New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-26

tho Instances OF Zrruth and Hayes III You nnd the act
TO be that they have told 10 you the tales which are con-
sistent with facts and circumstances detailed by Wit
o yo the6s ss no In
You TO consider their entire conduct the accuracy
knowledge, the & and reasonableness OF their
story and the fitness OF what they said to the facts ana
circumstances OF what others testified 70.
The law says that the right OF crossexamnation is
powerful means OF elcitng the truth In your view OF
crossexaminationi D!d fhey CONFESS tne TRUTH Diu
they evince any disposition to keep back anything to
conceal to hide to eyade, to avoid to travel out OF inc
straight path or broad way OF truth
From Moneyideo famous resort for specuiators VINO
TO South Amerea-and II there IL spot where NeW
York spectators do not 90 have never heard OF Ito
Toronto from headquarters to the scenes OF kuhuX
Broadway Blocker; from the streetcar To COrandt
ferry and Jersey CITY and Newark; from Caplto mn
sxth-st depot to WIZARDS and the owen House; rom
Ninth and Fsts. down Seventh and Ests TO JUDICIARY
square and to the Disrict-AtOneys once ana
the examination OF the safe the visit to AexandeTs
house, from all these places to the Jail and the lmpTs
onment therein; thence to 10 the witness stand are e
tales they tell consistent Do they look to your minds
like the truth when you consider all the circumstances
OF the those circumstances arise out OF the
evidenced IL there is no reasonable doubt IN your nlns
Of the truth OF what they say then you must LOOK 10
THE MAIN ISSUE.
You must not forget that the issue is whether there
a conspiracy to charge Alexander with beng par
tcIpant entering the office and robbng the safe. and
that the charge false, II made 1t matters not
whether the acts would have amounted or did amount
charge the participation upon Alexander II tnat cnarse
would have been false Here you are TO determine from
all the evidence what meaning TO attach To tue language
used TO Richards to say nothing of the matter or how
IL terminated. when the arrest had Oeen made as
Alexander not found, as you may una inc evidence
10 be 10 connection with Harrington. II you md from
the conduct regard 10 the safe ana the once that
70 which taken in Connection with all the evidence.
brings your mind to the conclusion that he was acng
crminally sti you will have TO go step iurtner am
SEQ what relations these have to the question OF
cOnspIrng with Whitley. Netteship, A. Is. Williams,
one. You Will have to lind that he and some one OF
those charged or any number OF those cnargeu con.
fore you can find him guilty, however criminal you may
md his acts to have been. You must find his acts to
ment OF conspiracy. So OF each one OF the parties
You will have difficulty rs to Hayes ana ZrIuth.
They confess to themselves and they say tDat inc
others caused them to do what they dJ. You are 10
judge and decide from the facts whether tney pun ~
the matter themselves to enter the Office ana sa1e
and go to AleXander's house or whether they were
assisted by others ana If by others VINO were tney
Does the evidence in the prove 10 your minds.
beyond reasonable dOubt. that they ana Benton d1 IL
OF themselves or does The evidence establish oeyCnu
reasonable doubt that OF the persons on tral were
engaged, and If 50 which Of them
COLUMBUS ALEXANDER AND HIS CONNECTION WITH
THE CASE.
Gentlemen, there is one view Of this case which the
law demands you shall take notice OF, and which you
alone are to soye what 90 gather from the evidence
as to the power Of Hayes aud Zrruth to deceive all the
men with whom they come in contact The evidence
apart from thcmselves-shows that they deceived Alex
ander first having led Domaine into error. The law
recognizes the capacity of the influence OF nnd upon
mind aud makes ample provision therefor Alexander
and Demaine have proved that these two witnesses
deceived them; they introduced by the Govern
ment there is no controversy ABOUT thelr evidence.
Tney were deceived. Hayes ana Erruth ana benton
were sent here by or more TO work up a
matter OF dee pton or they come OF their own motion
How far this deception extended Ia Tor you TO ascertain
from the evidence. Did it reach Wntely aud Hurting
ton well "a Alexander and Delnalne, ana Is there
mist over tins whole matter that Is lnexpIlcaGe H.,
That Domaine and Alexander were deceived, dlsap-
pointed, and tha no suspicious were aroused lOt some
me Is proved by their own testimony and tat tcstl-
mOuy sustalnS wbatllihyes ana hfruth DOM say fOI
the purposes OF considering this branch OF the case we
Will take the evidence OF the two partceps ac 0mDce5
and prnclpals In this transaction wholly true; and
they supported, corrobOrated and fully sustained
by Alexander and Domalne. Domaine an aged man Oh
honest pursuits and purposes, Alexander, man OF cA-
pcrlcncc, prominent worthy ctz5n, man OF caplcly
and JUDGMENT an expert ~ ms testimony CapAGie 0I
discriminating between the genuine OOoAs OI Jonu w.
Evans and the spurious ones these Two men were;
according their testimony and that OF Hayes and
Zrrutb oVertthen, Drawn in, "Ounu around, anu lcu "
believe hat they could obtain thdt when tney were III
search Of-ine books Of John o. Evans. Thls was ac-
cOrdDg To the evidence OF Ai:Nahuer, DeidIr' uli
Hayes, and Zrrnththcr SIDE 81 the Question: inc eNl-
Alexander refused to enter into any bargain %
purchase testimony but that he was willing to pay rea-
bile Ill procuring what was out OF Town.
Now you to the consideration Of tue question OF
how far according to the evidence Harrington was de-
ccyed m-led, entrappcd or overcome IN h@ innocence
by the experienced arts OF an accomplished detective
whose business It wasaccordng TO his own statement
provided believe his statement IN accordance with
he rules have sated-to deceive Others to procure
nprson or per,ons 10 commit an act resembling the nigh
II YOU find that Hayes and Zrruth and Benton wero
CAPABLE and did exert that capacity thar intellect
nature acquired by contact with nature, OF human
beings with human beings-tO overcome ana lay pros
rate at their bid and call the intellect OF Demane Alex
ander and Harrington and that each one OF these men
acted nnOcenty and not IN violation OF law or you
have a reasonable doubt on oar nd arising out OF all
the evidence you bound by all rules with which am
6chrI Of Inc DOUBT Yon are To- consider those trans
in the hight Of human matters ana actions, aud
verdict must be based on those transactions grow
ing out Of the evidence IN this cause.
[ on nd Alexander
pure IN mis- efforts IN connection with Hayes, Zrruth,
and the escaped Williams or Benton ana that Hlrrng
ton was seeking to do Alexander a great wrong br
bringing falso accusation AGAINST hin, then he l.
guilty before the law OF "a wrong; and II YOU mud
from the evidence that lie combined with any
charged in the Indictment TO commit
tns wrong then he woud be guilty whether that
one rlal or not. Any either of these defend
ants together with any one else Charged in the indc
nent whom the evidence sasfl you engaged in
cOnspr 10 rum Alexander, or 10 bring false charge
against him OF beng concerned IN burglary, would be
guilty. 1t would be IA 10 Say that lie mad been nstGu
mental in procuring burglary II you find from
evidence there the Intention and purpose OF
fix up a matter by which 1t would DO appear
Alexander was concerned IN 1t when ne really was
not To soye this matter you must look to tue testl-
mony Of Richards and to all the testimony to come to
conclusion from That evidence whether two or more OF
th"m intended Dy wha hey dll 10 attempt 10 rum Al
eXauder or 10 defame his character. As tue evidence
day to day developed facts and as those facts may
prove guilt or fan TO establish H. 50 Jou are TO render
TIE NIGHT or THE ODD OF APRIL.
What meant the preparations made ion the reception
OF Benton ana Nans AildS Bliss at tue ONCE on the
night of the 23d OF April Was part and parcel of
some plan plans previously formed to do dark and
mysterious deed complicated and difficult OF solution
would lead to false suspicious to false accusations.
that the real perpetrators would escape Or 1t to
enrap the unwary Benton and Williams, otherwise
called Miles BLISS were they real ana true bur-
glars aud saferobbers This you are to hnd from the
Witnesses
You are connect the evidence OF what occurred
the 2]d Of April with the evidence OF visit
of any OF the persons implicated TO the Office previous
fpr hf her a ~ L.
ander's house whether from the evidence this
leave the way for Identification, together with the im
prisOnment OF Benton, the escape Of Williams alias
Bliss, the final bailing OF Benton, the circumstances
under which he turned out OF jail; whether from
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