FIRST ACT ENDS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18441, 23 July 1925, Page 9

FIRST ACT ENDS.

EVOLUTION TRIAL. /EACHER FOUND GUILTY. EVIDENCE BENEFITS TENNESSEE. r t .MES ASSOCUTIOX-Comi<J«T) M« eA » u, r , T«, ».i. calx association) (AC*!**" 45 ACT (Beccivcd July 22nd, 5.5 p.m.) TS'BW YORK, July 21. „,' W aß found guilty of 'ft !T&* ********* a* gating "* , tion the verdict being b "i 2r eight minutes' dclibcraret^te*aUed 100 dollars. tl6n " .-« from Dayton Btates that frocuent b,J?££* during th, *"**' «, held in 500 dollars' bail JSVi hewing of the appeal m ifSLr A Baltimore newspaper SI hi-bl opposing an unjust continue to support my came to a sudden and draaiatio ending. , e i, nr f Following on Mr Darrow s shorty B ham examination of Mr Bryan as » S C e,pert the Attorney-Genera cried: "What is the meaning of tnc harangue!" „. )V> - Mr Darrow shouted angrily: show up Fundamentalism; to prevent bigots «d ignoramuses from controlling the educational system of the United States." Mr Bryan, springing to lus feet and cried/ "To P»tect the Word of God from the greatest atheist and agnostic in the United States." Mr W. J. Bryan, who entered tlie .iri"tness-box, replying to the questions of Mr Clarence Darrow, counsel for defence, as to whether he believed the whale swallowed Jonah, and wither I" believed God made the whale big enough, or Jonah smell enough, declared, •'God could make » »J big enough to. swallow a man. He believed what the Bible said. One miracle was just.as easy to believe as . another. Asked if he believed Joshua commanded the sun to stand etui, Mr. Bryan said that he accepted the Bible etory absolutely. Asked what 'would ' happen if the world stood still, he repljai, "God would take care, of that-. He added that he was there to protect the revealed' re%km. ■Mr W. J. Bryan and Mr Clarence Darrow were anxious to continue with their avowed purposes, but the Judga r called a htft and ordered Mr Bryan's testimony to be expunged from the record, claiming that it was irrelevant to the question at issue, namely: Did Scopes teach that man descended frein the Jower order of animals? A conference of the prosecution and the defence attorneys decided to forgo all closing speeches, Mr. Darrow asking for a verdict of guilty, since the only ir4y to test tho law was to take it to the higher Court. '

Sir Birrow said: "We have done our best to turn back the tide that has sought to force itsolf on the modem world by testing every fact of science by religious dogma." Judge Raulston's final tribute might be regarded as a tribute to the defence of principle. He said: "A great man is one Who has a passion for truth and follows it against all opposition. it> takes courage to oppose public sentiment."

An exchange of courtesies followed the end of, the trial. All •wore in good humour, the defence thanking Tennessee for its hospitality.

Judge McKcnzie, prosecuting counsel, on behalf of the citizens cf the county, said: "We have learned to take a broader view of life since you came. We want to be more broadminded than some give us credit for. Thank you for coming. We respect your attitude and think we have benefited."