The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-04

again ano anosstbIy about his breakfast, OF in some
~anner engaged this womans attenVloni anu h
then, while she stood between ntbirs nm so vbicb
stsirs. he possibly suggested somethlug wntCn u
wonld require her to go up STAIRS OF nc may
have sent her up stairs, ana as sne Isno aov
down struck her the first DloW. 90 nOe sey
tbot bowever; but the stair door was open
s,d Mrs. Miller was standing IN 'front.' OIL nIln, pI
beside him when she Unexpectedly receiVeu Gu Iuo t
bIow which he dealt her with the stlCk IN ~ i his
l,., nsnu'' 'between his victim and the back door,
and with the sweep OF his STICK ne COuiu PIe
vent any retreat, either to the door th9t leu Vut
into Buttonwood street, or 70 tne 1ooI ~ Cho. r
onened into the back yard-elther 10 tne QUO Vi
he otber-he guarded that side OF the room.
When he struck the blow, she shraDk Dack, III
all probability, and then that cry OF eXuoi,ne eit
pain came from her, not cry Oh terror id ~ only
bnI cry OF extreme pain, such as coulu Unly tily
como from a woman In distress; that plaIhuYoi
sbillI CRY which oily woman can give, anu @
which, when initiated mere i uPIbIi biood I 10 cnrdie
as she uttered IT,. But you are toiu tha' tat sne
skull of Mrs. Miller was exceedingly tnlCN' E Chat
the brain was not disturbed 70 any eAteh'' AuaS t
blow did not render her UNCONSCIOUS, as tne
man who struck it expected 1t would, ana in-
tended that IL should. He was one VINO
was accustomed to seeing brute creatures
tnockod down with q blow upon the mead,
end their tbroats cut afterwards. He expected
that that blow would knock that woman down
and render her entirely UNCONSCIOUS put ne
was mistaken; after an lnterVal sue [ecoVeleu,
and he struck her again, and again tne scream
of main was heard. He struck her tnllo Time,
and the scream of pain again ecnoeu tnrougn
the neghborhood. But a repetluon OF tne
blow staggered as she was by the hrst, rendered
tbe woman senseless; she fell upon the floor, on
the west side of the room, remote, to some ex-
tent comparatively speaking, from the door
that opened into the adjoining room on button-
wood street. or the door that opened into the
back yard. There she lay; and then this man,
having previously resolved IN his own mind
what to do passed round her, and with his
right hand seized her by the throat. This was
1The District Attorney here demonstrated to
the Jury the position OF the body OF Mrs. Miller
after she had fallen from the effects OF the blows
inflicted by the murderer, as also the attitude
of the murderer IN cutting the throat OF his
VICTIM He did not kneel above her, the DIS.
trict Attorney stated and grasp downwards at
her throat, Tor in that event the impression OF
the ripht hand upon her neck would have been
the reverse of that which had been lett, but the
murderer cot in front of his victim, and in that
posltIon consummated his hellish task.)
Mark you, gentlemen, there was no indication
of hight having taken place, the taole-cioth
was not disarranged, and apparently TINS man
did not seize and attempt to choke Mrs. Miller,
but with these three blows he telled her to the
floor, and then knelt beside her, on the right
side of his victim, and leisurely proceeded
with his work of slaughter. And l call your
attention particularly TO the fact that one in the
position In which this man was when he cut the
throat OF Mrs. Miller would necessarily be
stained with the blood OF his victim in the very
spots where the blood marks are TO be seen on
the clothes OF the prisoner.
He knelt beside his victim in the manner that
/ now show you, with his right knee down, and
the tail of his coat, hanging over IN this way,
was draggled in blood, and that is the way IN
which the bottom of his coat became stained.
But YOU are told there was no blood upon his
knee. No. but the olood is upon the side of the
pantaoons, and up here I'm the seatl, and
around his coat, just where man would be
stained who knelt down and cut the throat OF
human lIOttlelD Williams
takes the razor from the drawer, kneels down,
and gives that cut across the throat You are
told that the deceased herself drew the knife
acIoss. answer, 1t was cut or cash made
by another, and by one who was used to cut
ting. Why, a butcher is accustomed to cutting
both ways, and Is just as likely to cut one way
as the other; and as the prisoner was On the
right hand side he cut that way Indicating q
but from lett TO right, holding the razor in his
right hand, and having tIlI command of 1t.
(The District Attorney then exhibited to the
jury each OF the articles OF clothing worn by the
prisoner, and the locality and size of the blood
stains upon each, in order to substantiate more
fully the accuracy Of the theory which he had
adVanced.) He also stated that after committing
the deed and leaving the bloody razor by the
right hand OF his victim, the prisoner went hur-
riedly TO the table to get his hat in order to
retreat, fearing that the screams OF Mrs. Miller
had alarmedthe neighborhood, and not kno wing
how soon somebody would be ia upon him. AS
the prisoner tremblingly seized his hat he shook
from his hand the sprlnkhngs of blood that had
been found upon the table, upon the bonnet
and on the wall. Gottleib Williams did not
take up his hat that morning with his usual
frmness and assurance; he had committed q
deed OF blood, and he seized upon his hat
tremulously and couyulsively, and as he did so
the blood of his victim was shaken from his
hand and coat sleeve over the table.
With respect to the absence of blood stains
from the right knee OF the pantaloons, have
to say, gentlemen, that the prisoner may have
washed the blood OIL his knee, but have yet to
learn how any could get on the knee. man
kneelIng in blood would certainly get blood
upon his knee-a man kneellng down in a
slaughteI-ho or who happens to tum ole
down, may get blood on his knee-but when q
man kneels down, and the blood flows around
him after he has knelt down, you will not be
likely to find any stain upon his knee, but you
will lind the blood marks around the knee. l
repeat, man kneeling DO Rn In oloou ,Woulu
STAN his knees, but man Keeling down oy tne
side and cutting the throat OF living oeing
Would net be likely TO get q blood stain ON the
knee; the blood could not spirit mere AM. anu II
could not flow there. Again, another feature
in this connection is that the blood gushed
forth from the throat OF this woman
almost in q flood; and although the murderer'I
hand was but short time upon her tnroat, you
can see how the cuff was stained with blood
And then, in addition to that, mere Is tnls snIrt
or the fragments Of 1t, which forms another
link in the chain of evidence. There Is thu
front part of the shirt and there is the side
seam. and right at the bottom, do Wn this sid(
seam on the right, is where large piece Wal
torn out, leaving sprlnkllng OF blood arounC
il, Now, why would the prisoner rear Ihat largi
niece out of his shirt there, and tear it out witt
his teeth, as has been clearly proved in thi
case It was Mr.. Franklin who hrst suggested
fhe probability of the shirt having been tori
with the teeth, and he was laughed at, but h'
answered, 81 can prove 1t TO Jury" ana ~
prisoners teeth made, which, upon Demg ap
piled TO the tooth marks on the shirt, satlsne'