New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-26
TRIAL FOR MURDER.

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ELLswoarB and PAaS.
TRIAL. OF WILLARD CLARK FOR THE MURDER OF
RICHARD ". WIGHT, At NEw-HAvES, CT,
LAST APRIL.
From Our Own Reporter.
Nrw-HIyEs, Monday, Sept -, 1885.
This trial has produced more excitement than any
other that has taken place in the New England States
for number Of years past. 1t has been before the
Superior Court exactly one week, and Is snll the
Great topic of conversation everywhere in the city
Crowds OF people I'll tie Court Hou,e every day, and
nsny more outside anxiously await an opportunity 20
&c, in. Quite O number remain OF the Courthouse
durirg the whole dav in order TO retain desirable
seats This is now the seventh day Of the trla and
vet il IA impossible TO pre0ct when u VIII close.
A I.rce number Of witnesses have been examined
On Saturday morning the Rev. j. NJ. Gsrfiei1 was
called 10 the stand Gs witness for the S'ae. ne @s
tilted that be tad made Clark some seven or eight
visits while IN Jail 10 talk with HIM about rengloh
and inquire conceruiug his spiritual condition. Clark
refused 20 receive him as minister OF ue uo7Pei,
and told him be cid LOT believe in any God or IN 'he
Bible. Mr.. G.. told him he considered him a Gown
right nfde, and advised him TO pray to God Tor sal
walton. He said he had been reading the " Nesuges
Of Greater" and Noaires Works, and liked the m
He said he did believe in any eternity and thought
that when & man died. " that was the end OF him
He expressed himself satisfied the day after Wight
H.
Clafk was or &c 4 COMMUNICATE OF Trinity Church
and Mr.. Garfield asked him ii he thought be should
ever hav. become murderer II be had renamed IN
com ection with the church and read his BioIe insea1
of the "Nestlges OF Creation = tie repned nc lOuSn'
he should lot.
Smith DAYTON Yves next called upon the stand. lie
testified tLst be had Clark every sunday except
one sirce The murder; be called to tam WIN the prs
oner about religion and administer 10 his spiritual CEN
diion: he never observed anything singular IN his
cob0uct or appearance, and from first TO sst never
saw the least indication of insanity; he asked him II
be wns under tle influence Of liquor when he commit
ted The murder, aud he said be was not, although he
was accustomed 10 use ii; he said there was no one
that valued human life less than he did.
Jacob Gould testified that he lived near Clarks
store and ihtima acquaioted with him. SAID ne
visited Clark at the jail the next morning atter the
MURDER al found him cool and collected III MS de-
meSnor: asked i'm where he got the pistol he shot
Wight with TO which he replied that he borro we'd oi
Mr. Beers No. Il Yorkst. he said he borrowed IL 10
kill ca, with that troubled him about his store he
had 10 desen to kill Miss Henrietta; he testified That
he never saw ANYTHING unusual in the or Goa
duct of Clark and noticed anything peculiar or
singular in Biz appearance, either before or AFTER me
murder.
Sizto,n different rttzesses now testified that they
were acquainted with Clark, and had never notlcei
ANYTHING strange or singular in bis conduct Mos; OF
them had business with Clark or less. Several
WITNESSES were called that knew Hman Clark, the IA
y or OF the prisoner and testified that he was very
ntemIerate but not an insane man.
The defense had tried 10 prove that CLARK was par
tally insane and that his father many years
az thus showing that Clark Inherited bis proclivly
to irsarlty. This Was rebuttng testimony. Doctors
Pliny A. Jewett, Jonathan Knight and Stephen &.
Hubbard testified that they had visled Ciaik at the
ia and Jaw nothing unusual aud singular IN his ap-
peciance The prisoner refused TO talk with Dr.
.Jewett because he knew he Was a physician, and
suspected that be might have come to test the sound
ness of bis mind.
At O'Clock bis Honor, Judge Ellsworth, announced
that the testimony in his had all been given IN,
and requested tie arguments of the counsel for the
State The defense however, requested time to pre-
pare summary of the testimony, and the Court al
ouII cd 10 to-day at clock In consequence OF the
great number OF people that want TO hear The agu-
nents in this extraordinary case the Repre- sentaives
Hsn ia the State House has been procured and the
Court meets there at o cock to-day.