The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-28

he now entered the same room gnassy gy
and sickering spectacle encountered MS Ra1o.
The chair ia which Mrs. Magtlton nao Oeen
sitting was overthrown, and lying DotSom up
wards On The The SSF bSSy Oy 81 II Mr As she
lay upon her back, large deep gasn IN ner
throat was visible, and several wounds upon
her head. Near the body on the floor lay
hammer belonging to Mr.. Magilton, stained
With clots of blood. The crimson fluid was
scattered over the floor, and one stream of it
bad tIIckled entirely across the room. On the
table near the body of the murdered woman Law
q copy of q spiritual paper called the Banner Of
Llght, and by ITS side was the hat OF Winnemore.
The Arrest "f WinnemOre
followed soon after. After showing MIR. Magil-
ton into the room where his murdered wife lay,
be went out Of the house, and at Thirteenth and
Fitzwater streets encountered Officer James
NcCullen, Sr., 10 whom he communicated the
news. The two hastened to the house, where
number OF persons soon collected. After they
entered, Mr.. Magilton said he wished he had
some one to 90 for his daughter, who lived near.
Wipnemore volunteered, but before he had gone
a quarter of a square from the house he was
arrested by officer James McCulleu, Jr., taken
back to the house and there searched, and then
conducted to the Station House. The proofs of
his guilt accumulated fast. In pocket OF the
prisoner was found q sum OF money, the princi-
pal portion OF which was two tWO.dollar bills,
and on the previous day Mrs. Magilton had
received from her son-in-law that amount of
money, although only ten-cent note was found
in her wallet. The attention of an officer was
also attracted by a small clot of blood in the
yard in the reer Of the house. This led to n
search of the locality, and in the wen of the
neighborlDg Orivy was found razor winch was
identified by Adam Meneck as the one Winnie
more had loaned to him a few days before
Among the latter's effects was found a small
journal or diary, in which were several letters
addressed to bis friends. Among these was the
following, which led to the belief that the un-
happy man contemplated making way with
himself at che end:-
ITO my Frends:-Thls sad calamity is caused by
my enenles-those who were my pretended friends.
have been accused OF many things which utterly
false God knows / am Innocent of them. This note
forgive hem for what they have done. L prefer
death to dshonor for IL rests as a stigma on my
tried 70 bear With ALL but It bears me down wit trou-
we'll in this life Let the past be torsotten
Yours in truth, GEORGE WINNEMoRE"
The Prisoners story,
rs told at the time of his arrest and repeated
subsequently, was to this etiect:-- After leaving
Mr. Magilton's house in the morning, he walk ed
out hey ond Paramount Park a couple of miles,
and returning, sat for some time in the Park
engaged in reading and looking at people
fishing. AS he came down town he passed the
Academy of Natural Sciences, near where he
heard person inquire the hour OF man who
was told that it was three O'Clock. He then
proceeded down Broad street TO Shippen, and
thence to the house of the Magiltons. He
knocked at the front door, but no one re-
sponded, and finding it unfasened, he
pushed it open and entered. On going INTO
the back room, he there discovered the
liieess body OF Mrs. Ma6ilton. He started back
to the front door, which he locked, that
he might search the house undistm bed Just
as he was crossing the front parIOr, TO proceed
On his search, he heard Mr. Magilton at the
window, and at once unlocked the door to
| admit him. As to the razor, he SAID that the
| one found on the premises was not his. After
| Adam MeneCk had shaved himself with the one
| loaned him, he placed 1t on shelf behind the
| bar where it was found day or two after
wards by Winnemore. The handle was then
| broken aud the blade notched, which so angered
the owner that he threw it into the street.
Such is the story on the truth of which the
unfortunate man has insisted from first to last.
The Trial.
The murder of Mrs. Magiltou, following, as il
did, close upon the trial and conviction OF Gott-
lelb Williams for the preparation OF a crime
which was almost Identical with it in details, as
well as in outline, created considerable excite
ment In the community, and there was loud
outcry made tor speedy trial and punishment
OF the culprlt. The murder was committed Oh
Thursday, April rs, and on Friday of the week
following, May 3, Wlnnemore was placed OF
trial. AS he had no counsel, Damon Y. Klgore
Esq., was appointed by the Court to represent hi
interests; II; R. Warrlner, Esq. was, Sc
lected by Mr.. Klgore to assist hin
in the defense, and together these tive
the acquittal OF their client. This term OF tn
] Court was held by Judges Brewster and Pierce
! and the prosecution was conducted by William
e B. Mann, ESQ, District Attorney, assisted b,
q I. Bradford Dwight, Esq. The regular panel an
Especial venire OF fifty were exhausted before tn
. Jury y-DoX Was'tul 1t being necessary to orde
L second special venire OF twenty-five for til
y twelfth juryman. Two days were exhausted b
Q this, and on Monday, May s, the case Wa
n opened by the prosecution. The first mater
I. witness was Adam Maglton, the husband of tt
Is murdered woman. The counsel for the degen,
~ had, on the Saturday previous, endeavored
m have his testimony relected, on the ground tn,
e he was an inhdel aud had no religious belle
$. Several witnesses had been called on this poiI
le and much vague and unsatisfactory testimoI
"a eIicited; but 1t was finally proved that, on Il
sc day after the murder, Mr. Magilton had assert
is his belief that God was a just God, al
would not have allowed this thing tthe murde
Sc TO OCCUR"
is The testimony elected for the prosecution,
y, addition to Wnat has been substantially gIvel
$. showed that at few minutes after O'Clock,
ne the afternoon OF the murder, Wnnemore b.
Oh stopped to inquire the time at the corner
IL Broad and Shlppen streets; and that, at abo
IN ten minutes after O'clock he was seen standi
Id on the door.steps OF the Maelton's residenC
IN He was not seen to enter the house at that tin
w ! but the woman who saw him on the step tes
sd fed that he disappeared while her eyes we
'k turned for moment, and yet could not ha
l gone up or down the street without attracti
IN her attention Immediately afterwards.
q, The defense claimed that the prisoner h
ds been afflicted with epeptc fits ever since
JUS was three years of age; that he was of s We
20 melancholy temperament, and had several tim
re attempted to take his own life; that he "
y laborng under strange hallucnations conceI
ing the Indians, by whose spirits he thought
was suTrOunded; that he frequently acted in
ril very foolish manner, as II insane, and yet "
le- always harmless. number of witnesses we
lst examined as to the causes and effects ofiusani
rs the main effort of the counsel for the defen
NO being to prove that the prisoner was at times