der the law and the evidence will
meet the demands of this case, whether the verdict be to acquit the
defendants or whether it be to convict the defendants; with that
verdict the people represented by myself and my associates must be
content."

REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE.

"Now, gentlemen, as I said, we want to talk about the evidence in
the case. I will do it as hastily as possible, bearing in mind at
the same time that it is necessary that it be presented to you in
such a way as you will see the chain that has been forged from day
to day in this case, and so that you may be enabled from this
evidence to come to a correct conclusion. I shall not attempt to go
over all the evidence, that is all the details, because I apprehend
that you men have watched this evidence as closely as I have; but
what I intend to say to you regarding the evidence will be such as
I think should be mentioned to enable you to come to a correct
conclusion, and I will leave pieces of evidence here and there to
be remembered by yourselves.

"Again, gentlemen, if I should misstate this evidence, I hope that
the attorneys for the defense will call my attention to it; and I
hope it will not be charged that I am trying to take any unfair
advantage of these men who are upon trial for their lives. As I
said to you in my opening of this case, we contend that the murder
of Patrick Henry Cronin was brought about by a conspiracy. We claim
that it was acted upon and executed. And that these men on trial
are parties to the conspiracy, together with others who are not on
trial. That is our position. We further claim that it was a
cold-blooded conspiracy; a conspiracy that is without parallel,
coldly and deliberately planned; a conspiracy that, as we
understand it from the evidence, would chill the blood in the
warmest heart; a conspiracy that is most terrible in its effects.
If such a conspiracy as this has existed, as we know it has
existed, and if the murder has been the result of such a conspiracy
as this, then it follows that it must have been planned for weeks
and weeks before its execution; and if that be true, then,
gentlemen, you must notice the line of evidence in the case in
order to come to a correct conclusion. A conspiracy always
originates somewhere; one man can n