The sun., 1873-07-25
THE TRIAL OF MWILLIAMS.
THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS or TIE
LAWYERS or EACH SIDE.
Mr. Muiispssen's EGart to save the "
Cbief-Nr. tiichrist Trying to send Him
10 Prisss-A Review - the Testimony.
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| Cbisf-Nr. t.iichrist Trying to :scud Him
10 Prs->s-A Review - the Testimony.
l-ctnii.. 49,. Of Mrs. Deverruux.
The htL Of ex-Chef MeWilliams and
ex-Detcctivc Doyle Of the Jersey City police was
continued yesterday. Every seat in the body Of
the court room occupied HcWiIliams en-
tered early, aud for some time sat in his usual
place beside his counsel but subsequently
moved to another scat nearer to the bench.
Doyle entered few minutes afterward. The
District Attorney watched the proceedings for
= short time, and then went away and did not
return until Mr. winaeids address was drawing
tn close Attorney General Gilchrst and the
Other counsel were present.
New Williams was perfectly collected. Willie
the AtturneyNG Gencrh was addressing tie gnry
he strai aightened himself In his ca. ~ad grew
somewhat rHolay; 10 eyes followed the coun-
g, win evident anxiety. Wien the speaker
stopped before him, ~ he did on several occa-
suns. and spoke 1t were at hini. he looked
him steadily ana with an Dir of defiance in the
face. AZ length hc arose aud wen, cut.
THE DEFENCE.
ES Chancellor " iIiuuson, continuing nj. sum
min. up for the defence, argued that McWil-
liiuss FIGHT was no evidence OF his giilt. Men
wero differently constituted, aud there were
many like McWilliams. who fcaiins no b.dilS
harm, have yet an incxprcssihle horror o' aie
suspicion ~ crinlnality attached To- thcl- names.
- lung 1s the only shafts lcNcicd al him were
The yacu. hhts and innucndoes of Nrs Dtver;
csux and DENIM. Foloy. aud Proctor. he could
afford to treat them with indifference or e n
tempt but when the Prosecuting Attorney Of
the county made an ahldavit that the cirCum-
stinccs warranted his r,st, he became very
naturally alarmed. and the fun horror of the
situation bursting upon him. his mind failed to
preserve its equilibrium. The man WAS ttte "
craycd and sought to drown the sense or the
cnoI1uty of the crime of which hs YVES uniustly
accused 10y drinkias TO cAccs-. u was while III
Il "a condition, utterly irrespunsIble IOr hls a.
uons, that he d4ctG td urua 4 inE to Cdnaia.
uull 20 return the moment reason had Resumed
" IN regard to the meeting between Mcwil-
u ms and Dennin In Jersey city, when IN reply
to the ChiefB inquiry as to whnt he was doing
th re- DENIM said lac was LIVING there. the
pr"sec1iion Id qirfned TIA, Iiad the tniri not
would have Led 10 hinl hut this was exactly
what hc had d ,ue. for Dem n himself had test'
u Il that h. was living. not Ia jersey Cty, but ~
New York aud It was only after Cummings had
taken a house somewhere IN Jersey Ctty that
DENIM had occasionally pissed night there.
rHE DIsrIuCT krTOHNEN's PLOr.
The District Attorney knew that McWillsms
could pot &c indicted On the testimony Ut the
three burglars, and hence his plot with Mrs.
Dctcreaux, but II WIS also clear that the District
Attorney must have said. Mrs Devoteaux NO
Grand Jury will ever believe YOU, and the ar
rahgeinent was made To hide someone ia tne
cupboard lac had approached twenty men In
Hudson county. but not one could he found I"
undertake. the Job except NcDonough, aud he
ws- otily Induced tn do sO by the eloquent repro
sehtations OF the District Attorney regarding
tne fascinations OF Mrs. Dcvereaux. II would
impatieuce To- Visit Mrs. DevercuuX knew no
bounds. On the morning Of the meeting he went
to the house. not at half-past l. ns he had sworn.
but at o'clock, the appointed hour being 10.
lie had told deliberate falschood In this In
staI,e. and his whole evidence fell to the
ground it was well, however, to show what his
motive was In visiting Mrs. Devereaux. The
confinement In the cupboard was an unexpcct-
80 part of the programme. lie bad heard
Duyes knock ut the door, and feeling a not
unnatural reluctance GO heiEs caught In Mrs.
bcvereadk's bedchaniber he junpcd into tho
cupboard; Through her he i-reed g. as, ,lst "a
getting New illIanns and. Doyle indicted. lie
was "a her po~or; ana before he quit tle house
tlc letter ss,ied 81. D. and attributed TO
Doye. vas written. The prosecution had en-
dCavuIed to establish
TIM GpfSrtrY 90 THE IfrrtR
10y sh wing that the characters were simiil- 70
nj -peit IN one wcrr sim ilrly miszu.it In the
% her, but Mcp anuuci's note book would nc
pr duccd, ard tue jur' would see that the writ
h., therein was far more ike that In the letter
tlah D1yics, anJ ther"r% word misspeit ~ the
spot m precisely the same WY. McDonpugh
bad sworn that he went to hrs; DevcreauNs
house n half past seven o'clock, and went
away within n few minutes, arrang tug to call
again A. later hour; but an entry ia hi memo
rdndlm book showed that he had gone there ~
ha'f ptst six and stIid full hour. What WA
h lesson. Ars DevereauN was an accomplished
woman, and ia That tWe COald have maze him
believe he heard anything.
MIR willismson here produced McDunough's
memorandum book, and at that moment At
torney General Gnchrist snecred So vigorously
that the cntire audience was convnlscd with
pulsed in amazcment with the book In his hand
The court Oricers had to rap loudly To restore
order.
The memorandum book was presented to the
jury tho ,cn'ries alluded 20 several meetings
appointment and one of them mentioned that
the writer, on the morning of his Gr' meeting
six and gone away AT half past seven: IL added
that knock came a. the door, upon which the
writer cot into the cupboard, and the man
came up stairs. There was NOT hing to show that
the writer knew who the man was.
woINING oN TINE jury.
In CLOSING his address Mr.. williamson made
in behalf "l has clients. whom. lie said, tie Dis-
trct Attorney had stripped ut every Lhing they
possessed, anu thrown them the cold charities
A burst of applause, followed by a few hiss ,-.
Dotn promptly suplrvss1d. greeted the counsel
Mr.. winheld followed on the same side. III.
address was rel, le'e with scrpturd quotations,
and a dog cared copy Of the Hiblc lay on the
table before INN, To- which he more ia an once
rricned lie spoke OF the manner IN which jus
uce had been ds4rdced by bringing conYiuts in
shacklcs from the state Prison 10 testify against
honest men. Mis- Devereaux was produced To
prop up their falling evidence Rilt vino va
Mrs. Deyereaux2 she was known 20 be the asso-
81 uf thieves and roubers, but when she wis
asked questions regarding her past life with
that magni ihcont air OF hers which lifted her far
above the level Of common mortas, she most
respectfully declined to answer" Then there
e-oaux's wardrobe, 10 cotroburate her testi-
mony. Well, who was this Palstan who had
been concealed In the buck basket Of this
Merry Wife of Windsor lie was the worst
criminal of them all. McDonough, contessedly,
had been IN Jail for neglectlnC To support Ms
wife, and the Bible, the test Of all law books
said that he who fails TO support HE own is
worse than an nidcl
WHAT CIVILIANS COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN
II had been sworn that Mcwilliams he'd told
lhe hhllk robOets that no one had been In the
vault since the trial uf Eumsted, and also that
II contained more than 4 million of dollars
Now these things cuuld only be- known nv the
ufhcers Of the bank, and AcWihaus could moi
possibly have neen aware of them.
Proctor testified that he met the Chief ON the
loth OF May, and the latter cotunlain,.d thai me
was hard up, a, II had cost him az un 10 ret
ont OF the difficulty about the bond robbery
hut this could hardly have been, inas much AZ he
was not tried for this bond robbery until the
18TH of June following.
. Again, II had been sworn that either McWI-
lldlnS OF Doyle always stood upon the bank
steps 10 give the burglars timely notice of dan
ger; but the front room, from whence alone
sucn signals could he seer, was only taken by
the burglars on the very day OF their arrest
Mrs; DeNereauxs testimony could not be re-
cflVed Tor several reasons she came on the
stand stranger, and refused 20 say who she
was de'hnlng again and again 10 answer proper
questions, In this respect she Initiated her
bipther when Proctor was on the stand on his
hfst trial' before being convicted, and when
there was chance of his being punished Tor
refusing to answer, he acknowledged himself to !
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