| Show HT T fa of tiie aramanda CASE recorder Ee corder hyannis quits ais post of duty A little surprise party SALT As antici the arguments in the olson case commenced this the attendance in court was fully as large as yesterday the three benches in front were occupied by ladies residents in the whore accused and parents dwell miss olsen was seated in her usual place at her attorneys table tier parents bittins immediately behind her the defendant still her veil and exhibited at times signs of mental anguish at one or two stages of the trial she drew her handkerchief from her pocket and audibly sobbed on these occasions she was mouthed by a few consoling words from glicr attorney sir critchlow assistant attorney then proceeded to address alie jury to the prosecution commenced by referring to the importance of case said prosecution had no desire to press case unduly against defendant and he would sooner drop dead than do aught against her begged jury to set aside public to calmly investigate it and evidence and administer the law upon broad principles and render a just verdict in one sense it ivas cold blooded murder and yet from another view wasa was a murder of hot blood and passions natural to both sexes he insisted that at the time miss olson shot frank hall she was a sane person and nothing as yet had been brought to light to show that she was possessed other alian with a sound aind after tracing the history of miss olson from childhood as revealed from evidence referred to the alleged assault by hall upon lier the night before his departure and asked the jury po you really believe that this young woman was lost to every sense of decency and self respect to the honor due to her parents herself her friends as right there in that room under the very shadow of the wrong smarting under resentment for the she had received to plight her troth to the man who had wronged her it is outrageous it is a stigma on womankind to think that that sort of a thing could have been done I 1 do not believe in this theory of rape for eliat is what it comes down to I 1 do not see how rational man any man at all versed in the affairs of enman life who knows anything of the relation of the sexes can believe for one moment that that man on that night forcibly and against the will of this girl succeeded in accomplishing his toward her for bouee and for all I 1 say may leave been proven in this case it does seem to me and I 1 will always believe that so far as that part of the defense broes it is absolutely without foundation what evidence was there asked counsel beyond the bare assertion of the defendant herself that a seduction ever took place for no medical evidence had been adduced to show alie condition of the girl in this particular critchlow in conclusion appealed to jury to remember orphan children chil dien of hall and unless they biad reasonable doubt of accused to stand out her conviction vic tion while critchlow was talking miss olson was visibly affected up to tha hour she had maintained a position of absolute passiveness but the armament ara ament convulsed her her form quivered and shook and not until critchlow concluded his argument did cho recover herself when judge powers for defense arose to deliver liis address to jury every perso i aa wide awake hd bein by presenting a touching and almost heart rendering picture of the girl whose life had been blighted by a man of alie world abo defendant was born of dionest parents who came from a land eliere many of the most virtuous women and dionest men of the world have lived and died she was a child tf utah virtuous and pure but alakl her purity and virtue were doomed to be blasted by the dark deed of a libertine lie was glad the prosecution had said that the defendant had sinned in allowing hall to call on her for by it was proven slie was not the aggressor fathers have been arraigned for slaying the man who defrayed their daughter husbands have been tried for killing the destroyer of happiness brothers have been tried for defending the virtue of a sister bu humanity of the soul had stepped between him and its cruel penalties and arrested the blow society has branded upon the brow of frank hall the terrible word libertine and I 1 believe that a jury could bo selected from twelve men to whom this term might apply with truthfulness and yet within that body 0 villainous men their would be sufficient honor to baing in a verdict of bot guilty gentlemen you cannot you dare not from the of your conscience bring in any other than a verdict of not guilty alie first payment to the contractors of the sugar factory E II 11 dyer co was paid today to day the pro eject ia meeting with fine success aud strong support |
