New-York tribune., 1873-05-08
BLEAKLEY'S STORY.
TIE PRISONER ON THE sTASD--suMMiNd W VI -
MAYOR HALL


MAYOR HALL
vos,ordov morning Bleakley, the ulurucio'
-, :. Nj Morrill, was placed upon tho ,
hts testimouy % course, being the event VI -.
p,ooLlov op the stand was the same nesico'''' -
coreless man that has been dragged li'o '"1 N
rrevtous daya and his testimony was sNo" - "a
iI,,c disconuectcd way without mueh moaniue'
rrobably WAS oily considered by the july 30 ,,a,e
tbc oucstIon OF his insanity As he taiAeu VIZ -
was partially or his right arm, discloSlus 'Do ,,
all Tho enrers He several times cried' OF
IL, h,Io telling mis- story especially during tne ue0'
orinotion though the change on the crosseAu'',ii
ton ,ros great enough TO be DotceaDle' nc s'Y
answers uutil toward the close, clearly hhu ."
rational manner, but before he concluueu uo -.
ao INTO sort OF dissertation the merits oi hon"n
Catbolcs He could not remember Why he coy '''
the murder, but his memory on O'hel poiH'''
hack for years, was remarkably good. -, L.
~ III, % Ntr Howe he stated that he wasborn IN
,,aIand In Japuary. 1928. His father died In ihau'
houso Tie was asked TO explain the scar OH hiS '"i
beod and said that IL was caused by pio" iro"
of timber which be received In Phuaueiphi"' -,
smoke of humping Off locomotive anu hur.'ns no
and also OF falling down an embankmehl, III :, ~,
vbile returning from " Irish Calhohc ram ~
ho ve his version Of the shooting, the whole DeinH
interspersed with frequent spells Oh Gym """
novment OF very dirty pocket handkerchief ne s'iu
- i,od his sister for TIC whole occurrence Ht had
NOT hoon for her lie would not have been IN 'hiS So'
The prsoner broke down here atogether anu al'e U
inc asked few more questions was passeu o'o " .'o
tender mcrcics OF the Dstrct-A;torney, VINO
.. oross ovamine him He went away from Hudson-aVe,
DrooLlyp with his niece Lotiie, VINO eit hiu ~ 'ho
ferry on account Of somethng he sad 10 her "'n Ho
declined 70 tell and then he called upon his other niece
the victim He found lying on The Oed ana sue at Onco
o,,od % know why .Iotte didn't come - She became
,, cross and abusive on account NJ her absence IEs
ia Hegkeys account: "She tLeu Eo1 @ hu ,T o. ~ ~ had
swore pretty hard; at ths ulq e i T' ly
she accused her relatives 0i bcing 81 va LII q
a., re,nrmber ANYTHING else know got mad ana
uon ht vgen dred POLLY was somewhere near the
sfoye: why shot her don't know had u @ run VI
S,o,d' IN nv head but recoect going down STAIRS !
I'll woman al the bottom Of the staircase lhat ndu
shot NV niece and gune 70 give hNsSlI VI, W"
~ R,"1kiyn and nut The pistol away in my trunk
stonyad I'm and got a drink somewhere; had Deeu
drinking in the morning and during he "ess, pa pH =
larry ON the night previous To tue shooting t.en N,ns
To- hotel i'm Yorksi. and hired room ana not register
my right name; bought pIpsr IA t99 =, h
ton.Sf Police station aud gave myseu up 10 Sergeant
f. ,e substance ot his testimony relative TO the
crtme Much more was rimbllnlB saiu, ana ne cIOsed
speech of 10 minutes by saying that Lee vas Eu'y VI
whatever cTmc the court and INC Jury uescu w y, % -
nonnre n they the last words t "ss 10 SPEAK on
the OF the taith he would torgTe JuR1 biHuS M
oucrate the District AttOrney, ana also iorE.S MI
Howe (Laughter.l THIS closed the case 'or 'no u'-
fense. .f ILL r-s C,osq
Hammond ana Meredith Clymer, who AL pronounced
Bleakley sane, Dr. Hammond LdNlug, Ltsidc cA9mh'
ing the Hypothetical question, made my Neal eAhii-
ton Of the prisoner. .. A.. a.. ,,,- a.,
Ex-MlyOr Hall began the summing up 20 the lafS at
2:35 u. III. His opening address VA cDlbtttC lh a uc
uere wclmOdullted Of voice, und was ~ tunes
uathetc enough to nrug moisture 10 some oi the JuDs
,es He made interesting aui noteworthy ltual
m ronipcou Win an earnest appo a 90 the Jury To con
slider well what they about 10 do before IL was 700
late With slight reference 70 the abuse hc idd r.
cyed gt the hands OF the public or LIE yctIr, ne sald
- would give al that people thnK am "uttp II
could bung poor Rogers back TO lie again. Rogers was
the man. or almost boy, WHO, SOM years ago. was con
yicted through the edOIts Ot Mr. Hail. theh DlsUlt
Attorney, of stabbng and killing "A man with pen
knife luI Osug against hm in the street. III, Nt4ulc
however was reversed 40 General Term, ana ne Ndt
convicted a second time, and hanged this time through
the Efforts Of Nelson j. Waterbury,, who b~Cteehed nv
Hall Alta lew minutes of 4, the Court adjourned MI
Hall will conclude his remarks to-day.