New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-03
TRIAL OF THE REV. JACOB S. HARDEN.
THIRTEENTH DAY-AFTERNooN SESSION.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
BYLvIDERE, Tuesday, Nay /, 1862


Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
BTLvIDERK, Tuesday, May /, 1860.
The crowd in and about the Court. ROOMS immense
TIE prisoner introduced to his seat under the most
serous difficulties in consequence of the great pressure
The Comt opened az O'Clock, when Joseph /.
Bradley, esq, resumed his argument.
Tie prisoner being IN possession Of the OF MS w
death males his conduct npear singular but the
session explains all Satisfactorily Harden and
III VIII family DO. upon the beat terms Mrs Portland
cane Ramsay with feelings OF pre- ldice against him She
otbeTheard Harden end rs Dorsnd the corpse
and ,be .aid glazed when looking il Wond be
TTse ,sa1 mopns n and m Posnd Ga: tcy
had pions concerning his wes death They sent for Or
cu%stspces act ns,ur Knowing as he 5d hs of bis
Wis de.hl ItmAy lie all lie that hi. wife made that state
MI Il tue as believe Il 10 be- you for
I h. &C., saet on the subject DR. Bstxe made Cur.
sory examinan ard stated In substance ihs .s Snt nave
,sos IN such condno Would he no, be snloa. 70
convince TEEN tba, all Igh with regard to her deah!
admit Ii Harden suxous that suspicion should be aaye1
in Iesnd 10 him the stare attempts to dra arsei gier
fad foT them in the evidence Up to ths point
NoE Do his dScaaiIsIs as 10 bi, escspas Show guilty mini
You tina; was unnatural Tor hun TO cone 70 con
placed He may be guilty but cannot say ne c.ei unni
te was told Of IT, His the da'h Of hi, wife ia uni
form, confident and naurs In .u1Pre,sng what h' w
would He wa. compesd either avalse hi. vie tod
him. give the that Mssse Dorsni Snd others assignee
he state relics upon Bis false s;a:epsa. as 70 hi. .siss to
MILF strong cfcamsts egsins him Now he CID not
say hat be had been Milford in order conceal b.. visit
Eas,on That be had admitted 10 othos on several occaons
He only said he had Milford aay ,uspi Ia view Of
The eiIeuTs. cs urroundias him Ordinarily desire ay
suspicion evidence Of su, bu' paeed a, ne We. o.as
him be uocett hi, fact makes nothing l't him nas b.
said be ha, been Mei e prefer; Ssa, ,es b.
But hee Is fence Of i. Had he been :! Ei'.oa ey
be weuld have been The lat an 20 90 hons aHi a1 s
10 iast po.hns at all Let look at It he dr f. tic
da say be struck with The general appearances o. INC
snce he was ,omewha, fami,. lie had pictures Ct aim
had sog 1% be- not say hs the o.
whom be sold aienic familiar % him Hchi has ss9 ben
bad Snd usJen ~ On that day sed lad a.d @ hf the
souu aud had odueed the evidence eoul he recover
lie could And yet c'ed upon TO convict man Of
The mot hsnid murder .ysI h. ard Of upon ,ne evidence '
have sid enough Of nist sad his syidsn5e Yo1 csno,
give the weight Of feather The n'1t charge he n gay
ab %Spie Il A' nv yD S !. he 1 ss" q o. sss A.
alysH iy i were He be e. T's 5 t. sags
he sincere n hs tsteueI lie eo'd have gone pot
did no, intend TO stsy sway hr h g.
to He wd' asyi'et 90 b. men Of ae 1en 'mons
you bsye sdvi'sd bin not to 90 s9J or i9po,snee5n,
In soinE The fact OF his ong The Only ~se
him His changing hts hat his and hi clothes are mere
incidents 20 bic song and Gao b-V" 10 upon ne ca
Can the be to before the Coroner. jury be
Can be rue' Had b. any stronger 1t.so t. cam
do 80 lie made this statement voluntarily On Suniay t.
Frank Weymouth. lie made ito m father, and, uais his
advice W. Bcht. These statements do differ they
BeaTy the Egsi tbif Ia t statement asoes Win the
facts In The ca.e'sr sworn 10 by witnessss
have said tl believe this statement mace 4teF hs
TeluDtc with the burtnuL a4t)satc La aed OcO.c yo4
ifdt be believed made before he went Tor IT, IL post
beths .,iseneIt l. 'as u n,ks PIoliDs taeI yoi
Yves her Mid In such condition TO do this deed Dr. Brkey
tells tlsg there To- cide. Ffsi Hereditary
Second inssny, and Third exciting Suicide Is causel
by morid sae Of the mind such melancholy, di Have
the cad gcy from medical works tine sub c or
tude Hwha have read IL don't you recognize Mrs
Harden II the symptoms described Look a. The evil
how afflicted, aud th ct1nO. tOub.
her pIedi,poriion commit suicide She Jealous
Her show tais feature IN her character. She
oyi him What her disposicn she was .23us Of h.
attentions Others Mrs Ramsay she st tina. abe
fhe any tne, and yet she there SIX weeks Rev
Mr.. melancholy and It'll. Misc HNds1
very isd and tt AID IL low tPn gloomy In
deep study and eqnently in tears. -
MIS Harden tells pretty much me ane story sle c'iei
uLe was there. She loSphitec 0len .lei tears 80
by Lcef Her sad These are instances
going her peoisposiion Numerous Witnesses testify
tie thing. With his Of testimony uncolt iclrii
doubt her pfedlsP9stion Her sympt)ms tue
syupions which exit the Of pedispoaii3n don't
that II conclusse that ,he hal such symp.1s,
but do ssy that Is highly probable she had Can you dsr'
gard these circumstances II makes obaDe tn the account
the her husband "a the solution OF her death And
now, scnilcmoD. done about " leave this wiki
you. The this must be decided Us th Has iris de-
PENDANTS guilt proved He Is esteemed by the Law
proved guilty The tesmouy must exclude every
other bypo hes than that Of guilt before you convict him
commit hun to you, with the full assurance that yoar
verdict muet be IN hls favor.
AR Bradley closed his argument a. 81 O'Clock. Nine
hours were c0nsu ned in its delivery The speech
a five effort Of clOse logical reasoning.
The Court a6jouTnel untl morning.