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And
Clyde
,
as
well
as
Belknap
and
Jephson
,
now
gazing
at
them
and
wondering
what
the
impression
of
Mason
's
opening
charge
was
likely
to
be
.
For
a
more
dynamic
and
electric
prosecutor
under
these
particular
circumstances
was
not
to
be
found
.
This
was
his
opportunity
.
Were
not
the
eyes
of
all
the
citizens
of
the
United
States
upon
him
?
He
believed
so
.
It
was
as
if
some
one
had
suddenly
exclaimed
:
"
Lights
!
Camera
!
"
"
No
doubt
many
of
you
have
been
wearied
,
as
well
as
puzzled
,
at
times
during
the
past
week
,
"
he
began
,
"
by
the
exceeding
care
with
which
the
lawyers
in
this
case
have
passed
upon
the
panels
from
which
you
twelve
men
have
been
chosen
.
It
has
been
no
light
matter
to
find
twelve
men
to
whom
all
the
marshaled
facts
in
this
astonishing
cause
could
be
submitted
and
by
them
weighed
with
all
the
fairness
and
understanding
which
the
law
commands
.
For
my
part
,
the
care
which
I
have
exercised
,
gentlemen
,
has
been
directed
by
but
one
motive
--
that
the
state
shall
have
justice
done
.
No
malice
,
no
pre-conceived
notions
of
any
kind
.
So
late
as
July
9th
last
I
personally
was
not
even
aware
of
the
existence
of
this
defendant
,
nor
of
his
victim
,
nor
of
the
crime
with
which
he
is
now
charged
.
But
,
gentlemen
,
as
shocked
and
unbelieving
as
I
was
at
first
upon
hearing
that
a
man
of
the
age
,
training
and
connections
of
the
defendant
here
could
have
placed
himself
in
a
position
to
be
accused
of
such
an
offense
,
step
by
step
I
was
compelled
to
alter
and
then
dismiss
forever
from
my
mind
my
original
doubts
and
to
conclude
from
the
mass
of
evidence
that
was
literally
thrust
upon
me
,
that
it
was
my
duty
to
prosecute
this
action
in
behalf
of
the
people
.
"
But
,
however
that
may
be
,
let
us
proceed
to
the
facts
.
There
are
two
women
in
this
action
.
One
is
dead
.
The
other
"
(
and
he
now
turned
toward
where
Clyde
sat
,
and
here
he
pointed
a
finger
in
the
direction
of
Belknap
and
Jephson
)
,
"
by
agreement
between
the
prosecution
and
the
defense
is
to
be
nameless
here
,
since
no
good
can
come
from
inflicting
unnecessary
injury
.
In
fact
,
the
sole
purpose
which
I
now
announce
to
you
to
be
behind
every
word
and
every
fact
as
it
will
be
presented
by
the
prosecution
is
that
exact
justice
,
according
to
the
laws
of
this
state
and
the
crime
with
which
this
defendant
is
charged
,
shall
be
done
.
EXACT
JUSTICE
,
gentlemen
,
exact
and
fair
.
But
if
you
do
not
act
honestly
and
render
a
true
verdict
according
to
the
evidence
,
the
people
of
the
state
of
New
York
and
the
people
of
the
county
of
Cataraqui
will
have
a
grievance
and
a
serious
one
.
For
it
is
they
who
are
looking
to
you
for
a
true
accounting
for
your
reasoning
and
your
final
decision
in
this
case
.
"
And
here
Mason
paused
,
and
then
turning
dramatically
toward
Clyde
,
and
with
his
right
index
finger
pointing
toward
him
at
times
,
continued
:
"
The
people
of
the
state
of
New
York
CHARGE
,
"
(
and
he
hung
upon
this
one
word
as
though
he
desired
to
give
it
the
value
of
rolling
thunder
)
,
"
that
the
crime
of
murder
in
the
first
degree
has
been
committed
by
the
prisoner
at
the
bar
--
Clyde
Griffiths
.
They
CHARGE
that
he
willfully
,
and
with
malice
and
cruelty
and
deception
,
murdered
and
then
sought
to
conceal
forever
from
the
knowledge
and
the
justice
of
the
world
,
the
body
of
Roberta
Alden
,
the
daughter
of
a
farmer
who
has
for
years
resided
near
the
village
of
Biltz
,
in
Mimico
County
.
They
CHARGE
"
(
and
here
Clyde
,
because
of
whispered
advice
from
Jephson
,
was
leaning
back
as
comfortably
as
possible
and
gazing
as
imperturbably
as
possible
upon
the
face
of
Mason
,
who
was
looking
directly
at
him
)
"
that
this
same
Clyde
Griffiths
,
before
ever
this
crime
was
committed
by
him
,
plotted
for
weeks
the
plan
and
commission
of
it
,
and
then
,
with
malice
aforethought
and
in
cold
blood
,
executed
it
.
"
And
in
charging
these
things
,
the
people
of
the
State
of
New
York
expect
to
,
and
will
,
produce
before
you
substantiations
of
every
one
of
them
.
You
will
be
given
facts
,
and
of
these
facts
you
,
not
I
,
are
to
be
the
sole
judge
.
"
And
here
he
paused
once
more
,
and
shifting
to
a
different
physical
position
while
the
eager
audience
crowded
and
leaned
forward
,
hungry
and
thirsty
for
every
word
he
should
utter
,
he
now
lifted
one
arm
and
dramatically
pushing
back
his
curly
hair
,
resumed
:
"
Gentlemen
,
it
will
not
take
me
long
to
picture
,
nor
will
you
fail
to
perceive
for
yourselves
as
this
case
proceeds
,
the
type
of
girl
this
was
whose
life
was
so
cruelly
blotted
out
beneath
the
waters
of
Big
Bittern
.
All
the
twenty
years
of
her
life
"
(
and
Mason
knew
well
that
she
was
twenty-three
and
two
years
older
than
Clyde
)
"
no
person
who
ever
knew
her
ever
said
one
word
in
criticism
of
her
character
.
And
no
evidence
to
that
effect
,
I
am
positive
,
will
be
introduced
in
this
trial
.
Somewhat
over
a
year
ago
--
on
July
19
--
she
went
to
the
city
of
Lycurgus
,
in
order
that
by
working
with
her
own
hands
she
might
help
her
family
.
