Speaker 1: Calbuler got Calm Trenton, New Jersey, November twenty ninth, eighteen
Speaker 1: ninety seven.
Speaker 2: Clarence Doyle, who yesterday near East Windsor killed Amos Haveland
Speaker 2: with an axe, was arrested today at Allentown, where he
Speaker 2: was employed as a farm hand. He did not know
Speaker 2: that Haviland was dead, and claimed that he had struck
Speaker 2: him in self defense. Doyle is a brother of Jimmy Doyle,
Speaker 2: a clever young pugilist residing in this city. Yesterday, Doyle
Speaker 2: went to the Spence Farm, where Haveland is employed, and
Speaker 2: spent the day with him and his wife. The men
Speaker 2: drank freely of hard cider, and at five o'clock in
Speaker 2: the afternoon they quarreled, the host, accusing Doyle of undue
Speaker 2: familiarity with Missus Haviland. Both men were very drunk, and
Speaker 2: they were evenly matched in strength. They struggled a long
Speaker 2: time on even terms, until Doyle seized an axe and
Speaker 2: struck Haveln to blow on the forehead, from which he
Speaker 2: died three hours later. After Havelnd had fallen, Doyle staggered
Speaker 2: to Allentown, which is not far from the Spence Farm,
Speaker 2: and went to bed. This morning. He was at work
Speaker 2: at the usual hour and doubtless did not realize that
Speaker 2: he was a murderer until told so by the officers.
Speaker 2: Doyle this afternoon was brought to the county jail. His
Speaker 2: victim body is.
Speaker 1: In the morgue.
Speaker 2: This evening, County physician Rogers held an inquest, and the
Speaker 2: jury decided that the blow administered by Doyle caused Havelen's death.
Speaker 2: True Crime Historian presents yesterday's news tales of classic scandals, scoundrels,
Speaker 2: and scourges told from historic newspapers in the golden age
Speaker 2: of yellow journalism. Episode three hundred and sixty seven is
Speaker 2: a holiday tale more bone chilling than heartwarming. It takes
Speaker 2: place the weekend after Thanksgiving, when family and friends get
Speaker 2: together for games and good times. The cautionary part of
Speaker 2: this tale is be aware of what topics are best
Speaker 2: to be avoided at such gatherings. This time, the touchy
Speaker 2: subject is not politics, but I wear I'm true crime
Speaker 2: historian Richard O. Jones, and for your horror and indignation,
Speaker 2: I give you hard cider and insults. Struck by an
Speaker 2: axe and killed. Halund was a quiet, peaceable man, and
Speaker 2: wherever employed was highly spoken of. He was pitied by
Speaker 2: the community for all knew the notorious character of his wife.
Speaker 2: When a young man, Halyn met Anna Patterson and while
Speaker 2: under the influence of drink, was induced to marrier. She
Speaker 2: at that time was of a shady character. The union
Speaker 2: was felt as a keen disgrace by Havelyn's family, who
Speaker 2: are respectable people and parents, brothers and sisters disowned Amos
Speaker 2: because he would not leave his wife. While the domestic
Speaker 2: life of Haveland and his wife never ran very smooth,
Speaker 2: they kept together and cared for a large family of
Speaker 2: children and until Andrew Decker came to disturb the harmony
Speaker 2: there was. Missus Haveland's devotion to Decker enraged Haveverln for years.
Speaker 2: They lived one month together in the next apart. Some
Speaker 2: months ago, Missus Haveland and Decker were arrested for stealing
Speaker 2: and were confined in the Freehold jail for some time.
Speaker 2: Since Missus Haveland's return from Freehold, she has been employed
Speaker 2: on the farm of Harriet Brown. It is claimed that
Speaker 2: Decker and Missus Haveland have been on the outs since
Speaker 2: the stealing affair. Haveland and his wife have not been
Speaker 2: living together for some time. It was arranged that they
Speaker 2: should meet Sunday at the home of Fred Haveland, their
Speaker 2: eldest son, and planned to go to housekeeping again. Haveland
Speaker 2: has been working for Ellsworth Haynes, a farmer living between
Speaker 2: Yardville and Hamilton Square. Sunday morning, Haveland visited his son
Speaker 2: Fred and family, who had moved Wednesday, November twenty fourth,
Speaker 2: on the Spence Farm at Page's Corner. Between nine and
Speaker 2: ten o'clock of that day, Clarence Doyle, who has of
Speaker 2: late been attentive to Missus Haveland or her daughter Lizzie,
Speaker 2: stopped at the home of Ellis Jones at New Canton
Speaker 2: and acquired if Missus Haveland had been there yet. On
Speaker 2: being told no, he sat down and waited until Missus Haviland,
Speaker 2: her daughter Lizzie, and the baby and a coach came along.
Speaker 2: He joined the party and pushed the baby coach while
Speaker 2: they were passing New Canton. Charles Nixon inquired where they
Speaker 2: were going, and Missus Haviland informed him that they were
Speaker 2: going over to Fred's and remarked that she would raise
Speaker 2: a little hell when she arrived there. The party reached
Speaker 2: Fred's home and found Amos already there. The meeting by
Speaker 2: all parties, was agreeable, and the time was spent as
Speaker 2: is the custom of Page's corner in games, et cetera.
Speaker 2: Missus Haveland has been boarding Hattie, a five year old
Speaker 2: cross eyed daughter, with mister Missus Samuel Mitchell, who lived nearby.
Speaker 2: About two o'clock, she, Lizzie and Howard, another son, went
Speaker 2: over to Mitchell's. After the girl, Fred and Doyle left
Speaker 2: the house and went over to an adjacent farm. They
Speaker 2: were treated to sid her. A short time afterward, Amos followed.
Speaker 2: He was treated and drank three glasses. The men all
Speaker 2: returned to the house together. Missus Haveland had returned with
Speaker 2: the girl. On entering, Amos embraced the child and sat
Speaker 2: her down on his knee. Then Missus Haviland said, sam
Speaker 2: Mitchell says, any man that can't get a pair of
Speaker 2: eyeglasses for a cross eyed child ought to go to
Speaker 2: the devil. Haviland replied, you better get the glasses of Decker.
Speaker 2: She answered the devil with Decker. A few more words followed,
Speaker 2: during which Doyle joined in haland became white with anger
Speaker 2: and started across the room as though to go past Doyle,
Speaker 2: who threw up his hands as if to fight. Haveland
Speaker 2: and Doyle then engaged in a short fight, resulting in
Speaker 2: Havelyn's favor. Havelyn left Doyle and pushed Joseph George, a
Speaker 2: young man present, over a settee. At this stage of
Speaker 2: the row, both Fred and his wife ordered Doyle to
Speaker 2: leave the house, but he would not. Then Missus Haveland,
Speaker 2: Hattie Howard, Fred's wife Lizzie, and two babies hurried into
Speaker 2: a room across the hall and fastened the door. Fred
Speaker 2: and the young man George, held the door against Tavland.
Speaker 2: He then procured a hatchet and struck the door a
Speaker 2: tremendous blow. Fred let go his hold on the door
Speaker 2: and ran upstairs with George. Haviland then discovered that the
Speaker 2: others were in the back room. It is thought that
Speaker 2: he imagined the women were hiding Doyle. Finding the door fastened,
Speaker 2: Havelyn then secured an axe and broke the latch off
Speaker 2: the door, gaining admittance. Doyle stood in a back door
Speaker 2: and witnessed all this. It has claimed that the daughter
Speaker 2: Lizzie was the only one that witnessed how the deadly
Speaker 2: blow was struck. She recited the following to your correspondent
Speaker 2: quote after father gained admittance. He threw the axe on
Speaker 2: the floor and slid it over under the mantle. Father
Speaker 2: stood looking around and I think did not say anything
Speaker 2: to anyone. Doyle walked into the room behind Father, picked
Speaker 2: up the axe and threw it across his shoulder, took
Speaker 2: it down and turned it so that the sharp edge
Speaker 2: would strike, and with a quick, powerful blow, struck Father
Speaker 2: on the head with the heel of the axe behind
Speaker 2: the left ear unquote. The blow felled Haviland like an ox,
Speaker 2: crushing the skull of the unfortunate man. Doyle then stepped
Speaker 2: up to Missus Haviland, tapped her on the shoulder and
Speaker 2: said it's all right now. He then left the room,
Speaker 2: still carrying the axe, picked up his coat and threw
Speaker 2: the axe to the ground as he ran out the door.
Speaker 2: Seeing Fred in an upper window, he remarked, the old
Speaker 2: man hit me between the eyes, and then ran away.
Speaker 2: By this time the house was in an uproar. Missus
Speaker 2: Havelan screamed, oh, you've killed my husband. You've killed my husband.
Speaker 2: Doctor Silvers of Windsor was summoned and worked hard to
Speaker 2: revive the injured man, but Doyle's murderous blow had inflicted
Speaker 2: a fatal injury. It was about four point thirty when
Speaker 2: the blow was delivered, and Haln died about six point fifty.
Speaker 2: As soon as the victim died, doctor Silver's telephoned to
Speaker 2: Trenton for county physician Rogers. A Monday morning, coroner Disbrow
Speaker 2: of Trenton arrived and took charge of the body, who
Speaker 2: was taken to Murphy's Morgue at Trenton. A post mortem
Speaker 2: examination was held. Halynd was perfectly healthy, and it was
Speaker 2: found that he had not taken enough sider to make
Speaker 2: him drunk. The family claimed that no one was a intoxicated.
Speaker 2: Doyle returned to the home of his employer sometimes Sunday
Speaker 2: night and was at work Monday morning as usual. While
Speaker 2: the officers were searching for him, it was thought he
Speaker 2: went toward Trenton. Constable John Tyndall of Windsor notified Constable
Speaker 2: Bergen of Allentown to look out for Doyle and capture
Speaker 2: him if possible. Constable Bergen learned that Doyle was at
Speaker 2: home working, found him there and arrested him. Doyle took
Speaker 2: the matter cooling, smoked, laughed, and treated the matter lightly.
Speaker 2: It is said he was surprised when informed that Haviland
Speaker 2: was dead and claimed it was in self defense and
Speaker 2: later said it was through drunkenness that the deed was done.
Speaker 2: Doyle and Missus Haviland were both taken to Trenton and jailed. Tuesday,
Speaker 2: the remains of Haveland were taken back to the scene
Speaker 2: of the tragedy and there rested over the spot where
Speaker 2: he had been murdered. His life's bloodstains beneath the coffin
Speaker 2: were plainly distinct. Funeral services over the remains were held
Speaker 2: at the Allentown Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon last Reverend
Speaker 2: George Swain delivered the sermon and gave good counsel to
Speaker 2: the family of the man whose life has been so unhappy.
Speaker 2: The interment was in the church cemetery. Was the murder
Speaker 2: a plot of Doyle's and Missus Havilan's. Public opinion generally
Speaker 2: thinks so. January thirty first, eighteen ninety eight. Clarence Doyle
Speaker 2: is now but seventeen years of age, and has passed
Speaker 2: the greater portion of his life in that part of
Speaker 2: the city known as Chambersburg. A short time prior to
Speaker 2: the tragedy, he secured employment on the farm of Allentown
Speaker 2: Presbyterian Church, better known as the Parsonage Farm. Doyle was
Speaker 2: a good workman and well thought of by his employers.
Speaker 2: Early last Sunday day morning, November twenty eighth, Clarence went
Speaker 2: over to Page's Corner near Windsor to see Fred Haveland,
Speaker 2: a son of the murdered man, who lived on a
Speaker 2: place known as the Spence Farm. There were other visitors
Speaker 2: there that day, Amos Haveland, his wife and daughter, and
Speaker 2: reports say that the greater portion of the day was
Speaker 2: spent in carousing and drinking hard cider. The afternoon was
Speaker 2: nearing its close when the fatal quarrel started that terminated
Speaker 2: so disastrously for both Clarence Doyle and Amos Haveland. What
Speaker 2: started that quarrel is one of the things that the
Speaker 2: present trial is expected to develop. There are two stories
Speaker 2: which have been given to the public. One that Doyle
Speaker 2: had been entirely too intimate with Amos Haveln's wife, who
Speaker 2: was a woman in the neighborhood of forty years of
Speaker 2: age and the mother of thirteen children. This story is
Speaker 2: emphatically denied by Missus Haveland and her children, and as
Speaker 2: they were the only ones present at the time. Their
Speaker 2: story will go a long way toward influencing the jury
Speaker 2: that is to decide whether Clarence Doyle is to be
Speaker 2: allowed life in liberty, or whether his crime must be
Speaker 2: atoned for by death on the gallows or imprisonment in
Speaker 2: a cell. If the story of the origin of this quarrel,
Speaker 2: as told at the coroner's inquest by Missus Havelan, her
Speaker 2: son and daughter's be true, then indeed was the primary
Speaker 2: cause of Amos Havevilyn's death a trifling matter. Amos Haveland
Speaker 2: had a little daughter named Hattie, who was in need
Speaker 2: of a pair of eyeglasses, which her father had refused
Speaker 2: to buy. A certain Samuel Mitchell, who resided near the
Speaker 2: Spence Farm, is said to have said, any man who
Speaker 2: had let his girl go blind for two dollars and
Speaker 2: fifty cents ought to go to the devil. It was
Speaker 2: this remark that caused all the trouble. It is because
Speaker 2: of this remark that Clarence Doyle is now standing trial
Speaker 2: for his life in Mercer Court. Havelen mumbled and muttered
Speaker 2: over this supposed insult until he had worked himself up
Speaker 2: to the fighting mad state. Then as witnesses testified at
Speaker 2: the inquest, without any provocation whatever, he rushed upon Doyle
Speaker 2: and a fierce struggle ensued. This much of the fracas
Speaker 2: occurred in the presence of the women, but Fred, fearing
Speaker 2: that his mother and sister might get heard in the melee,
Speaker 2: hurried them into another room, leaving his father in Doyle
Speaker 2: to fight it out alone. No one knows what occurred
Speaker 2: after that. The occupants of the next room heard the
Speaker 2: men quarreling in loud voices, but could hear no blows
Speaker 2: being struck. Then Haviland went out in the yard and
Speaker 2: got the axe from the woodpile, re entered the room,
Speaker 2: and smashing the door in where the women were, he
Speaker 2: walked in and threw the axe over in one corner
Speaker 2: of the room. Doyle had followed Haland into the room,
Speaker 2: and going over to w where the axe lay, he
Speaker 2: picked it up, went back to where Havelin was standing
Speaker 2: with his back toward him, and struck the axe over
Speaker 2: his head. Doyle struck the blow that caused the farmer's death,
Speaker 2: but Doyle did not know that the blow had been fatal,
Speaker 2: so he walked back to the parsonage farm at Allentown
Speaker 2: that night and went to work as usual on Monday morning,
Speaker 2: where he was captured by Constable Bergen shortly before noon
Speaker 2: the same day. Since that time, Doyle has been confined
Speaker 2: in the county jail, where he's been a model prisoner,
Speaker 2: causing the keepers no trouble whatever and making many friends.
Speaker 2: He apparently does not, as yet realize that he has
Speaker 2: been guilty of any serious crime. The defense will be
Speaker 2: conducted by Captain W. D. Holt and James Clark, and
Speaker 2: will practically be that Doyle acted entirely in self defense.
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Speaker 2: Hundreds of eager, excited curiosity seekers throng the entrance to
Speaker 2: the Mercer County Courthouse as early as nine o'clock this morning,
Speaker 2: and from that hour up to the familiar ohya oya
Speaker 2: of Crier Pearson, the stream of humanity continued to flow
Speaker 2: into the courtroom until it was literally packed, but among
Speaker 2: in this large assemblage there were but few ladies. A
Speaker 2: few minutes after ten o'clock, Justice Gummer and Judge Woodroff
Speaker 2: took their places on the bench, and almost at the
Speaker 2: same moment, Constable Cappell appeared with the prisoner Clarence Doyle,
Speaker 2: the boy who is now on trial for taking the
Speaker 2: life of a fellow man. Doyle was natalie attired in
Speaker 2: a black suit, white shirt, standing collar in a neat
Speaker 2: dark tie. He looked unconcerned and smiling. Shortly after taking
Speaker 2: his seat, his counsel, Captain W. D. Holt, came over
Speaker 2: and after shaking hands, prisoner and counsel chatted together for
Speaker 2: some minutes. Prosecutor Stockton and Detective Clancy occupied the other table,
Speaker 2: and nearly all the seats inside the railing were filled
Speaker 2: with the lucky ones who were fortunate enough to hold tickets,
Speaker 2: entitling them to that privilege. When Justice Woodroff called the
Speaker 2: court to order, County Clerk Gummer called off the panel
Speaker 2: of the jury. All were present. Then came the drawing
Speaker 2: of the jury, which was to decide Clarence Doyle's fate.
Speaker 2: Edward McHugh called the clerk jur look upon the prisoner, prisoner,
Speaker 2: look upon the jur do you challenge mcew was accepted.
Speaker 2: The drawing of the jury occupied just one hour, during
Speaker 2: which time thirty jurors were called. There were eighteen objections.
Speaker 2: Immediately after the constables of the jury had been sworn in,
Speaker 2: Judge Woodruff addressed himself to the jury as follows quote.
Speaker 2: You will understand, gentlemen, that from now until the time
Speaker 2: you will find a verdict in the case of the
Speaker 2: State against Clarence Doyle, you will be sequestered from your
Speaker 2: homes and families. So if you have any arrangements to
Speaker 2: make in connection with your families, you will have an
Speaker 2: opportunity to do so. At this time a majority of
Speaker 2: the jurymen accepted this privilege. The brother and sister of
Speaker 2: the accused arrived in court at this time. The sister
Speaker 2: was crying quietly as she came and took a chair
Speaker 2: at the prisoner's side. He smiled at her reassuringly and
Speaker 2: clasped her hand. In opening the case for the state,
Speaker 2: prosecutor Stockton said, quote, the grand jury found a true
Speaker 2: indictment against Clarence Doyle in these words, that on the
Speaker 2: twenty eighth day of last November, in the township of Hamilton,
Speaker 2: Clarence Doyle did wilfully, with malice, premeditation and a forethought,
Speaker 2: kill and murder and commit other wrongs on one Amos
Speaker 2: havelnd This gentleman, the State claims, is a murder in
Speaker 2: the first degree, and we shall ask for such a
Speaker 2: verdict in this case between the State and the prisoner,
Speaker 2: which you will be called upon to decide unquote. Mister
Speaker 2: Stockton then briefly reviewed all that transpired on that twenty
Speaker 2: eighth day of last November, from the time that Doyle
Speaker 2: and the elder Havelyn family arrived at the house of
Speaker 2: the sun Fred Haveland, up to the time when Fred
Speaker 2: and his little sisters Hattie came back from chasing Doyle
Speaker 2: down the lane after the fatal blow had been struck.
Speaker 2: In concluding, the prosecutor said, the state will insist on
Speaker 2: a verdict of murder in the first degree inasmuch as
Speaker 2: the killing of Amos Haveland was wilful, deliberate, premeditated, and
Speaker 2: with malice a forethought. E. G. Weir was the first
Speaker 2: witness called. He testified to the making of a survey
Speaker 2: of the scene of the tragedy and of afterward producing
Speaker 2: the sketch which was now before the court. The condition
Speaker 2: of the interior and exterior of the house was minutely described,
Speaker 2: also the location of the blood spots in the so
Speaker 2: called parlor where Amos Haveland received the blow that ended
Speaker 2: his life. The cross examination was very minute. Captain Holt
Speaker 2: was extremely careful not to let the slightest point escape
Speaker 2: his vigilance. He drew from mister Weir the average size
Speaker 2: of the blood spots were about six inches in diameter.
Speaker 2: As mister Stockton called the name of the next witness
Speaker 2: for the state, next were craned in all parts of
Speaker 2: the room. For the witness was Fred Haveland, the son
Speaker 2: of the murdered man. As Fred took a seat in
Speaker 2: the witness chair, the prisoner, for the first time assumed
Speaker 2: some interest in the proceedings. Every few minutes, as some
Speaker 2: vital question was asked, Doyle would quickly glance up at
Speaker 2: the man. Doyle's sister was no longer crying, but was
Speaker 2: listening attentively, eagerly to every word that fell from the
Speaker 2: young Havelyn's lips. She apparently realized that what this man
Speaker 2: said had much to do with her brother's fate. Fred
Speaker 2: Haveland said he had lived in the house where the
Speaker 2: tragedy occurred about two and a half months. Question do
Speaker 2: you recall the twenty eighth day of November? Answer yes, sir.
Speaker 2: Question did your father come to your house on that day?
Speaker 2: Answer yes, sir. Question who came with him? Answer Clarence
Speaker 2: Doyle and Lizzie. Witness then told how he Doyle and
Speaker 2: his father went over to a neighbor's and drank some
Speaker 2: sweet cider and then returned to his house. Question who
Speaker 2: did you find there? Answer Mother, my sister's Lizzie and Hattie,
Speaker 2: brothers Dick and Howard, Joe Jordan, and a man named Decker.
Speaker 2: Question what occurred after you got home? Answer? Mother told
Speaker 2: father what Mitchell had said. Any man who would see
Speaker 2: his little girl go blind for two dollars and fifty
Speaker 2: cents ought to go to the devil. Question what happened next?
Speaker 2: Answer Doyle said something. Then father pushed Doyle in the corner.
Speaker 2: Question did you see any blowstruck? Answer no? Question Then
Speaker 2: what did your father do? Answer why? Joe Jordan was
Speaker 2: standing by the sofa, and father went over where he
Speaker 2: was and pushed him down on the sofa and began
Speaker 2: to talk to him. Question what did you do? Answer?
Speaker 2: I went and told Doyle he had better go out.
Speaker 2: Question did you do anything else? Answer yes, I pushed
Speaker 2: all the family out of the kitchen into the parlor
Speaker 2: and locked the door. Question what did you do that for? Answer?
Speaker 2: I was afraid they might get hurt. Question who was
Speaker 2: in the kitchen after you pushed the family out? Answer
Speaker 2: father in Doyle? Question anybody else? Answer no? Question What
Speaker 2: did you do after you got in the other room?
Speaker 2: Answer held the doorknob? Question what happened while you were
Speaker 2: holding it? Answer? It was struck and smashed? In question
Speaker 2: what did you do? Answer? Ran upstairs? Question alone? Answer no,
Speaker 2: Joe Jordan went with me. Question what did you hear
Speaker 2: up there? Answer? Heard them all holler in the back room?
Speaker 2: Question what did you do? Then? Answer? I came out
Speaker 2: in the hall. Question hear anything more? Answer? Heard somebody
Speaker 2: holler you've killed him. Then I stuck my head out
Speaker 2: of the window and saw the axe come flying out.
Speaker 2: Question did you hear anything? Answer? I heard my mother
Speaker 2: say you've killed him, Clarence, you've killed him, oh amos.
Speaker 2: Then I jumped out on the roof and saw Doyle
Speaker 2: coming out with his overcoat. Question did he say anything? Answer?
Speaker 2: He said, your father hit me between the eyes. Question
Speaker 2: what did Doyle do then? Answer? Started to run. My
Speaker 2: little sister Hattie ran after him, and I started after them.
Speaker 2: Question did you catch them? Answer no? Question what did
Speaker 2: you find in the house? Answer? Found father lying on
Speaker 2: his back in the parlor. He was breathing and bleeding
Speaker 2: from the mouth. Question what did you do? Then? Answer?
Speaker 2: Ran and sent for doctor Silvers. Question was anybody drunk
Speaker 2: on that day? Answer no, sir. The axe was then
Speaker 2: shown the witness by Prosecutor Stockton and was identified. The
Speaker 2: witness was turned over to the defense for cross examination.
Speaker 2: Question do you remember your testimony at the coroner's inquest?
Speaker 2: Answer yes. Question at that time you testified correctly as
Speaker 2: to how your father was killed? Answer yes, sir. Question
Speaker 2: have you not repeatedly talked of this trial, the killing
Speaker 2: of what you were to swear? Answer no. Question have
Speaker 2: you talked of this affair to your mother? Answer yes,
Speaker 2: seven or eight times? Question have you not repeatedly said
Speaker 2: you would like to see Doyle hung and that you
Speaker 2: would like to be the man to do it. Prosecutor Stockton,
Speaker 2: I object, Judge Woodruff, witness must have his attention called
Speaker 2: to the time and place where he made such statement.
Speaker 2: Captain Holt, pointing to Lawyer Clark, did you not at
Speaker 2: your house say in the presence of this gentleman that
Speaker 2: you would like to see Doyle hung and you would
Speaker 2: like to be the man to do it. Answer? I
Speaker 2: said I would like to see Doyle hung, but I
Speaker 2: do not remember saying I would like to be the
Speaker 2: man to do it. Question? Will you swear you did
Speaker 2: not say so? Answer no. Question. On the afternoon of
Speaker 2: the accident, while you, your father and Doyle were crossing the field,
Speaker 2: were not your father and Doyle apparently on the best
Speaker 2: of terms? Answer yes, Sir. February first, eighteen ninety eight.
Speaker 2: In continuing the cross examination of Fred Havelyn, Lawyer Holt
Speaker 2: succeeded with consummate skill in getting the witness just the
Speaker 2: kind of answer he desired. In answer to numerous questions,
Speaker 2: Halyn said his father was the only angry person in
Speaker 2: the house and that he ran upstairs to avoid him.
Speaker 2: He also said that his mother had greatly incensed his
Speaker 2: father by running with a man named Andrew Decker, and
Speaker 2: when Decker's name was mentioned, his father always grew white
Speaker 2: with jealous passion. Captain Holt next brought to the attention
Speaker 2: of the jury the abject cowardice of fred Haland and
Speaker 2: refusing to respond to the cries for help of his wife,
Speaker 2: mother and little ones. Finally to cap the climax, Haveln
Speaker 2: fell victim to a wily question of Lawyer Holt and
Speaker 2: admitted that the reason he did not go downstairs when
Speaker 2: his wife and mother called for assistance was that he
Speaker 2: was afraid of his father's jealous rage. Joe Jordan, another
Speaker 2: witness of the state, was like putty in Captain Holt's hands.
Speaker 2: He said he was so frightened at Amas Haveln's display
Speaker 2: of temper that he ran upstairs and hid in a closet.
Speaker 2: Captain Holt also made Jordan admit that Amos Haveland, after
Speaker 2: his anger had been around to a white heat by
Speaker 2: his wife's actions, had made a ferocious attack on Doyle,
Speaker 2: attempting to hit him with his fists, while Doyle, on
Speaker 2: the other hand, had not retaliated, but had simply warded
Speaker 2: off the blows of the infuriated man as bestie could.
Speaker 2: Anna Haviland, the murdered man's wife, also became tangled and
Speaker 2: confused under the fire of Captain Holt's questioning, and testified
Speaker 2: exactly contrary to what she had sworn in the coroner's inquest. Finally,
Speaker 2: she refused to answer the questions at all and broke
Speaker 2: down crying, with the excuse that she did not know
Speaker 2: what she was doing. At the coroner's inquest, Mary Haland,
Speaker 2: wife of Fred Haland, had tried to tell what she
Speaker 2: knew of the killing, but she proved hard work for
Speaker 2: the prosecutor. She corroborated her husband's testimony in the main
Speaker 2: and contradicted that of her mother in law, Anna Havelnd.
Speaker 2: Clarence Doyle kept his eyes riveted on the witnesses all
Speaker 2: the afternoon, especially when anything was said respecting the killing,
Speaker 2: but he never lost his look of confidence. Occasionally he
Speaker 2: would turn and address a few words to his mother
Speaker 2: and sister. Both the latter wept whenever the fatal blow
Speaker 2: was mentioned. On the whole, the defense were well satisfied
Speaker 2: with the result of the first day's work. Another chapter
Speaker 2: in the story of the trial of Clarence Doyle for
Speaker 2: the murder of Amos Havelant was commenced at nine thirty
Speaker 2: five this morning. In spite of the fact that was
Speaker 2: pretty generally known that little Lizzie Haviland, daughter of the
Speaker 2: murdered man and the state star witness, would be put
Speaker 2: on the stand sometime this morning. The crowd in the
Speaker 2: courtroom was not nearly as large as yesterday. Evidently, many
Speaker 2: of the morbid minded ones whose delight it is to
Speaker 2: look upon the misery of others, understood from the drift
Speaker 2: of testimony taken yesterday that there is but little chance
Speaker 2: of a fatal termination of the trial. Consequently, their interest
Speaker 2: in the affairs of the Mercer court has taken a drop.
Speaker 2: Captain Holt made his appearance at about nine thirty. He
Speaker 2: was attired as usual, with the exception that this morning
Speaker 2: he wore an unusually broad and complacent smile. Clarence Doyle
Speaker 2: took his place by his counsel's side, but a few
Speaker 2: minutes after nine thirty he looked just as confident and
Speaker 2: smiling as on the opening day. His mother and sister
Speaker 2: were with him as usual. They too seemed to be impressed,
Speaker 2: with the general feeling that all was going well with
Speaker 2: the boy they loved. A delay of forty minutes was
Speaker 2: caused by the witnesses from the country failing to arrive
Speaker 2: at the time appointed for the opening of the court.
Speaker 2: During this delay, the courtroom filled up slowly until the
Speaker 2: attendance was almost as large as that of yesterday. When
Speaker 2: the Havevilins did arrive, it was found that Mary Haveland,
Speaker 2: the wife of Fred, who was to be cross examined
Speaker 2: this morning, was so overcome by the cold occasioned by
Speaker 2: the ride from Page's Corner, that she would be unable
Speaker 2: to go upon the stand for some time. So Justice
Speaker 2: Gummer instructed the prosecutor to call the next witness for
Speaker 2: the state. A hush fell over the courtroom for a
Speaker 2: few moments when mister Stockton called Lizzie Haviland, But as
Speaker 2: the daughter of the murdered man walked up the aisle,
Speaker 2: the spectators on both sides rose to their feet to
Speaker 2: obtain a better view of the witness who was expected
Speaker 2: to convict Clarence Doyle of the crime charged in the indictment.
Speaker 2: Lizzie is the brightest, most attractive in appearance of the family.
Speaker 2: She was neatly attired in a dark blue dress. Lizzie
Speaker 2: answered the questions of Prosecutor Stockton freely, but seemed reluctant
Speaker 2: as soon as Captain Holt commenced the cross examination. Lizzie
Speaker 2: said she was the daughter of Anna Havland and that
Speaker 2: she recollected the twenty eighth day of last November. Question
Speaker 2: who went with you to your brother's? Answer mother, her
Speaker 2: baby and Clarence Doyle. Question in what room were you
Speaker 2: when your father came back with your brother Fred and Clarence?
Speaker 2: Answer in the kitchen? Question what happened? Then? Answer they
Speaker 2: began to talk about the girl's glasses. Question What did
Speaker 2: your mother say? Answer any man who would let his
Speaker 2: little girl go blind for two dollars and fifty cents
Speaker 2: or three dollars? Ought to go to the devil? Question
Speaker 2: What did your father say? Answer let Decker get them? Question?
Speaker 2: Then what did your mother say? Answer to the devil
Speaker 2: with Decker? Question what happened? Next? Answer? Father flew into Doyle.
Speaker 2: Question did you see any blow struck? Answer? No? Question
Speaker 2: well what next answer? Father pushed Doyle outside. Then father
Speaker 2: came over to the sofa where Joe Jordan was staying
Speaker 2: and pushed him down on the sofa. Question where was Doyle? Then?
Speaker 2: Answer by the shut door. Witness then related how her
Speaker 2: brother Fred had hurried all the rest of the family,
Speaker 2: accepting her father and Doyle into the parlor. Question, now
Speaker 2: tell the jury what happened next? Answer father struck the
Speaker 2: door down, came in and threw the axe into the corner.
Speaker 2: Then Doyle came in and picked up the axe. Question
Speaker 2: what did he do with the axe? Answer struck father?
Speaker 2: Question you saw him strike your father? Answer? Yes, I
Speaker 2: saw him do it. Question then what did Doyle do? Answer?
Speaker 2: Went out? Question what did your father do? Answer? Fell
Speaker 2: on the floor. Question what did you do? Answer? I cried?
Speaker 2: Question where was your mother when your father fell? Answer?
Speaker 2: She was going out of the room. Prosecutor Stockton then
Speaker 2: had the witness described with a stick exactly how Doyle
Speaker 2: struck Haveland, having Lizzie represent Doyle while he stood in
Speaker 2: the same position amos Havelan stood when he received the
Speaker 2: fatal blow. When the cross examination was taken up, the
Speaker 2: courtroom was so quiet that a whisper could be distinctly
Speaker 2: heard all over the room. Captain Holt questioned Lizzie as
Speaker 2: to her knowledge of the oath she had just taken.
Speaker 2: She seemed unable to understand and failed to make any answer. Question,
Speaker 2: were Doyle and your father on the best of terms
Speaker 2: previous to the quarrel. Answer yes, sir. Question what was
Speaker 2: said before the remark made by missus Haviland about the glasses?
Speaker 2: No answer? Question were they all good natured? Answer yes, sir.
Speaker 2: Question then what happened? Answer all at once? Mother went
Speaker 2: at father about Hattie's glasses. Question do you know Decker?
Speaker 2: Answer yes, sir, for six or seven years? Question could
Speaker 2: you see your father's face when he went to Doyle?
Speaker 2: Answer yes, sir. Question was he angry? Answer? I do
Speaker 2: not think so. Question what did he do? Answer jumped
Speaker 2: into Clarence? Question was there any reason for such an
Speaker 2: action on his part? Answer? None that I know of.
Speaker 2: Question did you hear your mother say to the devil
Speaker 2: with Decker? Answer yes, sir? Question was not that? What
Speaker 2: made your father mad? Answer? I don't know. Question what
Speaker 2: did you mean when you said that your father fell
Speaker 2: into Doyle? Answer a fight? I suppose? Question did you
Speaker 2: see any blowstruck? Answer no, sir. Question then how was
Speaker 2: it a fight? Answer? I thought they were mad? Question
Speaker 2: did Doyle do anything to make you think he was mad?
Speaker 2: Answer no, sir? Do you call that a fight? Then?
Speaker 2: Answer where in the parlor? I call that murder? Question
Speaker 2: I mean the first affair in the kitchen. Answer I
Speaker 2: thought that was a fight. Question but you did not
Speaker 2: know any reason why they should fight? Answer no, sir.
Speaker 2: Then Captain Holt smiled. Question why did you go into
Speaker 2: the parlor and shut the door? Answer? I wanted to
Speaker 2: keep father and Clarence out? Question why were you frightened?
Speaker 2: Answer not so? Very question were you not frightened at
Speaker 2: your father? Answer no question, nor Clarence? No answer. Now, Lizzie,
Speaker 2: you say you were not frightened at your father or Doyle?
Speaker 2: Will you tell me what you were frightened at? No answer.
Speaker 2: Can't you answer that question? No answer. Captain Holt then
Speaker 2: tried to shake Lizzie's story as to the manner in
Speaker 2: which Doyle had struck the blow that killed her father,
Speaker 2: But in this he failed, as she told it again
Speaker 2: precisely the same as she had related it to Prosecutor Stockton.
Speaker 2: Question do you have any feeling against Doyle? Answer? I
Speaker 2: did not have, but I have now. Question did you
Speaker 2: ever say you wanted to see him hang? Answer no, sir.
Speaker 2: Question did you ever hear of any trouble between your
Speaker 2: mother and father on account of this man Decker? Answer? No, sir,
Speaker 2: Mary Haland was then called for cross examination, and she
Speaker 2: again went over all the incidents of that twenty eighth
Speaker 2: day of last November. Her testimony as to the origin
Speaker 2: of the quarrel was the same as her husband's, that
Speaker 2: the deceased grew white in the face at the name
Speaker 2: of Decker and then rushed at Doyle and later at Jordan.
Speaker 2: Question why did you go into the parlor? Answer? I
Speaker 2: was afraid? Question afraid afraid of what? Answer mister Haveland,
Speaker 2: question were you afraid of Doyle? Answer? No. Witness then
Speaker 2: stated that she had met with the family six or
Speaker 2: eight times to talk over what was to be said
Speaker 2: at the trial. County physician Rogers testified as to the
Speaker 2: finding of Amos Havelyn's body and the injuries sustained. In
Speaker 2: cross examination, he said that the dead man must have
Speaker 2: been very strong and muscular. Doctor Silver testified to being
Speaker 2: called to attend Amos Haveland immediately after he was injured.
Speaker 2: Richard Haveland, the son of the murdered man, was also called,
Speaker 2: but only testified to being told by his relatives what
Speaker 2: to say. Prosecutor Stockton then offered the acts and skullcap
Speaker 2: of Amos Haveland as evidence, and the state rested immediately
Speaker 2: after the calling of the afternoon session, the defense was
Speaker 2: opened by James Clark, who, after quoting and explaining the law,
Speaker 2: stated that the defense of Clarence Doyle would be based
Speaker 2: upon self defense and the prevention of the committal of
Speaker 2: a crime. Said mister cla quote. If I see a
Speaker 2: man break down a door with an axe, rush into
Speaker 2: a room where there are a number of defenseless women,
Speaker 2: and threaten to kill them all, I am justified in
Speaker 2: killing that man if need be to save the lives
Speaker 2: of the others. This gentleman, is a point in law
Speaker 2: well settled. At this point Clarence Doyle took the stand
Speaker 2: and testified in his own behalf enjoy ad free listening
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Speaker 2: Crime Historian, February two, eighteen ninety eight. The opening of
Speaker 2: the defense in the case of Clarence Doyle, charge marged
Speaker 2: with the wilful murder of Amos Haviland by lawyer James
Speaker 2: Clark yesterday afternoon in Mercer Court was a well rounded,
Speaker 2: cleverly executed piece of work, which, as was easy to note,
Speaker 2: impressed the jury favorably when mister Clark attributed Doyle's action
Speaker 2: in part to a human impulse to answer the cries
Speaker 2: of those defenseless women and children. He touched a vital
Speaker 2: chord in the hearts of every one of those twelve
Speaker 2: men in whose hands Doyle's life and liberty rests. It
Speaker 2: was a clever stroke and had about it so much
Speaker 2: of that plain, unvarnished truth that always carries great influence
Speaker 2: with the jury. The full power of thus dating the
Speaker 2: case was not brought out until some time later, when
Speaker 2: Doyle admitted he was afraid of Haveland, but he could
Speaker 2: not stand idly by when defenseless women were crying for
Speaker 2: help and danger perhaps of their lives. This admission on
Speaker 2: the part of Doyle placed his action before the jury
Speaker 2: and a light little less than that of heroic, For
Speaker 2: a man who intervenes to save the life of others
Speaker 2: when he fears for his own safety is generally regarded
Speaker 2: as a hero. True, it is that while Doyle had
Speaker 2: plenty of sympathizers from the very first, the entire attendance
Speaker 2: in the courtroom was in sympathy with him, long before
Speaker 2: he had finished telling his own story. And what was
Speaker 2: his story in a voice ringing with truth. He looked
Speaker 2: upon his jurors squarely in the face and told them
Speaker 2: the whole of the tragic history of that fateful day
Speaker 2: when the freedom and straightforwardness of a boy unburdening his
Speaker 2: troubled mind to his mother. It was a story to
Speaker 2: be believed, and judging by the expression on the faces
Speaker 2: of the jury, they accepted it as such. Doyle told
Speaker 2: them how he and the man he is charged with
Speaker 2: murdering had never exchanged a harsh word in an acquaintanceship
Speaker 2: of two years duration. How suddenly this man, Javelin, had
Speaker 2: sprung upon him like a wife out beast, without any
Speaker 2: provocation whatever. How after hitting him in the eye and mouth,
Speaker 2: he had threatened to lick everybody in the house. Then,
Speaker 2: after the women had become frightened at Halen's madness and
Speaker 2: locked themselves in the parlor, Doyle told the jury how
Speaker 2: Havelnd went out in the yard and got the axe.
Speaker 2: Then he shouted to the women to escape, for haveland
Speaker 2: was coming with the axe. How the enraged man smashed
Speaker 2: in the parlor door with the axe and shouted, damn you,
Speaker 2: I will kill you all. How he Doyle, hearing the cries,
Speaker 2: for help, but fearing for himself, had hurried in to
Speaker 2: do the best that he could, and found the women
Speaker 2: trying to escape, whereupon he had picked up the axe
Speaker 2: Haveland had lost, and, knowing he was no match for
Speaker 2: Haveland man against man, how Havelnd then directed his attack
Speaker 2: on him, and he, thinking only to disable him, had
Speaker 2: met the assault with a blow with a flat part
Speaker 2: of the acts, the blow that had subsequently been the
Speaker 2: cause of Havelen's death. That was all, but Prosecutor Stockton
Speaker 2: was unable to shatter a single word of the boy's story,
Speaker 2: although he subjected him to a rigid cross examination and
Speaker 2: made Clarence illustrate with the acts just how he struck
Speaker 2: the fatal blow. This Doyle did so well that it
Speaker 2: only tended to add to the strength of his story.
Speaker 2: As the case now stands, on the testimony, it is
Speaker 2: Clarence Doyle's word against Lizzie Havelen's. Then the defense rested,
Speaker 2: and now but three scenes yet remain of the final act,
Speaker 2: the summing up of the council, the charge by his
Speaker 2: honor Justice Gomer, and the verdict, the beginning of the
Speaker 2: end of the trying ordeal, to which Clarence Doyle has
Speaker 2: been subjected for the past three days, was ushered in
Speaker 2: at Mercer Court this morning at nine point forty. The
Speaker 2: young prisoner, who has conducted himself so well through all
Speaker 2: these bitter hours, was the same today as he has
Speaker 2: been on previous days, confident of his own innocence. The
Speaker 2: crowd in the courtroom was the largest of any period
Speaker 2: since the trial commenced. The room was literally packed with
Speaker 2: people who were evidently friends of the boy. When Doyle
Speaker 2: appeared with Constable Capple, a murmur arose in the courtroom
Speaker 2: that almost amounted to an outburst of applause for the prisoner.
Speaker 2: As Prosecutor Stockton opened up the summing up for the state,
Speaker 2: Doyle listened attentively to every word which was intended to
Speaker 2: prove his guilt of a crime, the penalty of which
Speaker 2: was death. His eye never faltered, his cheek never blanched.
Speaker 2: He seemed willing to look the whole world in the
Speaker 2: face because he had within his own heart the assurance
Speaker 2: that he had only intended to do to his duty,
Speaker 2: even if his own life was to be forfeited. Prosecutor
Speaker 2: Stockton arose to address the jury, and the court room
Speaker 2: was still in silent as a tomb. The crucial moment
Speaker 2: was now at hand. Mister Stockton traced the course of
Speaker 2: a killing from the time it was committed up to
Speaker 2: the time the facts are given to the jury. In part,
Speaker 2: the prosecution said, quote, you have been sworn to try
Speaker 2: the facts of this case and determined from the evidence
Speaker 2: put before you what is the truth and where justice
Speaker 2: is due. You have no more to do with the
Speaker 2: question of law in this case than any spectator in
Speaker 2: the audience. You are to accept the words that come
Speaker 2: from the court as the only law in this case.
Speaker 2: With you, it is the pure question of facts. You
Speaker 2: have nothing to do with mercy, prejudice, revenge, horror, or
Speaker 2: any other feeling. You must make your minds a total
Speaker 2: blank to everything except the actual facts put before you.
Speaker 2: If you show mercy, you are assuming a right that
Speaker 2: belongs only to the court, and you are thereby going
Speaker 2: outside the lines of your duty as jurors, and are
Speaker 2: betraying the confidence imposed in you by both the state
Speaker 2: and the accused. Unquote. Prosecutor Stockton then cited and explained
Speaker 2: the law concerning murder and then said, quote, if you
Speaker 2: decide that the prisoner has committed a murder. You will
Speaker 2: then have to determine whether it is murder in the
Speaker 2: first or second degree. The law concerning a killing of
Speaker 2: a fellow man in self defense has nothing to do
Speaker 2: with this case. It is not applicable in any way.
Speaker 2: The state thinks that the defendant, Clarence Doyle, struck the
Speaker 2: blow that caused the death of Amos Haviland, deliberately, wilfully, premeditatively,
Speaker 2: with a malice of forethought, and shall therefore ask you
Speaker 2: to render a verdict of murder in the first degree. Why, gentlemen,
Speaker 2: the defendant's own story is false and impossible of blo
Speaker 2: by any reasonable person. It was plainly manufactured to suit
Speaker 2: the necessities of the case. Premeditation does not mean that
Speaker 2: a man must think and meditate on the killing of
Speaker 2: another a year, a month, a week, or a day. No,
Speaker 2: not even in an hour. A single instant is all
Speaker 2: the time required by law for premeditation. The state can
Speaker 2: show that while Clarence Doyle was outside in the yard
Speaker 2: with his overcoat on his arm, he was then deliberating
Speaker 2: as to whether he should go back and kill Amos Halin.
Speaker 2: That was enough time to show premeditation, and it did
Speaker 2: not matter if the whole party were laughing and joking
Speaker 2: all the previous part of the day. I shall go
Speaker 2: over the facts and evidence in fuller detail at a
Speaker 2: later time. The plea for the life and liberty of
Speaker 2: Clarence Doyle by Captain Holt was a touching, convincing, eloquent
Speaker 2: effort in well rounded tones. The captain related the oft
Speaker 2: time old story. He described the horror of the situation
Speaker 2: in which young Doyle was placed alone with a madman
Speaker 2: who was trying to take the lives of any and
Speaker 2: all that crossed his path. The able lawyer pleaded in
Speaker 2: a deep undertone that impressed the jury and doubly increased
Speaker 2: the solemnity of the utterances. In part. The plea for
Speaker 2: Doyle's life was as follows quote. The prosecutor is right
Speaker 2: when he says, you must have proof beyond a doubt
Speaker 2: that the act that deprived amos Haland of his life
Speaker 2: was committed wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and with malice a forethought?
Speaker 2: What is malice badness? Why, gentlemen, such an action must
Speaker 2: come from the mind of a man utterly destitute of
Speaker 2: every principle of right Prepense is a word taken out
Speaker 2: of the old common law, which means to weigh before
Speaker 2: to calculate to a nicety the hour, minute and second
Speaker 2: of the time when the crime is to be committed.
Speaker 2: Who is the murderer? Look upon him, gentlemen, Does he
Speaker 2: look like a murderer. It is a boyish face, destitute
Speaker 2: of viciousness. It is an honest faced without the mark
Speaker 2: of cain upon it. He comes to you as a
Speaker 2: boy would go to a father, and asks of you
Speaker 2: nothing more than God's own justice. On the twenty eighth
Speaker 2: day of last November. The indictment says, this boy killed
Speaker 2: Amos Havelen with malice. Malice, gentleman, why his mind does
Speaker 2: not know about the words meaning unquote. Captain Holt then
Speaker 2: retold the story of the witnesses of Anna Havelyn's remark
Speaker 2: concerning Decker, and of how the demon was aroused in
Speaker 2: the dead man's breast by the mention of the man's name.
Speaker 2: Captain Holt continued, why, gentlemen, Clarence Doyle was a hero
Speaker 2: at the time he rushed to the aid of those
Speaker 2: defenseless women who were alone in the parlor at the
Speaker 2: mercy of Havelen's jealous rage. Weak as he was, he
Speaker 2: was willing to do his best. Do you think he
Speaker 2: ought to hang? For that? Contrast Doyle's action to the
Speaker 2: abject cowardice of Fred Halund. Then, gentlemen, the testimony of
Speaker 2: the state's witnesses was contradictory. They said they wanted to
Speaker 2: see the boy hang. Shall then testimony be taken against
Speaker 2: that straightforward, honest, manly story you heard from the lips
Speaker 2: of this unsophisticated country lad. Finally, it rests with you, gentlemen,
Speaker 2: whether this boy shall go from this room with a
Speaker 2: fond mother and loving sister to a home of love
Speaker 2: and care, or whether he shall be condemned to end
Speaker 2: his life ignominiously and in despair in a prison cell. Unquote.
Speaker 2: In summing up for the state, prosecutor Stockton made a
Speaker 2: powerful plea for the conviction of the accused of murder
Speaker 2: in the first degree. The voice of the prosecutor was
Speaker 2: earnest rather than eloquent. Mister Stockton said, quote, you and
Speaker 2: I both loved the name of Jersey justh and we
Speaker 2: do not want to see it dragged in the mire.
Speaker 2: But if Clarence Doyle is not guilty of the highest
Speaker 2: crime known, the state does not want his blood, and
Speaker 2: if he has it, it is your duty to say
Speaker 2: that he pays the penalty. As to the origin of
Speaker 2: that quarrel in the kitchen, when Havelnd rushed at Doyle,
Speaker 2: it is almost beyond belief that the remark made by
Speaker 2: mister Haveland about Decker should have aroused Haveln to the
Speaker 2: fury of a demon. Why then, did Havelnd rush at
Speaker 2: Doyle Because Doyle was telling Missus Haveland that her husband
Speaker 2: was having improper relations with a certain old hag, and
Speaker 2: Havelyn was incensed to hear Doyle thus produce him in
Speaker 2: the presence of his wife. The defense got all the
Speaker 2: Havelins to say that they had feelings against Doyle. It
Speaker 2: was right that they should have feelings against him, for
Speaker 2: did they not see their father chop down with an
Speaker 2: axe in cold blood by this defendant. Would not you
Speaker 2: have feelings against the defendant? Were you? And the Doyle's
Speaker 2: motive was revenge. He wanted to get square for those
Speaker 2: two blows Haveln struck him in that fight in the
Speaker 2: kitchen unquote. In charging the jury, Justice Gummer explained the
Speaker 2: law so clearly that there could be no doubt that
Speaker 2: the jury understood their duty. If ever a jury did,
Speaker 2: all the evidence was reviewed commented upon in a clean,
Speaker 2: clear manner. It was an admirable charge, one of the
Speaker 2: best ever made in the Mercer Court. February fifth, eighteen
Speaker 2: ninety eight, for the killing of Amos Haveln with an
Speaker 2: axe on the twenty eighth day of last November, Clarence
Speaker 2: Doyle was this morning sentenced by Justice Gummer to ten
Speaker 2: years and three months at hard labor in the State Prison.
Speaker 2: Doyle was brought into court at fifteen minutes of ten o'clock.
Speaker 2: He smiled pleasantly at friends he recognized among the spectators,
Speaker 2: and still appeared to be unable to appreciate the gravity
Speaker 2: of his position. Shortly after he took his seat by
Speaker 2: his faithful counsel, Captain Holt and James Clark. His father,
Speaker 2: sister and brother arrived and occupied chairs around him. His
Speaker 2: mother was not present. Prosecutor Crossly then moved that the
Speaker 2: prisoner be sentenced. Captain Holt, in asking the court to
Speaker 2: show mercy and imposing sentence, made an eloquent please, setting
Speaker 2: forth the weaknesses of a great portion of the evidence,
Speaker 2: the youth of the prisoner, and the recommendation of mercy
Speaker 2: of the jury. Quote, we are here this morning to
Speaker 2: face a most trying ordeal. I can well understand the
Speaker 2: feelings of the court as it faces this stern duty.
Speaker 2: But I desire to call your honor's attention to a
Speaker 2: few things. Captain Holt then handed the Court of petition
Speaker 2: asking the Court to show Clarence Doyle the greatest clemency
Speaker 2: the law would allow in sentencing. The petition was signed
Speaker 2: by Senator Skerm, Assemblymanyard Nicklin and Weller, Mayor Sickle, and
Speaker 2: one hundred other names of prominent city and county men
Speaker 2: of importance. Continuing, Captain Holt said, quote, you will call
Speaker 2: to mind that the question of the prisoner's guilt or
Speaker 2: innocence depended largely upon the environments at the time the
Speaker 2: blow was struck. If Doyle acted wrongly hastily, he acted
Speaker 2: also as he thought for the best. You must remember
Speaker 2: that he is not a man of mature judgment, and
Speaker 2: under the circumstances which the fatal blow was struck, older
Speaker 2: and more experienced minds than his would have committed the
Speaker 2: same error. It seems to me, considering the prisoner's youth,
Speaker 2: considering he acted under the best light that he had
Speaker 2: and without malice, that he's entitled to all the leniency
Speaker 2: your honor can give him, And I feel assured that
Speaker 2: your honor will also temper justice with mercy in imposing
Speaker 2: sentence justice, Gummer said, quote Doyle, after a trial in
Speaker 2: which you have been ably defended. You have been convicted
Speaker 2: by a jury of murder in the second degree, and
Speaker 2: the court thinks the verdict adjustment. After a careful examination
Speaker 2: of the facts of the case, the court thinks it
Speaker 2: will be doing its duty to the public and properly
Speaker 2: administering justice by imposing sentence upon you, not for the
Speaker 2: full penalty of the law, but a sentence as light
Speaker 2: as is possible. Therefore, you stand sentenced to ten years
Speaker 2: and three months that hard labor in the state prison.
Speaker 2: Doyle heard his sentence unmoved, but both his father and
Speaker 2: sister gazed pathetically at him, while the tears coursed silently
Speaker 2: down their cheeks. The general opinion about the court room
Speaker 2: was that the court had been most merciful in its
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