The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-08
TRIAL FOR MURDER.
A Fatal Quarrel About Card-Tbe Mother
of the Accused Refuses To Testify, &c.
TEro,,. <hoC 1,lcoro TrSl,u Mar

of the Accused Refnses to Testify, &c.
From the Chicago Tribune, May 81
The indictment against Emma Grant for the murder
Of Michael Spar, In March last in tins city called
yesterday morning in the Superior Court Chief Justice
John NJ Wilson presiding. The indictment was brought
from the March term Of the Superior Court
The crime committed on the 9Th OF March last, in
the No. $40 State street, place Of doubtful
pute where the prisoner then resided. The deceased
In the habit OF visiting her. and was, the time Of
the homicide, engaged IN playing cards with her the
ina from some trivial incident and she becoming en-
ragged stabbed him with dirk the injury resulting in
The trial commenced at the opening Of the cour. in
the morning.
The prisoner sat by her counsel, dressed neatly in
ground the face being all the time avered from the
gaze OF the bystanders we'll as toward the floor
Der Of women. fhe jury was empanelled by eleven
O'Clock when tho opening statements were made, they
occupying bur short time The statement on the part
the defendant specified her forlorn and fiendIess
condition. II app AIRED that three years since she
was married, with unhappy results. After further
living with her molh.r apart from her husband she
took up snuaon in 'hIs city nurse. Upprovided
with means supper her child In any sort OF comfort,
she became the inmate Of the house OF ifame where
the crime was commc, On her part Il was commended
that the deceased hal forciby struck her. when she
raised the knife 10 lrsEten rather than hurt the
Dexter Tucker, NJ, d., was tho first witness called !
BE stated shat he examped the deceased on the sh or
9th Of March as tho drug No 527 STATE street.
ing blood The wound was diagonal al the right side Of
tho juncture Of the second rib with the bono Of the
taken into the drug store The sabOns caused death
Sarah Collier, the proprietrcss Of the house In which
the homicide occurred, testified as follows-I have
known the defendant about three months, and knew
Michael Sparr who died on the Sth day Of March
him few minutes before hc died a. the drug 527
about nine O'Clock and stayed until about eleven Emma
came In with pack Of cards and asked me to tell her
fortune told her was too atc, and she
shutting them; she dropped and he picked it up;
she shufed them again. and dropped another; this he
ho mot N m ena
said she would not she could get them without she
was then the foot Of the bed standing and no was
sitting the bed they got scuing, and out TO
attend the door, and when back they were scuf-
fling and they into the ROOM and then he said she
him; she said no. told her to go and look At the blood
then she said she cut him lto no passed through
about eleven O'Clock aid not see him strike
out; should have seen It II he had; his remarks
her were made as no was SGng she knew The
about three weeks she there saying she gong
70 her husband she told me she had had words With
Spar the house 514 State street; this was, guess
six weeks before the homicide; she said they had q
difficulty but both Of them under tue influence or
liquor; that she called him some hard about
whipping man, and the barkeeper Of the saloon put
her out
was stabbed she had q deck OF cards in her hand and
she asked Miss Collier TO tell her fortune; she
menced shutting the cards and dropped one; he picked
II up and put In his pocket this occurred second
time and she asked him for them; he said he would If
She said .pcase she refused 10 do this and she said
an
him 10 get the cards from him. and they scunlIng;
then left the room and did not return until after the
occurrence.
REORGANIZATION His words were. .'You say please,
and will give them 10 you she said she wouldn't;
| she would get them without do not know that he
made any reply to that but he laughed and she said she
| Ida Fox testined-I have known Emma Grant since
abou, three weeks before SPAR was stabbed was a.
about Spar that evening, about ten or fifteen min
ucs before she went into tho room where he was;
49, has NJ hrfnr ell. a
MIN; she angry with HIM said, 'Is that tho Mike
you spoke Off she said Eyes, am mad him. and
will have revenge YETI then she went In with the
cards saying she would Sarah to tell her her for
tune vas not In tho room aftes that
Characterization. said she had had words be-
fore, but do remember her saying they had made
up friends again; will swear she said she would have
revenge yet but she did not 10 be out Of humor
think she spoke though Hho what she said
Onicer Robert Thompson testified the facts OF the
arrest he made tho about haf-past eleven he
the room and her door closed he told her IL she
did open the door be would force In she said she
would and nnay sne Of az, co open 9or n.
counsel for the defendant recalled Sarah Collier who
testified that came TO tho house before the defend
O. DO you know who he to thcres
Interrogatoy objected TO as irrelevant and objection
He did not come see any one specially Ida Fox
there when he used TO come; he generally spoke
smoke a. him: when the blow was struck they were ony
Just inside the door; saw defendant have knife like
the exhibited during the early part OF the evening"
and old put her trunk and she did So at the
time Of the occurrence noticed nothing peculiar In the
manner OF the prisoner.
AT this point II stated by Mr. jerks that he had
Intended TO have introduced the mother OF prisoner
TO testify the former OF the girl Since the
journment OF the court however. the mother had dc.
serted Of her child far least leave
for her homo IN Indiana He bad therefore, tessi-
mony 10 offer.
The argument Of tho very BRIEF aud the jury
retired at three O'Clock TO deliberate upon verdict
After absence OF hour and half the jury returned
verdict OF manslaughtcr with Ave years' Imprisonment
In the Penitcntiary.