Show THE DILLON TRIAL TRILL th the a trial of SI bf W dillon for or the killing ot george mitchell at the broom hotel last janu jankuy try will go on record aa as one of the longest and mast mst stubbornly contested la in the whole history of the territory represented by two t ro of 0 the ablest criminal lawyers in the west judge dickson and jude judge hawara the has t the h e cution inch by inch with the utmost ingenuity anil and kill no point that could make his case stronger has baen neglected by his wa watchful wiTch ful attorneys and in their final plea before the jury logic and eloquence of the highest order were presented aa a powerful rounding ont out of a masterly defence bat but the honors of the st etro gile clearly rest with assistant U 8 attorney allison AIl until within a dy or two he bai bag conducted aba prosecution tion unaided and alone that h be hj j was matched against ench such giants in the profession as powers and dickson neither daunted nor discouraged abina him his ilia treatment of the witnesses I 1 both his own and those for the defence was exceedingly clever and with admirable patience and adroitness he established and clinched his points one by one until at last he be is acknowledged to have completed one of the most brilliant prosecutions the local courts bavi hav ever witnessed his ilia concluding speech was wag close in its reasoning vigorous in its analysis ind and review of the evidence and strongly eloquent in its pleadings whatever may bo be the verdict of the jury it will be universally ver veri sally lally conceded that mr allison has given renewed proof of rare ability as a criminal lawyer his rulings oa on the many in and important questions raised during the long trial and bis his final charge to the jury all attest the dignity and fairness with which judge miner has pr presided esidell over the proceedings no reasonable request of counsel was denied and yet the court properly insisted on confining the range of the testimony to the material points paints involved there was no display of impatience or ill humor on the part of his big honor bonor and all who have taken part in to or attended attend pA the trial must feel that seldom bis his a case of suc such h magnitude been conducted with each general satisfaction the case baa has been a memorable 0 one and is in all respects worthy the I 1 interest it has aroused |