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382 &X. AMERICAN 8TATE TRIALB,

you were in your offcet”’ and Frank said ‘‘yes.’’ And not
until he saw the wonderful capacity, the wonderful ability,
the wonderful devotion of this man Scott to the truth and
right did he ever shut him out from his counsel. No sug-
gestion then that he might have had to answer a call of na-
ture, but emphatically, without knowing the importance, he
told his own detective, in the presence of John Black, that
at no time, for no purpose, from a few minutes before this
unfortunate girl arrived, until he went upstairs, at 12:50,
to ask Mrs. White to leave, had he been out of his office.

Then you tell me that an honest jury, with no motive but
to do right, would accept the statement of this man Frank,
that he might have been, these things occur so frequently
that a man can’t remember, and by that statement set aside
what he said to hia own detective, Harry Scott? Well, you
ean do it; you have got the power to do it; no king on the
throne, no potentate has the power that is vested in the
American jury. In the seeret of your consultation room, you
ean write a verdict that outrages truth and justice, if you
want to, and no power on earth can cal! you to account, bat
‘your conscience, but so long as you live, wherever you go,
that conscience has got to be with you,—you can’t get away
from it; and if you do it, you will lose the peace of mind
that goes with a clear conscience of duty done, and never
again, 80 long as you shall last upon this earth, though others
not knowing the truth might respect you, will you ever have
your own self-esteem,

T have already talked to you about this time element. You
made a mighty effort to break down little George Epps. You
showed that MeCoy didn’t have a watch; have tried to show
this man Kendley was a liar because he knew the little girl
and felt that he knew in his heart whe the murderer was.
But there’s one witness for the State against whom not a
breath of suspicion has been apparent,—we impeached these
men Matthews and Hollis by other witnesses besides George
Epps and besides George Kendley and besides McCoy, and
ea to how that little girl got to that factory, gentlemen, this

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