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Brooks Trial Delayed.
Hendersonville, Oct. !t. —</P)—Open- i
iag of the trial of llonnie Brooks.,
charged With the murder qf former,
Mayor Sam Bryson, set for this morn
ing. was delayed until this afternoon
owing to a death in the family of the
defendant's brother. N -
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Final Argumentslri the Cole
Trial Will Be Made Today
Jonathan Daniels, in Raleigh News
i and Observer.
Rockingham. Get. !).—Close pf tlie
third 4».v of urgutiieiit in the Rich
nipt tl county superior court today
brought the trinj of W. B, Cole. for.
the murder of W. W. Ormond to its
final stages and by early tomorow
afternoon twelve weary jurors will]
be engaged in fletermiUg his fate. , j
A. L. Brdoks, of Gren-boro, in a I
great speeeh closed the case tor the 1
defense tonight. Tomorrow morning \
Solicitor Don Phillip* will make the |
closing argument in the case. Judge |
T. B. Finley will make his charge so
the jury, tomorrow morning and
Rockingham will have to wait for the
: determination of the jury,
j Pleas of insanity and self defense
have become in a sense side issues in
the. case while attorneys for the
state ami defense Ha\V fought out
Ihe finest tor. in their argument, as to
whether or not CMe was justified in
killing Ormond, former sweetheart
of fyis daughter, to hush an alleged
scandal against fier name.
I’repUe-y ju*e js rampant as the
argument in' t|»e case draws to a
close., Attorneys for neither the State
nor the defense appear as confident
as both once were. Prosecution attor
neys are expecting a verdict of guilty
of murder in the seeond degree while
attorney** for the defense still insist
that Cole will be aequifted.
In file -jury box the twelve Union,
county citizens have expressed only,
weariness at the long drawn out ar-’
giimeut of the lawyers.
During the sessions today, three
imimasioued appeals were made in
I the case. Larry Moore, of New Bern,
| and Haro’tl Cooley, of Nashville,
\ urged the jurors to return a verdict
’ of murder ip the first degree while J.
iA- Lockhart, of Charlotte, urged
i them to acquit the prisoner. Attor
ney.* for (’ole urged the jurors not to |
forget the proteetioti of the virtue of
North Carolina womanhood while thrf
state told the jurors that they must
say whether “we shall live in law
and order or i;i murder and blood
shed.”
Any Man Mould Have Dyne It.
”1 have the faith that you'll stay
there.” dec'a rod'Mr. Lockhart, "and
not convict him for a thin* taut I
would have done and you would have
Idono ami any decent, red blooded.
innu would have done. They are too
far behind the times to lead u Virion (
county jury to perpetrate a judicial
: murder or imprison an innocent
man.'’
| "Their whole effort has been not
,to appeal to your reason," deduced
Mr. Moore, “but to appro] to some
thin* they assume exists in you—to
dofy_ the hiw. Every defense attor
ney has attemi>te<l to hammer into
your system that a nian has right to
shoot a man down who slanders his
daughter. That's not available as a
defense under the laws of North
Carolina, the rest is all camouflage.'’
Mr. CiOOloy. ore of the youngest at
torneys in the state_made a [dea for
n conviction of Cole this morning
that in pure oratory equaled any
thing in the case.
To Try the Girl.
"They want you to try the girl.”
he declared. "The.v—want you to take
the dead mail out of hie grave and
try him. They want you to try the
issue who broke up the love affairs.
They want you to try anythin* that
will c’oud the real isxiip in the case.
"Bill Ormond has gone on to that
court beyond the skies and his son!
lias been stripped before that court
from which there l< no appeal. He
hue answered up yonder. and yet
they would tnke him back and stand
him here and put him on tial. How
merciless 1 Why won't they let him
sleep? Why won't thfy let him rest?"
lie asked.
“God ought to strike out the tou
gties of the men wlio would slander
| the dead," he declared. "Are you
going to acquiesce in the damnation
r'h dead hotly?”
In his argument Cooley quoted
some statements from Ingcmole and
THE CONCORD bAILY TRIBUNE
in his speech isxibart wan quick to
line the Ktate up with that "great
exponent of atheisnf.” .
No Special Rights.
Mr. Lockhart who if a former
.State nummaniter of the American
Legion struck at the State's pcnaen
tation of Ormond a\ an ex-service
man by deciuriug-rtbat "the foilr mil
lion men who were in the Army
have nor more rights in the courts
than the men that stayed ut boinc.
Their lives are IjO more signed.''
Brook* Speaks.
] Mr. Brooks as a preface to his
speech tonight offered a quotation on
insanity from a North Carolina de- j
iCision us an addition to the other
special instrutions which the defense
has asked Judge Finley to give the
jury. The decision regd by Mr.
Brooks declares that insanity which
t’s a defense to crime is any mental
Serration or sickness of any kind
which made the defendant miube to
realize the nature and quality of his
act or to know right from wrong.
He wtated that he did not intend to
make a bitter speech hut that the
liev. Mr. Ormond was no more to be
pitied til an many otiier fathers whose
sons have fallen. Hr compared Rev.
Mr. Ormondto Adam and the dead
man to Cain. V
Like the other attorney/! for the
defense, lie devoted considerable at
tention to the "slander letter" ami
to the lawyers for the State for heir
, “mean. slanderous
against the character of this young
woman.”
He declared thnt ( Ormond's letter
war "an effort not only to electro
cute the father but to brand the
young woman as a harlot.
"It is us fa’so us hell and dark as
night,” he declared.
He declared that the letter “sur
passes ail the kvpocricy 1 ever heard
writing as a friend of the family.”
lu his speech this afternoop Mr.
Moore recalled that he and Mr.
Brooks ,were classmates together in
. law School 35 yeans ago. but that
this case was the first in which they
ever met. Tonight. Mi'. Brooks in
idjeuliag the State’s statement of in
anity as a defense declared, that
neither he nor Moore knew much
law in law school and that lie did not
' believe Moore had learned any since.
Since the beginning of the trial,
Cole bad not read any of the many
special newspaper account* of the
trial which have been publishd. it
was leprned today. Ifc receives a
heavy mail, but practical}- nil of it
is opened and .attended to by bis
bothers. He personal'.} receives how
ever, the numerous telegrams that
come to him ii the courtroom.
Cole l amoved.
Cole and hi- family continued to
, show the same unemotional facta
and conduct that has’ marked them
TTfrvughout tlie trial, (‘ole listened* in
tently; to all the speechs for ard
against him ant) occasionally con
ferred with his lawyer. During the
short recess ' between speeches be
talked with his family and greeted
friend,/ who came up to speak to him
in good spirits. He completely
dominates his family ard his friends
even while op trial for hi- life.
Re\j, hit- Ormond and his daugli
f Cl'S ,Altowed deep feeling whenever
the name of their dead yon and
brother was meat hired in the sjiecch
«-. During attacks on him however
they .-at with firm faces that did not
jiidc t hiyhurt of the stab*. /
( 'row'll* in the court roouT con
tinued undimiuished today during
the long a,|.veches und many were
unable to find seats in the large audi
torium.
HEFLIN bCOKKS THE
’ 'COTTON REl’ORTfe
About as .Accurate as Guessing at
Hairs on Dog’s Back, He Hayp.
Kinston, Oct. B.—J. Thomas Heflin,
United States senator from Alabama,
canu* here today to address a dis
trict fair crowd. The chamiiion sen
ate hurnoris said he was glad to be
in Eastern Carolina. He in tine
spirits and apparently in good health.
Sir. Heflin arrived in the fbrenobu
and delivered his speech from a gaily
decorated grandstand shortly after
noon. Thousands of farmers aud oth
ers heard ’aim. Every community in
Lenoir, Jones, Greene and Hitteouu
: ties sent its contingent, while some
of his uuditors were from places as
far distant as Raleigh and Beaufort.
One of the first to greet Mr. Heflin
’along with politicians from a num
ber of places, was a former commit
tee clerk among the midway .show
men. This individual recalled the sen
ator’s famous "thirteen-Inmr-**i'ccc'i’
of two or tliris' years ago. alien Sen
ator Iteflin pent filibustering in the
interest of his cotton bill. (Tie started
Saturday and finished Sunday. When
lie quit he had spoken thirteen hours
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BY CHARLES P STEWART
NEA Service Writer
WAS HIN GTON—Crafty M.
Calllaux! ' -
He "managed to give the
' Impression that he wanted, to ar
range payment of France's debt
to America, only America wouldn’t
let him. **■ .
He came over and negotiated.
He couldn't get the terms he'd
hoped for. He didn’t like to ap
pear to bo ending the discussion,
•o he placed the W&shington gov
ernment in Ibe position .of seem
ing to do It.
He let the story leak out that he
and Secretary Mellon had reached
an agreement. In reality .they
hadn't.
i But .the story was printed and
the government had to deny it.
J Just before the denial was is
sued Senator Smoot told the cor
respondents that a statement was
coming. ,
I “What will if be?" asked the
correspondents.
Senator Smoot (grimly): . “The
truth”—this time. No, Senator
Smoot didn’t say “this time,” but
he acted like that was what he
meant. i
Well, M. Caillaux couldn’t stay
any longer. Away he went, leav
ing America hardly as near to get
ting her money as she was in the
first place.
• to *
THE first night the three or
four hundred delegates to the
Interparliamentary Union con
vention spent her*, moat of them
and twenty minutes." the ishowtuau
said But (he senator get no oppor
tunity to make a long winded speech
today. He was sandwiched ill be
tween free acts, horse races and band
jeopeert s. •-
Tlie distinguished visitor "took in
the fail" and found it good. He was,
Impressed by tiie cordiality of the
Eastern Carolina folk. His jinn
worked like a pump handle when he
blitted with the hand shaking ruvalists
w'.to -v.;irme<l about him.
Mr. Heflin's address was marked by
,an eloquent tribute to the South and
the greatness of . its statesnient and
'cultural leaders. He complimented
North Carolina for its progress and
boasted of the Tar Heel -blood in Itisj
veins, inherited front an Orange coun
ty grandparent. He said the South
would be the salvation of tiie nation
some day. "in its Anglo-Saxon citi
zenship will rest the perpetuity of tlie
United States.”
In a flight of oratory tin- senator'
told of how a cotton seed had been
imported into this country but had
never lieen at home or content until
it hud found tlie fertile soil of thc\
■South. Cotton is king and basic to'
thte Commerce of America, he stlid.-
He took a shot at the crop estimating j
system and declared there is some
thing wrong about the “cotton report
business." am going to investi
gate the matter when Congress re
convenes.'" lie said. He called atten
tion to tlie fact that the depression
>f the market for even a cent meant
a loss of millions of dollars.
"ICs. tco much power for the South I
to have to look to Washington for
an estimate of the number of bales
in prospect for the tieusmi’s crop, it
s no more possible to accurately fore
cast the cotton crop by .such means
as arc employed than to estimate the
hairs on a dog. or straws in a stack,”
he declared. Senator Heflin was in
troduced as "I’residential timber" by
Fred I. Sutton, local assemblyman.
Finishing the Job.
-Mother, said a little Is,}- alter
coining front a walk. “I've seen a
mar who makes horse*."
Are you sure?" asked his mother.
' Ve*,” he replied. "He had a horse
nearly finished when J -aw him: he
was just nailing- on his hack feet.”
EVERETT TRUE . ' CONDO
tic. Y l rA Round*-
TICK'S^-
\
, \
left their footwear outside their j
doors to be polished while they
after the European I
fashion.
The hotel help did the polishing
all right, but. not belug used to |
that kind of thing, got the shoe* i
mixed up in redistributing them.
They do say it was a sight to 1
behold and an earful to listen to,
when those delegates undertook to
sort them. out in the morning,
quarreling over them in 41 differ
ent languages,
• • *
Linguistic difficulties were !
noticeable also at the Inter
parliamentary Union’s more j
formal sessions. A speech'doesn’t
make much impression if only
l-41st part of the audience under- j
stands it.
In translation it loses punch. I
Besides, 40 translations take time.
As far as possible the proceed- j
ings were In English or French, j
Even that didn’t give fully satis- '
factory results. <
It meant that the speakers had |
to express themselves, a largo
share of the time, in a tongue they
were Imperfectly acquainted with, j
' to hearers who but partly under
stood them.
• • •
WHICH just goes to Illustrate •
one of the worst troubles
two countries encounter
when they undertake to adjust •
difference of opinion. Nelthe*
more than half knows what the
other is talking about and pres
ently they get to fighting, as about \
the only way there 13 left to petti*
it.
DINNER STORIES
On? Destination.
“Fighting, you kn<»w, never get#
a person anywhere," the teacher was
admonishing the cltn*s.
“Oh. ye*. beadier. it due# some
times.” came from one of ttie Doy*7
“It get# you in the hospital.”
Tofcl the Tfrith.
She—“ Vow. what are you stop
ping for?”
He (a# car come# to a halt)
I’v«* lost my bearings.”
j She—“ Well, at vtou are ®J*ig
jiuftl. Most fellow* l Am om gfts”
j What They Were Made of.
I Waggish Diner (with menu) :
| -Thicken croquettes. eh? I tsuy
j waiter, what part of a chicken is
tin* croquets.??”
Waiter: “Tin* part. that’* left
over from tin* day before, sir.”
v When IJght is Needed.
‘‘Which am de most 'msefulest.
Ebon. de sun or de moon?”
I “Why dc nroon ob course.”
“How come dc moon?”
| ‘‘Ka.se «ir moon, he shine iii tie
j night when we need de light, but do
•>uu, he ,sbine in de day when light
jam ob no consequence.”
Fending.”
I “Hey. any of you fellow* lost a
(wrench V”
“Yea, -me."
i “What’s yer name?”
“Mike Conners."
“You ain’t the guy. This wrench
belongs to Pat Pending. Ilis raine’s
on it.”) . 1
Pawnbroker Was on the Job.
"Well,” siglu*d the chap, "siucc
you don’t want to maty me, perhaps
you will return the ring?”
"It you must know,” snapped the
girl, "your jeweler has already called
for it.”
The money *>pent. by Great Grit ain
on war pensions since 1017 would
have paid off the whole national
debt before the* war. A <
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