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r' •: . .r. ■-' 1 'V . 5 - . '• 1.• anyone. I Relieve; xiarry nealr isj. guilty of the crime jfor which he is} charged and I get j this conclusion from the evidence offered.' • ’ . ' i — ” *•« * «. ’ • ■.*..* . ,|; Mr. Walsh closed his argument at.j.10:31, having used one hour and;' one minute. The speech was filled ?-I •• • • ■ * .• 1 * * * • *- • ' • ' ’. . ’ ’ | *; with but a reviewaliof the evidencei - * . i(for most part and no,attempt was! [made at oratory. j • i A Short recess followed during: • . . 1 . • . j. -j which time the defendants laughed• . . • . j . • . ■| and chatted with those about them, j Milton S. Hastings.' ' •At 10 : 45 Judge Hastings took the• ^ »floor for the first argument of the de~ I fense and immediately plunged into! the meat of argument. - The facts in : this case ars not as clear as they I should be;- the witnesses looked upon j ’ the facts in different ways, in differ- j :ent angles. He here produced a num ; ber of names of witnesses who testi-j i fled that Walker was drunk, somei:i saying either drunk or crazy; when j lie was in C/nnaughton’s place if• short time before ,the killfhg. 'Let’s j* go up to John Healy’s place and -un-t ravel the faces which I miist confess ! is frot clear to me. Referred to the jtrouble between John Healy and Mosegame; told that Harry offered to pay the father for Gootee’s loss at cards and trouble j followed; did hot believe that Walker went in there to protect Harry | Healy from the wrath of his father, j but to kill one of the'Healys, according to his own words; Walker was in I a drunken condition and became in-i suited when ordered to leave the Place and as he went out threatened the life of Healy: later confusion | came about and the witnesses were. excited and naturally differ; I will I not say they lied upon the stand, .they were confused^ I dbn’t believe Berry Thompson was In the room when Walker came in, tie secondtime and he confirmed the belief by : a summary of evidence of some witnesses. Said the reason the crowd• left Healy's nlace after Walker had | backed out with a gun in his handwas because they were afraid of the ! drunken marshal, who had threatened to “get one” of the Healys; the recital of Judge Hastings* picture of the tragedy was dramatic and it was ! logical-. He used Walker’s pistol In his talk many times and said it was impossible, from the testimony, for Harry Healy to have deliberately fired the shot that snuffed out “Bob”
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The Washington Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Thu, May 02, 1912
Page 4
Full Page
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Kokomo-Howard C.
IN, USA 02 Jun 2017
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