New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09

| 20 10 tb,re door 10 TINS staoe opf"ins y" ''' JAW
There vow know whether there any examination TIA;
ucniDs TO sec whether the door had been 10 Ae'' a.
no Where did that door the bach door on level with the
o,, Lead to A. To the laboratory and also 20 the yard
O This stable nlncstes directly with the Jsu '' 'He
q. who Occupied the stable , 4. do no; tno~
i not oacaPed BY you. d Wa. sep. locked or
sometimes op.n A. do not know never haa OCCASION "
l. there more ,n one door leading into your yard A.
Only enc. -. d.. window Of tn. .eooni-..ory
- " -. ir, lifted or fas,eued A. do not know,
yo lad nothing to with the fastening Of the house
a. NO S Sn rom,nat,on conducted By Mr.. Hal.
O Wa. there clock your mothers mntepiece in the
'h, ~ W., Wbe.. lock was that A. Mr.. Echers
Wa here any other clock in the house that night A.
no The back room in the attic s yours A. Yes Sir
What was furniture in the front attic room on that
rev wss there any furniture al A Some chairs AID
tn,nt / think there a wsshstand 80.
o When did last know Of fire being in the crate OF TINS
room, 4. Sometime in the fr,t part Of that week
O. Did you know Of any being there On ThnrsdAy' A.
O. You diG not use III A. No, Sir
@ When had you before Friday night slept IN TINS room
O. And when did your sister Ellen sleep in this room' A.
q How long had .h. been your BEDROOM A really could
O. Had YOU KEEP. It one month A. Several months
O you up in this back stticI room on Friday neh'
O. Where did you dress Friday morning. A. think it
O. You say that Hannah into the room and an
poaneed that Dr. Bd was b ed y0Y wf Sir that b
only thing that can remember ....a.. ,,.. mazda,
O. Where was your sisterl 4. really cannot say
@ you remember what it was Hannah said A. She said
that the Doctor there either dead or murdered
O Where your mother then A. think she was sweep
ine the room near the door AZ that time. .
O. How long did you continue standing by your sister! A.
Wbo the next person who came beside
Dr. Mans A. think il was Dr. Roberts
q The bureaus in mothers room stood between lhe
windowsi A. Yes, Sir. ,.
At H. tse 'P BreRsts at thu V de
O. Are the curtains Venetian close English blinds' A.
O. Do YOU remember when Mr. Ely note arrived' A. do
O. Did YOU see the note in back parlorl A. No, Sir
O. When did you first hear about this note A. When sister
O. That was the first you heard oft A. Ves, Sir.
Direct Examination Resumed.
O You saw you up in your sleeping room A. No Sin
@ Did your sister Ellen go up there that night A. MOI 10
q. Do You reoOect whether she went to get the night
O. What was the reason Of your sleeping down stairs A.
Because sister going away TO school next morning us
O. Did You pistol produced mere Yesterday a uu
O. Do you know how your mother got that A. Dr. BurdeI
20 How long before A. really do not know.
q Was while you lived in Twent fourth street A. II
O. By Juryman-Does your mother sew with her left hand
O Do yon know the reason A. On account of rheum
O Was she right handed efthanded previous TO the
rheumatism A. Right handed
TESTIMONY OF JOHN NJ. PERKINS.
O. What your occupation A. am obber OF boots and
q Where b Is Your residence A. At No 90 Second
Ba1de M1'' 4. N No yS 81 Bond Bond street '
Do ycq know 20: BY Sa SIR 81 otherwise d. samuel
O Do Won Know anything about that dog of his-Kins
Mr. Hal-we object to the question: the dog has not seen
Insse Daves-The dog has not been in the case.
Mr. Clinton-The dog was the coadjntor OF DT. rarny
Judge Dayes-I cannot permit anything about II. A.,
bomse ba nsh and wanted to show that the knowledge
Of this witness would readily go to any other house
Judge Daves-Itis entirely unimportant
TESTIMONY OF HENRY S. SMITH.
Examined by Mr.. Clinton.
O. Have you up the premises No 81 Bond street
a. O. Since the recess of this Court A. Yes, Sir.
O you examined the rear Of those Premi'es A. YES
State your in reference to the lock Of the
Mr. Hal object to the testimony How the locks are to-
day we have nothing to do with.
o What kind Of lock is it! A. 1t iss very small lock
indeed =, $500 ,, r
q State in reference to the access TO the rear window nmS Of
ately under the window of DIR. Burdells room
O. What the distance from that shed up 70 the "nao"
O. What is the high. Of this shedl A was about 10 iest
O. Whist is the width A. About feet may be TO- It's
o. Wba is the nocess to that point A. There is fence d.
ydng between the lot No 81 Bond street from that OF No -
TN. ehce must within four feet of this she'd should say
Is there any window near shed the second story
Ar. there othe, sheds Immediately joining some little
higher than others Yes Sir every house seems to have
NoSnato cut of one shed from anotherf A. No except
that the she'd door little higher There ladder IN
pd Won observe whether there is stable the esrl A.
o. Is there more than one door to it.
CeneaIs door enough for man to get
How that stable door fsstened' A. By three or four
nails on the inside on the side GPPUs 70 NG Bcfe
There alley leading into it. and thanking oil the lots upon
Bond street.
CrOs~er0mination conducted by Mr.. Hal.
O. Are Won the owner or occupant of that ssbe A. No,
o. Have YOU been there before today A. No, Sir
q BY JurymanDd ys9 observe how far person could
Judge DAvi.-That speculative is not legal evidence
George Cunningham recalled.
O. whether there amy ladder IN yard in the lat
ter part of January last
Mr. Hall-We object to the question for the reason
that the witness is off the stand has heard the test
mony, and the testimony is leading.
Question overruled by the Court.
Mr. Clnton--We will ask Miss Helen Cunningham.
O. State whether there ladder tue yard the time
Of the homicide Dr. BuIdel A. Yes, Sir stepladder,
standing near the sHpeTy tws'the same one there nov" DO
Mr. Clinton propose to show, by introducing the
Indictment that Mr.. Ecke has been indicted in sepa-
rate indictment for this offense the legal effect
| of that we will dispose of afterward.
Mr. Hall-We will concede that it is part of the
record of the Court.
The testimony for the defense here closed.
Judge Davies-Anything further, Mr.. Hall
Mr.. Hall-There is nothing that conceive calls
| for reply. Our case stands rs il did.
Judge Daves-I shall assign four hours to each side
for summing up.
Judge Dean desired that the Court adjourn to this
morning as il rather too much to expect that the
counsel should proceed at once TO sum up, after
eral DAYS ncessant labor and before they had oppor
tunity TO colae the great amount of testimony that