Calmly and without malice or excitement he reviewed the testimony.

As the cold facts were unrolled, fear settled upon the listeners.

There was no escape from the murder or its premeditation.

Laura's character as a lobbyist in Washington which had been made to appear incidentally in the evidence was also against her: the whole body of the testimony of the defense was shown to be irrelevant, introduced only to excite sympathy, and not giving a color of probability to the absurd supposition of insanity.
The attorney then dwelt upon, the insecurity of life in the city, and the growing immunity with which women committed murders.

Mr.McFlinn made a very able speech; convincing the reason without touching the feelings.
The Judge in his charge reviewed the, testimony with great show of impartiality.