Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-17
Trlal 80, h. .hall 4. MlneLIey.

The river on that log on the day IN question. Mr.
Hale, q most respectable man, says that Will
fishing on Sholls wharf on the 2lst Of August
he saw two men 60 to that stump, and ne saw
them leave, and Is be was leaving he saw Mtnek
ley crossing over 70 the log. Goes not that Is
tablish the proposition that there were two mel
on that log and does Il not further establish tina
Mineklsy was over there on that day Hall
says he don't know that Il was Green over there
but that the two men went down TOWARD th,
Seneoa street bridge. Let as follow a little far
the hay market on the fats on Monday or v ed
nesday, and that he saw Green coming along
the street and coming over the bridge he Is moi
certain whether there was or was not another
man with him, he also, going down into Green'
shop, before be knew Of the Indictment against
him, spoke to Green Of seeing him over there
Which Will you believer the interested witness
Green, or the disinterested witness M~atthewsE-
jeremiah Laity says that on the 2lst of August
be crossed the bridge (before MRtthewsl and he
saw Green with a white man, and they were
walking close together. He says It was the day
before the arrest. He says he had never seen
the white man before, but that he had seen him
In the witness chair, In this room. Now, |
should guess, being q Yankee, that the man TO
whom he refers was the man Lynch. The prose.
eutor was very careful not to put the question TO
the witness as to whom the man was that he saw
with Green.
You have then, the allegation Of Green, that
he was not over the river IN three months before
the arrest, and you have then the testimony OF
AAA VI AANAI AAAN NY Jaw AAA WV
there on the day Defare his arrest, isuomit IL
to you which ought 20 be credited. Was 1t true,
then, that Green was not over the river on the
22df We have to this point the testimony OF
Jack Smith, who has been for seven or eight
years in the employ Of the @. & +. Railroad run
ming an engine; the most important and respon-
sible position connected with railroads; having
gained the respect and confidence of the eorPor-
alton. Itmust be assumed that 4 man who has
reached this position must be q man of some
standing and character. He tells you that he
ran from Cleveland to Norwalk, leaving here at
2 p. M He says that while running on the a2d
day Of August last, over the draw bridge, he
saw two men on the track. Afterwards he saw
Minckloy, and from q motion his attention was
attracted 20 another man nearer, and that man
was Jas. D. Green. Which viii you believe =
this dislnterested testimony Of this engineer, or
the testimony of Greenf Mr.. Hills testimony
e relied upon to corroborate Green. Let US sup
pose il was 10 minutes after l O'Clock when he
went into the shop, and It might have been two
minutes afterwards that Wadleigh came down
for him. Then he went to dinner and came
back. being absent perhaps ten minutes, and
then stood there say three minutes. This would
make it25 minutes past J. BE says he was in
the saloon 20 minutes TO haitian hour afterwards,
and then tried the door Of the shop and found It
locked. Gentlemen, this man Hnl went 70 the
shop door and tried to get in, but IT was tsore
Miackley and Mix came down and II was while
Green was over the river when Jack Smith saw
him. Now, / ask you, which will you believe
this Interested Green, or the testimony Of 4inSk-
ley, sustained as It Is by the testimony Of Jack
Smith and of this man Hil9
But the testimony Of Minckley Is further cor
robOrated by other witnesses. Moore swears
that he and 3 man named Sayers were crossing
the bridge when the train went out. These We're
the two men whom Smith saw, and who stayed
q little too long on the track as he thought
Moore, too, saw q cOlored man over there and his
companion said IL was Green. he saw Ainckley
also,
A Ehdu Win gdEa that he Vas waiting on the
Bank of CommeFee. corner on the 22d Of August,
which he knows from entries made on his books
He did not say that the entries were made on the
same day as has been claimed By the prosecution,
but on the following day, when the business that
called him TO the corner on the I'D was o
cludsd. You can't, then, unless you disbelieve
Eddy, believe the statement Of this Lynch, that
Mirckley wa HP in Rider's Office with johnson
warren r. Clark wss placed on the stand land
he tells YOU that he was at the corner of Vine
yard street, and saw MtnckleY, who Wss in 6
hurry, and walked up with him 10 the American
House. He also saw = Col0red man cross over
Superior street towards WorthinRtOn's i've or
ten minutes before The prosecutor has made
and. effort to attack the character OF this witness,
as well as that of all other witnesses on the de-
to Justify such az attack. If you knoW any rea-
son TO discredit his testimony you know that
which has escaped my observation.
Mr.. Mcintyre says be was coming up the street
from Water street, and he saw Minckley, who
stepped on the sidewalk Just before the johnson
House.
Mt. Given says that he met Minckley, Mix,
Green and Lynch going to the Station House, on
Bank street. dix testiaes that It was on John
son street that they met Given, and that he was
coming from the Station. Given has got the i'm
preston that 10 or IS minutes before that he
saw Minckley on the Weddeu HOUSE corner, II
Is not probable that when Minekley was coming
up towards the Weddeil House corner to meet
Mix he was momentarily seen by Given This
question Of time Is an extremely Indefinite thing
Mas there anything especial to make Given look
to his watch 70 note the exact time elEpsing be
tween the time he saw Minckley at the Weddell
and the time he met him after bis arresf Be
cause he says It was AT the Weddell House cor
ner that he saw him, IL does not necessarily con-
contradict the statement of otssf witnesses as 70
the direction from which be came,
Mix sWears that be met Minckley neAF the
johnson House. BE bad been about the Wed
dell House; why didn't he see Ainckley standing
Mr. BOYD avs that be met Minckisy st about
8 O'CLOCK that morning, coming over from where
he had been watching, BOYD had been into the
1t Is said that Minckley did go over there but
il was not until the Saturday after the arrest,
and that he vent to manufacture evidences, !
don't dispute that he did go over there on Satar-
day, but that does not prevent bis having been
over there on Wednesday. The German Gregor
ard his wife say that he was there, one thinks on
Friday or Saturday, and the other on Saturday
hur rlHY can't swear On Muhh wen II WAS LIZ
YOU suppose that Minckley vas foolish enough
10 suppose that he could go and pat a child on
the head on Saturday, and expect its parents to
come inGO Court on Monday and swear that II
might have been on the Wednesday previous
thai he was there9 The introduction Of the testi-
mnny has strengthened Instead of weakening the
defense.
Iuis testimony about the passing of the watch
to Green has something very curious about it
Wa there anything said shout the rate of inter
est Or is It claimed that the watch was sold to
Green for the four dollarsf There Is another eX'
traordinary thing about it. Green couldn't LET
SIS 20 for 80 days; but when Lynch agreed to take
a for two weeks, Green agreed 10 let him have
IL for 30 days. Green sWears that he had the
watch in his hand; Nix on the stand sWears thai
he saw the watch taken from Green's pocket
Green sWears that he asked that the N be re
turned which be had loaned on the watch
Mix swears that he heard no such conversation
and he would have heard it fit had taken place
there
on the stand and swear without knowing VIVA
Green was going TO swear to. But Green wal
present before the Magistrate Fogambe, and
there gave his testimony in Lyneh's presence
Mix swears that Lynch was searched, but wher'
was the 81 bill that Green swears he gave t
LYNCH. Green swears that Lynch was put int
/ ne cell next TO him. Mix and Given swear thai
q cell interviewed.
ask you the question, where Is there the leas
| particle Of testimony that csn convict my ellen
| 81 false swearing. Minokley has not sworn tha'
| Green buried that watch or that be dug IL VI
and brought it to bis shop. he has only told Tol
lie facts that came under his observation, ant
NSt be dug up 3 watch which somebody haS
/ Ted there thst be showed It TO . jeweller
DU1 dat be put il back again, snd followed tn
anaG W dug e up into Green's shop.
man " you shall then, gentlemen, attribute Il
BeloIe INT the wicked and shameless couTs
tRs G Is Charge SPOn n him, 4, 1 E IS9TIg y01 viii inS care &.
fuily MSlenN,S /, IN Of his Office and consigI
you vii y IN nI siionls cen unless there l. Leo in you
minds minds no reasonable dOD,9tof his guilt.
Mr.. Backus having eOnelacea, Ihe IrOseOu.0'
A. 7. Shade, Esq, made me ca $500
II ia a grave charge which Als oeisnGAa
called upon to sxculpsts himself s1o6 h'G ;@1s b Uas Il y
YOUR duty, gentlemen, TO VlsdL upon ~ .efsT n
ynnving ~ he does a high 0heial ~ "a ~
nenaity of crime as soon as you wouI9 ul,o cabis
mmeauest of subjects. We cannot PnlooS
nno1 Ire motives which induce crime We came
1ofsoe ourselves in the position Of criminals an
iaire Of their actions By what we oussIs
yroSid 40 in like circumstances We cannon pen
strste into the hearts Of men and aoaly1e u
cs1ses which impel 70 the commission OF SIN
gAG I'D ku EouuGel that they 90 nc