Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-30
MCFARLAND SENSATION.
Scenes and InCiSents.
Extraordinary Developments.

NEN Il Ohh9 ABttl ~ 1AlAo - tAN
nineteenth day of the Mcfarland
trial. The courtroom was crowded
long before the hour fixed for the
commencement Of proceedings. Mrs.
Calhoun was present with other ladies,
and attracted some attention. Mr..
Howell was recalled TO the stand by
the District Attorney. He was handed
over to the tender mercies of Mr..
Graham for cross-examinati0n.
/ came from Wisconsin in 1860;
lived there from 1854; lived at Min
eral Point the first year and halt,
and then at Madison, where / re-
mained till 1850; was practicing den
tistry all this timej / went TO Illinois
in the spring of 1850; was pTactcing
dentist there; before that / lived in
Worcester and in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1881 or 1882; remained there till 1885,
when went to Pennsylvania, and in
a year or two returned to Ohio; lived
about seven years in Ohio; lived in
Pennsylvania seven years or more; ;
in Upper Canada, my impression is, l
lived one year, and nearly a year in
1886 in this city.
Mr.. Graham, this is sixteen years;
where did you pass the balance OF the
time2.
Answer: ! was in Mexico for two
years during the war; / was born in
1923 and in 1914 became of age, since
then, beside dentistry and hair pins,
I was daguerotypist.
&. How long were you in that bus
ineSs. ] want 10 know whether you
are a shiftless man Oh nOt. Z. l think
I carried IL on a year ia KeypOrt, Hi
nOis: | was bred to the dentistry busi
ness in 1919, and since then have prac-
ticed the fliiii ten wears; l was drug
clerk il Cincinnati; I thiiis, 20 -. lS4O.
worked on a farm; think I had no
other business than that have been 4
newspaper editor; since then | have
been in the employment of the Gov
ernmentas clerk in the Indian Depart
ment; l was selling a patent right of
my own In 1864; l was inspector Of
Customs in the city of New York; |
don't recall any more questions.
Q. What do you call yourself ? A
jack of all trades? a. consider my
self an inventor.
Mr.. Graham-Wel, l consider you
so too. Laughter. Further cross
examination of this witness ELECTED
nothing Ofimportance to the case.
Haldridge Dewey testified to hav-
ing seen the prisoner intoxicated
more than once; found him drunk in
a room, unable to take care Of hindT9lf{
this habit extended over the WhOk 2f
our acquaintance; have drank WIKI
him myself.
Cross married, but
don't live with my wife; have been
arrested once for abandoning my wife;
she lives on TWenty-ninth street;
know the woman Willard; she does
not live with me; was my house
keeper; Judge LedWith issued the
warrant for my apprehension; my
wife was Obliged to 60 to the police
court to make me give her something
to eat; first knew l was to be wit
ness day before yesterday; Gilbert,
the father of Mrs. Calhoun, served the
summons: was witness for the pris-
Oner In the b&heas corpus proceed
ings; am a clerk in the custom house,
sixteenth division.
The Graham-Davis difficulty in the
courtroom was ali in disorder; peO-
pie were going out or staring at the
prisoner, among whom were num-
Der of ladies, when Judge Davis,
who, during the morning eEamina-
ton, had been worked to fever heat
of passion by Graham's sarcasm and
reflections on the conduct of heprOSe-
cutiOn, made a remark to the Recorder
in reference thereto, that Graham had
stated something ia ore of his bitter
speeches that he could not prove.
Graham, who was standing at . ne
distance from Davis talking to the
prisoner and Mr.. Gerry, exploded in
an instant, rushing through the
crowd of correspondents, lawyers and
witnesses which blocked up the way,
he arrived within three feet of Judge
Davis, and shouted, "YOu pettifOg-
ing thief, III spank you like a child.
You have inSulted every witness
brought on this stand. and you've
been paid money to hang this man"
Gerry and several others rushed on
Graham Just in time to prevent his
sending in a left-hauder; while Judge
Davis, stepping back, put his hand in
yNis breast pocket as if about to draw a
revolver, said: Don't you hit me,
don't you hit me-"
One man in the crowd, now highly
excited, proposed three cheers for
John Graham, which were given. The
Recorder, all this time, looked hOrri-
fed, and went away as soon as he
could get through the crowd. Luck
lily, the jury was spared this disagree
able scene, for nearly, if not quite all
of them were gone before it occurred.
When Graham went out he was loudly
cheered by some hundreds Of people
who had assembled on the stair case
to greet him.
Further developments are looked for
on Monday.