The Washington times., 1920-09-30
q several days later,
York Pa.
TILTs ARE FREQUENT.

York Pa.
TILTs ARE FREQUENT.
| Attorney John A. Garrett. of coun.
sci for Adams had frequent Tits with
States Attorney Dawson during to-
days sessions. In his argument Gar
rett, who is from Rockville and wash
ington, made a brilliant plea for the
defendant. He declared that UNLESS
md that Hesser (the Philadelphisn
who testified that Adams had bought
that piece OF zinc from him on the
afternoon OF April 26 last the after
noon that the bank was looted, was
a confederate OF the men who killed
Mr. Hollowell and robbed the bank,
l will always believe that Adams Is
innocent OF any completely In the out
rageous crime"
Dramatically Garrett pictured Ruth
Adams, the thirteen-year-oid daugh-
ter Of the defendant. singing and
dancing, although with bleeding
heart" to the amusement and ap-
plause of nightly audiences on a
Philadelphia roof garden. while her
father fingered In Jail
PLEADS FOR HER SMILE.
81 hope" said the attorney that
| in your consider GRAFTON of the evidence
| in this case you will bring back the
smile that I saw on Ruths face the
| night l went to Camden to question
her mother and later to the roof gar
den, where she invited me to watch
her dance and hear her sing. While !
sat in the audience of happy people
I almost wept as 1 realized that while
she smiled and danced that her httie
heart was breaking
There were throngs OF women In
the courtroom. and as Mr.. Garrett
spoke about the child. who had pre-
yiously testified that II was through
her earnings that her mother, brother
and self bought food and clothing
while the father was in jail. many
were seen to draw handkerchiefs tc
their eyes.
Then. intimating that many OF the
States witnesses had falsely tesu'
flied, their motives to get part of thu
lsl5,OoO reward offered by the officials
OF Montgomery county. the American
bankers Association and the direc'
ltors of the Sandy Spring Banking In,
Istitutions. Garrett vigorously charac'
terized the money as blood reward -
OFFER PRINTED IN RED.
The police circular offering the re-
ward, bore the numerals $4,000 In
lred ink. Pointing to the figures. Gar.
lrett shouted "It was for some oi
this blood reward that some of the
Testimony was given against Adams
| Attorney Garrett declared: "Tht
Testimony Of burglars and detectives
under the law are in the same category
both types are to receive the same
consideration.
This Iikening of detectives to burg
liars nearly led to fistic en-
counter between Detective Sergeant
Dougherty Of Baltimore and Attorne!
lGarrett in front Of the City Hote
later in the night. Dougherty remon
strated with the Rockville attorne!
for having made the assertion.
II want to tell you,'" said Dough
erty, that policemen are as honest
IL not more so, than lawyers. A
any rate, those interested in TINS
case are not being paid for thei'
| services with money that may come
from the Sandy Spring Bank. Thu
policemen / know are honest. the,
work honestly for their living. Tha
is more than l can say about som'
lawyers with whom i have come N con
tact"
DIsCLAIMs Personal INTENT.
Attorney Garrett explained tha
Dougherty should not take the state
ment he made to the court personally
that he intended no personal onens'