Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1886, Page 2

% THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1830, S — IT RESTS NOW WITH THE JURY All Arguments in the Lauer Case Oon- cluded Yesterday Afternoon. THE TWELVE MEN RETIRE And Are Still Out at 3 a. m—Gen. Cowin Makesa Closing Speech of Cogent Argumentand Master- 1y Bloquence-Judge Thurs- ton's Great Effort Yesterday's Proceedings. The diurnal pilgrimage to the court house began at 7 o'clock yesterday morn- ing despite the penctrating mist which was trying to make everyone uncomforta- ble. Bodily discomfort, however, was not thought of by the vast erowd desirous of Learing Gon. Cowin make the closing ar- gument in the Laver case, Friends of the prisoner. his encmies, and oven those fndifferent to his welfare were alike anx- jous to hear what the man whom Mr. Thurston characterized as the “‘great chieftain seeking to dangle Lauer's scalp from his girdle” would have to say. To say that the court room was filled gives no adequate idea of the scene. A wild suffocating crowd packed every nook and eranny in the room. People stood upon step ladders and gazed through the transom; they stood on the outside of the windows and hung on to the casements: they stood upon tables and craned their mecks anxiously to get a view of the speaker. The c:\‘mcily of the court was never subjected to such a se verc test. The faces of the audience were expressive of the decpest attention and an occasional burst of ap- plause would greet Gen, Cowin's elo- quent passngos Mr. Cowin was attired in a close fitting frock the sleeyes of which he pushed back when he got fairly into the &pirit of his_discourse, the white cufls making o striking contrast to is raven . He walked to and fro in front of the jury box while he was speaking, but would oceasionally turn back to where Lauer was sitting and address a rhetor- jeal question to him in a low imyressive voice, The prisoner rested his head up- on his hand and looked towards the judge at times, how sting his eyes at the lawyer who was speaking. ‘There was a littlo delay owing to the lateness of the defendant’s counsel in arviving. “Send for Judge Savage,’ remarked the court. “Judge Savage is in_the room,” c.mo that gentleman’s well-known voice from the centre of the crowd to the left of the beneh, “and expects to be with you in a short ‘time.” : 2 l!{ dint of vigorous'elbowing the judge finally succeeded in making his way to the front and took his seat, panting from his exertior Mr. Cowin then rose to his fect and spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the jury: I consider it a mat- ter of protound congratuiation to all of us that we arc drawing near the end of this ease. T'o you.who have sat so long, patientl; listening to the testimony from day to day and I want to say that so far as this defend- ant is concerned, he may congratulate him- gelr on one thing at least, and that is that he Tins been defended by the most able counsel and that he has had as magnificentand spien- did a defense as ever was accorded to a pris- oner at the bar, Not a stone has been left unturned, Not a proposition or law has Inid idly on the pages of the books that could be presented in his favyor. 1 do not, gentlemen of the jury, come to ou with an nddress such as ‘was' presented y my friend Judge § © nor such as was prescnted by my learued friend Judge Thurs- . 1do notcomo to you with one sentence prepared; not one word put_on top of anoth- er, and, gentlemen of the jury, so far as I am coneerned, my dealing now for a short time is with you, and with you alone, ~ ‘To me what other persons in_ this room may consider of what I may say is of the ut- most indifference, To me whit has been said about me in this case is of the utmost indifference, and I care nothing about it. 1, gentlemen of the jury, in the short time that L shall talk to you, shall TALK ON THIS CASE, and Ishall talk to you thesameasif this jury of twelve men, the defendant and his counsel and the judgze on the beuch only were in this court roon 1 have been, probably, a little abused. 1 do not complain 'of it; it 'is in the regular pro- gramme, There are men on this jury who st in the jury-box in Douglas county years ago, when' 1 'was district attorney. You all Tculember then that probably I never tried an important eriminal ease that I was not a big- ger villain than the prisoner at the bar, if we were to leave it to the other side, and I pr sume that_during the four y 1 was dis- trict attorney I received more abuse than any of the prisoners 1 tried. 1 expeet it now. “The gentlemen have been pleased 1o 50 look upon my connection with this case, My frlond Savago snid 1 would be denun- clatory, that 1 would bo vinl . 1 trust not. Mueh of my mode of procedure has been learned from my venerable friend, and probably the better part of it Now SU T things before I proceed into the s to wipe the cobwebs and diff 1 propose, gentlemen of the jury, to ABUSE NO 0 ‘Phe step-amother of this detendant and his sisters will not hear an unkind _word from me. The ease does ot require ity nor would it do any good. 1 wisli to speak now, gentlemen of the jury, of the defendant and his friends. I am not required to pass any euiogy upon Miss Laucr, whio has testified i this case, yet 1 am’ will: ing to accord to her all the bravery of the maid of Orleans, and all the generosity t i claimed for her. It reminds me, how of o caso | tried some years azo in Cass county, when I was district attorney, 1t was ' case of ing a woman, and the cireumstantial, A shot had en fired down'tha road in the country., No one knew who fired it. We only knew a woman foll a vietim and died shortly after. The defendant was presented for trl al. On the trial of that case the defendant himself, his old father, his old mother, his sister and his aunt all swore that he was in the garden hoelng at the time the shot was fived. The aunt swore that at the time the shot was fired she was handing him a drink of water, but he was convicted. “Phis sister has stood by her brother and stood by him nobly; bit you would not ex- set her to do auyiiig el “The gentleman said I would bo denun- elatory, that I would be abusive and that I would inora or less expect to_intluenc Jury in that way. Idonot think m ‘n ko Savage should so accuse me, now when 1 have given him a dolng. But I want to say this, g Hio iy, you heand tho agguinéntof the coun: sel here yesterday; you heard what was said by Judge Thurston aud ou heard whit was 8id by Judge Savage. I never iu all my li used s mich abuso in an argument of o ©ANe 08 was used in- one arguiment hero y terday. L never inall my lifo abused inen who liad nothing to do with the case as men were abused yesterday. | never in all my lite, gentlewan of the jury, and it I8 iy Jrayer to God that 1 never will, abused # wolan in acts in words, (Applause,) never In my lifo assailed a woman's charae Lnever in my life applied an in- veelive to the lowest and deepest fallen, and God helping me 1 never will,' Their sorrow 15 enough. Their misery is more than they bear, Why, gentlemen of the jury, [ ney e one of 1iose poor creatures that 1 do not think that her bright eyes onee looked out in nnocence, That oneeshe wus a mother's dar- ing. 1 never think of thew, gentlowen of the Jurpbut to romember Ui rrible history that aking oneof thew alone 1) give tho his- tory of all, poor vietis of theirown eredulity or the outeasts of another’s crime, With ali this misery heaped upon their heads, it is not for we to stand in the eourt ~of justice and licap more misery and 1 will not do it The case is presentid o us to start with, with the abuse of wowen. We have been told, too, a great deat about public opinion. My " friend grew wost elo- Guent when he was armigning puolic opin Gentlewen of the jury, Just let mo say itat this,“we'are not trying ion In thls case. e lave 0 testimony agaiust him or An abuse was also made on the !!llm press, the most ind men. hey were ‘called “beardless eubs.” Well, geutlegien of the jury, 1 will leave those this friend do not ason for so itloien of her. lomen “beardless oubs™ to take care of themselves. We are not trylng them here. entleman fefnember that In the spring of 861, the majority of those whio flew to arms for 'the preservation of their country were “beardless cubs? Does the gentleman re- member that the fiag was first prot ted by & “beardless cub?” Gentlemen of the jury, Tre- member as if it were in the court room this morning when, on a summer day in 180 head and with her blessing sent me out 0 battle for my conntry. a forgi eng por country, and y to parade upand down to¢ And I certainly would not do it if the only enemy 1 had to attack twas two or three “beardless cubs,” or an empty pistol. |Laugh- te I never thought it was necessary in the presentation of a case to rear up and down and to pronounce in m. am aman.” Why I hope you will take for granted, 1 ‘learned “from my frien Thurston when he was a “beardless cub,” that he was a man, every inch of him, But gentlomen of the jury, why have they mentioned Publie Opinfon Here? know anythingabout Public Opinion if they fad not mentioned t? Do you suppose, gen- tlemen of the jury, that thisaudience is gath- ered here by anything that is said in_the pa- pers? Not one word of it. The press of this city during this trial has been absolutely im- partial, absolutely conservative and has done nothing but present the facts in this case. Of the press itself and of these gentlemen » this personal reference—l find that I v the enemy in no less than six im- ant battles, and three times 1 bled for my t I never found it necessary ] cannot take time to say anytiing, bt my | friend rears and tears at public opinion as it fie was not the pet of public opinfon and sucked at her breast for twelve years while 1 have been a virtual outeast. Public opinion, sir, lifted you to e top wave. It has sont you to every political convention, even to our national convention to stand the peer ol any there. 1 will tell you the trouble with you: you have been petted so much by public | opinion that if public opinion has a care: for another you want to murder it, like you client, who could not hear a look from an- otlier person at his wife. We are told, gontlemen of the jury, that no good can be done this poor fauily by pun shing Lauer, no good can be done to the rel- ccoased by punishing Lauer, No, nol none whatever. Gentlemen of the ury, we do not try cases for_doing good to he friends of the deceased, That is not_our object. No, you may take Lauer and punish B us yon witl, Tt Goes hot rovdn the danghter to the bosom of that mother, it does not return the danghter to the embraces of | her sister, It don’t do that, But is that any reason who should not punish guilt? A fow vears ago . we were startled, the world startled when a bullet the head of the rand- 1 tiiat ever trod_Ameriean soil, Abr ham Lincoln. But gentlemen of the jury, would the punislimentof Wilkes Booth wipe one tear away from the eves of Mrs. Lincoln or from the eyes of ler boys that were left 0532 No, sirs, we are not, seeking to the punishment of John Lauer to do good or to alleviate the sufferings of this broken down old mother or the bereaved sister. The Afternoon Session. ‘When General Cowin began his argu- ment, the space occupied by his bodv was the only spare room in the building. The heat was intense and its effect were plainly seen on General Cowin's countenance, In speaking of the light of the room on the night in question h id that it was moontight, Miss Lauer stated that when she ran out of doors she stumbled over something, butshe was in such a condition that she was liable to stumble at noon- day. Matt Gahlon testified that he conld clearly distinguish her features. Other evidence went to show that the moon was shining in the west window of the room where the tragedy occurred. The tests made by the defense were at a time of night “when the moon W in the east and its rays could not illumine the apartment. On the other hand, Mr. Ewing, the only witness used by the prosecution, testified 1o making & t tunder conditions which were entitely fair. The lamp was put out, ahd from the light coming from the store alone the question whether or not Tauer could see his wife was investigated. A person standing in the door could be vecognized trom the bed. Not only that, but the ordinary print of a newspaper could be read. He stated that the d fense thought that by bringing men like Herman Kountze and W. V. Morse into court they would influence the jury The fi night they went up there the stove was dark, but a face could be re ognized at the distance of three fect. Gen. Cowin then took up the doors of stove and pointed out the fact that the isinglass was darkened when the tests were made and that when the tragedy oceurred they were as “bright and clean as the heart in Sallie Lauer’s body.” He accused the defense with preparing the doors especially for the oceasion when the tests were made. “It was not,” said he imy Vi isinglass through which the light shone that dirccted the bullet to Sallic Lauer’s heart.'” He next took up Lauer rard to the light. He tes d that the west plind was up. He says he saw the head approaching and expected to sce a body fall across the foot of the bed. “Now,” continued he, “I simply ask, Do you' suppose Sallie' Lauer or John Lauer were out of bed before the shoot- ing or after placing the oatmeal on the Stovi It is shown that Lauer filled the g ne hefore going to bed in which would not be out_till next morning \lon swore that there w the magazine when he there. Ben Gallagher gives corrobor: oyidenco, stating that the lower pa the stove was cherry red, showing the stove was shaken down. ‘That demonstrated that thes had been up; that the stove had been shaken. Who did it? Burglars? No. How did it come about if they had not been up? Matt Guhlon said that a chair was be- tween the stove and bed and that the door from the kitchen to the dining room was open i not opened till after the coronercame. Who did all this; who prowled around the house at night? 1 feel th but one answer. That fire had been attended to time after time botween 9 and 2 o ‘There is no eseape from that conelusion, and the is conclusion that Lauer was the one who attended to it. Gen, Cowin then said that from the y direction which the bullet took it could not have been fired from the bed, as in that case the ball would have en tered the brain at an angle of forty-flive degrees. In the most eloguent way and amid the most intense interest, Gen Cowin commented on Lauer’s language, which he characterizes as brutal in the extreme, General Cowin continuing, spoke as follows: Lauer says he fired, looked, felt for his wife and she wasn’t there, He ot up and, X o imony in neople cording to his stateient, he felt the body placed one hand upon the hip; but what h: e said about it before, He told Mrs, Gos schius that when he got up and got around to the foot of the bed, not after e lighted the 1amp, not after he Struck the matel, but that he saw that he shot his wife, and that he saw by the heaving of her still breathing, Uncontradieted, Mr, Baldwin, e tells i and when asked, 'Y ou pick 1 up in amomentand placed bar ou e answers with the ALIGNITY OF A FIEND, oft ‘hier for * the corofer.” itent soul? Is that the peni man? howed his penitence by giving proy 3, the same ny man does,” A wan commits'n erin; ndones it by paving a fine. Lut, sir, that is the way that Lie left his wife at that time. Now they Oh well, the idea of leay her for the oceurted when Gallasher got there, When Galigher got there the body had not been tonelied, ot 48 wmoved tle on the as e 50 that it that gave him the COron. because he tells these parties liberate, *1 lott for coroner,” God,why didu't thie blood of Sailie Lauer rise from the tand strike him -dead® “f left her tiiew” " Now let us take Lis own aent of \ehat he says, and that ie_ more SUIL " Oh, herror of Lorioss ut does the | * , my mother placed her hands on my | 1whs not 16 years of | I look over my discharge and—please | o Lwasa man, | tones, “1 | Would you | 11 st that she was | oh, | ' Mae- | | beth says after his fout dead of murder, .00k on Itagain T cannot.” 'This man, what does hie do? He feels that it is the body of his, wife. e don't know now, bear in mind, whether ~she Tis fainted or whether she has boen shot. He { don’t know that. He don't know whether it is a fall from a faint, o whether it 18 a fall from his bullet. Ie dees not tonch her at this time, l'xr'l‘a-[ to feel of her and shake her. This is his testimony : e felt of lier, and shook nier, andealled to her. Now lot us see whether he ¢alls to her of not. Minerya Lauer was up stairs: Minerva Laner jumped out of bed the moment that the shot” was fired, and as she says, a scream was heard, Oh, IF THAT SCREAM COULD TALK wonld lave © light on this They do not tell us the volco of that i 8 he screamed. Some- you say. He says hg shook ner to her by name. Minerva Lauer was up stairs, and she_swears that she | jumped ont of bed the moment the shot was red, and heard him tramping up and down som, making exclamations of horror. nd what were they,” T a: - you,” she Say them,” 1 5aid, and she said, “Ol, nowhere did she say, “Oh, Sallie.” Nowhere. ¢ says he calls to tier, Miss Lauer swears she could hear his breathing up stairs. 1f she could hear his breathing p stairs, tien she could hear his appeals to_his dying wife 10 come back to hilm fo love. Butshe did not. No, and they never were uttared. In all this transaction, gentlemen of the jury, althougl y friend Thurston says he exclaimed “Oh, Sallie,” in all his testimony 1 will defy you to find a word, from the beginning to the end, that he mentioned his wife's name, except 1o say, 1 have Sallie.” He never said “Oh, Sallie,” he never sajd “Oh, my love,” he never said *Oh, my wife,” he never uttered an en- dearing term to that bloody body lying before lim. Not one endearing name, % what did_he do? Let us take lis testi- mony. will show you now that Micy Lauer contradicts him, atd I Lave no does’ thiat Miss Lauer is corfect; that when she got out of bed, that man was PRANCING UP AXD DOWN THE ROOM, still in_ anger. She says he was; he swears he was mot. I ‘have no doubt in the world sir, that that man was tearing up and down the room, still in unmitigated rage. She says ho was; he says he was kneeling at the side of his wife. She says he was tearing up and down the room. Let us take his own statement at this point. He says that he shook ler, he saw it was his wife, e didn’t know whethier she was dead ornot. e got up, and what did he do? He went coolly and - deliberately, and more so than I conld go and take drink of water out of that glass this moment, he found the mateh box, Tie lit the mateh, hé took oft of his student lamp the chimney, lie turned up the wick, lighted it, put the chimney on again and then looked around at his wife. Wouldn’t it seem to you that the moment tho mateh was struck he would look around? But he didn’t, He didn't, sir, He waited. He got his match, he turned up the wick, took off the chimney, lizhted the lamp, pit the chimney back again, and then, for the first time, looked at the dying form before him. In the name of God, in'the name of human- ity, iu the nawe of that which binds human- ity together, don’t it scem as though at least he could have said, “Oh, t scem that at lea lighted his mateh and looked around and seen the body and rushed to it? No sir, he lighted the lamp, turned around to the body of Sallie Lauer, and it was Iying he says about ‘on tho Tig side, and probably a little more on the face, He then took and turned the body some; on its back, he thinks. We know the body was found oh its back. What did he do then, gentlemen? He says thathe felt theheart. Ol that heart_ that had yielded the world for yous he felt of that heart; that heart that had sufféred all the pangs that human being could be ealled upon to suffer; he felt its fut- ter, he felt it beat, and whatdid he do? Shook the body again. He saw the BLOOD COMING FROM THE EARS, from the nose, from the mouth in an instant, and he did not wipe one drop of that away to give access to the breath of life. My God, where have you ever seen an example of beasts, let alone human He never from thé nostrils wiped the blood; he never from the mouth took the blood, co the air might reach that breast: so that air could reach thoselungs, Iwill not say aword more on that—not a thing. He did not know at this time, gentlemen of the jury, and put that down, he did not know at’this time that she was dead. ile swears he didn’t, e thought she was, biit he didi't know, and the last fie knew of her, the heart was beat- ing {n her noble breast, Now what_does he do after this? He says he knelt by her side, and finally he heard his sister coming down stairs. Gentlemen of the jury, when you go into your jury room, will you tell me why he rushed out and stopped that sister. Why did you £o and stop that sister? She was going out of doors; shie was rushing out. That poor i, the methory of that nizht will remain on fer ' mind so long as_God will give her life. 1 wish it were in my power to wipe_it away. You knew wi was the matter. She knew the trouble in that house: she ran out. ~ She I ‘was going for help for Sallie.” She what was the {rouble, She heard her brother calling out Ol Lord,” she heard one shot fired; but the voice of Sallie Lauer was dead. 1t 'was not heard, was it? You know when Lauer was calling out “Oh_Lord,” and Sallie Lauer’s_voice was silent, that it coulg not speak. You know and we all know it, and th ion about it. Poor gitl, if my ng can relieve you in the least, and give you an hour the less suf- rod knows'it is yours from now on. w Sallie Lauer needed help; she allie Lauer's voice was silent} she we THAT SIHOT WAS FOR SALLIE LAU He stopped her; why didn’t you et her run? He stopped her, and he tells her what to say when she goes out. * He tells her what to say by saving to her I have taken Sallie for a burglar and shot her.” " But did severely she was shot? Not at all, ask? Not at all. More than Lauer's voice was’ still. She went over to John A, McShane's, and_there was Lee and Gahlon, “She didn’t say that Sallie had be taken for u burglar and shot, but she something terrible had happened ~at our Louse; that is what she John Lauer’ goes back into the What does he tall you? Miss Lau that she saw upon his face a look of despa Now in order to see that look of despair, ) kuow, gentlemen, Lauer has got to take ‘the trouble to take the lamp from the bedroom into the sitting room and set it on the table, Bearin mind, she could we THE LOOK OF I because at the time you will notice that immediately north of fhe stove is a door opening from the hall into the sitting room. You will notice that that door is right adjoin: ing the stove; that when you open that door, the light 'from the stove would have shown Jolin Lauer plainly. You don't be- gentlemen of the ju t John Lauer to thetrouble to take ‘the lamp from the sing case in the bed room, and bring it out in the sitting room. He says he did. Now what did he do?” Now let us see his act for a moment, gentlemen of the jury. Let us see what he'did now. He went back into the 1o knelt again beside the body of his wife Ho didu’s know yot that the heart had stopped beating: be didu’t know yet that the soul had fled. “Phis is his own testimony. Gentlemen of the jury, let me tell you another thing that is in fhis testimony: ihat { when John Lauer went back to the body of | his wife he did not know where she was hit, according to his statement. 1le says that he knew she was hit in the face, but he did not know where. He did not know whether that builet had passed through and lodged in the mouth, and causod the blood to low from the mouth'and nostrils, or whether 1t had pene- trated the brain, e says he did not know, gentlemen, and yet, not knowing, John Laucr, (turning ~to the yrisoner), not knowing that your wife was dead, not knowing thutshe had a mortal wound; not knowing but what a drop of water would | 1ot breath into her soul, not knowing that, | you left her like a dog on the floor. Now, sir, Le didu't know it. “He went to work and dressed himself, Now he says he dressed | the doctor, *John Lauer,” time that you proposed to go did you Know your wife was He says he'did not, All this time she was Iving (here; all this time she was in agony, and ho didn't kuow she was IBLE THING, 1 od John Leuer | B, he doctor, What is “1 wanted to be beside my wife,” t, did you know she was dead?” 1 did yrned to life I wanted bo there Gentlemen of the jury, 1 said then, “Mr. Lauer, you remaiued there 0 48 to be' with the bmli) if life returned?” Do you know what is the auswer to that ““Ilhiat is exaetly it; 1 wanted to be there life returned.”” +hat is exactly it:” the four words of Lis answer. ow, geutlewen of the Jury, just think of it. That body lyiug ther 1thiat time, not knowing but what it might tiurn to lite! Is there but one answer \\‘ha he did not do anything to restoie that body? s | there but one answer why John Lauer ited to be beside his wife if consciousness returned? There is just one answer, Itisa (errible answer, but We cannot escape frous it. It is this, ob, this is the auswer: yanted, to see ML iny act was not pro. | my own behalf, but in behalf of the people, nounced by thosei lips, if life_ returnes dared not trust myself away from her, cause the i SECRET OF MY FOUL yet be told/ from those anpa ently dead Ifps, Let me now whether or not' this is justified. Have jou reflected upon the condition of that hody? Bear in_ mind: up to this time, for many minutes, he did not know that lite was extinet. Now, what did he do that night? He savs the body tell about on_its right side, and that he turied the body over on its back. How was the body fotind? " Let us take the testimony of Mr. went in, and Matt Galilon, the next who went in there, and it is not disputed by anybody Mr. Lee and Mr. Gahlon say that the head was turned over to,thoright, so that the nose nearly touched the carpet, don’t they? Now, ust think of this position of the body, ust look at this position of the body. The head was turned over to that the nose nearly touched_ the c the body was on its back. Now, of the jury, in that position of the body, with the head furned over to the right so that the nose nearly touches the carpet, the head was neatly twisted off. And with the head in that position and the hody in that position, it was mpossible for that woman to breathe, even it there had been a chance of life AND YOU LEFT HER S0? Why didn't you, when you turned her over on her back, turn her héad and raise it 0 that air might enter the lungs? He did not do it, but he left her head over in such a po- sition that air could not get to those lungs— lie left her there, Thatis the fact of it, sir, and left her there until he was sure she was dead, and the story of this tragedy was® secroled by, her” de- parture. Think of it. * * #'# He was goinz to make sure that lite did not return. rom_the very start, gentlemen of the jury, ho has thought of nothing but John Lauer, He has thought of nothing but his own de- fense; he has thought of nothing but his own protection, even to seeing it made certain that the 1ips of Sallie Lauer could never talk. And thus he leaves her, already premeditat- ing, already calculating the défense that he would make here to you, gentlemen of the v, When this matter cameup. My learned Savage, tells you if he were a uld not do that; he could not take the hair and wash it, andl assist_about the body. Why, gentlemen of the jury, the MURDERER OF THE WIFE has even taken the body and eut it in pleces and burned it in_thestove. ‘Lhe murderer of the wife has dragged the body and placed it in the well. The murderer of the wife has even taken the body and thrown it in the river. The murderer of the wife has gone and coucealed the body in the wood pile. Themur- derer of the wife by poison has dressed and prepared the body for the funeral. Gentlemen, I fear I tire you, and yet I have endeavored to_make no spread caglo specchies licre, to make no Fourth of guly orafion, to make no tirade on public opinion, either for or against, I could not do 1t as -~Iu?|u‘n|h‘ as my learned friend can, cither. but I think it has nothing 0 do with the case. 1 am talking of thes¢ facts in the name of justice, and do not find anything, like my eloguent friend, thatcan be said of public “oninion or the press. We are told now that when these parties came in he told the story, and has told it since. So he hns. A word more here, gentlemen, and I will hurry on, We are told by my learned friend Thurston, that Mr. Lee, Mr. Gahlon, Mr. McShane, and the others who went in there—Me. Galla cence when they be- CRIME might ., felt sure of his inno- in, Remember that. Let us see how that will appear in the light of this evidence. The old man Lee, an honest old man, who would not perjure_his soul to save John Lauer or any, other man, who is already tottering on the'verge of the grave, and expects soon t6 pass to the other shore, that old man is the firét one that saw that terrible scene. That man is the first man that saw i o1 TRE TERRIBLE PICTURE that morning. Oh, how different from the picture the night before, when she nestled in his arms, and blushingly looked up into his face. Judge Thurston says that after the separation he wanted to s: an 1 see you to give one more kiss of farewell?” What a cene. Now here was a departing soul; here « throbbing heart; here was an agoniz- ing body; here were ‘parched lips: - here was & scalded fongue. And did he ask A Kiss then? This is the scene that old man Leo saw when he came in. Bear in mind that Mr. Lee saw the surround- ings, looked at the man’s hands, looked at the bed, heard his explanation, saw the whole Thing as 1t was fmaedately after the tragedy: And what does old man”Lee say about_it? The district attorney asked Mr. Lee this question, Did you ask him how it occurred?”’ nd what was Mr. Lee’s answer? HIM NO QUESTION—I SAW ENOUGH. That is the old man’sanswer. What did he see? ~ See she was ~mistaken for a burglar? Not at all. Ben Gallagher, when he came there, met' Lee going out of the house, and didn’t ask him_how it occur- ved. Ben Gallagher knew well enough, Mr, MeShane was 0 there and never asked how it occurred. He knew well enough, They all knew well enough, and he_says, 1 asked no questions T suw énough, Is this the conduct of a penitent man? Is this the con- duct of one who feels regret for what he has done? If s0,in what way does he exhibit it? What did the man who had shot his wife by accident and in the presence of the body, while its lovely form yet seemed to DISPUTE WITH DEATII, while its Jovely face seemed vet to' belong to earth, say to Mr. Voss? “How do the people take this? 1t would beall right if that son of asoandso.” Is that the language of a enitent man? Joe ller, this man that has been traduced, and the man who in this in- vestigation holds the noblest place in it, from the beginning to the end, on either side; a man who liad been told'the wrongs of his niece, knowing she had no father or brother; aman who knew that Ler only protector was the good old lady who so soon must follow her to the grave; a man who knew this had he audacity to stand by an woman. May thé last act of my before Tam ealled into the presence of Taker be with th of wiy lips pro- woman. When this man stapped into the room with: che sister of the deceased on his arm, he said in the presence of Mrs, ller, * would like to kick that tan ont of door Is that the voice of regret? Is that the regret of sorrow? At another time in the presence of Mr. J. W, Tler as Joe Iler came into the room, he says, “Hell, 1 would like to kick that man out 'of doors!” and STARTED UI' IN 1118 RAGE but was prevented by a lady at while the dead body of his wif the roof. Is that the voice of reg n the voice of sorrow? is that the voice of penitence? This is the man whom they depict s the bright, brilliant, loving husband and the penituent, after the accidental shooting of Lis wife. 1 think I will not pursue this ease any far- ther. One word as to the probable seene there that night. We know that the door was unfastened, and the coal out of the grate, and in all probability that lamp was never put out. Bul these other matters we do know. That woman hiad becn in sorrow and trouble all that time. No doubt, time and again, she said, “John, 1 cannot endure this life any longer,” and held up ler hands in despair, and said, “John, kill me, 1t will be doing me the 'meatest of services” No doubtbut that nightshasaid,“This cannot be endured,” and, rather than have that woman leave, and haveé that face smiled upon by an- other, he would rather put her under the sod. We know he could not Irve shot her from the bed. ‘The gentlemen say he must have made the shot as they say, Decause ho doseribed afterward just how it was. Yes, he described Just how that shot was without examining it at all. He knew just where he had hit her, He kuew the Ly EFFECT OF ¥IAT BULLET, He must haye been sure. that she would tell the story after le bid threatened or cajoled her again, as sho told the story of the other burglar—that she was shot at for a burglar, They said they would el you of another bu- rin the house. Tlwy,did not. 1leave this case, thif, bas been to me a source of great any With regard to my- self personally I want {o say to you that’l care nothing for pulic opinion, 1 have not by child. T am too outspoken, too determined, and probably never will be. ' But 1 have not forgotten tie lesson taught me L'y wy wother, that I should perforni wmy duty as ay conscience dietated = and leave the consequences to Almighty God, * # % [nthe trial of 4 case in court ther are more tiings to be tried than the prisone at the bar. There is a trial of the power ot government; there is a trial of the power of aw; there isa trial of the duty of the citi- zen; there is a trial of the integrity of the These things we now subiit to you. > them to the jury room. You will be cted to perform your duty fearlessly and well, no political consideratio er darken the sacred doors of that san let no religious conslierations enter into the emn presence of the -delibierations upon this question; leb no-social watters come near or toueh yon; but under your oath that binds the integrity of man to the throune of th eternal God, make true deliverance betwee the state of 'Nebraska and Johu W. Laue Gentlemen, I thank you. and Idesiye before closiug this gase, to thak the court, not in Y1 ASKED unde is tl The, Who was the first that | not In behall of amob, in behalf of all Wwé hold dear. 1 desire in behalt of them all to thank the able efforts of the learned distriet attorney in bringing this case on to trial, and L Delieve he las the people's good will Thanking you again, gentlemen of the jury, 1 now subimit the case. Instructions to the Jury. The following are the Instructions to the jory as delivered by Judge Neville: State vs, John W. Laver. 1. The defendant is indicted and charged thereby with the erime of murder in the first degree by shooting his wife, Sallie Lauer 9. The statute under which _this prosecu- tion is had reads as follows: “If any person shall purposely and of deliberate and pre- meditated malice or in the pervetration or at- tempt to perpotrate any rape, arson, robbery or burglary, or by administering poison or causing the' same to be done, kill another * %" W % avery person so offending &hall be deemed guilty of murder in_the first degroa, and upon conviction thereof shall suffer deatii,” 5, Ourstatute defines murder in the second degree as follows: “Ifany person shall pur- T and maliciously but without deliber: tion and premeditation kill another, eve such person shall be deemed guilty of murder in the second degree, and on conviction there. of shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not Tess than ten years or during lifo in the dis- cretion of the court,” 4. Our statute defines manslaughter as fol- lows: “If any person shall unlawfully kill another without malice either upon a sudden quarrel or_unintentionally, while the slayer 13 In the commission of ‘some unlawful act, every such person shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter, and upon conviction thereof shall be fmprisoned in_the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than one vear,” 5. You are instrncted that a defendant in a criminal prosecution is presumed to_be in- nocent until proven euilty beyond reason- able doubt, and betore the state can justly clalin convietion the state must satisty you beyond a reasonable doubt of the trith of each material allegation in the indictment by competent proof and circumstances of the . Under our statutes there are thre of criminal homicides, as follows: Marder in the first degree, murder in the second de- greeand manslanghter. And ina proseeu- tion upon an_ indictment for murder in the first degree, If the evidence Tails {o sistain such charge of murder in the firstdegree, you may under stch an indictment, it the evidencé shail justify, find the defendant guilty of either ‘murder in the second degree or manslaughter, 7. Murder degree s defined by our statute,which 1 have given you in my s ond_instriction, and the definition there given is so plain'and concise that I fear con- fusion in attempting further definition. ould your find that Sallie Lauer was alive in Douglas county on 1y of Novem- r, 1585; that the said Sallie Laver is now \d: that she died from an injury from the hands of some one other than' herself; that she came to ler death by a wound in the right side of her nose, héad and lower part of lier brain, inflicted by a bullet diseharged from a pistol, and_that “tl:e defendant dis- charged the pistol and inflicted tho wound, of which Sallie Lauer died, if you are satisfied of the truth of all {he® above stated facts beyond a reasonable doubt, then it becomes your duty, from the evidence, to hunt for a motive and design on the the defendant, and if you find from tl dence, beyond' a reasonable doubt, that the defendant knew or thought, at and just prior to the assault, that the'assaulted was Sallie Lauer, and the defendant purposcly, with deliberation and premeditation, and with malice, deliberate and premeditated, did the killing, then you stiould find the defend- ant guilty of murder i the first degrec, 74, Motive is that force behind the will which vrompts the will to act. love of gain, seliish destre, jeaiou sudden heat'of passion, or any of the causes which move the will power. 8, Todo an nct purposely is to do it de- suredly, intentionally and with a will. To deliberate one must think and reflect what one must do or refrain from doing, and when one contemplates and o refleets upon an act, that one {5 said to deliberate the act; and the act may be a deliberate act, although no con- siderable time is occupied in such_reflection and deliberation; it is suflicient if there is timeto reflect upon the intended deed, though t time bo very short, 0. To_premeditate is to meditato before- hand upon tho intended acty und in this ele- ment of the crime of murder, like that of de- liberation, no considerablo time is necessary for premeditation: it is suflicient if there is time to premeditate upon the intended deed, so that time might intervene before the thought and the killing suflicient to have caused a reasonable person to see and know the wrong he is contemplating. 10. There is one additional element for you to consider and which element must be present in the dofendant’s mind and act_be- fore you can find murder in the first degree, and ihat is malice. ~ Malice s hatred; it 18 manifested in the mind by ill will, and a desire to injure another. 1t is mostly indi- cated by threats of revenge, and the very act of killing may of jtsclf be' suflicient evi- dence of malice. This element may be ex- press malice; that is, it may be manifested by the language and acts of the defendant ut and before the time of the killing so that it may be proven by evidence of witnesses. In addition to expréss malice there is walice presumed when the act of Killing is sur- rounded by circumstances which do not ex- cuse the act, but the act itself shows a n lignant, revengeful heart bent upon doing Tarin, And hhall cascs of willful and e lawful killing where the circumstances of such killing do not_excuse the killing, the law presumes defendant to be possessed of the element of malice without additional proof. 11, lished it may be hatred, atious Where the fact of the killing is estab- without any explanatory circum- maliee is presumed, and it “would be in the second degree; but if the evi- tablishes the fact of deliberate and remeditated malice then the offense is mur- der in the first degree, if the killing was in- tentionally, pu 1y, and unlawfully done, 12, Y structed that a homieide ther justifiable, excusable, or felonious and criminal. The defendant adwits the Killing and claims as a defense that it is ex- cusable, A homicide is excusable where one in doing a lawful act, by mere accident un- tortunately kills another, 15, You are instructed that where a party has entered the private residen fendant in the night time with a felonious purpose of stealing, robbing or committing any felony againgt the defendant or his fam- ily, the defendant, may shoot and kill the in- tended criminal and ‘the law justities such killing, -~ And in this case if yoil are that John W, Lauer honestly belic firmly thought that his wife, whom | the Foom, was & burglar intending or com- mitting a felony upon him or his family, and John W, Lauer under such honest conviction and by misapprehending Lis wife for a bur- glar fired the fatal, shot he, the said Lauer, then and there intending to kill a borglar and not his wife, then you must aquit. 14. 1f on the contrary you are satisfied be- yon a reasonable doubt that defendant knew or believed the object he fired at was his wife, Sallie Lauer, then you should find de 1.:u.|umgmu?~m murder in the first degre if the other clements of the crime are sufti- ciently proven. 15, Sliould ¥ou be satisfied beyond a reason- able doubt that the defendent had reason to believe that the object he saw was not & burglar, and that the thought came to his mind that it might be his wife, and defend- ant had time to reflect however short, and de- fendant malicionsly and recklessly and with- out care fired the shot, you may be justified in tinding defendant “guilty of wmuirder in the second de G, 16, You are instructed that if all the relied upon by the state for ¢ 0 10 ble with any reason: hyvothesis other thau the guilt ol the féndant, or they do not satisty the wind of the jury beyond a reasonable doubt of the guill of the defendaut, then you should acquit, 17, You are instructed that cirenmstantial evidence is legal and competent in all crim inal cases, and if it is of sueh a character as to exeludd every reasonable hy pothesis, 0 than that the défendant s zuilty, it is équal as certain | entitled 10 the same weigh! direct testimony by word of moutl 15, You are the fudges of the cre y to be given to witnesses, and you should in con- sidering the weight of their t ny tuke into consideration the wmanne, or the want of interest, of sald witn the case, together with the standing aud L ing shown by the witnesses iu their mony. 19." Y ou are instructed that if you are satis- fied trom the evidenee and eirciuustances in s case that any witness who lias tostitied, s willtully or knowingly sworn falsely as to any material thing In the case, then you way be justitied n disregarding the whole of such witness' testimony which 15 not corrob- orated by other evidence or circuinstantes in the case. 20, Tu g ea prosecution for the first degree, 1€ the jury from the evidence beyond a 1 that defendant purposely, aud intent nurder in | the tab) unlawfully and malielously, kille, deccase vt withoit xIn?lhrm!nd\ndli:r’mm-fl]mlm i ce, the Jury can ouly find diurder In the see- ond degreo. 21, 1n a prosecution for murder fn the first degree, If the Jury ¢hall be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt’ that defendant unlawfuily killed de but without malice at Ill? then if the evidence is otherwise suflicien the jury can only find defendant guilty of manslaughter, 23, You are instructed that a reasonable doubt, in the meaning of the law, is such a doubt as would cause o reasonable, prudent and considerate man in the graver and more important aairs of life, to panse and hesi tate before acting upon the truth of the n tor charged, ‘The preof i3 to be decmed to be beyond a reasonable doubt when the evi- dence is suflicient to impress the judement of ordinarily pradent men with a conviction on i they would aet without hesitation in W most important affairs of lite. 28, You are instructed that if, after a care ful and impartial consideration of all the cir cumstances and all the evideneo in the case, Joncan say and feol that you have an_abi ng conviction of the guilt ot the defendant and are fully satistied of the truth of the charge, then you are satistied beyond a rea- sonable doubt. 9. Now, gentlemen, 1 haye discharged my duty the best 1 conld, and the sternest re- sponsibility that can ever rest wpon a juror is upon vou. No juror is worthy to sit -as such if lie, by sympathy for the prisoner or prejudice against h permits his verdiet to be shaped. ~ You ow 0 the state and the de- fendanta’ verdict carved wholly out of the evidence and the law. Scenes and Incidents, As the judge concluded his charge the fury slowly worked a passage through the erowd and entered the room in which Lauer's guilt or innocence i8 to be decided. A% 520 o'clock they were called back by the court, who took them into the judge’s chamber: where in the prescnce of Mr. Thurs' ton he changod the verbinge of the thir- teenth charge. As given that scotion ned “if you are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt * * % that John W. Lauer mistook his wife for a burglar you must acquit.” The change consisted” in striking out the words “‘beyond reasona- ble douht.” Yesterday was probably the day of the greatest interest. At 7 "o'clock in the morning five women ate their breakfast in the court room. They were so anx- ious to obtain seats that they left their homes before having time to prepare the morning meal. During the noon recess by actual count over 300 people took their lunch in the court room. The crowd which thronge since the prog: of the tr best to demolish the fixtures. The r wall was badly defaced, and a numbe the supports were badly mutilated. window sills also were marred by the work of hobnailed boots Judge Noville said at the conclusion of the trial that he had seldom presided in a case where the relations between the op- posing counsel were of such a pleasant nature. They showed the utmost defe ence to the court and the greatest court to_each other. In speaking of Mr. Thurston’s attack upon the Judge Wakel d ternoon that he had never in Xperience seen a trial reported so fairly and impartially in the newspupers as the Lauer case had been. While General Cowin was sy yesterday afternoon both the judges rooms held attentive audiences who were content to stand in uncomfortable attitude for hours merely for the sake of hearing Mr. Cowin’s voice, which was perfectly audible. The first person to make himself prom- inent at the afternoon session was a burly negro, who calmly surveyed the crowd from the emmence usunlly oceu- pied by his honor, the court. The negro seemed oblivious to everything but h own thoughts, which were a pleasant nature, if his b any criterion. He consented at last, however, to vacate his position for the court. There has probably never been a 1 assembla King rge ze of people in Omaha which s many pretty women as were nt in the courtroum yesterday after- noon. [f for no other reason the ocen- sion was made memorable by the bright oyes and rosy cheeks of the fine looking irls, K'luq(p;fl Baldwin is authority for the statement that the business of the groce and butchers has suftered greatly on ac: count of the trial. He says that this is caused by the fact that the women svend so much time in the court room that no meals are prepared except cold lunches, A Small Strike. he men employed by the Union Ren- dering company, at South Omaha, struck yesterday morning. They had been receiving §1.50 per day and struck for 1.75. The foreman snd manage were both absent at the time, but on their return they w sutisfactory arrange- ments and the ut to work again in the af Miss M n, who has been visit- ing here Drember last, leaves in o few days for her home in Minneapolis, Minn, — Roul London Graphic visitors may sta the smallest sum The amount which it one time 1e_limited, admitted being & franes—about a dollar—and the highest 6,000 francs, or something like $1,200. “Roulette," or “little wheel," is purely a ganie of chance, It is placed on” an ob- Jong table covered with greon cloth, in the cenjer of which is a cavity of little more than two feet in diameter in the shape of a vunce-bowl. ‘T'h cavity, which has so cooper bands rownid its sides at eq distances from each other, has its sides fixed, but the bottom is movable round an axis placed in the center, the handle by which motion is commimicated being a species of capstan of cooper fised on the upper extremity of the axis. Round the eircumference of this mova ble bottom are thirty-scven holes, painted in black and red alternately, with fivst thirty-six numbers and_a zero, as shown in tl grams, These thirty-seven symbols al Iso figured at each end of in order that the players may place their stakes on the chance they se- Ject Along the margin of the tablé are puinted six words—piir, passe, noir, im- pivir, manque. rouge, which will be after- ward explained. The game is usually l.l:uml as follows: One of the tailleurs or ‘hankers” puts the movable bottom in motion by turning the cross with his fo finger, and at the sawe instant throws into the eavity an iron ball in a divection opposite to the motion of the bottom; the bail makes several revolutions, and last falls into one of the thirty-seven holes above mentioned, the hole into whioh it falls determining the gain or loss of the players. A player way money on 1,2, or uny of the nubers (neluding the what number or num- y placing h n s seluct o) one intowhich the ball fa from one ot the taillenrs thirt his stukes—viz, his five times more 1t two numbers h only cighteen times, thus - only half what he would hay he staked the whole on one nunber; if thre numbers twelve times, ete. This is called r.u. & cheval. The rectangles ut Uhie hottom of each of the three numbers fig- ured on the table, are for the v the stake of that player who column (twelve nimbers) as his ehane and if the ball enters a L the number of which isfound in his column, he is paid | three times his st Those § who prefer staking. their money on any of the chanees marked . on the edge moro), The “‘palr'' wins when the ball ber; the “Impalr,"" if the whole is mdiked odd; the “'manque,,’ If the whole {s sui- bered from 1 to 18 Inolusive; the ““passe,” if it is numbered from 10 to 8¢ inclusive, the “rouge,” if it 1s colored red; and the “noir,” if it is colored blac f( tho ball should fall into the hole marked with the zero, the stakes of those players wh venture upon the six chances last de <x-\‘i|‘ux are cither equally divided between the bank and the players, ¢ s s more con monly the case, thay are ‘‘put in prison,* as it is called, and ‘the suoceeding trind rrmines whether they are to bo res stored to the players or gained by th bank: Should 1t so happen that this tria the ball again falls into the hole (the chances against it occurring are enor- mous) marked zero, then half of the stakes in prison are taken by the bank, and the remainder are “‘put into the second prison, and so on.” S - Tennfe Clafin's English Home, Col. J. C. Normile says in the St. Louis falls [nto a hole marked by M'l epen ny- uie C. Claflin to Sir Joseph O possessor of tho best pieture gallery in London, and of a fine villa in Portugal This villa stands unrivailed in ali Euro) 3 it 18 located, Byron, in_his Childe Harold, pronounces the world's ce. A delightful drive of twenty miles from Lisbon, and you are there. Tho mountain is crowned by the gilded dome and graceful minarets of the tmg's chatean, to the leftof which is the famous cork-wood convent, while the right is flanked by the ruins of a racenic stronghold, and a little lower by a pulace built by this people, and still preserved and marking the extreme western limit from which the banner of the crescont over flonted. Here is a wilderness of high shuade trees of palms, cork trees, and species of evergreen. All around you ‘hidden mountain springs sing, mur- mur, laugh and babble till yuu'fmnevn every grove is spirit haunted.” Lower in the ~mountain lley Cook's famous mountain villa nestles embowered like a beautiful woodland nymph, in an en- tanglement of flowers u|\|| evergreons over which rantic shade trees extend their protecting arms. Nature with true nepotisin has showered eyvery charm on this ambrosial retreat. In front the deep green mountains open like a stagoe cur- tain, and the azure ocean is seen break- ing on the shore below you. Sir Joseph Cook is Marquis Montserrat, of the no- bility of Portugal, and unless he should happen to have ery bad breath Tene nie may be sufliciently wmong her pictures and her Portugal paradise,” Hail wedded love, mysterious tie. Eechegeereike Catarrh. rrespondence of Boston Globe: Sym- pathizing er :ly with any one troubled th catarrh, allow me to thirty bservation and aflliction with the ures me that there is no cure We m: iate it possibly by a provoer cou rogi 1 have lived to sce hundreds tamper with it and dic prematurely. The malady doesn’t take Tou fen upon the system. In its incipicncy it is u simple head cold. Handled dietieally and avoiding exposure 1o an adverse aimosphere, the discaso radicated then! When chronie, , one is fixed for life, and if nos- trums are then employed the term is lia- ble to be short. 1've had hundreds of remedics advocated within the past thirty 1 preferred to livo, and sedu- voided them. The form of catarrh that pertains to the head running or stufled no: s less dungerous than that conneeted with the bronchial tubes. Ithink it a fallacy that head eatarrh leads to_consumption, though the other form is liable to. If one has the former, clothe the vitals warmly, avoid exposure, live on nutritious, fattening and warming food, avoilding too free use of liquids— specinlly ice water—and exercise tem- serately, By this course you may live to he over three score years, notwithstand- ing, as I have said. Tt is said that people having catarrh escape pneumonia. Score one for that. e A Mormon Family, Lorenzo Snow, one of the lord high counselors of the Mormon church, hav- ing reached the advanced age of three score years and ten, recently decided to e a family reunion. This w a por- tentious undertaking, but he had lofs of money, plenty of gall and enjoys a crowd, so the affair was arranged.” His family s of a No. 1 wife with two daught- , No. 2 with one daughtor and two 0. 8 with two daughters and three sons, No. 4 with three daughters and two sons, No. b with six daughters and two sons, No. 6 with two daughters and one son, No. 7 with three daughters and three sons, No. 8 with two danghters and three sons, No. 9 with two daughters and one son; making m all uvcnl’{«hrco daughters and ninctcen sons. ‘There were, all told, 163 of his immediate descendants to sit around the family boa and it took three days to give them their dinner. This old man is said to be well preseryed, reads the finest print_without the aid of glasses and thus far has been called up- on to mourn the death of only twenty- three of his numerous family, “including o few of his w. ——— St. Paul and Minneapolis. Said the mayor of Minneapolis to an alderman;: “I hear that another family moved into St. Paul yestc Ul “Yes. “How large “Man and wife n ““That's bad; what are we doing “Well, one pair of twins is feported from the Fourth ward and_ two immi- grants from New York have just got here, expecta friend and lis wife and oue child on the noon tram. 1 think we'll manage to keep up with t! one-horse town down the river.” G Something Was W, Wall Strect News: A grang chap entered one of the bank Ehuirs ie other day und dumped a lot of seenri- ties down ‘before the teller and asked him to estimate their worth, “About §2,000," was the reply, after the papers had been inspected, “Whut? No more than that?"! “Not o cent. I seo they are all in the name of a woman.'" “Yos. She's the $60,000 widder I've spent tivo yours shusing after, Tell you, sger, there must have peen o ho—I a dopreciation in bonds or a thunder- ing advance in the price of widders.” A cough is dangerons; Red Star Cough Cure at once removes it, No uarcotics, d four children Tooking - Why the Petition Was Signed. exas Siftings: “1 hear you signed nel Snickor's application to the sident for the Kamscatka mission." “And I have a pick-pocket I'hat's s0, too.” “Then why did you tioy haard you abuse bim like unk out of the county - A Prize in the Lottery vhich is usually unappreciated un til it is lost, perhaps never to return, is health. What & priceless boon it is, and how we ought to cherish it, that life muy not be a worthless blank to us. 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