New-York tribune., 1870-04-19

there wounded there was no will dictated to some
e S% tSe SsS of e ms scen at o.
those memoranda, the physicians were ,P Thing
swan and Bolcombe, beside Mr. Knox, MI browh,
aud 10 o'clock the night OF the 25h OF N9vehper p
was sent for to take that MEMORANDUM Ioh Pihord"on
who sent for me or who for me ml: ~, vi
asked me if had my notebook; told him hadn't we
got q few sheets of paper and he dictated
Judge Davis-That IL not competent; , A., .o,o
Mr.. Grahan-Yes it is; that is all that they "efo
The CourtThe question must he excluded aslao, ,vnen
MT Nat tb;v iTuf this mans death by
this marriage that had right to go into tha Pot% % on
the defense have right TO SLOW mo ,a, 1yS Wap mpos
shle. have right within your Honor Own II i 20
ton to show if cam al that TOOK pice' M M dat was
produced wholly by this pistol shot IL seems 10 me t,
man was Impressed Mh dfat @ fU he @ was warm on
his back in that hotel Why did they eau IN , ts MI
fnoTed ~ - tSat man nm was Keen to get posses
sion Of his property even before epmcp of recovery not
70 im1ross a man with a notion of his own impending
death Why then, before the doctors had %
upon the character of his wound was this man t9u aD
he must set his house in order have rgh 10 SHOW
that they convinced him that there was no POssp vi
decison WHY is this secret to be kept back Why are
we not entitled to know TO what they submitted tlat
man. and what they passed him through rom the nour
he was placed ON his back by. that injury
until the contamination OF the injury III Ills lis
death3 As the Indictment charges that this man
died solely as the result Of the act of this prisoner
produced authority show that the mode Of deaf Is
part of the inquiry under this indictment Why DO the
Mrs. Calhoun woman as matchmaking ana e0hlilN mi
that She is TO he subjected examination here aud u
probable that this WILL or later be true are @ h4t
The jury entitled to know who are the authors OF @ uhis
mischief, who promoted it from the start and VINO
brought about the result which they now seek to visit on
the man whom they maddened aud Tenzledt !
/ ask where is the moral guilt of this.
irlnsactionl Those who deprived this man of
were as much TO blame though they had shot Richard
son themselves. Where is the separation between me
guilty authors Of this transaction and ms dGalh u hat
stands proved in this Court as beret OF hlS mnd ~
the time 81 thg me IN M the time he was the in.
strumcnt for numbering Richardson. 1t would he wen
an ordeal as TINS unfortunate man wa H'So % nh 30
reckon the result before 1t Is brought ABOUT Ihse
pryed this man of his wife ana ms Gldle, may nc no. @
iec0me insane, and may he not thus bring about tle
though he were guilty and malicious mani submit
to your Honor that those who conrived tins Hlqnty
more ctv than the mere pistol may have held in his
hand Here at one time reyeling in comparative
who should have cung to him closest and strongest
deserted him for the very money concerning which am
believe, she had particle ,Sdror OF Affection nnoi
he may have had for her She was schemlng woman,
and il proved by the evidence of DR. Mcfarland hat
she thought all she wanted was money to have the ee
of the city their knees TO her. Money she wanted
though Richardson and whole hecatomb of Richardson's
went to their graves. That was all the appetite of this
was this if it known that Richardson was in erremS
will maker called in for that hesh ceremony OF
nothing could descend to this woman from the mere
relation then suhssting between them OF keeper
the solemnity of VIII under any circumstances,
aud particularly when man lies on pea iron IN
make man die next to the pistol to which they lay his
death Yet those who surrounded him told he could not
l. now existing do not mean to allow my professional
relation made the means of ministering to anything
ton of families beyond what may be called for by the
performance of sworn duty. We 90 no further in the
umdersfood Wien wanted to notice tie performance
of that Satanic marriage as acceleratng ilel-
iniTcduSing iSUH the defense into The prosecution,
aud now the prosecution meet Inc win the objection
that it Is Irrelevant altogether. Ii they charge that
Albert ID. Richardson went into eternity as the
result of pistol shot we have rgat TO SLOW @ that
he died other way and TO insist before ne jury thal
The Court think MIR. Graham you are in error to
He asked If he was present at the marriage said
that the question not competent in the
inaon but that it might lie competent in time the de
fense, you proved that fact did not say would ad
nv mind that under no circumstances the testimony
you now be admitted The authorities seem all to
Recorder acket cited from ChefJustice Bigelow in
support OF this ruling Mr.. Graham urged ms point
corder inexoraby reafirmed his positive decision that
the offered evidence must be rgdly excluded Ihe fol
lowing questions were then asked ana ruled ont an e1
ceptOn being noted In each case at the request or MI
Graham: Where Is the inemoTandnm whch me, ne doated
any person and il so whoml Did Mr. Richardson sign
in whose custody possession 1t is nowi When did you
last see ti Was what he dictated to you written
ever read to him after You wrote iti
Direct-I believe Mr. Richardson had some shares In
Mrs. Mcfarland; never saw her; have seen Mrs;
Richardson saw her after the shooting she didn't call
anythng don't know that she was the wife OF the de-
fendant. ,-.-
after the shooting was Mrs. Mcfarland A. No; un-
dcrstood that it was Mrs; Sage. ....-- r--.
Cr0ss-examned by the District Attorney-THE TRIBUNE
is Joint stock associations the holders Of the stock have
nothing TO do with the managers of the paper think
have stated all the persons who were In the room that
9. The lady whom you subsequently knew as Mrs.
Richardson was not there : A. She was not.
Q. There no ladies therel A. think not.
Reiirect-Mr. Horace Greeley is one of the editors OF
edge for couple of years. 1.-Two photographs shownl
q DO either of these pictures indicate the female
room at the AstOr Housel A. Yes, both Of them
TESTIMONY OF THOMAS W. KNOX.
Examined by Mr. Graham-I reside in New York am
journalist; never properly connected with THE
TRIBUNE, but wrote q few letters for it; am con-
nected with four five papers now; 1 knew Richard
son made his acquaintance in the Winter Of ls5960
him frequently up to the 1st of August 1867;
have seen a pistol in his possession; saw it in the
year 1860; both carried pistols; 1t was at Denver
Colorado; it afterward late February,
1861; in '62 pistol in his possessions; In '65 and
G6, but not after that ] "a six -barreed revolver
I'm 1866; il not the he had in 1860 he had
the pistol of 1866 from July 1865 to February 90 1866
ID was in Siberia when last it i In Richard
sons room at the Astor House after he wounded
at the time he shot in THE SUN Office;
didn't go up to the editorial before he
moved to the AstOr House.
Cross examined-I don't know the prisoner.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES p LIE BARRON.
Examined by Mr.. Graham-I reside in New-Jersey; I
assistant editor and publisher; have known Nc
Farand since the Fall of 1866 knew Richardson
saw him occasion in front Of The Times office; 1t
was early last FALL think Mr.. Sinclair was with him.