Evening star., 1926-11-05
LAWYERS STEAL
SPOTLIGHT FROM
CHIEF MURDER FIGURES
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rapidly by-and here are the finger
experts. Now it is too late. Now
she will not come, surely. The
crowd leans back. relaXes and learns
how you make fingerprints.
Mr.. Simpson and Mr.. McCarter
are relaxing slightly, too. They have
finished the most violent of their
battles-this time a really vital one
for on it's outcome hinged the intro
duction as evidence OF the smudged
blood stained card claimed to bear
Willie Stevens fingerprint--and now
It has been admitted over Mr.. Nc
Carers impassioned protests ano
the assurance from Mr.. Simpson that
when the court adjourns the defense
can have the card 70 look at. study
examine, take to spiritualist or eat
II 1t so desires.
Expert Entertains Jury.
The most distinguished OF the eN-
perts is holding forth with reaiiy
fascinating array of parapnernaha
the Jury is sitting like a class or good
little boys absorbed in their DOCKS
Films Of gargantuan fingers that the
thoughtful MIR. Simpson has put al
their disposal. The expert has been
doing extremely interesting thlngs
with pinches Of black powders and
films Of ink and boxes illuminated
like magic lanterns and long, i'm
pressive words-if he produced white
rabbits or a bowl OF goldfish no one
,,-o,,II ia v,,,,ch cnrnriSHd
But they are interested and atten-
tive and relaxed and without even
l breath of warning, straight into
the midst Of this peaceful scene Mr..
Simpson hurls his bomb.
He asks for the attention of the
court-one OF his witnesses, MRS
Eaton, is ill--Eaton. The spectators
who know the middle names OF the
less important witnesses, jerk to gal
vanized attention. Mrs. Gibson. Jane
Gibson, Jane-the pig .woman-they
know: the counsel for the defense Is
apparently not so alert. Mr.. Simp-
son had quite finished his explanation
that Mrs Eaton was seriously Ill. that
doctors had sworn to affidavits to that
effect and that If 1t was impossible to
bring her to the courtroom, he In
tended to see that the courtroom
went to her-judge, jury, counsel and
accused: from that moment on pande-
monium reigned, with brief lulls In
the delirium for the appearance OF
doctors to testify as to her condition
and the disappearances of judges to
verify the statements with their own
ewes. Compared to the sound that is.
sued from the astounded Mr.. McCar-
ter and Mr.. Simpson, all that had
gone before was airy banter.
Jury Marched Out.
Justice Parker marched the be-
wildered jury. looking more like
class of docile little boys than ever,
straight out of the room, in order to
preserve their ears from Mr.. McCar'
ter's outraged protests.
With the jury safely out OF the
room, he told the court and the rest
of the world exactly what he thought
of Jane Gibson and her internal
flights of imagination" and Mr.. Simp'
son told the court and the world ex'
actly what he thought Of Mr.. McCar.
ter and his internal insinuations. "
The court listened with ominous pa,
tience and then. abruptly declaring a
half hour recess, it transferred its at
tention to the patients bedside.
It was after $50 when the judge
returned, comfortably settled his
black silk robes and announced very
clearly and quietly to the tense,
hushed audience that Mrs. Gibson was
an i'll woman, fiat on her back. with a
fever of 104 2-5, and so weak that an
examination of any kind or descrip'
ton would be futile, and that the court
was adjourned until the following
morning.
The second day Of the Hall-Mills
trial was over.
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