"A daughter of Israel coming to judgment. She may have been wayward,
but we are not here to judge her past life. In a temple of Jerusalem
many years ago the Saviour of us all stood before the multitude and
they brought him a woman and said:
"'She has been taken in sin and she must die.' And he said:
"'Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone.' And they
walked away and left him with the woman. Then the Master said to the
woman:
"'Go and sin no more.'
"Let us pass judgment upon this woman as the Son of Man passed it upon
the woman of old that we may expect mercy when we stand at last where
the fallen woman of Jerusalem stood."
Mr. O'Donnell created a scene of profound dramatic features when he
based his contention that Guerin blackmailed Mrs. McDonald upon a
letter written by Guerin. He called the ghost of Guerin to take the
witness stand and testify against the state's attorneys.