New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-20
THE LYFERNAL M4CHfNE CASE.
TRIAL OF ARRTSON.

FIFrH DAY-YREDAY. DEC. Is.
DIR Thcs. Woods sworn--Am Professor OF Aaas-
omy in the Medical College OF Ohio, in the habit
Of mskipg microscopic observation; usis exam
nation of the space between the prisoners eve.
orows, and found 20 indie ,ocs Of ANY hair being
moved. Witness ssve an scccrnt Of the physologi
cal structure Of the ssu. snd rrsons Why he jsdgs&
there bad been removal of the lair from tie bross
al aIy recent period. The microscopic power he
used va of 8 hundred demeters.
Dsniel Kelly, swosa-Wss at he Hosptsi tas
rigli OF tie explosion, betw,e . aud o clOck as
nigb!; saw Gr Allison he was dedf Mrs. ALI
son; heard hsr saw rsainyi went with Pat No
Grcarty for Priest Colsns; McGroasty asked her
some questions, which, Ne told NE, were whether
sts wih,d priest or not
Wiilism srdiDg recall d--Ths boss, John Kisg
snd Ge~hom Summers, v>re called. end identified
MN tSe wa'cl man to VII, " they \, srrib the
who gave them the tox-as being = 4 frk con elected
mar, not very heavy set III n f,cs rot very young.
Mr. HARDING I'D he was alta ding keeping the crowd
cut hoy came aud told "a be brought the box
tter' he de cried the msn That gave the box, -
being about 40 or IS Yeas sge rather slin face,
large pnse psle-colued did uet know whsther he
bad whlsk'r-; on that description. arrested = Mr..
Mcknight hrc ught him to tho boy. aud he said he
WAS not he man; after tina explosion, saw A.
lson lying On bed; sitter hal arrested ADD dis
chsrg, dekright l went into the Hospital. and
fesid Al. son say II WAS gambler, in Nes-York,
rsued Corelly, that s.nt the bcr; beard him say
nothing sbost the machine the csuse Of his das,h
Several other Witnesses were exssns.i but 10 do
not in d any 4 ing important in the report.
Jrpis AMI, % ssotn-Am brothe n Of ihs prisoner:
am a farmer; live in Iowa; my fatbev was ohioer
In the L. Army curing the Last wsr sfterw Arb wss
farmer in ID lsEare Co. Ohio; removed 10 Illinois.
end thence TO Iowa; the prisoner born in Della
ware Co.. and lived AZ home farm ill nearly AZ
eye; went to sehoo then at Quincy. H., to the Mo
sion Institute. remained there year sud half he
then went with me- scrcss the Pians 60 Califoras;
stsid there years; returned bone In MAY, 1859;
our object 10 California was 10 make money - com
plete his education; my brother remained thsrs till
tbs win IN int a la al hut
conc W ed 10 study meticius witness to this
city TO settle ais brothers affairs. aud ascertsia
whether he could have a fair Trial; we condacssst
our cofresporde nce in a fictitious name for the
tnrpose Of secrssy; saw French's letter % my
father IL advised my brother 10 keep away be-
cause person sccused OF such crime vas gee
orally convicted 10 all business concerns 1 vent BY
NY true meme; my letters were directed hcutiously
tn prevent iuerct ption, and went by false n.ne
ct ny boarding house, 70 avoid numerous questions;
ss | came through Muscstins saw my brother. and
he w,s snlious to come then and give himself no;
advised him DO. TO- till he could get his money our
family are 10 moderate circums snces there are sev-
en- or eight years difference be- ween us; be S~ born
In 1925: was with him in Quincv; We have besn
together most Of )ur lives my brother ia OF mud ais
position bnt rati sr impulsye; he is not sufficiently
,creriye: remember talk Dg with him about ma Dr.
Webster case, and he had no charity for Webster.
because be thought man should never give way 70
bis temper be haa turn for mech inics pursuits;
the residence Of ny fahers now about 100 niles from
Quincy.
Three or fosr witnesses were called on the part o.
the State when he Court announced that oil the tes-
timoDy was IN.
Mr. O'Ccrnor n sde the opening plea fOF the State.
He referred 10 the importance Of this case-ths most
imporsnt ever tried in this county and the most az
trsoro mar, in its crcumsisDces The RIGHTS 81 tho
p,isorer ss Runanteed by the laws, lad oil been
duly observed He read the indictment, and said tho
only peeuiaifyi in it wa it did not srge the pris
orer with ber present at the time OF the murder.
Bui !, was principle Of our law, that man who
loved an irrccf NJ agent 10 comrAif crime vas
a. guilty % il be Gid it himself lie referred TO the
nsiure OF the evidence in this csse ~ being mostly
circuustsntisi and read from legal decisions 10 show
what was ciTcunstsntsl evidence, and how h,os
pe,i,ive evid snce there is in any aase and how in
possible II would be 10 convict in capital ct8ss
without ciroumstn ntal evidence. He then COM
mented on the evidence, and showed how coDolu-
,ively IL all tended 10 fix The charge Arrison AZ
ter speech Of about two bours he closed, and At
O'Clock The Court adjourn ed TIL o'clock in the aorn-
ipg when Mr. Dickson will open for the defense.