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

form, the part from which the piece is missing
Will correspond exactly with the part OF the
pantaioons trom which piece covered With
large quantities of blood was cut out-tbe right
side oi the pantaoons, just behind the side seam
indicating exactly on which side of the body
the man had knelt Now my friends criticized
all this, they examined these clothes, and 1t
struck me as exceedingly strange that while
they we're doing all this they did not study your
would be for their cause did they hide those
clothes away from your sight than to attempt
10 demonstrate that Gottleib Williams got all
this blood upon him by falling down in the
slaughter.house. shall speak of that, gentle
men, by-and-by, but do say now that these
clothes fully establish the fact that the prisoner
knelt beside human creature while the life
blood issued from the body of that creature.
proved that this man came into that house and
laid his hat down on the table; / do not
say that il is proved that he sat down in the
chair which evidently was placed there for a
visitor. do not assert positively that he did
all this In that way; at least, do not say that
it was proven by the evidence; but l say that If
we connect all the facts together; If we sift the
whole Of the evidence in detail, and examine
into all that occurred at that time, we can JUS
tifably conclude that this deed was done in that
way, and we can fairly and reasonably conclude
1t. Moreover, gentlemen. do not pretend to
be welded to this theory; do not pretend that
it is the only way in which you can account for
the appearance of things there. You may turn
the evidence over in your minds-the Judgment
you may establish different theory, which may
make the case as clear and plain to your minds
as il you stood there and saw Gottleib Williams
commit the murder. This is my theory, and
have only to say, in the words Of Che writer
"And If a better theory IS thine,
Impart 1t freely, or make use OF mine"
Now, in connection with thus matter, IL is said
there was ring upon Mrs. Millers finger, which
is missing. Very true. 1t was the ring which
she said she would not part with while she
lived. Now, it is not for me to say gentlemen,
whether this ring was wrenched from her finger,
or whether 1t was not-she wore 1t upon her
ring finger possibly, or upon her middle finger
but, gentlemen, you will remember there was
bruise right upon the knuckle, made by the fall
ing of heavy stick upon 1t; and, in all human
probability, when that woman was struck the
first time, and she saw the weapon descending
to strike her a second or possibly a third time,
she warded it OFF as best she could, and broke
the full force of the stick with her knuckle, so
that the second blow did not bring her to the
ground. The first blow surprised and stunned
her, the second was inerteTed with by her hand,
and did not come upon the skull i'll its full
force and weight; consequently there was a
serious bruise upon the first knuckle of that
hand. And who can say whether, if
stick like that were to descend upon
a womans finger 1t would not be likely to shat
ter a ring Rings have been broken by the
slightest of blows. A blow like that could
shatter a ring or cause it to open to such All
extent as to fly from the finger. You remember
it has been shown they did not make very
rigid search at that time; they were not clean
ing honse; and in view OF all the circumstances,
a ring of that kind could very readily be lost.
There was no examination of the alley. Did
any human being say that he or she examined
the alleywlth "a view TO ascertain whether there
were any blood stains in 1t? Not one. And
there was no search made and no effort made,
that know OF from the testimony, to find the
missing articles; and that womans ring, gen.
tlemen, may have been lost then. At all events,
it seems that in point of fact her declaration
was verified, that she never would part with
that ring while she ived-she never did part
with 1t until life had left her. "Oh, but" the
counsel say, "he could not have broken off the
ring" If the ring had been shattered he could
very easily have taken it. I have no doubt,
gentlemen, that that ring was taken away by
the man who murdered Mrs. Miller, and when
Gottleib Williams will tell you, gentlemen,
where he put the razor that he stole from the
drawer, in all human probability you will find
the ring and the razor together.
Gentlemen, contend that this was the way
in which Mrs. Miller was murdered. | have
said, tor the sake of the argument and illustra-
tion merely, that Gottleib Williams did this
murder. Now let me ask your attention to
the evidence, which shows that Gottleib Will
liams did do it. Now, if there were known to be
in particular house certain treasure, ana
man was seen to 60 in the direction OF that
house, or go into 1T, and he was shortly after
wards seen out of that house with the trea-
sure in his possession, it would be sufficient
evidence to satisfy you beyond all doubt that
he had been in that house, and that he had
obtained the treasure that was there: Gottlelo
Williams was in the house OF Mrs. MlllerLWas was
seen to go into it just before this murder took
place. And let me ask you, gentlemen, II
there is any difficulty as to thatY He lett ms
lodging-pace II the board-yard, when ne rose
in the morning, and went down 70 tisue, tds tn :
O'Clock. He so states hlmself-oecause ne
may have watched the clock very Narrowly
that morning-watched the time IN order 10
prepare countervailing testimony IN case ne
was charged with a deed OF blood. Ten
Mr.. Worrell counsel for the prisoner) inter
rupting-Ten minutes dTter seven: .,- u
about the witnesses, and l do not want to be
held 10 them. / am talking now about what
the witnesses said that Williams SAID. He looked
at the clock; it was ten minutes OF z; and the
witnesses fx it at that time-ten minutes of z,
or at O'Clock. Mr.. Fisher said he saw him in
his house-he did not see him go out; so that
the prisoner may have left Fishers ten or fifteen
minutes after 2. But, mark yod, Fishers is at
Ninth and Noble, and Noble is the first street
south of Buttonwood, Hamilton is the first
street south of Buttonwood when you go fur
| ther westward. The prisoner goes directly from
Fishers up to the court, and he is seen to turn
| into that court. The witness, Alice Holden, is
! waiting at the window and watching for a
| friend, and she says it was at that time she
saw hun 60 into the court, and Bridget McSor-
| ley says she saw him going in at about o'clock.
! SO you see from the time he lett Fishers it was
! but few minutes until he reached the mouth
! of the court. square is only four hundred
feet, and he had only two squares to walk, so
there is scarcely any difference In time from
his leaving Fishers tavern and his reaching the
court-the one being within pistol shot OF the
other, "Ob, but,n we are told, "you cannot
rely upon the witnesses as to the identity" OF
the prisoner. Whatl not rely upon the form
! of Gottleib Williams-a man whose history is
known in that neighborhood, who has been
| the prodigal son, who has inherited this estate
who has wandered to California, who Is known