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biblical times to describe how
women once were punished for
adultery.
Under the old law" he
shouted, women caught in
adultery would be stoned in the
public place until Christ wrote
in the sand, Let ye who be with
out sin, throw the first stone"
II say it to the Kelleys and the
Wheartys," he continued glaring
at the prosecutors. "if you be
without sin throw the first stone"
Mr.. Palmer at one point sat in
the witness box and asked the
jurors how they would feel If they
sat there looking at the "glaring.
shifting eyes Of Prosecutor Kelley"
This is a fight for ordinary
human beings. human beings in
Government who are afraid to
call their souls their own" he
said.
Returns to Shapiro Angle.
Again and again, Mr.. Palmer
shifted back from brief mentions
of the documents Miss Coplon al
legedly pilfered from Government
files to turn over to Valentine A.
Gubitchev, a Soviet engineer. to
return to q denunciation Of the
prosecution for injecting Miss
Coplon's affair with Mr.. Shapiro
into the case.
Mr.. Palmer said MIR. Shapiro
was consumed with the flame Of
Jealousy which arises when you
find the woman you want be-
yond your reach"
why didn't Shapiro come here
to say he was not in love with
this girl?" Mr.. Palmer asked.
This man-she said he was a
nice guy-she said nothing against
him except he was part Of the
frame-up against her in the end"
"They didn't call him because
they didn't want to def1le the De-
partment Of Justice. but they
smeared her with pitch and tar
that can never be eradicated."
Says She Was Telling Truth.
why did Kelley ask in front Of
this girls mother If she spent the
night in fornication with MIR.
Shapiro?" asked Mr.. Palmer.
gesturing toward the weeping
mother. "The girl replied "it's a
damn lie and she was telling the
truth. You and I would never
call love fornication. Why was
Harold Shapiro thrown into this
case? Did you know he worked
for the Government? Do the pa
pers introduced about the hotel
registers show she knew how she
was registered?
IF they had brought Shapiro
here he would have had to Jessify
she never slept with him. Yet
the filthy papers say IL headlines
that she slept with him.
"The Kelleys and the Wheartys
should judge not lest they be
judged. Like ravening wolves. they
snapped and bit and tore at this
little girl"
Didn't Have the Key"
Mr.. Palmer said Mr.. Shapiro
did not have "the key to the girls
heart"
This lover was no Lochnivar
out of the West" Mr.. Palmer
shouted as he paced up and down.
HE wanted this girl but didn't
have the key"
"This girl was ~ years old and
had waited for the right man.
He wasn't that man."
In Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Mr.. Palmer said. Miss Coplon had
listened to Mr.. Shapiro's protesta-
tions of love until she grew sleepy
and then pushed him from the
room.
Mr.. Palmer told the jury to re-
member Abraham Lincoln, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and George
Washington Carver and the bat
ties they fought for the ordinary
human being" before passing
judgment on Miss Coplon.
Denounces Informers.
This jury viii be remembered
in history" Mr.. Palmer said.
We're fighting for freedom from
FBI espionage. freedom from filth.
freedom from the things that
brought horror to Europe"
Mr.. Palmer denounced the con-
fidential informers Of the FBI as.
"those liars. those pimps, those
thieves that pass In the night.