The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-09
IRON NEW YORK.
The Mcfarland Trial.


court to-day, including many ladies'.
Mr.. Graham continued for the defense He re-
on Richardson's life should have no weight with
them, because he had net been proved sane at the
in which Mcfarland met Richardson in the Tribmas
ONCE and alluded to the special providence which
seems to direct the bullets of injured husbands-a
fact which shows the moral justice of the act more
over, McFarlands words at the time should not be
considered, because they.w clearly the offspring
Counsel then reviewed the evidence of Mr. Cough
lin and Mr.. Elwood to show the deranged state OF
his mind during the three days preceding the 95th of
November. His movements then. not his 1yopds
Another point to be borne in mind was the fact
that the prosecution had dubbed Mrs. Mcfarland
with the name OF her paramour without establish
ing any legal right to that claim Again. the prose-
earned any money after her separation from her
husband, and the presumption was that she W as
supported all this time by richardson.
Counsel then condemned the attempt to impeacb
the testimony OF Mrs. Callaghan to the presence
Of Mrs Mcfarland in Jersey City, and maintained
that this attempt had utterly failed.
In truth, Mrs. Mcfarland was then ensconced in
Mrs. Gilberts house with her paramour, and her
to the event itseif it viii be seen that the eydenee
OF the prosecution leaves the matter in very doubt
full and confused state. All the witnesses were
from the Tribune oce, and it is notorious that the
attaches or this paper are implicated In this free
love transaction. In fact the Tribune is arraigned
In THIS court, and all those employed In the office
are Interested IN clearing that paper from the
charges against it,
Of the shooting and the failure prosecution to show
the state OF mind on the night of the shoot
sRs e S ss who the
lhs'tsi:S Ss:Sss S'asss sss
make he
that Mcfarland met Richardson immediateiy after he
entered the on once The shooting really nstanta
that they were unable to state anything certainty
they gave their testimony solely for that
81. snd Go ssoSTdoE In 70 the
the public might imssins that he assassnsted while
COUNSEL then nsntosed several sccSsious in which
McFa land could have shot II he had any such
he had control over his mind and il only when the
paanee OF ms was oyertnrown that Richardson fell
he Su . his
Coad not 'Sa Sas 9ls
Counsel then reviewed the life of Mcfarland and his
gradual rise from the position Of mechanic that
chiefly New York but he Tunsd by his land spsca
the Republican party with responsible position as Com
missioner Of EnreLpents Sa
Eve dollars day and hi. wife had rs6t refuse to
batsd the support a@s The pot destroy iSa
her she as ss
20 That sas ss.s .s
left the stage soon after she had abandoned hus
happy ne for d.nases he i he kills the
seducer OF his wife sent TO the gallOWg
sci then cited in which jury had awarded RlOO
Judge had aside this verdict because IL ouId
be merely an encoura gem ent to vice.
The counsel then alluded to the circumstances under
which Mrs. Mcfarland left her husband her intellect
carried by the attery of Richardson and she
longed enable her TO enjoy and life
in elegance there trouble in their married life
and nothing justify the separations Richardson gets
the at No 72 Amity street. and there is every
opportunity for their adulerous intercourse mcfarland
nanded her: made it up Mcfarland left ths house
and when he returned his wife at Snclars and his
boy Danny his way TO Boston.
Obituary.
OswEGo May 9.-The venerable James Platt,
President of Lake Ontario National Bank, for
merly State Senator and first Mayor of the city
of Oswego, died here yesterday, aged eighty
three. He was son of Judge Zephanias Platt,
one of the leading men of the State during the
Revolution, and after whom Plattsburg is
named.
New YoKK, May 9.-The United States Indian
Commission has called meeting at the Cooper
Institute on May IS, to promote reform in the
Indian administration and sustaining President
Grant in his Indian policy.
ShiD News.
New YORK, May 9.-Arriyed, steamship De
Soto, from Havana.