A peculiar thing happened in Rothenburg on a cold Saturday night. An old blind man, Samuel Clemens, was found dead and dismembered underneath the floorboards of his house. Officials, Antonio Cruz and Chester Pierre, say that they did get a confession from the old man’s butler, Walter Cronkite, coming out and saying he did it, but why? Well it wasn’t for the old man’s money or out of hate. Mr. Cronkite said,” Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it.”
The trial lasted two weeks and Mr. Cronkite’s attorney, Gerald Green, was pleading Insanity. While Mr. Clemens family’s attorney, Robert piano, was pleading first degree murder. The case really could’ve gone either since there are facts from each side to cover each client. Not only were there facts from eachside to cover each client but both attorneys were well known and won most of their cases.
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Piano had some very convincing facts to charge Mr. Cronkite with first degree murder. First of all, in order to charge someone with first degree murder it must be premeditated with intent to kill. Mr. Piano had solid information by saying that Mr. Cronkite had been “looking upon the old man for 8 days and on the 8th night he killed him” as said by Mr. Cronkite. Mr. Cronkite also stated that he had full intent on killing the old man due to his eye. After the Judge, Ana Maria Polo, heard Mr. Piano, it was time to move onto what Mr.Green had to