New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-13
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Produced hsSe he s''S'S 1'
Jail; Crockett is rsks riend nd; had known s
Is years. Crockett knew Mansfield. Crockett the man
Mt Powers came home the goes aud tells him the whole
story. These boys-Patrck Hart, Thomas Hart, and
credible and false The boy Redmond is proved.
rary TO the testimony here 10 have run out and there
This from Massac husetts-Curtis-say he saw "a
hoy down stairs very much excited Thomas Hart says
did out He swears himself that he did not run
out, but started TO do so. and came back We
th Syo cose Of Oe the case about Patrick Hart
This foreigner tells Hart that they would make plenty
FRONT Did this boy in JAIL that did MT know Stokes and
had interest In THIS matter concoct story In hls
circumstance in this case We submit to you that the
contradictions against Hart are perfectly
should be rejected. / reminded, also, as cireum-
stance In his favor that he had been promoted at the
OF any crime. but simply detained as witness aud en-
titled TO a discharge.
THE PRISONERS STORY.
Now, prove TO you that the prisoner bad case
pending before the Court OF Appeals which had been adj
journed the 9th OF January he fully intended TO
there All the evidence, too shows that Fisk came to
the hotel after Stokes, that would seem as Fisk
not Stokes the pursuer. On Saturday afternoon.
a%apS Sbos to 70 Get nus for r the
Passing down Broadway, he sees person whom he
recognizes and ne proposes that they 20 over 20 Ins
recognizes The Judge, giving the prisoner the benent
Of every doubt allows US to prove what t,.o %ss
said: Come will detain you but moment" Every
step that he takes is c0rrobOrave except at the very
moment the meeting. He is contradicted by nobody
except these boys, who have been suborned TO come
here to swear false statement TO hang this man
There doubt he entered that hotel with innocent
purpose. II this was sudden unexpected meeting,
random and without intending to take hfe-without
having formed that deliberate purpose u Is not urder
Again If he was determined take the life of Fisk,
why did he stop firing when two loaded barrels
the prisoner to be witness Although he,
stands indicted he comes before you with the
crimes he may been guilty OF. If he covered
all with Oenses and appeared here convict from
pute TO hun any misconduct The law frowBs upon any
such attempt The authorities say that unless he invites
against him Now when he Ppts himself On the sIsaa
When he took that stand the gauntlet thrown down
the prosecutor TO call witnesses against his general
character We prepared for it, and fortified against
IT, but it was not made. stands therefore, before
You as witness whose testimony Is 10 be weighed and
compared with that Of other witnesses, and not to be
disregarded.
THE PLEA sELP-DEFENsE.
The third question is, the taking OF this life jus n-
able according the laws Of the State under the It's
and circumstances disclosed in the eyidencet Tho
statute has been already readpardon me II read it
again. he counsel here read from the statute in sup
the law OF selfdefense implanted by God himself in I'll
animated creation The worm, when crushed to EARN,
will turn" All animated creation irelIgen and anin
nze that great OF our "a is ano
Sstate. "T Of a our IN nun humanity man
has reasonable ground 20 apprehend design
has reasonable ground at the time apprehend
the have interpreted that statute that ne mas
danger II is enough the Court OF Appeals has decided
that he shall reasonable ground to believe that that
Now think there will be no great difference of opinion
between the DstrictAttorney and myself IN regard 70
nsinable homicide has been established. Here again
question Of the credit TO be given TO Inc Ss5 AZ
you tins regard bears upon this branch OF the CASE
The prisoner MS evidence shaws tSst The prs
oner could have retreated without danger Vl
10 Fisk was about nine feet he peheveu
that II he retreated one STEP OF Two o, ..t-de.
tense allowed him to take the life of the deceased aud
70 rake il intentionally. Has the prisoner AZ me par
told the truth We have NO Psne ees ts Fk had
pistol In his hand but Stokes swears posltivey anu
equvocaly and has always ~ Se or death a. to
who should fire first. That he believed tnAt NC 50"
nistoI have no more doubt than that stand here.
vonr duty 10 look on side OF charity OF on the aide
az 0uilt When you have such testimony as u does
the law require you 70 nnd MN gn, So r. ht
one innocent should suffer- IL i. only when the
proof shuts out every asaOe ry o. nnGcen ss
walls Of . prison or an gnaninious death on tho
scafold.
How is this evidence corrooorated in this ease For.
tunatey We have creeping out here and there in the case
circumstances tending TO cOrroOOrate the prisoner
story There the testimony of Dr. Trpler before the
Coroner that had heard that nglt that another pistol
had been found and that Fisk had that pistol In bis hand
Where did that story come from Again the prosecution
has put lupon the stand TINS parLor Henry an
what be saw He testifes that the pistol handed
10 him about o'clock by the woman who found 1t y not
tbe piso shown him here He testies that tins pistol
was six-barreled one with an ivory handle ana I'M
he said, silverpated barrel and on lookng ~ ths s
tol which is Householder aud very dneieht ne says
is not the she him, ana sue SAID sue cOuidh
identify it, But regard 10 as unimportant whether II
was found in the sofa or not, because II there was
change made it was very easy to change II before u wac
mt I'M the sofa. You recOect Mr. Crockett on The stand
| a week ago last Thursday. We found they had many
other witnesses here but not Henry and We asked why
Henry had not produced He said he didn't know.
Henry was brought afterwards He said In his testimony
that he was not summoned until the Friday following
He was not summoned until after the discussion In Te
gard TO him here They were Obliged to produce Henry
and who Henryl Apparently, AN honest foreigner
humble life in the interests of opponents, employed
by them and anxious TO keep his place Inc opposuol
They count DR. Fisher as one OF the combination,
when Dr. Fisher, physician, tells you mat ne had en-
deavored to frighten Henry by suggesting to him th
idea that II two witnesses were piOdueee dgsins1
he might be sent 10 State Prison. we see the influence
| his work When asked him why he said H. he sald n
| knew he was eXcitable and he wanted 10 have mn
fun with hun Would MT you ike 10 nave sucl dOclO
| TO attend you'll Amusing himself Dy Frightening
| foreignerl go. -.
But the pistol produced here is entirely different IRON
the pistol Identified by that witness Henry Ana TN
prisoner seeks 10 take advantage or these clFchn
stances but frankly says he fred the pistol shown here
But how can you reconcile all these things except upO
the theory that two pistols found in that house AZ
| fer the alleged homocide Aud you have the turtle
fact that Patrick Hare told this henry that they wou
make money out Of this thing.
| FISK ARMED
contend 1t has clearly established that the de
ceased had a pistol. Henry had been soldier in hi
own country Switzerland and he had been In the arm,
OF the Union and OF familiar with pistols
and could haxe identified this If it had been the one Ba
he swears t was not IL was, he says sixbarreed PIE
l rh barrel; milo this Is black plst0