The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-15
LEGAL INTELLIoENC CE.
The Williams HOmlolde-Flfth Day.

Court OF oyer and Termsner-Judges
Ludlow and Peirce-William b. Mann, District
Attorney; It. Bradford Dwight, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
tinues.
Mr.. Gendell, opening tor the defense said
Murder is crime which is peculiarly adapted TO ex-
cite our Indignation. We can coolly and dispassOn.
were one side and be preudced neither for or against
the alleged 9hender G This crime however, excites
relatives. We wonder whether turn may not
justice the murderer in order that in future others
may be deferred from lnjuring us
our Creator has Implanted within us desire to
solve engmas, to clear away mysteries When some
tends, admits of but one solution. we apt without
further inquiry, 70 accept that soution as the true
been SOmmited "a and but % one person is charged with
is too apt, without waiting for proper inquiries be
made, to cry out with one voice that the person
The ordinary course of Justice seems too SLOW It
is too often necessary for the officers of the law to
guard their prisoners against mob violence; and
land has been frequently disgraced by the execution
OF innocent men in an hour OF excitement by the de-
gree OF Lynch law. Nor is this feeling confined to
mols or to the community at large 1t sometimes
finds its way even into courts OF justice Sir Matthew
nousness of ihe ofiense many times transfxes the
judge and jury with uch indignation that they
son accused thereof by the confident testimony Of
sometimes false and malicious witnesses"
therefore ask the jury carefully to distinguish be-
tween the two distinct allegations, that crime has
nal; not to allow their indignation against the
offender whoever he may be- to be turned into ndig-
nation against one who is merely charged with being
that offender These remarks are caused by some
which calculated TO excite their passions against
the prisoner and to misiead them After denouncing
that in single of deliberate, contTived murder,
derer escaped This assertion was made In the hurry
OF speech. feel confident that the District Attor-
| could not have made such a remark cOOlly and
deliberately. Probably one-haf the verdicts rem
Game to his death by Violence at the hands Of per
sons upknowD or to thai effect ana II Is very rare
| The only murder of which know anything per.
sOnally is case in which the dead body of woman
was found in what is now the Twentyseventh Ward,
streetbrdge. Doctor was arrested on the charge OF
having poisoned her. He was held for few days ana
held against him Nobody was tried or convicted for
ns M f
Sgt in 1 1 would m be ee sers mg 4
murderer will not escape in this Instance Cotlieb
der. If he escapes the murderer Will escape-there-
fore he is the murderern, This @ argument reiutes
an nsinnati0n as used by the District Attorney ito
upon which they would rely to prove the innocence
! of the prisoner. Then we meet with dificulty-to
guilty that he did not commit the ofrense; to prove
Tines mpossbie The law does not require us to do
this for it Is rule That he who alleges thing must M @
innocent I'LL proved guilty. The man who arrested
iSG ans
TO understand that this Is not necessary. But we will
! attempt even this most difficult task.
| The examination of the witnesses for the de-
| tense was continued
John Mems sworn-I testih ed in this case for the
| Commonwealth / remember the Democratic process
sion on the Monday evening before Mrs. Miller was
found dead; rode in that procession; GOtlieb VIII
! liams was in the wagon with me; he sitting on
the bottom of the wagon; there was fifty or sixty
Of oil split some the torches were broken, and the
oil ran OUT next saw Gotlieb on Tuesday morning,
the 18th OF September, in Hamilton, below Tenth
street, crossing Hamilton, in the rear of Williams
court leading into Buttonwood street; he crossed
/ MIL
lers house: saw the same marks his clothes that
four or i've marks; was kind OF brick dust color
@ the material OF his clothes was kind Of drab the
them Off in the wagon, at Ninth and Chosnut he told
would help him lp ass ass,sted eO him o on to the
US ne S saw @ him b @ here Gg
more strength in his legs; / have known him from
along, have known him to drop his cane, and I
picked Il up % 3p several occasions; never saw MIN
between Tenth and Eleventh streets where my place
terhOuse occupied at present by stubin & Necht;
Q. Did you have any trouble in getting the blood out
Objected to and sustained.
Cross examination-I judge it coal oil in the
Q. Did you the word stain" from coal oil (?
Coat shown to witness. He was requested to point
the stains he saw them Tuesday; the stains now
are darker than they were then; didn't take par
ticular notice of his pautaloons; did not any
blood stains on him on Tuesday.
hun When saw him on Tuesday; on Wednesday
saw him about o'clock and noticed the same stains.
Re.cross.eXaminatiOn-I did not pay particular
attention TO his clothes on Wednesday.
Joseph NJ. Pile sworn-L remember visiting the
il was the east side OF the street, Hamilton
tors; but one of them was the same who testified
before the Coroner remember a large man telling
GOtlieb Williams was there as IL was then, and 1t
possible for him 10 get blood on him in the slaughter
mouse; remember your tWorrelI calling mis- atten-
tion TO the floor there was some little blood the
flood there was some on the walls, some apparently
fresh and some stale; caIeiul person might go in
a person going IN there and sitting down might
carry the marks away with them; remember seeing
something to the effect that person would not get
blood them from that place.
Cross-examned-The only fluid blood I saw was
running down the gutter: didn't fluid blood
pressed down against il: we went in the slaughter
house; I did not get blood on my clothes, nor did
MeheT The butcher had blood on his co6es notice
Re-examnatIon-Ifa man fell in the gutter where
would saturate his clothes.
Re-cross- aminedThe contents OF the gutter were
was SO parts OF blood and 90 parts of water Judge
from the color II was about quarter blood
@. Did your nose ever bleed?
O. Did you ever notice how many drops of blood It
render the BASIN of water crimson red
A. never counted the drops; do not believe tea
spoonful of6lood would turn basin of water a red
dish color; don't think the water was running pre-
sumo it had beer stopped off.
lams over year; lived in the house with him at
Frederick @ Eicknersi his uncle was the house.
sucde he often said he would GO up to the top of the
re ahH ws 1nP S d or take lax he %PHd
TO put on his clothing; have helped him up When he
was lying down or sitting down; I have seen him
fall down; he could not get up himself, but had TO
No cross exam nation
MIS-. Martha shrimp sworn-I live In Haywood's
place. formerly called Williams court have lived
~ re between five and six years: remember the day
screams before that day! L heard Afterwards where