Montezuma hotel register IN the !
afternoon of October 20, 1916, when
a man registered an "E" and then Il
wrote a &c" over IL, following 1t with
ID. Armour, Sioux City, Iowa" He
said: "Men who have planned in adj.
vance to take another mans name !
do not make a slip of the PEN like
this when they proceed to write. Dark.
dyed villains do not forget the name I
If the man they intend to assume; H
such criminals do not start to write I
their own name On a hotel register |
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