New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-16

AZ , o,ssr the counsel for tbs prisoner shah etve on s Ds
Attorney ooss q .: s T sssss H. ~
2Sc.snstS s them rss~cvsy and shs. bs District
ornsy within days tsrsssr serve eI US r.
q The ssid Witnesses respectively and also ts osnes
and places Of residence Of the woses s
he % the ps Sroo noe Y bsm rcvey and 70 d,
insroescrss On the part Of the people the c.aa.
:Ss have 3. s s Siya Ill c:S:s Be xs
dsy Of DECEMBER And Il arser ctasfea .1l 70, zoe
a,. p.psrs b. 70 IKE g.eesr w
Dssse: he shall be SLOWED 70 bin and ~ s:s spS
rs.In ssy Of he TRIAL Of this indictment"
Tn compliance with this order, the counsel for ufe
prisoner served their direct interogatores on ne 2sn
dsy of October, 1859, on the District attornsy' 40
this day the has not served the cross
interIoestoriee He has been repeatedly schcned,
hh verbally and by letter, TO serve them, ana mas rs
e. promised 10 serve them just ~ soon 90 DIS otoes
snoaa. ments would permit him TO prepare them. 1as
q not vet been served, and 10 that facS, ana 70
,be; fat a, one is due the delay in bringing on INC
.ro, Cpu The 18th Of February last we were afor ned
tbat the cross b,tsrrogatores would 90 peryeo N.n
The next 10 DAYS aud that the trial would o. Oh
At the present All Term nusDtai III friends . vii: an
invalid krother. an aged mother. and neaHrorofen
si.ter that the tYial would be brought on " APn.
Bot the cross uteroga.ories were no ssrVed to
ten days. and on our again, ana on su saS ,b,
applying for information, we were ad'iSeu '"a' '
would be served az soon az possio.e. ~ 49,.
They did not come but the comnencem9n' ~ VI 10
April term did, We attended II, and asked tne Ds1os
Attorney when he would move the triiH. nc ans~o.o1
that Il wonld Dot be moved unt the or
ries were prepared and that they woulC n3t 20 PiT
par ed un he had tine TO prepare them. ms was a
the promise or information that was gwen 70 vs. az
we have now no knowledge when the u~i wiz 10
brought u,,. L.
In view of the foregoing facts, yoar =" q arin3 10.
'stance Of the tsrdness with which J1s1ce n,eso1
ITO criminals who chance 10 be- possessedo OF money
sko4 liz k-aQ.
from the fact that an overworked District Attorney
cannot possibly find time TO discharge with promp'neSS
bis constantly ACCOMPLISHING official duties.
a. The remainder Of your article IS cateuis'od "
excite public sympathy for the two girls who are de
tained az Witnesses in tire House Of Detefton, ana
Who we are informed, T" have had constants emP4oy-
" ment furnished them, during long W1esr, ~
" sswpQ-u bine." .
Their detention was not aeked for By McDenalt, and
Is a matter over which he had control. IL II nsd
been in power TO secure the Liberation OF Ise gs
BY admitting their testimony 70 be correct OF 10 any
1ther manner consistently with due regard rs the
rights of our Client we would have been very happy
% assist in setting them liberty. We regret, In
svery view of the case, that they have tsen % long
But this is Ia no degree our fauls>
You say that Mcdonald "neyer betrsys any OF those
evidences of insanity Get forth by his counsel. Ii
Mcdonald be now perfectly sane, and behaves exc o
quiet intelligent gentleman that does not necessarily
show in what condition his mind was W ben the un-
fortunate Virginia Stewart shot; nor san you or
the public possibly form correct Judgment as 70 the
nature degree of responsibility devoiy,ng ON
Mcdonald because OF the poor girls melancholy i2ter
until the evidence, which have in good faith aud
diligently undertaken to obtain, shall have been pro-
cured. Mcdonald and bis counsel are and lorg have
been anxious that he should be tried and we ars not
fearful of tie consequences to result when s case
comes to be considered by an impartial jury. Batwe
are apprehensive of editorial articles in journals OF
II fluence tending to the preudgment OF his case and
we deem it right TO ask that no more should be
resented in your columns.
JAMES r. BRADY.
T.. II. GEANDIN,
Nec- York, April 10, 1860. c. A. SEWARD