The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-30
MS ILLUSTRATIONS TO TIE CoRr.
THAT CHlORAL AND YELLOW ESSAME.
Professor TOney's Spots lot
SpOtless.
THE TURNING POINT OF THE fRlL

THE TURNING POINT OF THE TRlL
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec n Il.
To-day and yesterday have been signalized an
extraordinary change in the current or thounhAnd
feeling IN the Wharton trial. Yesterday the LAYERS
and witnesses for the defence exposed the wax
ness and merely clrcumstantial constructivene OF
me public prejudice against Mrs. wharton 1.-THE
matter Of the debts and financial straits and Aired
preparation for her fight to Europe. That fabt OF
imputaton SHOOK ,pneasily before the clear cuent
of sIted evidence. It~was seen that many aall
points OF suspicion, ingeniausly hooked togeth( by
people and newspapers ovefsp xiously crsdulot to
see guilt, were the accidents of q w0rialy ind
Ssraitened life, and would have no I'M
p0rtance except IN view W the aat
charge Of murder by poisoning. The all
tes Of the accused woman. ner exVavagace,
her hospitsliiy-even her virtues-then seemes to
:. & psEa q A esllRsEate career Of guilt nd
6kxlsctefIsfcs I6tabie 6nopgR pefoYe wcrere-
nembered to her injury. To-day sxz sc1e46c
theory OF the prosecution was mercnessly disseoed
and swept away The postmortem examination
by Dr. Aiken and the subsequent analysis ofthe
contents OF General Ketchum's stomach were swim.
learned careful and fluent chemist to have beer In
temperate, III advised and probably empirical.
The same was proved Of Toney's analysis four
hours OF almost wholly direct examiuaton
Of Professor Mccullough failed TO emharrass nm
ct any point and the attorneys for the prssecutpn
had made nothing 70 their advantage upon his
testimony m the cross examination when the Cotrt
adjourned. Tomorrow unless the crQsR exAmIs-
ZION OF this witness by the prosecution laBts III dT
medical testimony is expected to be prsduGd
which VIII show that not only dld General Kecntm
NOT die by poison, but that he died Of disease or
medical maltreayment.
THB COURT AND SURROUNDINGS OF THE TRIG.
The scene to day was decidedly Interesting. The
Court meets every DAY at ten O'Clock, takes only
nve minutes recess at twelve, and puncbally
adjourns at three 1t will sit New Years IRy as
well as any other day, and It Is not now expected
shat the case win be finished by Saturday OF next
week or the Wednesday succeeding. The court
house is quiet almost Quakerly brick building, but
cOmmodious and neat and the small size OF Anna
polls clty ana the dlnculty OF reaching It fr0n any
Other point in an easy manner 1t this time d year
- we'll as the safety OF the tra upon the town and
people, who have watched 1t several weeks rende.
It always possible for spectator to get Ia the couf
room without Eqqble gesides This Ihs dswnins
possibility that perhaps the Spectators have peel
hooking all this time upon merely unfortunate ~
low creature, and not upon a guilty object has dis
susted Aem iii the trial However, TN
yrs2 burden Of feeling Is still against th
prisoner, and thousands now allege tina
sithouen chemists may get her Oh BY ab
struse points Of science, stu the finger mark
OF guilt all indicate towards her. Baltimore Wash
ngton and Annapol. are equally prmouncet
against ner Her friends could yesterday almost be
counted by q child. To-day they are quite party
The queer little court room Of Annapolis is paintes
IN oak and upholstered, with long green curtains
behind the three Judges chars they sitting in }
recess and facing, al not above twenty feet, TIE
prisoner On her right, so close that she can aimo
touch them, SIT ABOUT eighty ladies, gayy attirec;
some OF them formerly her visitors and associates
washington and Baltimore; others are wives "
daughters OF the officers OF the Naval ACADEMY;
sshers female residents OF Annapolis, young AID
middle aged, with possibly q sprinkling OF daily
distinguished sightseers from washington. WHO
have run down BY the little creeping Old railway %
have q look NJ supposed Borgia-
RUNNING COMMENTARY As TO THE PRIsOHEFs
GUILT.
II Is curious that almost all the females, OF what
ever origin. are believers In the prisoners quit.
This IL probably to down TO female uncharta-
bleness for their sex, while many men sympathze
with her. ana the intelligent jury Is said TO ne already
that way and ~ have expressed con trary opnitns
OF decided sort In the jury room and while walking
20 and from 1t Is notable, however, that there are
few persons who are KIN own TO be conrcrsant with
the evidence and mutual ly acquainted with the &C
Cused and ner alleged victim do not mold tnat the IN
putatlon is unerring against her. whatever nitcLes
there may be In the evidence. talked with 1rta.
Bury onicia VINO was well acquainted with ali me
parties ana who has visited MIS- wharton IN
prison. lie says that, sitting In the CELL near
Ss s n lace ' and isl s' TINS woman co1IS
nss Se grs Se arm ocer tod me Of
seeing Mrs. Wharton many years ago. Just ai'er
marrying her husband, en- route 70 western post
win him. The young oflcer and his bride were IL
vited into the carriage OF my Informant, and ON the
long sne proved to be intelligent spirited and
And the unmarried officers generally remarked tlat
with such wife as Wharton hah any OF them would
now sna WHARTON INFLUENCED rHB GENERAL.
In considered remarkable that Mrs. wharton
could get such power over ketcnum as 10 borrow
strictest kgurers, and II boy blackened his boots In
the street he entered the dime upon his memoranda
book and every night added up the days expendl-
lures, besides making out a full account OF his
property twice every mouth he nevertheless
her even in he street puI he Kissed her.
PERSONNEL OF THE PROSECUTING AND DEPENDING
TIE defe ndant's attorneys, three In number, are
shreWd seiI-possessed men, OF high legal char acter
Kevttt steele the main reliance or the defence, Is q
short knob OF nose upon 1t TO sustain his eyeglass
lie has 0 keen, prominent cnln and decisive
mouth lie MN ap s, ~
cel out any part Of an expression hall withheld by
wilness winch wall reach the ears OF Inc Jury 10
the pene nr Of ms client He resembles IN more
refined degree William h. Reed, the once famous
LAWYER al Philadelphia; but Reed ~ Ioxisn, and
steele mas rather m9 , ,, ,sce yool ,ooS,ne
prudent assistant, with large, angular nose 4
long face and dark auburn hair AMI Oeau. ine
esAu counsel, Thomas W withoIs DeA'o sno Mas