, 1863-04-20
THE CLERICAL lRd3ROGt|D.
MRS. WHITES TESTIMONY,
The Newspaper Excitement.


| JOLIET, April Is, 1868.
MEf* White has occupied the witness stan6
today, and aportlon Of the time was deyo
ted to her cross-examination, Which was ycrJ
| searching. Since her testimony has fallen &C
lar short OF the expectations Of the pr osecu
ton, either from their instructions, or from
some other cause, she has declined answering
| several Important questions, propounded b1
! the attorney for the defence, and has made ar
| effort On several occasions to give indirect
answers. The counsel refnsed IN n,o,oof
-,:.t. 49,. '>tusu ~ p'oceee
"ltn Inc trlaI' unless the "1tnezs answered
such questions as were proper, and were pcr
tinc1t to the points updcr ;1ros+;o,,;on n,
Court ecc1n,, tbc di1cn-n. -, -rh;s1 49,. 1s
ena ;.st;aa1s3a -. u,e,a IL "n4cn the. hsm
it, decided that Mrs, White eboul7 m,kc such
ron1,oz +, +haso o,,os+;,. Al'%e11 eaen
-~fN.1 ~ 'nes1 9u1slione az sne deemed prop
er. Her replies were rather more distinct af:
forwards, but many Of them seemed studied1y
eyasirc. Her ross-cxamInation viii bc r..
sumcd On Monday at scven o,c1ocz- - ,rh,.1,
s;,.a 49, -'-s ~ o''eu e.ocA' 10 WHICH
1tne tnc court adjourned this afternoon.
Thus far, with all the efforts Of her friends.
to nroduce m onnos;+o raen,+ A., 1r.,..,s >
,ortin,oa,. = ..,,..f,:.s ,|. .4.o' ." u1te b
'es'ln1ons Is anything but conTlcting IN its
character. She does not appear to think Mr,
Hagcr the demon tl,ot won4d In ;na;oo4na
80, '' -, "oWu ~ tuo'caleu
.."I. 'Ae 's'o4ne VI tH1I poft0n OF lhe sPecl-
1caftons allotted to her. The present pros
Poets are TINT the trial will mt he co,clndad
fur several d,vs e.1,oo;a1,r ,e =. ..s, .:.-
49,. u''s, espec.a1's as mnch tune Is
spent IN discnssinE points of Law, and quar-
reling about the reporters, US during the mast
threctdays.
A 1.Il loHtI1s oa TRIAL
Inc receipt Of the TRIBUNE, containing an
other batch Of rvr1atim testimony, was the
s1gnal 1or another storm in the court room.
was ackno"lctgcd to bc true record Of the
proceedings rs fur as 1t was published, but so
gaIoicd Us to appear rrejudiced to Mr. Hagcr,
ana rs thcy had so announced in this days
- thta9kS, tna ,hey were u! The laore surprised
70 hnd 'tong with their letter another . con-
sf@nnent' Of the same kind. This
t,!sie lhs4it 10 injury, me prosecution
tlllnh II hight nave bccn furnished by the de-
tenee, Ut soine lflena OF thal side, and garblcd
20 rs 10 aEoia suspicion. Each appears to be
a jealous q a. the other, throughout the entire
a leak somewhere, and he is determined to as
ccftaln "Acre thu reporters obtain their infor-
nation. II he does not know already, he will
nave good time IN finding out. The Bishop
al INC outset tyrann!cally decided that not q
"oAA ~ lAE lcsti1uolf EuQulQ DC published,
nor any of the proceedings, and las used
every precaution Imaginable to carry ont, that
determination. He excluded the rcnort..rs.
put every person who entered theconrt r,,or,
whethrr attorney, PROSECUTOR orwhat.no m.
der their parole Of honor not To imnart aur;n.
formation OF what transpired In t1,n cnnrf rnnm
The counsel and those Who attend tie triai
are ycry closely watched while ont Of fhe conrt
room, TO see that they arc not in cumnanv
with The reporters; tie members Of the court
ere purposely placed at one table. and the re-.
porters ut another at tile hotel. lestsomcti,;nr
might be gained from thcir conversation
while at meals; the doors arc doublc pnard.
cd, and the movements of the renort,.rs mare
or less closely watched: vet with ali Ills nrc.
caution we haye daily presented The suhstappce
or at least the character aud result Of carh
days Investigation, and shall continue to do
so, and VIC defy the Di-hop or thn cnnrt To
prevent it.
The testimony of Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Per-
rigo, as furnished. haye hccn ,uhlished. int
Of the next witness, Miss olive Lawrouco'
will not appear nrobaI,Iy FIR = dov nr w.
We withhold it for satisfactory reasons 1t;s
however, rather n f1j,usy afJ.ir. and tho nllhlic
lose little by its being withheld. Our opin-
ion, and that Of tho public. a; to ,ho B;sI,on's
course in this matter, las bcsn too plaii,ly
stated in these columns to need repetition.
The nnhltr -1yara frr,;.1,ad ~ ~, p;.ho,7.