Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1896 — Page 5

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4'sUinrV Item*. Mrs.-Emnm Uilyard is ag'iin able to be around * •u. The first quarie’riy meeting of this conference ''ear will be held at -U+jsplace the 21 th. beginning on EwsU-v evening previous, Misses/Kate Manlier. Stella < ow:in and t’l'i’h Worden Sundayed with H 11. Daniels. Mahalia Traster and her mother spent Tuesday wjlh Mrs. J. W. Cowan. Joseph Needham an<i wife, of Bobo, Sundayed with Edward Geier and family. George Gay and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a nine pound boy. Mrs. Samuel Workinger s little girl is very sick with lung fever. Curryville Item*. Jacob Wyer went to Bluffton Monday on business. Dick Welker was in Bluffton Wednesday. A number of our people attended the baptizing at Zion yesterday. Jacob Wyer is engaged in the fish business, lie recieves fresh Jish every morning. Carpenters have begun working on Samuel Shells barn. Mr- and' Mrs. W. H. Ward were in Decatur Saturday. G. B; Grift'er was at Bluffton on business Monday. Misses Sgdie Jackson and Jennie Weldy returned to Bluffton Monday. Frank Griffer, of New Haven, Ind., is visiting his father, G. B. Griffer, at this place. Pleaaatil .11111* Itema. Rev. D. B. Reckard fullfilled his appointments at Willshire last Sunday. Mrs. Charles llarriss and Miss Ada Blansett are visiting friends at Winchester. Misses Nettie and Mina McCullogh, of Decatur, are spending a few days here with friends. Miss Adda Boyd is at Decatur spending a few days here with relatives. The yield of coin for this year will be bountiful Henry Martz, is on the sick list. John Koos is still confined to the house on account of declining health. Albert Fuller and Miss Anna Schrank were married last Sunday night; the young couple are well known in this community having always lived here. Mr. Fuller left at once for Toledo where he has a position, they will make that,place their home. We extend our congratulations. • <? Dandruff is'an exudation from the pores of the skin that spreads and dries, forming scurf and causing the hair to fall out. Halls Hair Renewei cures it.

SCHOOL ENUMERATION ’_” 0 - • Os Adams County, Indiana, for 1896. Corporations. 115'.»5 jsati loss ~ Reniai-ks. _ 3 t t — Union tp 345 321 24 ’Eight transtetTOd out. ’r? ■ | " ■■■ ’Forty-nine tfanst'errcii out ■J i, 'Eighty transferred in Washington ah, 517 t o ...'Twenty tvansforred out , >O3 >A> _O.-.‘Twenty-four transferred out h. 1 * 1 !, 1 ' i '' Y -.’Nine transferred out Hartlord;.... 424 457 33 . ?‘Eighteen transferred.out .lei. - W.. 19‘ I weive transterred out 1 ( 1,1 ,| ‘l'Yn’ty transfert'iMl in iX'ctKU'- 1...x> l.t> i 40 i ,' i'wi'nty-eigiit transferred in _Graild Totals A ■"lilllliulll -154 1<)4>1,, ;,,, . ...‘liained l>y transfers. ’Adams county has a decrease of ong*'hundred and fifty in tlm'school onnmenifu'ii <>l 1' !‘n.

Mr>, LVuel, ;ied front Bryant last evening I.rvxo! is tlw-bi'' ‘ : 'tlir-me for children. Doctor.-, rweoineud it,hi plaeeof castor Oil. “Mrs J. Fink returned to Nashville last evening Pearl C'ltthig returned from Winchester last evening. John Peoples went to Fort Wayne last night. x You will make no muss tn using Putnam Fadeless Dyes. They will not soil the hands. You only have to dirty two vessels and they simply heed rinsingout after using. The dyes are not poisonous anil you can dye in any kind of vessel, loc per package. Sold by W. 11. Nachtrieb. druggist. Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick have issued cards for an entertainment Monday evening May lfft.li. Mr. I). P. Davis, a prominent liveryman and merchant of Goshen, Va.. has this to say on the subject of rheumatism: “I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism, as I know from personal experience that it will do all that is claimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother was laid up in bed with inflammatory rheumatism and suffered intensely*? The first application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm eased the pain and the use of one bottle completely cured him. For sale by all druggists. ni Linn Grove. E. Liddy is building a porch to his residence. Mrs. Laura Flory is is also adding extensive porches and otherwise improving her dwellimg, which when completed will rank with the best property in tba<part of town. Thirty people from Honduras were baptised by* emersion at this place last sabbath. Neaderhouser & Kizer have constructed a platform to the front of their mill. A convenience for loading and unloading mill stuff. It is a cronic case that the demand for vehicles at the carriage shop exceeds the supply. What would it lie if people would cease to cry it is hard times? Wm. Shields and Clide 11icks, of Union City, made our town Monday. They came over in a wagon and their stomachs were overladen with beer and they soon conceived the idea that Neuenschwander was not running business to suit them. But by cudgel persuasion the proprietor lost no time in persuading them that be was. They retreated to the street and proceeded to decorate the air with rocks and bottles of beer from their wagon, swearing by a better Being than themselves dire vengence on any one who would show up on the street that the value of their lives was less than eighteen cents Several bottles of beer were directed at Mr, N’s. building iput owing to the X rays of their vision being reversed all missed their mark with the exception of one which broke a glass out of the

front. Neuenschwander in due time had men in pursuit of them equipped with state authority. They were apprehended near Geneva and introduced th Esquirek',owans, to whom they confessed their guilt. The court tigured up their little job and found that s7l'id would suffice tor this their first offence in the county. This they paid, and we trust that their judgement may be as much stronger as they are financially weaker' Herne Item*. J. Anderson was at Geneva Monday. The bfick yard of Motez & Bixler started last week They have put in a new mill. A. 1). Brousis, of Ft. Wayne, was in town Thursday looking after railroad affairs. Eli Riesen and J. Hilly were at Decatur Friday. Wm. Baumgartner was at Decatur Friday. A. s. Blowets shipped four cars of timber to Portland last week. Mr. Wagoner and wife visited their son at Monroe a few day of this week. <' Giiimore shipped live cars of hedge trees to New York Saturday. B. Hanis, of Woodburn, visited bis daughter here over Sunday. \V B- rgmm, of Woodburn, *vho has been visiting friends at this place was ralltfl in.me oi; special business Taurs,j.Uy. Noah Woolew'an. of Woodburn, spent Sunday with hi». parents.Jeff Lehman was at De.itur Monday Solduer &Siniison pure’iaspiJ the fastest driver in this vicinity for the small sum of slls Several of the B. rne boys attended Ringling Bros, show at Portland Tuesday. Jess Michaud and D. Jacoba-will start the 10th of next month for Anthes. Greece, where they will be engaged in sporting clubs. Addie Smith of Hoagland, is visiting Dr. Stoneburner and wife. Mrs Sam Riesen met with a seveie accident by falling down stairs. J. Craig and S. Schindler were at Geneva Tuesday. Fred Eicbenberger was at Red Key Wednesday. The telephone boys who have been working around this place returned home Monday. The W eather. Central Station. Indianapolis, Ind. Hot, sunny, drv weather prevailed during the entire week in the southern and central portions; in the northern portion rains fell one night in many localties. Rain is much needed, especially in the southern portion, where crops are suffering much for the want of it; but in general in the central and northern portions crops are still in good condition. Wheat, barley, rye, clover and blue grass are heading in many localities. Early potatoes look well, and most potatoes have been planted Oats are coming on nicely in some fields: in the southern portion they are short. Grass, meadows and pasturage begin to show effect of the dry, warm weather. Tobacco beds in the southeastern portion are in bad condition. Plowing for corn continues, although the ground is getting dry and hard. Much of t|ie early planted corn has come up nicely: some fields have been plowed once. Some farmers still delay planting for fear of the cutworms, which is doing much damage. The Hessian lly and chinch bugs are injuring wheat in some localities, and potato bugs are becoming very numerous. Gardens and vegetables are still in good condition, and the prospect for fruit is still good. There are less apples and pears; cherries and plums in localities are dropping off. Raspberries, strawberries and blackberries are in bloom. In some localities Tfi the southern portion dry weather nearly ruined the strawberries. Stock is in very good condition, in general. In Grant county everything looks well; farmers busy planting corn; fruit prospects good; need rain. Wells and Adams counties—Wheat and all grains and grasses doing finely: corn planting has commenced; good prospects for fruit. Jay county—Need rain, but all vegatation looks well yet; fruit prospects good; corn planting continues. Huntington county—Wheat, oats and grass doing well; corn planting nearly done: some potatoes coming up.

Out of Their Reach. . ' o “I wonder how she manages to keep her youthful bloom willi such a large family of children,,” “ Upon :i high shelf, 1 suppose. ” b’ar uwids' 'he music of the ball rose softly, and that was all.—Detroit Tribune. Tho merit of originality is not novelty ;it is sincerity. Tiie believing man is the original man; he be lie vescjfor himself, not for another. —Carlyle? r nfoi ; e hre _ b'ver 4,600 paper mills in the civilized cotMitries of tiie world.

ENDED, I* The Great Siott .lack*oii Trial 'i lie Jury Muy He I* Guilty And 3lli»t Haim. The jury in the Scott Jackson case were out but two hours when they returned into court wit h a verdict.of guilty of the murder of I’earl Bryan and that he be hung for the crime. Hanqiieted. On last Saturday evening the FOrtniiftlitly club gave a banquet to their ladies ami friends, this being their annual meeting, with a pleasant ami profitable time they have had during the year just closed. In thraiiscussion.of the different subjects that vrore assigned to the different members, at the appointed time. they, with their friends, assembled at the Bftrt Houses to be- entertained by an address bv the Hon. Edward O'Rourke, Judge of the Allen circuit court. The judge being an entliii-.ia-'t on theosophy an indent advocate ijnd firm believer in the incarnation of the souft responded to the assembly jn a * immher that was both plea-it g as an ad-' dress andjfnrulsbed thoughts Joi retl ‘et*on ’ to his heaters. After the mind had been I favored one hour ami a half with matter to digest, which has’ caused the most oi them to think vet on the quest.on ptesenliai, the ad lress was closed and ‘lie i ami ten led to the b;ima". ‘ loom, wheic i ' .spread was ready to-call the mind front-1 lune five, timv it had emi t. << upon, t > that <>' refreshment. -ju-Ii as are alway- J<»md m ■ i the Burt. Alter the banquet, at the te ’ em of Toast tnaster. James T. Merryman, ' The f-. ilowinir gejitc'men responded to the | ; call of the. toastmaster; Prof. L. Wal.-j ter. M'nd." ,!<>* sorely' in a j |':iapp.v frame of mind ami elucidated-in | suet; a manner that he was heartily ap-1 phimled. David F.. Strut It re-’-nmied I'■■social Expectancy." lie was master of the q estioij and well merited the approval I oj all pre.-ent; Rev, Ihiri-on responded to "i mt Countryln this lie showed that he ' was full-fledged, patriotic American and a j firm believer tn that teachitig of the bib e. which sa. . "It is not good for man to be alum-." linn. it. K, Erwitr responded to the "Past.: Present and Future.’’ lie having enjoyed a good im’al was ready and did make all feel as though they wanted the future to be as the banquet table they were aboiit to quit. John T, France replied to the "Happy Homes." aitd those who failed to hear him will never know how he explained the way he made his tome happy. John always says something good. C. J. Lutz responded to the toast. “The Ladies. God Bless Them." This was not a new subject for him, for he had always felt that way and so did all the gentlemen present when he got through. As the evening was fast passing toward the time when those who would, not indulge to excess. Rev. Gregg was called on to toast “Delights of Human Speech and Amen.’’ Rev. Gregg is always ready for a speech and -this was no exception. The “Amen.” when properly spoken showed that the speaker was a Methodist. This closed the banquet. The following gentlemen with their wives were present: J. T. Merryman. Rev. Horton. Rev. Gregg. R. # K. Erwin. Jeff Bryson. Dr. .1. S. Boyers. J. F. Mann, C. J. Lutz. -J. T. France, Dr. P. B. Thomas. Judge D. D. Heller, Dell Locke, Prof. A. D. Moffett, C; L. Walters, J. E. Kern, A. L. DeVilbiss, N. Blackburn, Prof. J. F. Snow. C. A. Dugan, Dr. I). G. M. Trout and daughter. May. D. E. Smith and Ethel Hale. Herman Yager and Miss Rose Chi isten and Miss Madden.

BLANDINA. ‘ •Blandina’s nice; Blandina’s fat, J Joyous and sane and sound and And handsome, too, and all else that la persons of her years is Behold Blandina! She’s alive and testifies - With all the emphasis that lies In busy hands awl p.aneing eyea That life's a prize— That all the mischief that provoke* Doubt in tiie matter lies in folks. And that, provided folks are lit. Life’s not a failure; not a bit. Blandina lovi-s a pielure book, Blandina dearly loves a boy. She loves her dinner, loves the cook, . Her nurse, her doll, her brother's toy, And best of all site loves a joke, And laughs at it. And laughing at it testifies With all the emphasis that lies - In joyous tones.and beaming eyes, That life's a prize— That all the mischief that provokes Doubt, in the matter lies in folks, And that, provided folks are lit, Life's uot a failure; not a bit. —Edward S. Martin in Scribner’s. Clear Air. The air is clear at Arequipa, Pern. From the observatory at that place, 8,050 feet above the sen, a black spot, oue inch in diameter placed on a white disk has beeu seen on Mount Charchani, a distance of 11 miles, through a 13 inch telescope. Fetiches In & Bunch. Indianapolis, May s.—Samuel Raymond of this city has on his lot a bonanza peach tree. The peaches are all in clusters of from two to nine. In most eases there are from four to six, all from oue blossom and on one stem. Notice to Xo n-Re*i<lent* ’ ■ - . . ‘T”“ • The State of Indiana. Adams eounty. ss: In the Adams Circuit Court. August term, 1.59t1. Timothy t’ Holden "i No. 5171 vs | Contpla nt on notes and Emily .1. Baldwin. • to set aside fraudulent t’vrus H. Baldwin |. conveyances. Demand Harriet I Midlaniels MtlO. It appearingSroiu affidavit, tiled, in the above entitled cause, that Cyrus H. Baldwin ami Harriett Melhiniels of the ab ive munill d>fetxlauw.'aru- jimi-resifients ottlie -state of Indiana. Nolic" is thi’relcrc hereby given '!>> said lb Ills li; Bil.lwm and i.biri i-. tt MeO.-ttiiels that they be and a ppeni before ‘'-t Fie Hon.. Judge of the AdamsCireuitCourt on tiie Wth ; liny of Augitst,-isuti. the same being tiie First I .Hirnlicitl 'ho of the next regular term thereof. I Io lie lioldenat tiie court house in the envoi Decntur. eommeneiiii: ottMondn v, t In- lot Ii dav. > >1 Ai+i-ust. A !> IS'.W nnd pie.-t i In iii'-sWei <-r .lemur to, said complaint or 1 thAvi'jbo-wit re -IwwnLanJ. determined in tiieif'’■absAura. Witness mv name, and the seti! of said eouiu. lioroto nlH.ved tliiit 14(11 day of Mhy; ISiHt —— alony H. I.>■’' ii m i > lei k. By E: Hurt l.enliar'. I>.q.uti i RiehariJ .lv Erwin, attorney lor plalutrit. ' : i

IN THE JURY'S HANDS! Scott Jackson's Life Depends on the i Twelve G,ood Men, SPEECH OF CRAWFORD ENDED. Colonel LorkliMrt Makew a Good Argument For the Pro^erfition —Hh Remarks ■ Were a Surprise to the LMener*. Much Speculation hi to Whal the Verdict Will Be. Newport, Kv., May 14 — After 23 days since the trial of Scott Jackson began the arguments which COllAtnmd the last three days ended last night. This nrttriiing the ease was given to tiie jury. The prisoner, Scott Jackson, though apparently weary and during the last three days ■ a trilie crestfallen, has maintained liis self possession to the last. While it is almost the niianiinous opinion in NewiHirt that Scott Jack-on is guilty of murder ami ought, to he punished by hanging, there are many who look, for results in the (lelibi'rat ions of the jury other than that of gm’fy of murder. Mr. A. S. Jkryan, father of th ■ mnr-deri-il girl, said; ’ “I have, as y< heard the whole of the evim-■ ami iifgumvnt, and 1 lo< n for a v-t ict of guilty, as do ImndreiD of otheG- J'-on't think the jury will tm out very '■■■ .. It. won'; take.tiu in L.i-g to reach a .'. lu-. si oii. ’■ Some of'th.' jury are L’l-om ex--liju-‘ . andf'.r that reason it .■ . ■- < idl'd not to give the c:i'". to til m . ,-r High?. When com:; opeimii the pri ■om‘iwas l.rougiit in and-h° sat by in-; a*. • As soon as tile jury was senti d.'iji-i---on’el L'rawfe’ d arose and lesim.. • ins Sjx'eoh. He -aid that veil 'll I><- i tr oT i:a<t-nitrht he was d.scu sing tie- im itical testimony. lie thought tint the evidence showed unmistakably that the girl had not been killed wie-r - t Inbody was found; that rhe it.xly 1 .i-. |-arried to the place where if was ipum'i, and carried there by some one other than the prisoner-. The restinio:!" of Joint Locke was m support of tir. t h <.ry that the body had been carried there. He aceoumed lor tile Liood uroji- on the until r side of the privet bush leaves by saying that the leaves "were sim ared with blood by rhe passage of the body and that the rain thereafter had "airied the blood to the under side of the leaves. He said that lie did not rely much upon medical testimony, and he read from a lecture given by Professor Di-aper of Harvard college recently, to show that medical testimony was a scandal to the profession. He argued that the murder, by whomsoevet- committed, was uot dime on the spot,--and said: "If vou get the murder away from the Lis-ke farm, whijre was the murder done? Not in Kentucky at all." He then discussed the blood upon the valises, and Tie said that the first blood had only been Seen by the clerk at the cenjj-al station, , He ridculed rhe evidence of L. D. Poock, who also testified that he had heard Jackson say that he had cut up Pearl Bryan’s head and had thrown it in the river. He pointed our that although Chief Deitsch, Mayor Caldwell and the detectives were present at the interview, no one else but Poock had heard this remarkable statement. He then took up rhe bridge ticket question, and criticised the statement of the piDsecutson that the tickets wire vehicle tickets, yet, when they wertplaced in evidence, they proved to be pedestrian tickets!

Speaks of the Prisoner’s Fright. He spoke of Scott Jackson at the Indiana House, and he urged that all of the prisoner’s statements that had nor been contradicted by evidence must be-he-lieved. He referred to the finding of Pearl Bryan's- sachel in the prisoner’s room, and he rehearsed the prisoner’s statement that Pearl Bryan had given him the sachel, asking him to send ir ro her when she had got the room that Walling was to procure for her. He pointed out that in the very first account of rhe murder in the papers there was the statement that the shoes w<frn by the body bore rhe Greencastle mark. “No wonder he got panic-stricken,’’ said Colonel Crawford. He pointed ro rhe fact that the coro_uer and the coroner's jury .hadJaeeiLamable to find who did the murder, and that rhe grand jury of-Campbell county had been unable to say by whose hands Pearl Bryan met her death. They oniy stiid that her throat was cut. bur by whom, whose hands held the knife, they are unable to state. He tried to make’a point of the separation of the eases, demanded by Alonzo Walling, and said that no jury could try Jackson without hearing the evidence against Walling. He said that tbeT'ttmmonwealrh was Trying to ear its cake and have it too. They did not lose a single chance. If they missed Jackson they had Walling, and if they got Jackson they stood a chance of also getting Walling. What He Considered Damaging. Continuing, he said: “Now I come, to what 1 consider Hie most important evidence against mJ client. I refer to the letter written to Will Wood by Scott Jackson.” He said Jackson had read of the finding of the body, find he knew that as soon as PearJ Bryan would be missed her disappearance would be laid at his door. He knew that he would be suspected, and so, foolishly panicstricken, he wrote a letter to Will Wood telling him to let rhe Bryan family learn that Pearl had gone to Chicago, or somewhere else. He argued that if Jackson had cut off JPearl llrytin's headJie wvouhl not-iutve dared to write a letter to Wood. Pearl Bryan's efilling his attention to the matter. He also argued that Miss Bryan was not far from blame in th'rit she told her parents she was -goingto Indianapolis when she came to Cincinnati. lie said that if any attempt at an operat ion was to ber made, she was a party to it. Speaks-of I'lfblic Sont ( ‘nneut. Tie (Iftm * lid: ' “! am about. lh.rrr. considering -he evidence titid 1 now to read you sojßht'hiug about- clrcumstautiar er lite.nee, written by a man

vim knew more about Lie subject than anv num who ever wrote atioiit it. I r -lor to Wells .on circmn.-tantial evidejie.c,,". V. Mr. Liv'kharr objoet'-d to fits reading from any book and Judge Helm sustained riie objection, whereupon Colonel Crawford filed an exeeption; He then showed tie' jiii'y liow iiiany other ways besides believing in Jackson's guilt the circumstances of the case might be explained away. He toll them th it dozens of women had nized the headless body as that of their long-lost daughter, ami he reminded them that there was I'ven a chance that the body was not that of Pearl Bryan at all. He sjioke of the public sentiment that had risen against the prisoner. and said lie knew that the cry had gone up to “crucify him.” He said that he knew that the jiii’y would not be restrained from doing their duty because of what' some "ignorant ass” might say when they got out in the street. Analysis of the Stomach. He then took up rhe bottle of cocaine that Jackson had Ixiught, the scalpel he had been seen with and the bloody trousers, anil lie said that it was mighty weak evidence of murder that a medical student should have these things in his possession. In this connection he spoke of the chemical analysis-of the stomach, ami he said that there was not enough, cocaine found to be a cause of death, ami that who administered the cOcdine, wiiere u was giv -n. when it was given, woultl for -vi r remain a mystery. Colonel Crawford then took up the qn-stion of punishment. “Although,.” li<- said, ‘-’under tin'evidence ywn have heard, there must 1.0 a vordier of not (guilty,” he saiiThe .w.uit -d to sneak of capital pun..-.ini' waii'b he called “a relic-of barbarism,” aibimg, “I have never-believed that any 12 men have tin' right to rake away rhe life of a fel- ] . v !>• mg— smm-t.Lii’g they can not res'-:"." He -aiu ta.'t the -hIW. H"V->r <• oks tr victim; "its o'-t is to reform tij" o"'-ii i-T ami to protect society. <' U yw; • >r; --."t a man. van you make li,m ;■ ; iti/.i ii i>y hanging him. I s; . m>. 1 ems.tum whet tier any good can ■ / c me' from any wrong.” Doubtful \V it ue*.’*e>. “ ' ’ i: . N .si.n ;isk"d me to tell you -al-o if " witnesses lor the commotiw -ali i W'-rc not lying. I have told you — who told th" truth. Now, I will tell vou the three I heln-v? did not tell the truth. The first onis the negro. G-eorge H.i Jit-'k'on; tin- - -cond on ■ is <»’H' ’ Pinkarii. old Pickard. Aiy me he was lying. “ ‘Bv tie- pricking of the tlnimbs,. Somethi:,u wicked this wav’comes,’ that's Pinkard. The third one is that benevolent old soul. Mother Weeks. I want to say to you that I don t believe in charlatans. I don't believe in old women who make a living by trading on the weakness of those who have recently lost their dear ones, calling up spirits from the other world at 50 cents apiece.” He then talked for a while on the con.tradietioiis that would inevitably creep into human testimony. He • discussed tlte contradictions in the testimony of tiie prosecution as to the whereabouts 6f Jackson at certain tinies, jmd he showed that, according to rhe witnesses',' Jackson was in half a dozen different places at thiysanie time. He discussed the contradictious of Fortmeier, Foster, Weeks, Collins and others. • Concluding Remarks. “In conclusion, I want to say this young student has proved a good character; he has proved that he has a tender and generous heart. He has been industrious and honest. Does it damn him fiiat he has been seen in saloons getting a drink? Will you not say to him go back to your dental college and lead a better life? Will you not say to him. go and sin no more? Will you say to him. go back and practice your }irofession and be a prop and a stay to your old mother? She said to me ghat when she heard the news she prayed to her God that if he was guilty she might be taken before she learned of it. and she prayed that if he innocent she might be raised up to learn it afid to thank God for it. Believing in my heart that the prosecution has failed, and that tiie defense has triumphed. I leave this case with confidence what tout verdict will be." The final argument m tiie verbal contest was made by Commonwealth's Attorney Lockhart, who was crowded out of the early part of the case by the examinations of Colonel Nelson. Those who saw rhe quiet Mr. Lockhart. as In- sat day after day on. the_side of the preseeution. were surprised when they met him in action. There was as lynch vim in his speech as in that of Colonel Nelson, the tii'l’V orator. He punctuated his speech jp’ith empathic gestures. ;' “I shall not consume so much time as dill- thg gentleman for the defense,” promised Lockhart in beginning. jgHe discussed Attorney Crawford’s trtHise. so he called it, of the detectives. “1 have never seen more magnitieeuC work. ” the~spettker said, “pi' work with — more satisfactory results. *’ Regarding public sentiment Loekaart said: "1 say to yon. gentlemen of rhe jury, you reffect the sentiment of the community. No jury can sit hero as you do and fail to rake in rhe impressions of this community regarding the gpilt of this prisoner." , “1 think you had better not carry out that line of argument." Judge Helm interrupted. "I know that the defense opened it, but it is a very dangerous topic.” "Very well. I shall stop right here,” said Colonel Loekliart. "I want to refer to some of Mn Crawford’s statements regarding witnesses in this case," eon tinned Lockhart, "and I do pot feel that I could regularly begin •this argum-mt until I have answered those remarks. It' there was a reliable, honest man who testified, that man was Pinkarii. “I heard ilo man testifvmn this rasa who impressed me as this man Piykard did After a review of the evblench given by witnesses Colonel Loekliart h'is remarks shortly irfter 5 o’clock l y saving: As for George H. Jackson tlj; prosecution does not need his testiniony. ••Smifniiiig ’up the evidence erf tho commo,uMealth," said Colonel Lockh;.rt "' on call have no doubt abotw th.) • iiv ntttv of .thi' vp'lim of .tiie mui'der S ett .l;ii:kson.is tiie only niun xv ■ " e ; i H iinit-ivo-txynjurii-ei' the poor sjil'l. I'lmre w. s ihe :m”ivi' ami’ ib'ery ,w.is th;'upport unity." „ ? s 5