, 1866-12-15
MURDER RTRlALsINpa0aneSs
Trial Of Mary Cosgriff, alias Mollie
Trussell.
THE PARTIES, THE CRIME, ARREST
AND INDICTMENT.
The Case In Court-Appearance and
Bearing Of the Prisoner.
OPENING FOR THE DEFRrcr-
RULINGS OF THE COURT

OPENING FOR THE DEFRNcE-
RULINGS OF THE COURT.
The Intimate Relations Of the Parties
Not Allowed in Evidence.
TER DEFENCE CE-JDSTapIcA ruor
On the morn trc Of the nnh day of sentcn,e,
LIST tht people ol Chicago were ahoered hv ~.
announcement In The daily press, Of tho perpetra-
uoa oi eseat eflme one Wh,ch. in some af tts
was pecnnar,y startling. The kcepe, or 4 Ievd
house, tobed au ball costume, With hand. and arra
and neck. hedixened With baliIaa: dixnonSs ~
doTn Il dc tso' p,s 'fs oi 1t5 h.l .h
name vss her soS,4quxt ant t ~ ~ ',,;aSs Mness
up .he fa..l hfe delivered BY her. md asaia sod
victim of her act wss Al the time non,r1ou. In ths
ct[; For years he had been seen upon ms streets
recently be had ohta{ned 4 mote ceusrs: nrnnf.
nchse a ne purchaser Q, > half {ntere.t 10 too
sse'eeratsd tsnttlnG husro Dexter" IL "a. lere
~ me eats running .uece.>fnl career with hie
hos.e-bsst11s aud Hinnine---eac1ag aud wtnnics.
Sn s;t the ssent4g Of his death he saa cAieuisiaE
On thai dsy, the horse vas 10 usEe It'll nj ~ nn
cur to1taS park. -'0H
nus, osso1d ~ his. the.e were cs.eanss.nee.
sen I'D she, Nay cosEriG hsd etea ese Ieee.atsed
outtkirt, a. .paTssnou1s. i lev moaths oeioee S ~,
!aet together bad e zen rise 10 public 4enseIoa.
Their associates had been pIeased n wcII =. MI
s1e ee - a1sonished .hst :heI had together, @aa
nrtns tas e thr re sek, Or ne E.
race track IN the eecutbg, hs uith his aa.oci-
a.z' ~ 1sscnlnc y past SUCCESS and tho pros
adore him ehoi him down Ns~N ~
Such s,ats Of f.e.s exhibited upoa the knovi-
sdse then il possession Of Ahs mem ,e1s oi The
N boar when rarticuiare could not uell s. rfean-
CO with certainty, nat enough ~aa knoxn 70 war-
taal. 1nto1leased viii vine and under tne Tssh
Impulses con equent upou her c1imInalitr crowd.
Mspt orct he neNlF slain nan and, a. ia despela-
wharf she haa s'nce remained.
TEE taplcTxEyr
G'and JufJ, shorty alter. sst in the Superior
LOFT Oct ia!f tay was spcnl in leIoetaur1 upon,
pFieoner's guilt. that oody co1clnted her case
until she thtuld b. z71ayrd ~ ,he bAr tf Sn.tsrr
r presenting The following Indictment agsInst
STATE Of Illinois, Cool: countr. s-,--os the Sep
tembef term OF the Superior Coatt, VI Chicago, in
Sasa 1a comfy sad Stale. III she sear oi our Lord
The Grand jury e .cn, elected aid sworr. in
in TIC mime Ind y ;s antlarsy u the e. psopje of
the State Of llinoi~. upoa tneiF osths, present
~ NJ, cosf.ad i Is:s ., .sid eoauy % r. ;sh
?!s.s. nal.sfuiy, aiifa4 T nd 'fs es1oaieasfs eofs
CoeE11i did, then md 1he:r, nniasiaily aud
feoutousls1 ehoo. od .ld atsehasre IL. at ayaiasr
md Hpen lin, tas .s,d Geor;s Ttnste.l, cram
tol the, the eaad Maty cosgriT then aud here bad
aad heio IN het. NH hani, a,d ~h,ci said pistol
Gttesr. to.w1t: thrte lead-n bullets and that she
lsts ,eea snd thess+ho. gu Of .eid pisio' ,, ,ae
INV md ieion.oas1, sa,ke, III. IT, psne. @
f:ss.el 1 sna A' aaea N tae saf 1T. sssiss ia
81 The chett OF him, the sad George Tsus.el eir.
'ng TO-, T. n'; as e. taid Gen1 las.s then
aIo,es aid thot out ol and dischared fom the p,s-
tos aforesaid b. u.e sud Mary cosssi-. one NOR
o1hlro, he said George T1assell. Of which sad NOR
there dled. and 60 the Grand Jurors aioresaio
sad Mary Cog. ii. did then ss,d .hcse T IL de sp
1er and 1osm aforesaid u1iawfally, w,ttully sud
Trurteli, contrary 10 the statuts and s:atn.i i6e
ffs tio, sna d's OF tie SANG ps9ple ahs State
" ''''' Prosecuting s,,oaass. uta y ftanst maan,
No malice WEE au,tha:cd to her, and in inc tsia1
LeE eanfe. her counsel. BE- they wno th, might,
f.ad bur hah the battle to ha;ht which tls people
From tlat time onward ,ha trl.l w.s looked to
a. a. N event to n'sres' It sss asked By Aso'tass
lasl supreme uncertainty existed IN regard to Ii.
Tn thai d.; euhponsr4 Tor the people snu 10 tsli-
vas announed hat sesterias. Moihs iu isasse1l nS /
hY The rauue Of Mary Coae1in, would ait, in WhAt
By fiction oF la~, Is the p.,.onef's toz.
WHO wAH PuEsEST.
Some l1me prior to TIE COMING Ia Of The conFt,
the eonFt room vas cso~deo. 1hefe were the 1a-
s Io1s compelled to be present; TIE Witnesses =,
;1.2.n;! %ho s!t ,a. oq iu1es , xaea = sn ogsn1as
NhtHl 1t may. At seasi, he H2ld thai thcy are fe.
qneu1iy. seen upon our strres., without appsrent
occupation; and beside these were the usual r.
q e. &. b. R
fn; outer IN noiisssess ccoxa, ei .hon numbers .1sy
es ~ y * 70 ~ s5 hts Wy
fon-a poor forloEn woman. L friend of the pyfs-
one1. LATELY an Inmate OF het aouse-he lnifn and
balcsul-dccked In the glo-iea Of 1updcEn IA 4hlun
10 The hiding Of 1he iniefnal eo,rowa za:ia; In
Nov we're addrd 10 these the COUNSEL and the
Ieportess; and the csowd. motley ID intsllect aud
Occupation. almost packed tae ROOM. And
p1rsertiy me 1rrs+nce Of The court tndee!, vas
sea- ASSUMED hf= 1eas aud 1he yoies q iae shes il
rsoc]timed the oyex" which opened this tEiba.
nal OF the people.
The esoap vera stretching sheir gaze a.oa7a
Wa thereafter shos1i! Iforsal n bJ she S1eSa.
u
As thoEeh to piece her through. lnif Steady
gaze lle pF,toner seemed 10 etes 10 avoid. ara 50
far h. se ,f q sa hfs
her conneet. uhcIe she va. II great PAT bid tsun
the serusnJ u The lockers on.
HER .AfFLAHAscE.
Mary cosgrid. as she al in this seat, had tho
appea1anceu Ut being snbdnEd. Somewhat OF pa2
tfon had 1rfL xnd the nnsh Of 1osme. lsJs had
indiea,lon Of grieI. md her demesaol ~ sss ss q
one rho bad been buoy ed mp by cnnddencn ln hef
6 s.a s*a e u % z @ g. Il IL
Jurors. There Wis marked cmotion, loo. The
bosom he4ved, md Il u.nes thc.- was
noshinr, md smile tlat betokenet. n6s ami d
Interest nor OF concern, but of pazdsl indiderence
of st1ooS:, marxea payr1c.i sssn.s II Ths Art Re-,
cilal Of The deed came upon her, prepared a soe
WIS " hear Il With fdrce, and then ehe looked t
an appealing Esance. Afer TIC nrst ssaicmen
aa paae there was a. !! were, = seaas 1smoss.
10 tE' e1psession took its place.
She vas dressed Ii fashion, TOO, It ~as III
ishien q e. ZIP as sa' VIII e
case; its banlcaux and wsttrtau ftEe ADJUSTS
1c nicely, and tas hat. .'nosl }auHt5 in + +
moane a1s g. T. T.n.1 Tts q In a nd eosnas
f9ea E 1 /. r'sh; tids iii ao.ia: ii q szaps
asss ofsF ses .ee ef 70 oe ot
a. could ba seet, ntted to nitesy, it, matef1.
was 1act and ite trimming sparkling, for The mu
eas q nd ns o.k ID ass
est st7pe. beca1ne the aeare. aud dutd II. tot
hocsaea aae &c sesss p psania ia nsss d<lsd
eye Of many neh widow. wt.o eonsht 1n =,
r1cb RcqnathIances. from wnom, III The daya
early sorzox. she hid separ1sed herself
nsss y the ", ;.s1Fe5 tse rsDls IL. Gs.
nd staaeI ta Is sn %eh E'q 1Ss.s 16s s. q
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