Dramatic Finish

What an exciting trial this has turned out to be! Technically Cates lost the trial because he was found guilty. But in reality, he left the courtroom with a huge success. He was only fined $100 dollars. Man, Brady sure was furious. In his eyes, Cates should have been fined much more than that. He tried to give a speech at the end of the trial but nobody in the courtroom would pay attention to him. This enfuriated him! He had so much anger that it caused him to freeze up and pass out. As he was being carried out of the courtroom he babbled on some strange kind of speech. It was one of the weirdest things that i have ever seen! So i decided to give a speech about political losers like Brady. I wanted to thank Cates for provided with such an awesome story for my newspaper so I and the Baltimore Harold put up $500 dollars for his bail. Then, the judge came in later and announced that Brady died of a busted belly. Can you believe that? The man got what he had coming to him. He deserved it for being so rude to Cates during that trial.

Trial to Remember

This trial sure has been an exciting one. Brady continues to harass Cates with his religious motifs from the bible. In trying so hard to be the hero, he is actually portraying the villain. Bertram Cates is the true hero of this trial. He represents the separation from the strict laws of society to the idea of individual thought. This town should be appraising Cates for his teachings. People can't just continue to believe that certain things happened just because it says that in the bible even if the events are unreasonable. I just can't believe the way Brady goes after Cates. What gives him the right to decide what is right and what is wrong? This trial has given me much exciting information for me to put into my paper! I hope the trial continues to be as thrilling as it has been so far. I'm trying my hardest to make sure that my opinion is heard throughout this funfilled trial whether the public agrees or disagrees with me. I continue to defend Mr. Cates because this is such an interesting news story! I'm excited to wait and see the rest of the trial unfold. Hopefully the second half will be just as much entertainment as the first half.

Here We Go

My name is E.K. Hornbeck. I write newspaper columns for the Baltimore Herald and I have been assigned to cover Cate's trial. I am a supporter of the evolutionary theory. Some people may view me as a cynical person. I often tend to speak in the format of a poet. At the picnic, I made sure to let everyone know that Henry Drummond was going to be Cate's attorney. Like Drummond, I stand beside Cates. I don't understand why everyone sees him as the Devil. I am very talkative and tend to get into other peoples business but that is my job as a newspaper reporter. I find humor in topics such as evolution and religion. I believe that there are no "trees of knowledge" to be found in Hillsboro but there are many "ignorant bushes". I do hateful things, for which people love me and lovable things, for which people hate me. I am a friend of enemies and the enemies of friends.