New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-10
MURDER TRIAL.
Trial of Margaret Clarity for the Murder CT
Edward Drum.
SECOND DAY-MoRy1SG Sc SION
tKe,c-ied iJr ne Y Tn0ane.l
Court ofCyer and


For the State the first witsess called
| was
Mrs. GillGn-My husband = Isaac Gillian. have
lived IN Malden-lane since Aprll last Ann Drum Is
| ny sister ne az my house on MONDAY { ehI-'
! Aug T. IT. company Nth Edward Drum they came
al o and lett about 10 O'Clock Edward mad bundle
and pair CT boots N his hand Shen ne lslt eN-
! pecteC thsm there that evening they engasei 10
] cone EDWARD lived With me more than l. monSAs
before that time ne left the week before ta.t t'ae'
Toss-erdmlaef-Drum left my house one week
before this Monday don't know where he went 20
! he tod me when he left ne was song TO New orA
| he SAID he was gong 20 leave ! dli not ihen Ano"
| ne m'encec 70 De married | don't know TIE gentle
mans name where my sIste! lived al iha' time ne
tooA part Of ms clothes away on his back ne oAly
| took what he wore cannot tel now long l. va oe
| iose saw HIM AGAIN can't tell what day ne came
| back haven't got A good memory after ne came
| from Newly 0rA he was al my house Win hafg fes
| IL The afternoon don't kno~ the time or the diS Il
| was toward evening. II not near Sundo"n
| they were not together when first saw them. tAey
went away from The gate together they didnt come
into the house Margaret mad been IN the house Oh
| tener than she was welcome she had oeen IN the
house that cav. before she met him, and they went
from the g. e together.
Direct eramuiGiiou resilmed-V hen they met at the
/ gate don't know where Drum came from.
| Cross-eJaniaation rssuned.-it the first time
he had been 10 NY house after he said ne Was gong
| 10 Newly Ork
Direct examination res,nn.d-He was not boarding
with me al that time ne had left he owned atr'mk,
he did not take II away Il Is at my house now
The State here rested the case, when Mr. Parker
rose and adore the Jury IN speech OF great orce
! and cleamess, which occupied the Court until the
close of the morning session.
! OPENING SPEECH or e.. PARKER, ESQ, COUNSEL
FOR DEFENSE.
II IS impossible, gentlemen OF the Jury IN any wise
20 exaggerate, perhaps adequately 10 appreciate
the intense interest of the drama III which we are
among the actors. The State OF New-JerSey asks at
your hanos the lie OF fellow creature As forfeit
10 her laws and necessary she says, Ia the safety
OF her cItzens-the life OF girl In the bud and bos
som of her youth IN the full possession OF health and
! beauty not yet arrived Al the age when the law
permits her Ordinary acts 10 be valid and gives her
the control Of the most trivial property. sne IS be-
fore you charge Of wIlful, deliberate malicious
MURDER ana If your verdict substantlate the charge
must close her eyes on world on whose duties she
is lust entering and die upon the glbbet the horrible
| death OF the murdereSS. With youth and health and
| beauty, God has given her hope and endowed her
with glorious capacities. To such as her have We IN
infancy cungtO Such as her we owe being, ana pro-
| lection, and ythlng-yes-everythng IN our
| characters which, under God We have 10 thank HIM
for. such as she IS are the dearest objects OF our
elections she Is daughter sister yea, she, hii
no Affections too terrible 70 bear pursued her ana
wrongs under which no woman's heart or woman's
! head couic stand. been heaped upon her. might nave
! been, and had she been permitted would nave teen,
a oifs-a fond. devoted and full-hearted wife, able
and willing, through veal and through woe, to sup
| port and comfort and advance the lot of any man
| among us. And vet your verdict may doom her THIS
! young, fresh girl the counterpart of one you have
! lett at home bv your loved tTesldes To the cold,
damp, unholy grave of convicted felsn. God lnhiS
mercy grant. gentlemen. mercy 10 you, as well AS to
her, that no such verdict may fail from your ips on
! her ears.
Supplemented seventeen Is easily Subsidized
! SLY enuancod by the apparent devotion OF men,
Who like Drum. have years and experience, II not
talent or ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and the more ignorant
and simple the more ready is their surrender To the
hattery of a mans admiration Whateverthe cause
the man was soon her acknowledged tover-under-
stood by her acquaintance, and that not entrey 10
the satisfaction OF her friends.
She loved HIM. heartily and earnestly she deserted
her brother and his family home they opposed the
match lie was her regular visitor for months ana
wears she never had nor permitted any other she
postponed the marriage, for which he urged on &C
count of her youth and from prudential motives
But everywhere that she lived he constantly visited
her as her acknow lodged lover and future husband
and her affections, young fresh ardent, concentrated
upon HIM with the violence and tenaclty OF hrst
love.
The progress of her story brings me to the period
Of her residence with Mr. Tucker, where she lived
at the period OF this homicide. She lived there some
five months, during the whole o. which Drum con
stantly visited her. Their weddlngday was near;
for two years she had tested his cOnStancy, and he
hers She loved she believed herself beloved, op-
porunity v As not Wantng-She was urged to mani
fest her devotion by the last favor when woman can
| grant-she was called ms wlfe-the near approach
| OF The DAY was pleaded-she was repToached WIN
want of confidence and affection II she allowed
doubt OF his sincerity or tIuth-"hat difference coud
| a few DAYS make Could law, gospel, MAKE ner
| more his wife than she was Would she distrust a
| love so long tined By every protestaiion--wlth
words Of solemn prayng-wih endearng tears ana
halfreslsted force. the seducer triumphed, ana the
poor prisoner was his prey. go,
Alas alas that II so, for the future lot oil ms
! poor MAIDEN The world suddenly -lrnmedlatey-
was a new world to her Hitherto her llfe had peeh
| serene and happy. Existence was constant ue-
light and innocence made even her obscure yel non
orable LOT a garden OF flowers HEALTH laoof weal'h
so far as she hal necessity Trends, dEecuoh,
ate brothers and sisters. bosom iul oil nope anu
love, and faith IN The man to whom years hau hill1
her soul-what could she. IN her simplicity, ask or
desire more And the future what Paradise 10 her
youpg imagination "a happy hOme, LOVING nus
band children TO call her moIher and dram her yearn-
ing energles-all that her humble lot might give neI
IN thus world. and the mercy Oi her GOd Ueyohd ts
was her prospect, her expectation But no Nomhh
can ever thus be happy or contented. Iheasl-
ness soon succeeds to derum. Every hOur inc
worth OF hat she has lUecOVeTdDy iOst Is iolreu
uuon her mind and NOT since that fatal hour mas ths
moor prisoner enjoyed day Of unmixed happiness;
For while, howe all was comparatively wen
Her fears were Soothed by the still ardent pro'esla
tons of her lover, and again and again tnelf guIy
love was mduged What could she deny hun She
was all his then and as long as passion reHlhheu
moi entirely stated, long her fears were mainly re-
messed and her life not completely wretched. ms
nrotesaticns Of honorable intentions were continued
and increased. lie loved her, he sdl, Ten lou more
than ever now that she had gwen herself up TO MN
could he desert her Was she not now at least ms
wife IN the eve Of God Thus ne cOmiofteu lef
While II suited nm, and babe her prepare iot tie.
wedding gave her money toward Duying IueI III,
tie household equipments a'iu 'o4~' io' -'s -
oct READY while lie. ms part, was looking iOr
room winch they might together lntaoH lime
rolled On. and new nducement u hasten presented
tself-symptoms occurred which prognosIcdted tue
hth OF another being whose fame tneir ubOieAt loFt
would Iplure, and the wTetched gTl began 10 AWAKE
To the fun consciousness OF her position She was
rroud of name untarnlshed by any s1cn disgrace
'Thourh she and her friends were poor tIine was
N,hsn fhey were of comparative consequence, and
they sci d hi Oh value character She had iather
w,h gray hairs she had brotaers and sisters ana as
Ir,~b a.fhC n "A
g1ous rutes She well knew and partoOA OF the pc
cunar horror with which her class proVeroiauy We"
a loss of female chastity.
Accordingly no sooner Gid she MAKE ms discovery,
,han she informed her lover. an additional reason
rhy then marriage should be fastened, and HAPPY
was she 10 md that far from resreng he expressed
grta JOY al the result, assuring neT lhaI ou. lev
go .fonh elause before she would be his
i.,i %, - ,;vsc = DAY then near at hand for their