The sun., 1872-04-30
AGIELTRIED FOR MURDER,
scrNFs ~ BURROUGHs'S MOUSE
tTTER YsIE TR1GEDY.

-, at william 4. Riley, the Black Boy.
r-hc trial OF Libbie Garrabrant loi mo
.,,,r,l,r Il I.ansom Y. Burroughs was continued
.,,-l,, IN Paterson, Nj The crowd In ;he
70, voting TO see Libbie taken to aud from
u crurt room was greater than on any pre-
.,,,s day. Several ladies attended the alter
,..inn of tho Court. The testimony was
,a,,,rttnt Tho first witness wa Gilbert luley'
,na r,i,red man who moved the furniture from
t.,,,.hs.. house to Paramus. On his cross
,,..ipoti ion he was asked whether Van Wlnkle |
n,rcrt carried lead pencil, and he said that ne |
al This was important. as possibly foresha- |
lowing q line of defence resting on an attempt |
IN oproyc that 1t was Bogcrt and not ldbhiS Gar
limit NJ no wrote the rItc wAicn was ipuhd |
10 ''rrn,,..i,- i. dead body. Thi point wrs fur-
ther developed In the examination ~ hnef
yife. Phmbc Jane. Mr.. Riley is Of darker 'ol1r |
than her husband, and es she entered lh' WI
NOES box she wiped her fgce ON clcan nan ihti,
chief Her manner Of giving testimony WuHl,u
Ii,n Court and counsel exceedingly She spoke
In tones barely audible and judge lIeile rul,
s,nntlv found II necessary to order her TO speak
nm isr testiuoty was contradictory. II was
10 her husbands house that portion oi lns
furniture from burroughs mouse was Ie""'V''
1NcoMPRruENsBLE rr5TiNpNY
She to-tlnod regarding her acquaintance with
Idbbic Garrahrant and lhe circnni i5anc,s ~!
house 10 sleep with Libbie Here Is Sample Vi
her testimony:
O. what day VA, II that Libble s.ked yon to lSt
f'"tl wls ~ Ntdncsday or rhuudly, .,.- ..,,
s2ar',y.
Arcr much questioning she enurn Grated the
M ~9,n olon"r ,1I i gt' sem f5r diem she "i
tn riyc up more than portion. Nh,h on the
following day. an Officer called Tor them, IN,
rayc uu the remainder. As reason Ior thla
nrfi1n ,he yesterday said that she was 80 eNs,
ritod ON the n Il day that she forgot the rest 81
ihc artIrIes II waa sought to he proved by this
wi,acss that Van winse Hoyort ono made for
luley hlll against aman Tor whom lnle, ma. nal
duga cellar 1slng iead pSne,iv pSnCmii iS,t litI,
t. ,.incd I'm, her Al one time she said
the biil was made with n pencil and again that a
ne, was used. Mrs Riley said that when lo-ert
%aS spoh3en TO & S''H, '''H, "" when Ne arc married
youl get Some Of TIVE cake; ,.r.,,.
drawas smile to the % ince1 a Sd thS ] ]PGSa SSrtfed
psy dGcJ mST n, s5n of GilSSrt RILEY lie IA
hJssIi H"v' and his manner Of giving to-tlmony
,t,r, r, ii,g afttr the comp tatci -pecch
q hi Mother II was he who siep Wiih NJ, iC' te
Sr,'of Sry of BMarronsis,'s M murder
nLgY's TESTIMONY.
went 10 ,,cp with tibbic about vc Z or two
% No. srnitr iIbe Srst ss;urisy nirf r u down
Az nv ny @@'a'T.' $40 sin.d klT Chi- g.f i., r.
I'',a' ao Notsr ast,d Ma N ~ y, .. Ne =.
S..''.r''' and che didn't iN' to 'i.'' alone IN the
doat Snow hos long hsa 9'.n O. her GouI' 20 ID ID
,ceb va, 1ynt niue ococs libbe went Ont Ont %ier pH,
,, SSa' sSna went 1l up stairs sad went to he'd
Wleu vent 10 she tYos ley rqT her G p'Ssfi S ana
sis Wrr,ltto tie ntry bed room. The doors oi
?, ,G '@s % sSn TGr 10 b Sn hr ,6. aeyt
n-at N, a-ke' 9e !hS Sr., n'rG' ,o sr, sS npSy
fts' SrHoi. III there w.rr come nrrts Wien n, iaa
tSaer es WIN her .ac aig eet2r, . 9r,i ,r,Si Gent
g S S9 a %{ {eep iSsT 5yrs re ,aa iT Van Win
Aie Dos va' 'hgre.
ON VI iht -. a., .'., u,
inesry' Si.ii6s f.ctilt.cst A.So., 4; ~ ,,e'
@,Trougi'. Rou... in me room where tnry ound Bi-
m @'' we r a, cc soSa as ,se se' S sS & &roaS %
try ard into that hWk room Eot up "na ~ @ lh,
ahS' as9 a iHHR ,tru sn, no. Stat Ia he room Nh,f
'n, "sS' ,...,.,,,.,.... .,,.,,.,, T.. ,,o .,,,,,
Here profound rtillne re.;ned N INC 60 cou,
aud eyeryhody looked l1,1nriy ~ e. i5y.d at ''e ooy
near tn' ''"-'' s'o'' " ~ W., " .,''e' ''' - m no.,
,Id iSsic as m ..a5dns IN front & ci,.. G,r6 NJ
h.pb.sd' sSselei down on he n9or 10 string up nj
ToSd ,roSad and @d' seo w w. doToasi, t e,i- \
.h1! e. IR,nnT. itl,6t f. aslr s1c sad Ye. an
nj ~ a"ra2 nor ns' f fa'n Ne got go, irods e5 agG
er5d ne sPlei ,s,5n, s5S 0T?h, ON. on PSe S,
Then W. came ont Of the room end N
locked The door nnd put The ke{ pu tht siairs snd
yl t'Hn s9'r' @ I' HIr ' utqouss MO Mas No ia tS nor
.,ss"l l'b .nSs' "hes asiecp ia ue house :" Alter
% ne washed 2gT,Hs, Ia 1 ~ nave az rot sass a.
n.6, aad vent IN ihcre aud gone 10 sleep. whcn y
wet ln TIE hark room WhtTF hhiIousns w y,
ltNri the lor itul we net ot WI aA.is I,..
our-rNcs IN tue curry t,o Nlrn - W " G G, ~ n M b,c
thr must nave ulii'thfl lht N'u
roou, for hoard ne Fey JUMP IN @ we @ ioyN Sn,n
went oui thdi morning - l'i -,r 1ane Vu' ''N 'VN"
The door aud pnl the key on 'i' ela'fh
CIrNrutNG THE pWOsEgtTION's PROOF.
'' -, -, -. -. -. ,.,,., -,
lhad tltlt win lJouls aO9ul I'"l hSaS S NJ w -
went INTO tle room Nhttt h"t I'gs.s as'
went Into that room agim i "'Arq yer M''INf.
where Mr bufIousDs, ny k'.', .'' 'i,9, 9,'J Fr ~ ,m, m
gone 10 MS sister s. ~ 81. "4t,n W. w. ~ ~, ~
nisht after the morning saw MN ~ y, k"httn' 70
supposed Nr. Rutonss was thgfs, anu ,uh.' me &.h,
VS. 90 use OF ny gong. sh - 20 ~" @ s"Ol, ~
the nest lay IA te afternoon, At NY house. she ASK
mr go He'p VAN H'' "'~' "'s"'' '''' 'S''
Jus A. NV: -, , ,h, pi,,,., .,to ,ooi, where Ut
~ l't Part % IAe h hi'TSn @ rci ~ ~ .iripg nm yo
I.uSns hrl vas ~ y, -, ., ~ a.. ~, fnc, 80 ~
shoes Al NooIhH uo"u n''' 'i'' "'V' -,
Mr. HOMER here illustrated to the JurJ q
nosition ~ the door 10 the room where the de
man lay.
Q,-N9A thcre Nh!thhs ''c III '"e roo'"' ~
Iouhse'
Alfred here Illustrated with his hands, shO
Inv the nnsition OF the lounge.
M w. 80 10 49,. ,,,,nd n, ys. ,,lrc fr-t
sane a. When saw MN before. Wten faw HIN 9
Icould not see any qtneT pAi M b. ~ , n vU Va W, N, nv
piGce on nv NJ - AZ, ~ t,,t rrcrc 40 IN
me- tret, % %hhn Itt',@r Nv hn, "Tbc s,fni hintct .
ws cI'Ih qo4t % 0' ,.oit NJ bl,n iisi I'D. Nj
Ohfi uhl nlltl t,'',t