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tauuuiu,.nc, Lite lyuneu upun j' the facts in different ways, in differ*- [ :ent angles. He here produced a num- i ; ber of names of witnesses who testt-j. Jjfied that Walker was drunk, some! i saying either drunk or crazy; when he was in C,onnaughton’s place H,' short time before ,1the ldllfhg. Let's jv go up to John Healy’s place and -un-t ravel the facts which I miist confess I Is frot clear to me. Referred to the \ trouble between John Healy and Mose*game; told that Harry offered to pay the.father for Gootee’s loss at cards a’hd trouble! followed; did riot believe that Walker went in there to protect Harry | Healy from the wrath of his father,I but to kill one of the^Healys, accord-jing to his own words; Walker was in I a drunken condition and became in- 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 | not say they lied upon the stand, they were confused^ I dbn’t believeBerry Thompson was^ in the room when Walker came in tie secondtime and he confirmed the belief bya 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 hand was because they were afraid of the i 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 pistoi In I his talk many times and said it was j impossible, from the testimony, for Harry Healy to have deliberately fired the shot that snuffed out “Bob”| Walker’s life. He claimed that the j father had a right to protect the son ; from harm and the son had a right j to protect the father. The speaker ; claimed that the preponderance of •the evidence was in favor of the defense and that it was “Bob” Walker’s .jfinger that •pulled the trigger that ! sent his soul into'eternity. He re-; viewed the testimony-of the character | witnesses which spoke highly for ! Harry Healy. The Judge then read j from the statutes which gave th«s | jury the right to inflict a jail sentence upon any person under twenty-one years of age convicted of a crime t3 for which a prison sentence is added, kt He closed at the noon hour a logical e talk; one that was simply a review of the evidence as b^jtbeen presented and a talk that; evidefitlv went tc the .hearts of the jurors.
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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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