The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-05

to say SO and no more. Good men and true, stand
together and hearken 70 the evidence"
THE SUPPOSED SCENE OF the hukDEH Ss'hD bf
! Attorney General Train then addressed the
for the government II was desirable that the jury
should visit the premises where the aeed was com
a q Of sas
t0rney General, but also desired that the jury
might visit Alleys house in Metropolitan place. as
IL might become important during the trial. To
this request the Attorney General acceded and the
Court granted the motions. The jury, in charge Of
s BY District Attorney May for the goV
eminent and G. A. Somerby Tor the defendant. left
the court room and took carriages for Alleys
streets, his house ON Metropolitan place and his
team stand on washington street.
n waAL THE aovEkNAENr PROPOSES TO PROVE.
the government, after aiuding to the Importance
OF the trial, proceeded to intimate what the gov
era portions Of the body were discovered he said,
athoreagh examination was made, but nothing was
found at that time to furnish cew. until in one Of
the barrels was discovered piece Of brown paper
with the name Of "P. Schouller, No. 1o49 Washing
ton street." Naturally the clew tended toward Mr..
Schouller, and investigation proved that Mr.. Alley
had been In the habit OF removing shavings from
Mr. Schouller's billiard mandatory to his stabie
on street. ne cew Mean 40 haa
been recently disturbed. An examination Of some
boards behind the manure heap disclosed the TACT
that there were
HUNDREDS OF SPOTS OF BLOOD
upon them varying from little spots to those OF
that these spots were blood as certain as science
can demonstrate. It would be shown that on the
Monday night previous three barrels Of shavings
were taken from Mr.. Scheuller's to Alleys STABLE
and that in one Of these barrels was found the
head Of Mr.. Ellis. 1t would be shown that on
Mr. Alley aud locked up by him. Mr.. Alley took the
key home in his pocket and near as can be ascer
tanned, even by the prisoners own statement, he
arrived at his stable o few minutes before hve
O'Clock the next morning, and found everything IN
its usual condition. At quarter past six O'Clock
him to do Job. Soon after Mr: Alleys son and
Mr. Tbbetts employed BY Mr.: Alley t,, arrived
barrels was hitched TO an old black horse always
driven by Mr.. Alley and he started for washington
street. As he was about starting the man who
had engaged him to do job at eleven o'clock
Jumped upon the wagon and turned up one OF the
barrels, which was lying upon the bilge Mr.. Alley
''IF YOU WANT TO RIDE WITH NE COME FORWARD"
The man started to do SO, but just then the horse
started, and in the effort to save himself the man
caught hold of another barrel and on lifting 1t
found that there was something in 1t. Mr.
Alley then drove to his house, on Metro
Risteen's stable where he left two empty bar
rels At half:past seven O'Clock party driving
along the milldam met, about two hundred feet
from the siuiceway, an express wagon, with an old
black horse, 30 grievOusly afflicted with the horse
wagon he did not notice particularly, but the view
he had OF him in nowise differs from the descrip-
ton Of the prisoner In the wagon the party
noticed two barrels lying side by side covered up
with piece of green Garnet subsequently this
man, at the stable Of Alley, overhauled a lot Of
piece OF green carpet which he had seen covering
the barrels in Alleys wagon. On the day the man
met Alley on the milldam he was proceeding IN the
direction OF Parker street, and when about to turn
up that street he looked around and saw Alley
with an empty team going in the direction Of
THE BARRELS WERE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN,
and the government would claim that the barrels
were tHrown into the sluiceway by Leavitt Alley
and that they afterward nOated up to Cambridge,
where they were found. AS to the mode and man.
ner in which Abuah Ellis came to his death there
violence there could De no doubt Mr.. Ellis lodged
at No. 151 East Dover street. The last time he
seen or heard OF was about five o'clock on Tues
he was known to have inquired for Mr.. Alley, and
the jury would be satisfied that Mr.. Alley had
to s'I pay him some money. Mr. Ellis took his
meals at No. Smith avenue, near Hammond Park
He was last seen alive about seven O'Clock that
evening when he left that place. MIR. Alley left his
house at about the same hour, and his course
would naturally be the same as Mr. Ellis, who was
transpired was known only to Abijah Ellis and to
God. Within two hours after Mr. Ellis took his
supper he was dead, and in all human probability
HIS CORPSE WAS HACKED TO PIECES
and placed in the barrels where they were found.
According to Mr.. Alleys statement he locked his
stable about seven O'Clock that night and unlocked
it about five O'Clock the next morning. The gov
eminent would show the jury that on the night OF
election, between seven and nine O'Clock, an alter,
cation took place In that stable and that sounds Of
human voice were heard and a noise as If barrels
were being rolled. The next morning 1t would ap-
pear that Alleys son said to HIM
'Father, how came that blood on your shirt
He replied :-'Tt came from the nostris of
horse" Upon an examination of his clothing
shortly after by tue Chief of Police there was no
blood upon the shirt, and Alley denied having
Mr.. May then describes with much earnestness
the fearful wounds ms~ae 'pon the head of Mr..
Ellis and from all appearances that the blow was
inflicted by q muscular pereOn from behind the
victim, and was intended to launch him into eter-
nifty. An axe was fearful thing in this case to the
defendant, whoever he might be. When asked ii
he had bought an axe Mr.. Alley replied in the
negative; but 1t would be shown that on the 31st
OF October he purchased q new axe, which was
seen in his stable only day or two before the
murder. II Mr.. Alley was not the party who was
seen at the various points mentioned then 1t was
him; but when all the circumstances were taken
into consideration, the Anger Of guilt pointed
strongly to Leavitt Alley:
The witnesses for the government were then
called and sworn and the witnesses on both sides
were excluded from the court room on motion OF
the Attorney General the defence Directing
thereto.
THE FINDING OF THE BODY.
STEPHEN MCFadden was the first witness called.
reside in CambridgepOrt and am employed at the
gas works in Cambridge; on the 9th OF November.
at three O'Clock or quarter-past, l saw barrel
floating up the river; took a boat and went out
for it and discovered dead man in it; when first
saw the barrel only part Of the bottom was visi-
BILE; the barrel had only one head; alter the body
was taken ashore 1t was given In charge Of two
constables; nothing was taken out Of the barrel
before the arrival Of the constables; there was
horse manure In the barrel; 1t contained the
shoulders, arms and thighs Of a man later in the
afternoon discovered another barrel floating tow
ard Boston; this was about half an hour after the
first one was seen; assisted in getting 1t ashore
and 1t contained the head, legs and hat of man.
"a hat was here shown witness, who said 1t looked
like the one he saw in the BARREL The barrels were
also brought into Court and the witness identified
the larger one as the one found by him In the
river) There was found in the mans pockets
some keys, nails and pencil, and when the body
was carried into the shed gold watch was found
on the ground near where he lay.
several Cambridge police officers here testified to
seeing the body in the barrels and to taking charge
OF the same and delivering it to the Cambridge
Coroner.
THE BARREL AND THE sHAvINGs.
Peter SchOuller, the next witness, testified as
folows:-My business Is the manufacture OF bill
lard tables at 1,049 Washington street, where l
have been Tor about five years. Witness was
then shown piece OF brown paper bearing his