The New York herald., 1868-12-26

In the evening.
Sherln Morgan, sworn-I have the warrant under
Wnicn made distress on the Camden property OF
M. Iwitchelli know that the property was rented
interview with the latter In reference to the rent Of
the property; l remember sending notice to him
~ constable; do not think got any answer to III
Edwin y. Morgan, sworn-I am q member of the
nrm OF Morgan y Son; Mr.. Twltchell is in our debt
and incidental work to his Z engines; believe he
started his establishment in Camden In May last;
tne work we did for him was done about three
Cross-examined-He purchased O steam engine
ana boiler Tor 200 ne paid 5000 and gave his note
ior lne rest; ne paid the note promptly ; the note
that was not paid was for $500; 1t became due last
VIM. Gregg, sworn-I reside at lo21 Clinton street;
know George s. Twtchell Jr.; last June he applied
to me for the loan or money
Counsel for dcfence-I do MOI think that thir loan
of money has ANYTHING to do with The case II does
not prove that ne was SO sorey pressed then that
the loan can be considered as having anything to DO
with the case. You might with equal propriety,
cali up every loan he made during his whole life
The Court overruled the motion.
Witness resumed-The amount was somewhat
under 81 900; did not loan the money.
we overrued the motion OF the prisoners Counsel.
that the money had been loaned and not paid. the
Jury VIII therefore please dismiss from their minds
the statement just made by the Witness as 1t is not
evidence.
Dr. shapleigh, recalled-Mrs. Hnl's hair, on the
morning ater the murder l found confined In o
cap by hair pins ana few teeth Of . comb; the
cap covered the middle part or the head; it extend
ea down to the ears the back hair was closely con.
was somewhat dishevelled; In taking 1t down had
some diflculty.
were beads on the cap; 1t was thick woollen cap;
II covered some OF the wounds; found the skull OF
the deceased to be very thick; the hair on the head
was very plentiful; the cap was also quite thick,
although the meshes were not close together; the
cap was soft and the meshes were apart
by the Court-The top was saturated with blood;
do not think the cap was cut; think the wounds
could have been inflicted without the cap
eeag cut the cap and hair would not o
might reach the skull-a hard, resisting surface
without cutting the cap or hair; this fact would
was blunt one; / do not know whether the cap
was tied under the chin or not
OF the safe at the prisoners place OF business at
Camden.
Counself for defence-I do not know Of my own
0ner's safe; only knew 1t was from hearsay; was
furnished with key to open it; it was not given to
Detective Warnock recalled-I have tried to get
Mr. Starr to come here several times but he has re-
fused; went to see him by direction OF the District
Attorney: he lives at Camden, NJ.
Chief detective Lamon was here called and was
found not to be present. One Of the court officers
The Court issued an attachment against him.
j.. M. Fletcher, deputy coroner recalled-Among
the Keys found IN Mrs. HIPS house was safe key,
Chief Lamon sworn-When the Key was given to
me gave 1t 70 ofcer Taggart to open the safe with
Twitchell told me that his place OF business was in
Cooper street, Camden.
Oiiccr TagearG was here recalled and asked what
he hal done with the key.
Counsel for defence-I object for the reasons frst
that there is no evidence that the safe was the
prisoner's second, that there Is no evidence that
Twitche!l had ever had the key In his possession,
and third that no evidence had been offered con-
Meeting the prisoner with what was found in the
safe.
The Court-In our opinion the fact that the safe
was opened by the key that was taken from this
house iS sufficient to justify the admission OF EVIL
dence as to what the safe contained
Oficer Taggart, resuming-I found quantity Of
business papers In the safe; l found his account
book with the First National Bank OF Camden; the
bank book, a note book and an unrecelptcd bill
found placed back In the safe; John f. Starr, Jr.,
went there; returned the keys to Chief Lamon.
Chief Lamon recallcd-I gave the Keys after ofncer
Taggart returned them to Deputy Coroner Fletcher.
keys to Mr.. O'Byrne, one or the prisoners counsel
on an order from the administrator.
duce all the keys he received, and Mr.. Fletcher
select from them any which he may think u the
district Attorney-Wc ask you for bread ana you
Counse! for defencc-we win give you, sir, just
what we have received.
Bunch OF keys produced.
witness-I cannot swear that one OF these keys is
had in my possession.
Counsel for defcnce-well, you can identity the
whole Of them In bunch II you like.
want the papers folnd in the safe.
Counsel for dcfcnce-The court will certainly not
require q US to produce them now; we VIII want
The Court-The counsel may produce them within
District Attorney-Here's list OF the papers we
want
Counsel for defence-onicer Tag CART, can you
District Attorney-I should think your client
would be the most competent person to identify the
key.
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Derby Wetherby's note, the bank book and Van
Lecr's bills. We decline to furnish them.
receipted amoanted to sies: the DERBY wetSerby ts
bill amounted to $3.50 SO; the balance In bank book
was So % due to Mr. Twitchell; found also note
District Xttorney-I now offer in evidence the
various articles OF clothing tho deeds, due bills
by Mitchell In bathing the head Of deceased. And /
woud here state that am perfectly willing that the
defence should take all the clothes and the other
vided proper regulations be made to guard them
against any sort Of mutaton or injury Of any kind
Ana here the prosecution closes Its case.
Counsel for the defence then moved that the va
rious articles be tomorrow taken to the Grand Jury
e o o.
oncr would select aud under whatever regulations
the Court might prcscrib-.
The Court-This motion Is granted. The time
fixed is changed 10 Saturday morning, at half past
nine O'Clock. The articles referred to may then and
there be produced by the District ATTORNEY In the
the prisoner aud such experts as they may select.
Counsel for the defeice-We asked for time to
consider the acceptance OF the Judgment OF the
Court.
The Court-wc have no objection to allowing time.
Counsel for defence-We would ask for the exanli.
nation TO take place without the presence OF the
Court.
The Court-we have deemed Il necessary that that
our Judgment The responsblIty OF the case desired
II. Its not In the range OF possibility that the pre-
sence OF the judges would affect the experts have
thaxs, INT tha slnu hnA AlaneR cn1 Uhnn
jury could be found TO convict In any land upon the
prejudice even OF Judge.
OPENING or THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE.
The case for the defence was then opened by Mr..
]. r. Pratt. Upon him. one OF the junior counsel, he
said had fallen the responsibility OF opening the
case, and In doing so he should follow the example
set by the Commonwealth and state briefly, as bricny
"a the Importance Of the permitted, the leading
points OF the defence, leaving to the witnesses the
particulars OF that testimony. The jury were
probably well aware that this was the
OupOrtuulty n word said