The sun., 1873-06-26
HEWALWORTH PARRICIDE
THE Defence INSiNTTT fND Just
IFIIBLE UICIDE.

Father Called Demon aud IA fieud from
He'll.
Walworth seems to be growing anxious.
when he sat in court yesterday the calm nautcur
had disappeared, and he evidently felt himself
less Of a hero and more Of a criminal. business
was delaycd for some minutes on account OF
the non arrival Of George w. Wright, the
twelfth juror. who was engaged in nghting his
way in through a platoon Of police. Being an
ablc-bodied man Wright succeeded in gaining
admission. Assistant District Attorney Rollins
opened for the prosecution. lie recited at
length the known facts OF the murder.
The prisoner arrived in New York on
tho afternoon of Monday, the I'd OF
June. He went to the sturtevant House, and
was assigned to room 2G7. After dinner he
visited the boarding house OF Mrs. Smms on
Fourth avenue, between Fifty-fourth and Fifty
nfth streets and asked II Mr.. walworth was In.
lie received a negative reply. and left note for
his father, asking him to call at the Sturtevan.
House At o'clock he dined with Barrett, the
| cashier, with whom he had previously been ac-
| quainted in Saratoga. They converted Few
minutes, but no allusion, either direct or in-
| direct, was made to Waworth's family affairs.
! The deceased went to the hotel about quarter
past g. and after sending up his card, was shown
! to his sons room. Five minutes after Walworth,
Senior.ay ON the noor Of that room in the agonics
Of death. with four bullet wounds In his body.
| While under arrest walwotth said that he came
| from Saratogi expressly to do what he had done.
! The indictment the first under the new
| statute p ssed In May last. which amended the
| law OF lsG2 10y the Insertion OF the words de
/ liheratc and before the word " premedltited.'
| The father Of the murdered mai was one OF the
most honored and eminent men that ever lived
/ sided at trials similar to thia, he little thought
| that his own grandson would yet ue on trial for
/ the murder Of his own sou There was no JUS
| tincatiUn.
REVOLVING CRIME.
! Parcide was a crime revo ing to nature
/ that many nations had considered IL impossible.
/ The Pcrsians had no penalty for parricde, for
/ they did not believe that Persian would COM
Whole VIII "f family T of parriede was @ e1terminateJ,
and his very dwelling place razed to the ground.
! day before had said that he beieved there could
be no justification for such crime.
tined that Mr.. Walworth, Sr., mad boarded In
her house for two years and four months. The
prisoner called there on the "a OF June ana eit
his room. The prisoner wrOle the note on
paper winch he had with him. lie wore light
: calm and polite.
IL. {. Barrett, clerk at the sturtevant House,
oner between three and half past three 9u the
[ afternoon of Jane 2, at the suItevant House.
? Formerly lived next dOorto the family at sara
tuga. Young WuIworth was shown to room 2J1,
/ GA the third lour from the street. His demeanor
! was not unusual, and he made no reference To
! his father Ia conversation with the witness.
NcN, ingtnins about naf pet g. The prisoner came TO
TIE GEEK. Nuett Naf, Alu san nave rlHl
Yes nave shot him foug Jiues." ny hs direeioni
Prisoner saa %Te Nm I'm b5 hayf ,eS' iinsT' and se
suessed there Was enough to pay hi bin
Mr.. OConor cross-eIamined the witness with
I the apparent object OF proving tnat Young al
/ worth did not know what auount of money he
was handing To- ;hc witness Barrett said the
money Was handed in thc usual way
! Mm. IL. Amos. a young mul.tto, call boy at
I the StutteNant House, told hiln he carried Mr..
| MaiwOrth, sr. -. card up to room ~, and how
/ he shortly af'er escorted the Ia her lh'o the
I,G'n went in the prisoner looked at me a. II he
waGte4 me to Mas sent for al oncer by tue clets
NOW MW oCoNoR LoOks.
To Mr. OCt Ctno--Pri-oucr looked as though he want.
e. n & ~ NJ ta1 5 my r,S.. SS".inP' Ps No, hair a,
crSss a. you do now. llauslterl ,.,,..
me pT.osSr s s Se he dee any bag or ''e''' WIN
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@ ' ns'y' Of mn c ~ Wan he Si on is
"a hoasfa'Syer 70 ~, ."GAns ssno,t.a tns osSnPsEt
Pound ine sappo.ed suicde enioyIs bath u
thS e,!h rty; IN nt trs5p NJ VnyIe1 , tH9s. 10 !,
l'smI r,shs ~ tAe en- end said, Ny Goa here ne
NE ley sue the h.. ap regtly snsiae ly the Sssa
Va. bGet o. ne Sas d ana @ 31 sa ,sySr SsysrIrned
II hAa zen a pSysis.an %oui nave s9ns to t.e
lus TO place thr boly oa the oed
WHAT MR. NoREHEAD DID SOT HEAR.
Have ut ard pcoq,e speaeing Ia the rooms next mine
fq, 1ra & 10 'f1H & .a "a thu RofIs nr. J ua t
vac 10 M sy G W nfs forr .oT. a1Vs ,nw iv 6'scS
ha' 900 t' tu"r about two iet from 'he feet 81 t"e
Charles y. Doohttle. steward at the Sturtevant
| House, beard the -hots on the morn ing # Juue
| .. Thought they were all fired within IA minute,
! as quick as man co 4ld coca a pistol and II Z.
Dr. ). Russell Childs, physician, residing at
| the StufteVdnt House was summoned between
/ Lalt-past and ON the ID Of June 10 room 2o1
ipon ent nns the room saw The body lying on ihe
lei' sdc, the head elevated gaus' the N-shsAnd lac
tuel. rot the pull rcspIt tun vas very ieetly,
tnr Boy ait,r ftnt re- the room. there ~erc ioar
Noald.. one ball h:d penetr4,,d thr righ1 Ur,asi
spoturr haI thter,d te left about two Inches ueIuw
l.s % .ne Gsh aud ioar.a had Penetrated 'He r.nt
Sergeant Heating testified tnat the prisoner
gave niuIseli up aud sad he had shot his father.
IoN .otouor-lic ha N ns pocAct fcw ten and
tNclt, aNe ,c.t tAnps. Thin. h. Sad urea
sLoIs.
THE BIOup-sTAINEp NOTE.
Sergeant Mullen produced bood-stalncd
Tote which he had taken from the pochet ol de-
ceasel. II wts the note leIt ny the prisoner At
Nil. ~mW-'s rtqu" TIM his father to call Al the
Sturtrviut House, rue - Eeant W about u
testify To a conversation between the prisoner
aHd Coroner Young, when MIR. OCuuOr inter
fclcd, MT - Nuuur argued at some leuE,h
against the admission ot this important tcsti-
muny.
Judge Davis could no legal objection TO
the evidence,
Wu,.s lne prisoner said he resided in Saratoga,
lts h' Wsr 49, a.t hr a. est'44lus IAN
IItsuAVT-l e.. luV % rc CAa, tiA Geo has.
Coroner. MuAt, to AIl yout lltu'lP
lhuucr -Mtu, 10 tttAc tuvsc family difficulties
Coroner Young took the stand. lie requested
leave to explain, but MIR. OCunur said he had
not lmpeached the Coroner.
DR.. Marsh being absent his statement was ad-
mitted as made at the inquest, II detailed the
. result uf tuc pO~t-tnnrtcm cXiluln ton.
Dr. Flcmins's statement was also idmit tied
| 1t currcspuuGs with tho testimony of Dr.CAiIds.
Til, closed the case for the prosecution. Mr.
OCunor wished 10 adjourn, but Judge Davis
thought the hour- quarter Ia too early.
THE DEFENCE OPENS,
Counsel for the defence then opened. lie
spoke uf Mdwurth as poor, misguided man,
who now rests quietly in his grave, and OF the
murder as fatal aHd deplorthle nut slin most
/ legitimate climax of his depraved career. IL was
/ almost Incredible that a son who had sprung
! from the loins OF Chancellor Malwurth snould
have earned and possessed the character he was
forced To attribute to TINS second sou of
tine great iuri-t. II was strange and mi
raculOus that this human phenomenon, Mans
field Tracy Nalworth, snould have lived
and grown and become what he was
Walwurth early exhibited Indications of de-
praNtY and Of the perspective demon that
he afterwdrd became. II would be feeble to de-
plct him IN all the enurmitles of hs wirheuness.
Letters addressed To his wife would he pro-
duced. full Of threats and denunciatiun AGAINST
~ a. All p,t I,nr