European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Simpson trial a matter of Law and lawyers Andy Rooney following Are program notes that come Tomy mind As i think about the o  Simpso murder trial the grand jury has already decide that there is reason enough to suspect . Simpson of murdering his sex wife and her Friend Ronald Goldman to keep him in prison during his trial where paradoxically he is considered innocent until proven guilty. The judge is angry with the press and television for what he says is irresponsible behaviour. Judge Lance Ito seems very Good but Why in t he also angry with some of the lawyers for being irresponsible a lot of people Many of them in the newspaper and television business think the trial is getting too much attention. Is it this is an important trial and we re All learning something about the Law about Tri als and about people. There has never been a Mur Der trial for anyone As famous As of. No one has come Forward to collect the $500,000 Reward of. Offered to anyone who offered substantial information about another suspect. Lawyers put great Faith in the Art of Cross examination. Sometimes it helps them get at the truth. It seems to those of us who Are amateurs that just As often lawyers use Cross examination As a Way of trick ing a witness into saying something he does t mean. We All love a television show or a movie that has a Clever lawyer. I was looking through a Book about Abraham Lincoln. It has an excerpt from a trial that took place in 1857 at which Abe defended a Man named William Armstrong who was charged with shooting an acquaintance named James Metzker. The shooting was supposed to have been witnessed by a third Man named Allen. The evidence was so Strong against Armstrong that he was almost lynched by a mob Friendly to Metzker before the trial. Lincoln was hired by Armstrong s Mother to de fend her son. The trial began and Lincoln sat silently for so Long that Armstrong s Mother began to think she d hired the wrong lawyer. Finally Lincoln got of to Cross examine the Man who had testified that he saw Armstrong shoot James Metzker. Lincoln you were with James Metzker and saw the shooting witness yes. _ Lincoln and you stood near to them witness no. About 20feet.Lincoln May it not have been 10 feet witness no it was 2&feet or More. _ Lincoln in the open Field witness no in the Timber. Lincoln established that the Timber was a Forest of a Leech Trees with thick leaves at a place three Quad _ lers of a mile from the nearest House with lights. Lincoln did you see a Candle there with James Metzker and Armstrong witness no Why would they have a Candle Lincoln How then did you see the shooting witness by Moonlight. Lincoln you saw this shooting in the Woods at 10 at night three quarters of a mile from the nearest Light saw the pistol saw the Man fire saw it from 20 feet away All by Moonlight witness yes. I told you so before. At that Point Lincoln took a Calendar from his briefcase that showed that the Moon had not risen until 1 that morning _ _ Lincoln moved that the witness be arrested be cause nothing but the motive to Clear himself of murder could have made him swear so falsely and in dict a Man who had never done him any  Allen according to the Story broke Down and con fessed just the Way they do on Matlack or murder she wrote. It later turned out that Lincoln had tricked Allen into confessing by using a Calendar from Anai  i Hovis that-, Simpson is innocent Arguil Tyty cause of honest evidence and not because of a a Buno Media services Andy Rooney is a former stare and stripes reporter Scopes is. Simpson by Kevin Cowherd Baltimore Sun hyperbole reigns As never before. The l president proposed to Send a naval Bat the group and 20,000 troops against a tiny Caribbean nation whose army consists of 14 Guys waving machetes and it was labelled Ari  now the of. Simpson murder trial is being called the Legal Battle of the  this is also what they called the famous Scopes trial of 1925, where courtroom titans William Jennings Pryan and Clar ence Darrow argued the right of John Scopes to teach the theory of evolution in Public schools. Let s see How the two trials stack up defendant As tragic figure 7 Scopes trial Scopes reviled for breaking Tennes see Law mandating that Only the biblical account of the creation be taught. Simpson trial . Draws snickers for role in Hor rid naked gun movies which defense cites As Evi Dence of a troubled mind effect on trial venue % Scopes trial Bible Thumpert Snake worshippers etc., pour into sleepy Dayton term., along with 50 _ newspaper correspondents. Simpson trial about 3,000 Media members vie Send on l.a., and the downtown Marriott promptly cancels free Happy hour Buffet of Buffalo wings steamed shrimp 7 t i. Journalism heavyweights Scopes trial  Mencken of the Baltimore eve. Ning Sun files Brilliant dispatches _. Simpson trial taking notes in gallery entertain ment Torii has Leeza Gibbons whispers to col _. League How do you spell evidence memorable diversions Scopes trial famed orator Bryan rivets spectators with thunderous preaching on the Bible. Simpson trial Dan rather and Sam Donaldson Brawl after arriving in identical safari jackets. Memorable quotes. Scopes trial begin to realize what life must have been like in Judea 1,925 years  . Mencken Simpson trial i had a Quarter Pounder with cheese that night Mahjou was great Kato prosecution s resum6 Scopes trial Bryan runs three times unsuccessfully for . Presidency. " Simpson trial Marcia Clark visits hair cutlery three times for help with out of control Perm plow thought to be nesting sight for endangered piping plovers. A a / _  pretrial defense preparation Scopes trial Darrow tirelessly researches Darwin s theory that Man has evolved from monkeys. R Simpson trial Robert Shapiro poses in Jacuzzi for people despite Welve Fine thick Chest and Back hair. _ defense strategy i Scopes trial Darrow attacks fundamentalism the belief that words of the Bible should be taken literally. ". Simpson trial when prosecution brings up bloody Glove found on Simpson property blood spots in driveway damning dam report etc., Shapiro says Picky Picky  i los Angeles times Washington Post news service. Clarence Pago is on sabbatical. October 2, 1994 sunday Page 9