Show I Trial i Judge I I I 44 i r f v Judge Edgar Ediar S. S Vaught Taught HYDE DEMANDS GUI GUlL VERDICT Prosecutor Prosecutor-in in Urschel Kidnap Case Asks C Conviction ConvictionS n S t i of Defendants Defendants 0 I en Br United d Press Prell OKLAHOMA CITY CITY- Sept 29 The 29 Th case went to th the jury toda today The 12 men who arc to decide th the fate of ten defendants defendants' charged with wit the abd abduction of ot Charles F F. Urschel millionaire oilman received ived the case cas after Judge Edgar S. S Vaught had bad delivered delivered de do- livered a page 38 set of instructions ons n Br By AssociateS Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 29 29 In n fervent language Herbert K Hyde ye 32 year old r-ld r federal district attorney y demanded today the conviction of 1 10 defendants in the Ch Charles F. F Urschel conspiracy trial Precedents are being set that wil will guide the courts and the Ute bar in al all an future trials that grow out o of this determined effort of ot our government to o stamp out this most damnable o of crimes Hyde declared He sketched rapidly a picture of the whole case as as the pros prosecution ution h has s presented it it- it paying tribute to th the courage and stamina of Urschel this fine tine citizen who has gone through the I tortures of hell throughout the stirring stir sUr- ring lag events since his abduction the night of July 22 Earlier A. A M M. Cary Gary of Mi Minneapolis and and J. J J. J B B. Dudl Dudley y of ot Oklahoma City analyzed the testimony against the five defendants defendants' from Minneapolis an and St. St Paul Paul Barney Barney Berm Berman n Clifford Skelly Sara Sam Kozberg Isadore Blu Blu- merrIeld and Sam Kronick of the days day's events event indi Continued on on Pate Pue Six HYDE DEMANDS GUlL GUILTY TV VERDICT Continued from Pace Fue One the case would reach the jury jur in DESPERATE CRIMINALS The men that took Mr Urschel Vay 3 away were the most desperate criminals crimi nals nas that ever appeared in jn U this s courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room cried Hyde He was spirited away by night riders nightriders thrown into the back of an automobile and held prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner for eight days das chained to the floor Ioor of a cabin like a dirty cur When he was returned he hadn't hadn anything to eat except what little they fed him out of a tin can His face was hot His eyes were burning Hyde turned on the argument o oBen of Ben Laska of Denver who had scored Urschel for not revealing all aU details of his captive hours hour Laska would have you believe that tha he deceived the American people He would have you believe that he lied Mr Urschel did exactly the right thing at the suggestion of his government govern govern- ment And if there should be another the chances are arc that exactly exactly exact exact- ly the same procedure would be fo fol fol- lowed Cary Gary cited the voluntary surrender of the men to federal officers and brought up the legal question o of whether the conspiracy angle extended extend extend- ed to a case after the victims victim's victims victim's vic vie tims tim's release IMPOSES DUTY Circumstantial evidence warrants conviction under the law said Car Gary Cary but when it does not exclude e every other possible hypothesis except one of guilt the law imposes on you the duty to declare the defendant inno inno- centA centA centA cent A chain of ot circumstantial evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence is no stronger than its weakest link It is the thern duty of the government to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that they had knowledge of the agreement to kidnap Cary Gary ridiculed the governments government's efforts to convict the five live defendants on the slim sUm thread of ot a telegram using only t th the e first names names com com common mon names at that that that-ot of two men anc and two friends of these men who happen happen happen hap hap- pen to have these same first names The names were Tom and Jack they were used in a telegram allegedly allegedly allegedly alleg alleg- edly sent by Bates to Kelly at Cleve Cleve- land LAST DEFENSE PLEA ILEA If It they had known do you think they would have thrown that money around promiscuously to relatives friends and everyone else knowing that hat it was tainted would bring them into the public eye ce and probably destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy their liquor business Clr Gary Cory argued i t J. J B. B Dudley Oklahoma City was called upon to give th the last defense ar argument Dudley said he believed the federal federal federal fed fed- eral act is the beginning of the end of ot in the United States I UI dont don't understand that the government government government gov gov- contends that my clients were parties to the original agreement agreement agree agree- ment meat to kidnap Mr Urschel last July 22 It contends they came into it after he was released he added Of course we cannot be liable for for anything that was done before that time tim unless you find later on we acted with knowledge of the It Itis is unfortunate for three of my clients that they have been in the liquor business in Minneapolis The court will point out in my opinion that the mere fact that they are tire in the unlawful liquor business is no proof in this case Dudley read the telegram by which the he government has attempted to connect con ned fleet the Minnesota defendants R G. G Shannon Cleveland Ohio Deal has fell through Jack and Tom Torn have left Communicate with me at box George Geore The telegram the government nt contends was sent by Bates Dudley then reviewed the whisky deal in hi which Berman sold cases of liquor to Mr Collins from the south for |