The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-11-08

open ana Liable 10 SWING either
way upon me, than to be that des-
picable perjured woman over there
pointing to the detective) from
Milwaukee. f"
Prosecutions Final Plea
Attorney Gilbert, in closing the
argument for the prosecution, re-
turned the compliment Of defend
ants attorney, saying that the ar
ray Of legal talent on the side Of
the defense was superior to what
the county was able to secure.
He then twitted the defense with
alternately throwing compliments
and "black darts at the sisters.
"They ask, ''ssaid he "why we did
not bring Father Nowak. They
lehow that had we placed him upon
the stand, their objections would
have prevented us from placing his
evidence before you. But they had
the same opportunity to bring him
here. Why didn't they do soY
much hasxbeen said by them
concerning the missing bones, But
how could bones have been missing,
according to their own argument
when flesh was upon those bones
and how about the shoes which
were cut open right here before
your very eyes producing the bones
IintactG We are here seeking the
proof, and have presented it as we
found it. We are not seeking for
theories Of whit might have been.
"This murder has been COM
United by this respondent either
of her own will and as her own
act, or else at the direction OF
others. The testimony shows that
when the dogs were there seeking
to uncover this one of the biggest
mysteries Of Michigan, battling
many detectives and county off
GERS from various parts Of the
state, Father Bienowslzi advised
them as to where a pair Of the
missing sisters shoes were. The
respondent took the detectives tc
the place and the detectives took
the shoes with which they gave the
scent to the dogs. And at Manis.
tee we find ths spondent telling
how absurd it was to give the dogs
the scent from the shoes of another
sister. Gentlelen, stop and think
"What do We find in the base.
ment of the church, as testified by
these witnessesH Lumber SCAT.
tered all about the basement. Lat.
er we find it piled up directly over
and angling across the grave. This
happened between the time Mr.
Kennedy made his first visit and
when he made his last search as ht
himself testifes. Why was this
lumber piled up, and why was il
piled in this manner between those
posts where The body was after
, wards unearthed2 Was it not un
covered at exactly the spot where
the clergy said it would be found
"What Of Father Bienowski'l I
statement to the sisters at Detroit
} Il would rather think that ! should
take off my cassock than that sht
should leave this wayY' How coulC
anyone be so depraved as to com
init such q horrible crime withou.
, cauSe2
! "The respondent made her ear
: lier remarks and talked to thos,
} witnesses when she was free anC
) not on the witness stand, and at {
> time when she thought she wa
:, master Of the household. Wha
. are the temptations at this houl
, for the respondent to falsify; o.
8 are the sisters who have been up
on the stand, lyingi They admi
3 murder has been committed. Thel
: she did not die alone, for certainl,
. she could not bury herself. Some
7 one knows something about thi
crime.
! Counsel would have you believ
-3that the disappearance has beel
9 forgotten. Was it when they cal
, account for and know what wa
done every minute of the dayf D
? You believe them after twelv
yearsf
IF this confession was not mad
? to Father Nowak in st. Josephu
church, then how did Bishol
Kozloslri knoV Of iti lie reveale,
it to the Mother Superior durinI
her last dayE on earth. Where di,
it come froi if this woman her
|, didn't tell ittH
!, Rome is degraded when it be
comes merely She capital Of Italy,