The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-13


lie of hi bmsn thnn hishu.an bad take the he
| OF American The learned g. niiemsn tnen tered
into eloquent description OF The io q civil and ref
81, us liberty his crntinent, rather the
which led to s establishment. He attributed IL maioiy
tie reform story mission Of Luther who arss ccess.uy
| proclaimed mental loeIty throughout ChrisiendoR
from hat topic he passed IN to the Of
| nnstiesm in our misst twas rse, AID "pisy twas
| true" that ianscism was stalking abroad through.
| out The land. Perhaps it migat happen taat
rom the increase OF That prejudice icsn sheh
they could not shut their eyes upon ,hcy would sAe
tho ceiling not restranedsne dem gogue eleva,
I'd I, the chief magisuacy who goold play such fan
tssc tricks before high heaven would Inase the vef,
| angels weep Mr. W. then in highly elaqaont terms
pont.d out the duties OF jurors 10 sdmnis st,n OF
pubic Justice In tle Of hi, remsrk. while de-
preca,,ns ou'si5e influences being trougat 20 bea
upon juiies he oh ed that he had than one
occasion the court room filled win the slag ping
and aprlaudng friends OF soner am the ,ry bench
trembling wish in the presence Of the majesty
mob In speaking of the aryeet Of Poole and MrriseY
he maDtained mat the adninstra OF justice Ia the
police courts was piece Of the g,es eat humblg that
could exist. In his fpn,cn the Ja sss ws,e n"t paid
uade with that caretupess which the Importance the
office demanded For bis part ne Do si,iing TO p.y
ss Jaeses ten tnonsand year ,hsreoy they could
for the Office Of police magistrates But poles juetices
were not the only officials injadid usy ssec.ei Many
man, unfit in every particular foe t position was
cleo cd TO the Commen Council through the anuvring
Of political managers that they all knew-sone them
few years sgo, perhaps working for seven eight
billings day. There equal epec,n ~ tns
zion Of coroncrs Now If ,hey hal nad proper
at the time of the murder he 6een a, oa x tn
the of the aay, ana have gut all tie clotbes and
pistols and bullets, and We would have known all about
it. Doctors seec'ed for the office OF now
days. why, indeed he did know ony that hs sup
pofea because had hs leg cut on aud died, he
might be able communicate to the jury that astound
ing fact Gaughter) He or. W. knew u a coroner
who told jury, some time ago, that his
throat ol not die from the cutting OF hs throat. but
irfm bemorrhage (ieneTed l.rghter.) Those adroit
managers might take baker pener any o.har
uadeeman, and make him Judge, matter how uoat
Try 10 send him c the State prison the For him
self he would say that he would take the place Of
Judge unless he hao acquired means Of his the
course OF his professional If that not So
owing 10 the smalness-the total adequacy OF the
lrry-perchance he might be nped lean that side
which offered him the most money.
Mr.. Whiting then analysed the tes'inony TO Pooe's
going back to stanwx Hell He argued the effect that
Baker staid in Sanvix Hall purposey to see II Turner
would come. Baker lett there 80 Ings, collected
crowd OF some five six, rode csrsges.
What was the meaning OF all thatt Wny ali that
BANGING ogether,hat hunting OF his supporters2 II
because he knew Poole woud be there and that
der Of the difficulty between Poole Morriey
might wreak his vengeance upon the dec ased If the
testimony OF Ling were true, that Baker much
afraid Poole that be sep, upon the aeor in the second
story Of his saloon for twenty nights have
collected his force together and ino the very den of
the ion faudeen locking 'hc door behind tremf There
Poole Baker armed with Ts oil there Baker psc-
ing his chin his tn um6 looked hin in the face.
Was that insuliings Assuredly among class Of
DO You carry pistol for me Aud speaking carry.
ing pistols the learned counsel said that he considered
ibose reckless rioters who carried pistols aud bowie
knives and siurg shots, the onpi,iga,ei pack
vsgabonds on the face Of the earth. For his
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Lin, he would grasp that man and take that pistol
from him, and dash ii n'o thousand pieces aud then
w ~,niney I'D, hecessa,y 70 before jary Mho eommne-
deem; for be il who FIRST accostea Poole "blck
| magzled son OF L-b.n Poole drunk, Paudeen was
drunk, Turner was infuriated Eakor sober Poole
chances were against him Rc made u.e of r,,ss when
Pandcen challenged him TO fight with 1es 10 his
life for At least that night lie said Psudecn that he
was not worth fighting, hut that he would ngh, any
Iibmsn for $500 supporng that their lsve a. pe would
| Had he
pistol that would have been the signal for the tn of
| Them have fired upon him lie did not and he even
exhibited forbearanec such he was snown TO
exhibit under such c,rcumstanceshe allowed h ase to
be in ued and spa in the face by Paudeen boy that
l he could have crushed though he an infanb
Wei, Turner fired and sh 4 binself in the arm; Poole
then was shot in The leg and had the shot been fired
| with the would in pooc's leg. Baker assanaed.
caught Poole BY The hard, and they. both ie,s
the heart Of his victim Baker could baea
DER Tor he q course must have possessed strength
that If he under he could not have fired the shot
through fooes vest by OF the very position
the peroraiion Of the bullet. II Poole even did FIRE
through bis coat, 1t was more Than what he had
clear ipnt to dc, seeing that be alta sked by a
derous &, ng determined TO have his h Blu, he cid
shootthee ~as no evidence W prove it, the contra
~, all the witnesses who that fatal az ay
explicitly stated tina. they pistol in Pooles hand
The learned counsel in this connection directed the at
tenton of the jury to the holes in the skirt OF Pooes
cost and argued that on the very nature the nlrxs
the holes could not cnused by firing from un
der the skirt lie considered that coat ('ooles) most
conclusive testimony against the prisoner especially
the skirt the coat would have the of burning up
on the inside, which 1t happened II did OF bear. Mr.
| W. then went into detail Of the experiments which
the fring through woolien mate mate ial. The
result Of their experiments allowed that when
| the bullet made round hole; when placed wiihin a
foot So II made ragged hole and when the muzze
be burned But he said before Poole had n pstol
drawn. Why thea, when he had been already wounded
stand back sensmeH, Why cid Bss.1 r' esle sin
him, why cid he Ere into his heart II he had deter
mined to take he mans life That Poole did rot dis
charge pistol after he was down on the door vey
certain Then the loaael pistol picked up by cokey
Jack were Pooe's, when did Poee load IL III he had
fred four times through his coas Had he loaded II,
McnoIough necessarily must have him wei
the other parties present II asserted that Hylcr had
nothing TO do with the ssy. The jury would deter
Inc that from examination Of the testimony The
proof was that ~ Ter 10 the back at stsnSx
also. Hyier had sold ont 10 Dean and Desge, but
| had not moved his family away. Who Hyer
AFRAID afraid Of in N going from iisg,s to stan~x Hall,
adrnitted-'hen who was he airaii of, In the Of
common comm sense q pooIes gang, rha. was very ul-
tenn ~ his personal triend But when Hyet got
up there and found the place hall shut up, WY dd he
not up stairs BY the private entrance 70 hi- family
who waiting io him, instead of going in,o Deans
bar roont i was al pretence and nothing Aad
to lock the dor, tins heeping him from his home. Dd
| any one hurt himf Not one Bot IN they go-rurrer
offs with his brandisher his pistol shoots himself in
The Pandeen ard Van pelt ani the take
to their hee Baker sends bullet TO the heart Of Poole
out he runs too ard whos they ali In the street
they fire grand fa IL oe their immense victory
The learned counsel then read extract from Va.
guires testimony, - 70 the nrst difficulty stanwx
| Hal, on the evening OF the gath of February Hs
and he also read a portion of the evidence n
| the witness Goodheart, 10 the af.ir con
| trssiiDg the two, with view - show their 1ross
Inconsistency; ard aba the hci that 1asrhea-t sent
there becau- be heard there ves ging 70 BE- roaoe a.
ssnwix Hall that night. Mr. Whiting 4 nost abls
and searching examination Of AL the esrence Relating
the fatal ARRAY concluded By sayiDg--l know fe aud
20 30 you, that justice nescs victim Shs asks to
ssrt only her prcrogAve. Truth req you
should hand person convicted OF efe c. 70
offended justice that the law may be sindcAie3 Thea
say r. ynn arhin that here a concerted de- "a H..
tween Baker Turner, and Pandeep 20 S.snvx Hall
\ 20 provoke Poole Bght and her ~ them ia led
tin, they are all equsy guiliy. With these remarks
sentsmen believing thar you viii do your duty 10 you
God and 70 your country and 70 your % rs I subun,
this case 10 your Iaient calm eon.iersian bcieyrg