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Show NEARIMTHEEMD Tho Testimony in the Parsons Case All In, THE AllMUIKNTS UKI1U.W ,,st,laiit Mitrlct Allnrnrr Mrtilitnt (iinsiiii Ittlialfiif the I'riisrciitlou. judoc HCNDtnaoH makcsa row-cnruLPLCA row-cnruLPLCA roniHc ocriNic, A4 I.' "st ftratltlnr Ittmarlt nt Its Olttrr KM. Till Morn Ina'a I'rarrsMlliSE, Tlie last witness U tlio I'artont rae yettrrtlay afternoon wa Itrcorder Ji F, Jack, who t.rolucrii tho record of Hie bu.liirs, tratisaclsti at the inettlug of Hi" Cliy Council nti Hritrmtsr -', which Includrd thu report of tho committee com-mittee wblcli M. 1C. 1'aNoiii tertlfloU to It wrllleu lu Mirshsl Patron.' unco white Anna l'Hndte waa there at the dtlal iiainnl. Thlt clonal tha vrlilla of th leatl-motir, leatl-motir, and at 3 o'clock tho argument heitaii. Tlia oitenlug arnient for the i.rocutlon wat raaJo lijr AMISTAXT DISTIIICT ATTUKXrV BTKI'IIEXS, who mM ha wished to re tent hit tlila ot the cae at Lrlell anil fairly as imatlbte. One of the most liniortant olllorr lu tho Territory hail leen chi'ircd hy lcnt-iiisT under hit control with tha crlmo of ojinreMluz them, under tho itttuttv It wat a very aerlout chargo, and If trim would reflect ruoit wrloutly Uon the defendant. If untrue, It thowvd a iitale ot mind on tho part or thot who iiiado tho rompltlat that wat most corrupt, (t had Iwu tho duty of tho inoiciitloli to inaVothlt Inquiry lu lhalf of thx KotMiiinetil, whh'li atoridrd Itt protection oret tho weakett of IU creature within Ita Uomlnloni,, nt searching nud' thoroiiiili aa It wat orltite to make It. Couurel dealt tint with tho inniplilntt' of Sla?. flu Torkner, who he aal 1 charred that oiitwoclflcoatlintrli wat mlt-tretti-d hy the defendant, lie reviewed re-viewed the circumstance At art forth In Furkmr'a own statement, ami ucxt took up thn complaint of Anna I'rimllo who ha I tntllliil to flro Ulllerent oc-raitlontwhen oc-raitlontwhen act and word nf the marthal were used tuwardt htr that weru laoru or It crlmltial. Mr. Htepheut treated tlr.t with the alleged inltciiniluct ot tha marshal towurdt l'rlndlo In hit prlvats offlct) uu tho day of In r tciitcnci, hy Judge Zanr.and laid pailicular atrcet lu thlt ronnrctlun lnwii the rtiilrtii nf Mr. JI. K. l'r. aoiit, the tnarthal's half truther, ft wat lUange, herald, that Mr. rnraont should harn remembered minutely what he wat engaged In doing at hit derk In the marthal' oflU'r. on that litrtlcular day, and iioort.pwhcd the idea that he would lio occupied for any length of tin." In ttie preiaratlou of hi commlttm retort foi preienlatlun to thn City Council, which In thlt In-llano In-llano wat very brief. Tho awrrllou of Mitt l'rlndlo at to Marthal l-arami' 1 ehavlnr toward her on the way to the lvnltcntlary and at the (Jlery houv were rnvlewid, and Mr. HUphetia lu-rltleil lu-rltleil that there wat no reason what. ever to douM the woman' voracity. It waa a itraluhtforward ttory and In no material way In ken lur the rlftld cror - eiamlnatliHi. Countel tUKid that tho witness far , thu defeutu were mistaken a to tho door bttweeu the kitchen and alt tins room at Mi. Olrty'a being ojieii all the time, and that what wat aald to have taken place could havn oc curred without utter sa-eini;. Home-thluK Home-thluK hvl Urn ald about Mrt. flirty forLlddlnir, t'rlmlle'a tportluir friend from calllnK at thn limlst ;bllt It seemed that that had already been tuniclcutly exploded, leilnK that Mr. (Ilrry u a.rry iitlinabte lady Introduced MU 1'rludle to her own nltllvea and frlendt. Hho did not treat htr aa a emtio, hut ovldenlly warded her aa if aulllclent rerpectablllty t'l Introduce, her to her company on that one par llcular occatlou. The only ono who did not apnrovo of thlt Introduction wat the laJy from Ogdeu, Mr. Hat' uaytlmUlestiy, bill alio rvldeutly did not regard thlt domntlo lu any morn i.hjectionablo lUlit than the did do-nnn.it do-nnn.it In Keucral. Aa to the allritl attaull on thu part of tho mtrthal In hlaolDcnonthetrcondnccailon, when Mlt l'rlndlo walked Into the main hall, tha only evidence adduced to (lit-xove (lit-xove lier fctatcuient waa that if Mr. Ivlnt, nud o unrcl thankul (lod that tho defonto put lilm iiiioii tlio wltnera rtand. It Hid uot appear Inovldeiico that there wat any trouble between Mitt i'rlndln and tho Ultty family, larond what had Ueu ellcllul from tho wltnera Maircle Korkurr In crott.eiamlnntlon at to what Mitt rrlndle had tul.l to her. TurnluK tolho vliltot tho mat rhal and doctor to Prlndle'a cell, the tulttaut prottcutluK attorney argued that Iho Indecent act attributed to the marihil could ewlly havn Ikwii com-milled com-milled without Doctor Kmlth and (Juard Ward, whu weru engnged lu laruiitcouveriatliiiioutiMe tho cell, tulng conncloutnf It. Tnere mutt Iw loiue motive, It wat raid, In thn I n, of a perron making an accuttthni nf thlt kind, which tiatro direful In Itt rwult. All tho Ingenuity of Iho dr. frnro had been diiectel toward thn ilavtknnieiit of wmio l'e motive which could have actuated the mind of Ihl gill III tilling herrtnry. Thn mo.t tho dtfente bad been ablo to do waa hi Introduce ovldeaco of what they were pleaied to deem a conspiracy; and that had been tcattered to Iho wind. Tin, lotliiiiiuy of "the Iiegn, gltl from Ala-lina"(I)(i:lo Ala-lina"(I)(i:lo llankt), whoteitlfled that the heard n complracy going on tietwren Htark and thou two gltlt, rwote to It ") aliiolutely a to my that the knew tho could 'not be mUled. Whin the defendant had that gltl put upon thowltueta aland ho well kuew that tha wat telling a faltehojd. Ho mutt havo known that tho wa committing com-mitting ierjury, "though," added Mr. tllunhenr, "I acipill Ilia counrel all honorable men of any tuch know!. rdge." That, and that aloue, wo the only rhadow nf contulracy which had lireu talked about to brotdly, and In thncourrnof which defenta cait fotth lutlnuallont at ln at they wi ro un-f un-f on mini. The iiuettlon of a cnnnplracy, then, mud bn cait atldo altogether at unworthy of any rredenco whalevor. Magglo Forkner' ovIJcnce, rtnndlng alone, would not Ik entitled to aa much weight aa that of many other pcrront;hul even tho wat not Jet a common prnttllutr, and her tlatementa crrtaluly lore tho Imprcta of trutli upon their face. Hho wat reeking no pardon, and could havo had no hoiio. of reward. Hut the central fljure In thlt pretention, at a wltneta, wat Anna I'rlndle. and ho wat willing to concede, far theitirpire of Argument, that thlt pr,.i cullou rhould ttauil or fall upon the ttuth or laltlly of her ttatcmeut. Counu-I proceeded, at he elated, to lay baro the lireandchirac.erof tho woman I'rlndle, I'rln-dle, tracing her career from the time thehrrfan loeornhrr own llvrlohooi, In her own native phce In Mlnneeotn, and the following up of her rofertlon ntn niirteln thltclly, In which capacity capac-ity hewon thn good opinion of tliote whom the terved. If thero rrn a con-rplracy, con-rplracy, where, ho a. lied, wat the motive to bo found on her part? If the wat an Impure woman, a prostitute, or a blackmailer, the might havo raid to the mtrthal, "1 havo got Iho whip on you now; you will gel thlt and that done," nud used Itagtlntt him, Her conduct In thlt regard had been that of a true and chatto womin. Ilrr tint atatcinent filled lilt ml ml with the conviction of truihfiilnett; onl ho would rather rerlgn hi vtllrn than do anything contrary to hit conviction. con-viction. Countel denied that tliote wat any evidence tending In the lrat degrtotoahow that Mitt l'rlndlo wat thn "caroutlug prottltute" or lewd woman which thu derenm lit 1 lught to make her out. What object oould lie have had In concocting nitory which, If true, would Matt Ihl mill' llfo for ever? Hut thero wat notn ptrtlctoof tettlmooy to dltprove what rhohadttU. That the had an affection affec-tion for Mattcrrou, he had no doubt wat true, but there ant mi utter ah-teuceof ah-teuceof proof at to any criminal relation rela-tion betwieti tho irllef. There wat no tritlmony to thow that the htd any enmity towarda the marthal, an 1 when thlt earn wat carefully lookod Into In nil lit detnllr, and they reviewed Mir l'rindle'g evldencu calmly und dltptttlonately. who could doubt tne Irutli of 11? Her explanation at to thn rrnntu why rhedlj not tell her mother of her trouble war a mo iiimenl lu her vlttuu Kreatir than thototltnouy of all thn wltnertet they had heard of here; and the fact that the preftrred to go tu prlron rather than have divulged Iho only drfeiiMj which ciiild aavn her wat another uvldence that her reputa Hon for trutli and chatllty wat uot what countel for the detenu, 1ml fought vainly to thow. He Intltted that thu promutlou had ettalilUhitl their can-, t Jiiixii: ncvoKiteoN iuiiTjir.niir.Mr Judge Hendervan followed on the put of tho defendant. Ho tall a clitrgu had been male njaluat nhtgli (.nicer of thlt Torntnry which Involved not only bit morality, hit ttandlng at n man, but which aircled hit ttaudlng atanofllcer, and If It were true, It ttaruprd hlojntono abtulutely without with-out honor lu any way. There wat luvolvcd lu till luvit-tlgatlon luvit-tlgatlon and 111 thlt quettlolt that which would utterly and abto-tutc'ilettroya abto-tutc'ilettroya man nud tutretitatlon ant that of hi family on tho one aide, or exonerate hint from n avrlout au4 Infamou chargu,ou tho other. It required re-quired a degree of evidence to tuako a faliechargeofihliklnd, which would rtainp the nrtou who m le It with more Infamy than thn defendant In thlt caic would bettainiivd If found guilty. Ho atked Mr. Htrphvnt torxrrcUua little of Iho good lento and chailty that hn had exerclted toward "llilt lady," at he ha 1 called her, when he camo to deulwlth Iho reputation nf an olllccr, a hutbaudand n father. If tho defeuto could thow In thlt cat that till wouiaii had mado falro tttteineuta about nny ono material matter, then what tiecamu of Mr. Hlepheiit' tlirorj? If any one of thn chatgv made Bgalnattho marthal wot hown to no ai'tolutoly falte, It ahould ajidjr to all of them. Tho charge nwJw agalntt Iho defendant wa rliullar to that of rapo--tt alleged force agalntt the will ot tho woman. It Involved exactly the tame qucttlou, and ho contended, therefore, that the court thould cuu. alder It In that light and ro determine from tha tcttlmjny hearlug iiiun IU Flirt, tho court mutt detetmliiu whtthrr a crloiu had been cnnnullted; tecond, whether there wot reaaonablu tautn tu believe tin, tll-fculaht gullly of that crime. Proceeding to look at tho facta In thocateann whole. Judge Hrndetiou anauered muiu ol the ro mrrktof Mr. Htepnonelu hit oponlug ndJreu. Did ho not know, atked thuludge, that the defento had clluuj to how ruclllo nctt and be, n ruled out over and over again? Did hu uot know that when thu wltner I'rlndle hertelf wat upon thu ttamMuttiu toon aaanyqnoat on wat otkej at to her re utatluu It vtat objected to and thn old) Hon wat tlltlaliud? Thny were lold they could rhow nlinhltely noth. Ingbuttho wllnert' genual reputa. lion; lu other word, they oould not rhow her truo Character. There wa a dllferouce between character and reputation. rep-utation. The ono wat what tho ron actually la: tho other what thevra reputed re-puted to bo In tho community. Waa It fair, thin, that the prnicciitlon could turn tothtm tauntingly and rav,"Vou have uot thowu Hiiythlug here?" The ilefetito had n gentlemin nil tho tlund thut morning who had Information which hu wat readt m give, and yet ho wat prevented from telling what hn knew. Ho would lint ay that thlt wat Improper; but It wa wrong. Theto terrible accuallont agalntt .Matthal lUrnna caiun I rum a aoutcn hlclicAitdlacrcdt upon Hum. Thn charget wern mudn by two Inmate of tho nlteiillary tho one, Forkner, a telfconfi tted harlot, n girl whom uwu Utilmouy thowed that tho wat tent to the Deform Hrhool at the re-quettof re-quettof her mother, who tinted Hut the girl ttatlnc.irrlglblnund that the could tint Ix'lleve u word tlio utletcd. A nigger fiimUhed her with mocey tn'como to thltclly; the ttnyed here for tevetal dajr, .und tlioy might at Itatt Infer that tho took refuga lu a iiumtlontblohcuie, V hen they got to thlt gltl'ahetri they found It tucli a foul net of Infamy thut oven her uwu mother could not believe her. Aa to Auna I'tlndle, hu ut athanied or hi h gal brethren for proticiillng tuch n pure woman lu the llttt Intlaiicel riietn wut nomethlllg Wrong III Ulahl Hero waa a lady of eminent virtue oonllnrd lu the penitentiary ut the In. ttaiicu of there geulleinenl Bhe had tried to commit tho crime of murder: that wat all; and rtlllthewat rpoken if ata"raiiUut angel!" Uhudld not commit Hint crime and ttep down from abtululo ructlludo allatoucc. What wat tho nmtler Utweeu Ihl woman and Maiterron? ferrc.'ttllelirc covered II, and cou urel for tho dcfene were not allowed to ntk her about It tor thow certain facta In relation to It. i el the went to tho ponlti ntltry convloteil upon up-on her own idea of gullly nf an nttAiilt with Intent to commit murder. Ho much Uon the threthold of thlt care. Not a Hip wa heard of thltallalr until they found thn mar. thai being (pokeu of dlrparaglngly by thr.a girl alter ordering them to bo locked up lu their cellr. Where wa the motive, atked Mr. Htcphent. Thlt waathown pretty clearly by tho evidence. evi-dence. Mlta I'rlndln had been told alio uiu.t go tack to the (Jlety limine or Ira locked up like thoother prlioucrt; and hern It began. Countel nekn ot Mr. VAndrrcnoVa dltchargo from tho penllenllaryAt havlin; n ttrong boir-liiK boir-liiK Uhiii thn rllorla to get rid of tho marthal. Heilid lint lake thn ground that Mr. Vaudercook ciincoclcd tho contplracy agalntt Marthal Par-run-; he could not and did not believe If, but what ho dl I t-y wat that Mr. Vanderconk had not been III rympatliy with hi Hitcilor onicer. The lertlmouy tn tht earn rhowed lhat ho had notion truu to lilui at a man ami whttltouchlto havo liren tuwardt A luperlorofllcer. Tho evidence iliowed conclulvrly tobltnilndlhatllicieglrlt bretthed their foul rtoTKa Into Mr Vnndercook' ear; It wat a willing ear: he wtt roily to lltteiito them; nud they knew II. t)ilienv.e, why dl.l they not go to Ml. VAiidercunk and till her what had happened? The rearon and tho motive were hero ap-parent. ap-parent. Wnt not lllla thnprorlltut' remedy atwaw? When khe Incame enraged at h man, the lint thing hn did wat to tutu upon nl chatgo him with attoclatlon with htr. That waa iiolorlouathe world over, and II wat retorted to lu thlt cate. Thn marthal had donaeomrtlih K thew woiurii did not lite, nnd they rrtorteil by alleging tint he had ttlrd to wrong them. If Ihn mar-hath J acted rudely loa-ard Ml-a Prludle, why did tho with logo l,tck totl.e iienltentlary, knowing that he went there ten timet where he went to tho Htilteiitliry once? Did her rtnry wnt.J Wat It In "fatt vulort?" Wat It not rather n preteute, an ellotl to tdaikeu the chatucter uf tho mar-hnl? mar-hnl? Turnb g III attention tu Moggln Fotkuer, thn tpeaker eald there wat nothing In herctau tu overcome thn prerumptlou that thn had lie). Look at her hlttory, child though the wat. Blio wat a conrr.Ncd harlot. A t tho allegnl Indecent conduct or tho marthal toward "the dlvlii" Mina" (lauglitur)-lii hi private pri-vate ortlce, countel atlj, tho woman' tory coul I not In that regard Ik pronounced pro-nounced ttuo until Mr. M. IC. Panout htd Imn found guilty uf p-ijoty, and win could tutjivct htm of thlt tor one Intlani? 11 would not do to ny Hint Mrr. (Jhiy or auy other member of the marthal' family lied a to thut, lirtlcular dy at thu Glory houto tint-ply tint-ply becaum th-y wern tho mtrthal' relatlvet. Their tettlmouy thowed conclutlvelythaithltptttof I'rlndle' ttory, at leaat, wat a concocted oue, wlththeaole iilject ot Injurlug the defendant. CiiiiiikI ridiculed the ttory of thu cell epttode, where the inirehal and doctor vldted Mlra Plludln when tick. And atked, "Will )ou put Iho tlain ol Infamy mi ml man from thlt Mud of tettiumny? Will you put upon Hilt man and hit family tho ttal u of Infamy I tay, on evidence of tuch A kind, by holding hlui to hall under that tlututn which requlretllial Uifumyou can do It you eliall find lhat a crlmo hat been actually actu-ally committed, nnd that hu la ratably gulllyoflt? Thorn imoplo w ho were prertliig thl prorecutlou thould nl leatttn fair to lllla defendant, Invite every luvettlgallou, and everything that will throw light upon It, iutteal of ttaudlng lu thn way." The Judga amn next tu tha trttlmony of F.etlo Hankr, whom htll countel for the, iitoiecutlnn ha tllppantly detcrlbod nt ''the Altbtma Weuih." Mr. Varlan I beg your pardon; thi.te were not tho wurd ured. Cuntluiiltig, Judge llendcrtoti tall hu would uot ntk tho cou 1 1 or any i-r-mil tu liellevo that n ranrplraey had been put up ly Mr. Htark, Mr. Vender-coolt, Vender-coolt, or anybody elan iiion that girl' unliipiiorted tetlimoiiy tut what lie did tay wat that ono part of her tlatementa tlate-menta went by unchallenged. Thl wa l'rlndlo' remark to her, "Vou h-1 lietter tiotaiy aotindao; thn guvernor and the marthal Ate not frlendt, and you will havn no chance of getting n pardon Ifyoudy or word to that effect. Mr. Varlan Tim Prlndl woman hertrlf duiled It; whoelte could? Judge llendertou ntinittod that there waa aome reemhlaiicn tetwoen Il.iiikiamllho"dlvlne Anna." lloth wire nrofettloml nutrtt, tmth tmoked, and l-lo Utnk wa In tho itiiten-tlary itiiten-tlary for kindling a woman, while Amu wnt thero for bo3tlng n mail. Thero wa ometliltig iwciiltar about thlt coto. The usual order would be to hilug It beloru a magutrate llttt and then lake It before thn grud Jury. The proircutlou liu.l ren IU to tako It bo-fore bo-fore the grand Jury find, nnd It being thrown nut there, it had been brought Into court, with the rruuetttu have It kicked bark ngaln, like a foot tall, to tho guild Jury. Taking up, then, the latt arrauft alleged by l'rlndlo tu havo been committed, Judge Heulertoli aiiulyritl It, ill-retted tho retult nud Ihtew thu dull out of thn oue, The whole thing camu from ft corrupt heirt, and thn motive wat clearly Apparent. Ho Iwd full coullileuco lu the comnilatloner, Countel for the Uofente Cciended uin fad for thn remit, and were qultecuntenl tuletthnctto ak lit own ttory from tho tettlmotiy given Jiere, and nothing elto. "Dut", auld tho Judge, lu conclusion, "wu iv that thl aiory Is damned; eternally damned, that thero women, erneclally tho l'rlndlo woman, hat fnlairled her trallmony, and, that no uun'a charac-tercan charac-tercan he atmrched or ought to ho aUVtud by It." riiouuurttheiinjjourmid until thl moruiiig. (Ainflniictf on I'agt 8. iOMifuiucif tvoi l'aat 3J 2.KAI1IM1 TMK KM). JIK.CKI.l-ltl.Ott'11 AUI'llW Upon tho re-ataembllniTor the routl llil liiomlD, Mr. rrlltlilnw took up the arcument on the altte of the dt fetife. Heaaidlhry wore content to ml.iiilt ILelt anewer on tho ovldenrei eitntly. In aomo roapecU thlawna a moat unl'iue can". In the flnt tlacf, the character of thoiuiu Availed, and lilt oQlclal alluding, rami" It an; nnd It waa rate ta miy that wero It not for the IiIkIi poalllou which liu hell, but for tho vait lolereata whlih ili.tnurti iion the final ilrclslon of Ihla cato, the proeeullDn loan nuo would htu nUndonod It, Ul-icu-ted with the r-howlnir which they hoi -n (-miKlI'd In make. It net unlipiri lcaur It wool J wool 1 1 Indicate that, whether atroua: or weak, there wai aoinethlnitlnltwlilcliloilled It onward on-ward to a final determination irbe ther the evl leura warraiiU.il u ditei nilnallon In favor of the prim culloii or iwt. Jlii ilralrr I to mil attciitljn to a fiotniH III llila (o which coul I n't but be nim". to anyone, ill, th tiniKual manner In which It had b-u briun. ItwnelwKiiulu roveranonlir flnt taken Ufore ttio umii I Jury, then liaodeJ lick Into thli court, an I nowthle court waa nuked a;alu to fend libacktotba tribunal whlihbad rrfuied to ludtct on thoovl Unceal ready brousht lafore It. ltwaaunliio hecuiio the promullon, rontrar t Ihouaualcuitom, had taken without iUrt.on the a'orlea of three two women who welo frlma Jacxt ille-repuulleanl ille-repuulleanl unworthy of teller, and ytt when tho alli-htit attempt wai made to look At tho oiitlrln clreum atancea In order to are whether they were worthy of rredenre, a atop wna at on put un the Uefenae. All ttio clrvuuialaucea ahoweJ that every jartldo of evldenco ndducud liy tliu dermiuliad nrlth'r Uen aousht nor rarod for by the ether tide. There had not hern one eyllable of exculpatory evidence put In by the defendants rouruul whlcli had been wel corned on the part of tho prnae cutluti, no matter from what ourtu It dine. Yit Miirulo Forkuer could come forward and tell a alory an Incredlbloattoahock the credulity uf alnivat any inlud. The proeecullou gult at II, and awallowud every ayllableol It, without nttomptlnit to in lulre whether clriumntancea oroullj-Iiir oroullj-Iiir evidence fottirled It. HedUuot le-memlair le-memlair ever beforo to have tveti a cam proaeculrd lu the rerrltory of Utah agalnat any reputablu iltlien upon the bore word of two women. Inmate of A pmltcutluy tr a hon.o of proatltutlon, orevcuBtml riaitalte oj le, wltlioul Borne attempt belue; made tontcerlaln whrther their ttoilra Into the atanip of truth. No audi thlmtwaa Bought In thla cao.Tlieyba I UiKei-rctaile )nter lay of Aalatant (J. a Dlittlct Attorney Htepheti IhanklnR Uod, in hi ploui manner, that cut of the evidence put In by tbo defi nao he had flalied out oue little utterance which aeemoil to tell agalnet the defendant. Think of III A brother ontoer Charged with an ollonie of thla kind; the iml.lanl dla. trlct attorney brlnita forwnnl evlleuco In order to convict him, Iboiish reprv aentlng the -oph and not private In tereaUv not civil litigation. Thcro wero no private tntemta Uhtud Ihla U. H. aMlatant dlatrlct attorney; yet 0 deep waa lit xaal that lie plouaty tliankml Uod fur thli. Couneel then turned hi attention la tliegitieral tntliuony In Ibocuo and thadlirelent lucldekt whlcliwentto makotii the charge agalmt thotnar thai. Maggie 1'oikner, for the fourth time thla olireputable girl, abandoned to a life of diame, the pro lucl of tho atewe, a very drrir upon the atreeta had teen engaged lu acaao In which tho attemi t ha I been made to bremlrrli tho character of a public oilier. Mr. Crltcliloir hero cited l'orkiier'a accu ration agalnat othir men ry illeu!kJ during thla trial, and ald ft wai en-oujh en-oujh to mike Koda and devil laugh to ee htr UIKin the wlttu-pa euiud telllni; the court with a straight rouu tenance ttiftt theae alleged atttmpted famtllarltlraofthemarilial made hei Indignant aud ttiat ftlie felt outraged, llila from the woman whoitarted out lu her career with a negro, and UolJly admitted that when abe left the perl tentiary aha Intended to enter U3ti n life of ahatnet Aa to the teatlmony of Anua Trludte, woull nuy reeiiectible peraonhangadogupon the word of audi acn aturt? A few yiata ago In till city, when nirty feeling ru high, a hoUMi of oro'tltutlou waa ojianed to further the lntert at of ono al le. l.vl denco of crime wai preferred aRnlnat rirtaln menaudthty wrru convlited. Then 'thla U. H. attorney" took tho inatteruptoahtglitr court aud raid that never would lie wiar ttin mantlo of the United rltatea attorney If the I w were iMetltuted to audi taaeenla. Waa there any dlllereuco lietwevti Uacar VaudercooU couvIctil of n crime of that kind and l.ljaa If. l'auon-charged l'auon-charged with n rrlmn of tlila nature? He wantel to know whither wonuti of Ihla tort were more worthy of ladtef than the rr)iouetb.e, ropuhttilo iilo who tietHlod III that lim? If tho furmiof law were prorttttulwl then ou irlvaln grounda. in (arty mailer, or nnythlng elue, what about tho reaent! 'Ilmea had changed 111 thlaiommuntty Uiil)! Mr. Vatlan Doyou claim that any roferiitlon agatnat Mr. Vandercook wna ever dlmlaaoi7 You bad better git your facta right. It ncvirwna. Mr.CrUchlew It may bo I hav mlataken the name. 1 do not know that that core waa, but I do kuow that aome caaea were dl-mlaaed. If I havotnaloamliktAtemeiit It la not wilful, and the glut of my argument nmaina, C'ouiml touched upon tho family gatlu'rlug at the (Jiray house, an lull that when Mra, Uhsy Intro ilurvl l'rlndle to her frlnnda alio o.uld not havoknownliertobendtanjittahl mid atiAudone I wonmn. Hhe kept hi r ttuecliarirter lu hurae f and lmHntd iijn Mra(lliry In ttio aamo uianntr Ibat the ha I upon tliow who had oomo hete and eworn to tier good character And reputation Calnil), roolly and mlculailhgly thla worn in lal I her I liua when she gut tuik to the 1 1 nltentlary, and the Mine tool tieai and inlciitAilon were condoled from tho outride wot Id even when alio waa tarrying on her tender mlntatra tloneotmre aaauurae. IiuUntthe dun! lifu alio tvaa lending lu Maater-eon'a Maater-eon'a uiloun. Mr. Crltchlow tiielated ou the uiidoiibted lellatlllly of the tietlmony of Mr, M. K I'areona, mil cuUd tbotitiretb' ught of tho Alleged nault on tho part of tho tmralnil uhlle en route with lil.j ileouer to tho jienltentlary, and will that to ut f r ward aiich iivldenco waa im outrage, It waa a roatltutlon ot tin engine of the law. The Uti.y reeldiuio again (iimo In for review, nnd rouu "I lonumnti I up u the alnKu Inrlty cf thn fact- Irciumlig 1'rlndln'a Impritablo alnlrirriit to I e trui thru the niutalml thuulil have clicaeti ailoy when tho houeo wa full of vlaltora to looimlt-iuch uc. act ui lhatclitrgcd, If thera wai anything In the atory, what more pruhable than that I'll womau wmild have goto right tiiero to the dofuudant'e wlfe,wlio waa III the net room, aud ti Id hrror tho otcnrrencif "No, gentlemen," Mid couriel, "It I too tlilu. Thla Wi rnnn niver did fell outrngcl, lie-rauae lie-rauae ahu had uothluiE to beoutrnged nt.1' The accuiNitlou at to thearcoud Alleged nieault In the marahal'a priiate oltliMi nt tnei SVaaaloti Imltillng waa dlisuled by Mr- Crltchlow, who all that If lu thta or any other it'll rt It ihotild le found that tlila l'rlndlo woman' story uotill In austatnet, we might look forwarl to acting other wlventurtaae lornlng I toroiltanfjuallcuwltll their ilitlll'll lilicknnlllng stbamee; because they would know that they would find n ready ear, willing pro'emlore, nnd eople who believe lliilll, a agiluat Anyone rle. He dll InthiiilVe, however, that thla ur any ottitroourt waa golug loliy down auclt a rule of evidence or stuh a rule of law. CoiiiiwI, emritftllly ueiioml natllig MIm I'rlnlle m ' lint in .nil miihl of rhatlliy,"cj4 rulJeaaunwi it y to tin-fatnteat tin-fatnteat crvJenOif her aa-ertloiia aa to what lin ined In thn jirlia-jn cell; and natulierilialrotoget imiiy from the (lleay risldetice, why of courn he BUga-rVe t, Bile proferreil to p, liaill to the nltentlary. where alia caul 1 smoke herrUarvtlee en 1 flirt with the guards al hirowuaweet will, merely ahe woul lot Mill tnuru freedom than ahe could aa bly have III the service nf Mra. Ulray. Jla would not stop to dlicuea the part UyI I y Mr. Varider-itiok Varider-itiok tu thl transaction, but If ono thing had lrvn oppareiit lu the hear Ins of thli coe It w aa that that jrlitlc man waa only too wlllluf to listen to a story of this kind; and so waa Ouanl rttark. Ily thtlr i.nltlon and vljectloiis, aud tho rulings they had obtained, tho defense ha I been utterly inirluitvl from allowing tho truth with reoanl to the l'rlndle wo. inaii-lhlt Diana, thla Uodihta of tliastlty, who, like aomo riol'lerril nun lu Iter virginal purity; had do sired to remain in the sllint cloister fur the nst of her daye thla poor saint whqlmd been eq -rseruted and maltgueHlliy harah and unleellnsat torne who ha I II une at her the mud, of epithet and vllutieratlit I After the queatlonaof thuiefene aa to character had been mini out ovir and over again, waa It fair fur tho i roaecullon to lioaatfully aay to htm, "Now we throw down tho bars; bring In jour prostltutia and your keit.r of housia of llWauiu and Ui bound by their an aaeri;" nnd thl after denying them the petty privilege which they had sought.' "Win re la Maaienou," asked thecoiinet, "her friend, themin whom alio ailed tho marshal to allow In r to see the man with whom she had spont whole nlglilsT" It w aa aal I that Mlai I'rludle'a character ha I nU been assailed. t,ut what afoul Hie evl denco of Wolfliiglon, Maaleraon'i tiar-tender? tiar-tender? "A conalraci, a achem , lit, or what you will" (antd counacl) la liele; but aomawhat UronJ aud tehlnl Unto topoor,wrak tools la aumebiMlylulir ntrdln havlugtlare aloriia tulJ und I elleved. Thai la all Hit ru la of a (-on apliacy; aud that I all wo claim." If tho pri cutlou did not like llo Hat ka teatlmony, let tlieta draw it parallel between tier past au 1 that of 1'rtnilleand 1'orkner, ami the) would bco who tame out ttie more worthy There was ahaoluttly nothing In thla caie at against tho defindlut; for who could any he bellevrd the testimony of rrlndle. (hi womau wtio, under coverof a uurae, iniak Into famlllis? aud lit a tradu at black a ttio art which she hi useU lu ltd case Trnto one I woull rattier take the word of a common harlot of thn town than u woram like thla " It waa qultu lime now that llila nltliy, loathsome cise tame to a close; and ho trusted Hint whin Mr. Varlnu had Liucluleil hltad treat theroiumWal trier would once and for all set the ami of Judicial dlsH proval Utn tho teatluiouy of women of me town, ttvpt mtstriutei and prostltutia who came lu aluiply tu Usmirih men and Iholr famllle. Ho roaciudod Mr. C'rllchlow, who had uien Jut two hourt. iuhi.9 ijiiiiicnr.rrM.ir. U wuanoar after twelvo o'clock, and Altornty Itawllua stutlu I utuu his ad ilriaforthvdefeusi. He twikavery brief K-U' "I review of the rose, and drew n roinirlaoti littwern tho l'rlndlo and iortmr womiu and l.s!a tUnke, nulutiltilug that the Ua-tltnony Ua-tltnony of the Uit named at tenl boro tho leinblaiu e of honest triitli, whereat that of her ptleju roiuiMiilotia was utterly biyoiid the region of belief. Oountvl aeverely h in lle-l thu conduct of Auua rrluulo at the Musterson aaloou during five wliolo mouths, wherestie wu iruimntly eetni drink, lug whltky with atrAiigu men, tieiid iughtr duanlulghlaludebauihtry, and luvlted tho proneoutton t put llio so-culled "illtte negro btast from Altlmiu" by thusllu uf Hits vestal virgin. Amu I'rln lie, tho fnl-, i-wl, lni rturbut l , lying, )mcrlllcal be ng who followed a Ufa of duj licit), falsehood nnd duit-ll llio other woman frank, oim aud above laiar taud they woull aie who would come nut tt. Utiles tills Kirt of blackmdllng Bihimo weru aiiodlly checkett, tuiuirrjvv It wiuld Involve sooiu other deemt nnd restto'alile man, aud nextday aomoono eUo would tn drawu In. Nolhlug cojld Justify any cuncluilon but Hint thu defendaut, Marshal 1'araolis, lugtlt not to bu held ou tills charge for one Instant. The testimony ugaliut lilm waa to tie dls credited and refuttd; it aa Incredible on It face an I ougtit to la atantH)d as utterly unworlhyof Utlif. That wat whntlhu difuneu asked. It waa not uoi i wary for lilm to go ovir the detail! de-tail! of tnla cate,bitauae tho arumecti of til colleague who hal receded him had bit u a i conclusive. Mr. Ittwllna'nddreiaorcui tt-1 nbtut twenty tulnuuri only, ami at lt close the tour! took A rucisa till two o'lloik, ' u, a. DirrnitT atiuiini v.hiian Hit afternoon i nti rid upon hi task, making the closing address ou behalf of the roaecullou. l'uuclually uttwo u'cluk ho tame Into llio lourtrootn armed with a large ai rap twok full of uewspajtr cuttings, and a smell idle of Bhrtta oftyewilier uiutttr, ihvloutly for 1 urjiiieof reft reuie and imotatlou In the course of hta remarka. He la exieiliHt to siMak for aoou rlo of hour tit liiut, ImvIui; rifrestitd hi memory prior to Stirling from n number of i gitofleaIincll uottilu hlipockot book. "1 am ready," aald Mr. Varlan at ) to, aud he at once slarltd lu. t'oun set begun by aaj log that this object of thla iiivittlgatloD, ai In tho case of all Ju.iUlal liHiilrki, had been, und whi, loasiettalutho truth; aud It woulu now rrninln for the oiumlMlonur to ditcrtiilnu wtielher there waa reat-ou utile' r rjbai ieLatise to butlove that tin MleiKO charged a.-sli st the marshal hud laen Qoiumllteil, nntl,lfHO,whtther thu Uerendaut uimmllted h. He denied, as had been asserted by Judgo HlUUll , ti thing liebltitl tun I n aocuilnn l in" fling Inth- motive of thepro'K!Utinif olllcer which would not Lear Insptc lion Tne defendant ' counsel tlila morning raid something about lilm ' Mr. Vatlan) being u'nilled to tnku lartetsyrnra amlncettalu rocOdlngs, nnd a psral 111 wa drawn with iheoiJvctofBhnw-Ing iheoiJvctofBhnw-Ing ttiat the com so ruisrmt ly tho proeriullng attorney was nntoonsistenl n between Ihen nnd nmv. In inn.. a great conspiracy was entered Intu In thla city, Involving o.ary metnbtr ol tho thin poll torcr, and a gient fund was rall for the uroo of establishing house uf I roatltutlon hen. To accomplish whit? In order that the pronmiera rulgll atewk llieni with Imiurleil harlot-, who thp ugh Intrigue and w.llolUlloii might entrap IheunkU-pvctlhttand unaary Uenllle Into place tid sltU'tioni whero they nillhl be obaerted throlgh creep holes, crack an I crevice ly thnst who hal bunded tngitlur to tiring about whit tin y termed nri rx-poeurr. rx-poeurr. rheaelienie tv corrliil out, hriiHa werurente'l, W'inian weru Im-lrted Im-lrted from Olocido au I hail I'run-risen, I'run-risen, an I llwaaai tin motion. When all was n ady aome 2n i or more oom I lalula wi re filed In the Police court against the unwary one. Mr. arian was pro-v-llng with hi remark on thli liuad wnsu llio Nl.w a weutto irtss. |
