Evening star., 1925-07-22
DAYTON IS GETTING
BACK TO NORMALCY
Principals in Case Are Leav-
ing-Scopes Likely to
Take Stump.
BY the Associated Press.

DAYTON. Tenn, July 22.-The
Rhea County courtroom was piled to-
day with a superfiuity of furniture of
a kind which it may have little use
for. A score or more of specially
made tables and benches for reporters
were left, without the formality of
transferring title. On their rudely fin
ished surfaces were seen the names
of widely known writer's, news serv
ices and newspapers. These will prob
ably remain as a reminder of the stir
ring scenes when John Thomas
Scopes, the young biology teacher.
was tried and found guilty of violating
the anti-evolution statute.
Attorneys were leaving Dayton to-
day. Dudley Field Malone and Arthur
G.. Hays returned to New York and
Attorney General a. T. stewart went
10 his home in Winchester, as did
Judge J. T. Raulston.
Clarence Darrow planned TO leave
for Knoxville tomorrow, where he
was scheduled to speak.
William Jennings Bryan's program
called for visit to Winchester Sat
urday for two addresses.
Scopes May Lecture.
Scopes will probably start soon on
a lecture tour.
The daily mail receipts of Dayton
increased from ten to twenty fold
during the course of the evolution
case. The city mail carriers declared
that Mr.. Bryan's aggregated as much
or more than his usual daily burden
in normal times. Mail matter ad-
dressed to Mr.. Darrow was scarcely
less bulky in the total.
10 hn IN
case were busy today in an effort to
find out what took place during the
eight days of the trial Perhaps no
other II citizens of Rhea County saw
so little of the proceedings. Two
hours to hear evidence and another
hour to listen to the judges charge
and attorneys; brief statements sum-
med up their time on duty. Unable
to go home and forbidden to listen
to the proceedings or to discuss the
case, the II wandered around the
town and the vicinity of the court
yard like victims of social boycott
Scene to Shift.
The first act of the Tennessee evo-
luton drama, which had a world as
audience, closed with the conviction of
Scopes yesterday After a brief inter
mission there will be a new scene and
new actors as the young biology teach
er's conviction and fine of 500 for
having taught that man descended
from lower form of life comes be.
fore the Tennessee Supreme Court at
Knoxville in September on appeal
This little Tennessee town. lifted
for a moment from obscurity into
world prominence as it witnessed en-
actment of one of the most amazing
legal struggles Of modern times, saw
it's share of the drama closed with a
series of sharp and searching state
ments on motives and actions of both
defense and prosecution
From a legal standpoint the eight
day trial. of which the record con-
tains 241 600 words, had many pc
culiarities. First the jury was
barred most of the time. The de-
fendants proverbial day In court sim
mered down to exactly two minutes,
the brief interval in which he ad-
dressed the judge before sentence was
passed. He did not go on the stand.
argument and verdict was returned
in less than 10 minutes, after both
sides had agreed that conviction was
desired that the litigation might be
carried higher.
Fine Was Minimum.
The fine was the minimum that
could be assessed and bail was set at
$500 pending the appeal, for which
the defense tentatively was given 80
days. Scopes expects to spend few
days in Dayton and then will return
to his home in Kentucky.
Action independent of the Supreme
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