, 1874-10-03
AR0N ANDERSON,
The Motion for q New Trial Not
Pressed.
Statement Of tho Pris0ncr---'9'hY Ee
Docs Not Want 4 New Trial.
Judge Rogers OF the Opinion He Should
Have Been Acquitted.

Have Been Acquired.
Il Pardon to DO Asked Fon
Tho case Of Aaron Anderson carno up yos-
terdaY morning boforo Judge Rogers in tho
Criminal Court. It had been understood that q
motion would bo made for = now trial, bat this
was not douo, aud the judge pronounced s0n-
tonce. It IL believed that tho Governor will bo
asked to pardon Anderson, aud that tue petition
will ba aiguod by Judge and jury.
b1r. Lconard Swott, OF counsel for tho prison.
or, stated that thoy had decided not to pross the
motion for now trial. He Desired, however, IN
behalf of Anderson. to rond
THE FOLLOWING BrATEMENT
For inoru .hau year hayo lived in tho 1owor ptrs
BY anohsf ay S xboat liz ID Jay of ny
last my wife and chdrst went to tho country upon
house. anl swede ~ Srth, and wood-surner s
trade, and then working ii Qorncl shout "a nea
from thy city, wens to my work Mondays, aud came
On Saturday tho 2sth day of July ssst, slept In my,
house, md Wal about 4ure until stoudhy. taking my
meals aud spending part Of tho ao at my Irothgra
noar w and visiting With friends, A1o1day norning
wen. by trsta to Cornell ana. during Tho FORENOON,
aud recently haso been tried aud convicted upon thai
charge. ii
have encouraged mo to 1eliuye 1t could 10 obtained.
rAey haya also expressed belief IL ny s,,oeauco
on now trial. have otosedto
! DEFEND s1E FOR NOTHING.
| Notwithstanding these facts, ald my antiro tnno-
cenca Of tho charge made agalnxt mo- ayo ncrtt1,.
tori}y Instructed thum to Witlnw tle .nutjun mid
erepy ask Your Honor to eond nc to my punishment
TnR rAcrs WHICH HAVE PRODUCED Ny CONVICTION: J
As lot my honso locked It, excepting the outsids
Two and hsn hours Afterwards, . hoIe lnchos
by ., found burned In my floor, and q
ias oo sAshes WIS T ol sanng 5 aa and e.sni
ins in substantially 1y from tas ground to . Tie 1oSr'
na ins Showing VII 0ss' az IT hS h
peretration Of the crime that llo candle sLuuld burn
down an ignite from ho bottom bnt It was piaoea 80
TLo Hntings at tho base Of tho candle wero chiefly
taken from mr. Workshop In the back yard. which
locked. With them aud ebout tho calldo thu half
Of ~ oid letter written by nle to my wife, the o.or
sb"ve, tho ragged edees ot liz paper 50 sie s 70
render tho teAeing % ana identity certain pcec Of
riccu sawed Oh from AAother r]tco In 1ny work.
STOP. The entrance under tho house WA made ly
teafing OF boards In ~ entry TIC outaIde door of
and the nsde dou1 Of which wMB locked by me that
morning. rhersforo It was argued that no p0rson
house but An old suit Of clothes Loongng TO M
found u my closet with cobWobs aua dirt upon
them, though used by tho person crawling under
tile house.
Dr4idea thesa
TWO CIRCUMSTANCES
w,ieh sttsmps tlinl Your nouer Vii f eoncode tha
prosucuttou completely fsile II vas poaItivey sworn
by aoycra1 Witnesses that left ny houso at o'clock
IN the morning instead Of s. nnu that could
ter tls house without the keys, except by breaking it.
III my defense Il WAS proven w sEspatas's w.tness,
crowd Of peoplo who breakfaso1 with mu at Cor,lsl
Tint I won't down OH tho O'CLOCK tnorulnx
train, arriving 1t Cornell at % minutes
before O'clock and by actual experiments By placinr
sI1uiur candle under boards similar to the door Of
would taka niace In lalf IN lour,
Tho kors to the house ahown to have been out
Of my possession. and had been absent frAm lilo
house and halt hours before snntlar amount OF
, [ burning In this cass was done.
Ny property In Tie non5e vs. Insured @ tos eooo nus
sssa, y sa 0f as1ass II IT,
batWoen $1oo and Ssoo y Moshes.l,hw o hau q cioth.
Ing ~ the house amounting in yala e Slo0 aia ny
tho value Of about $Goo and Ind tools there worth
o al nnnsared IND tue policy % apSn % ny @ aosslul
{ with it,
! It was proved BY people going from tae court
i tify bclora the jury, that
Tns aousE H., ooGnn $4,000 rs kSahian ts. <o, ~.
ou1ido easily t.rosh ths tooEs that tho staple
fastenng tho door Of the workshop could 10 pulled
out with tho thumb any finger. and au tho 1nat9rs1
1ontu auout tno oase o. tae ana tno ~
Wefe - aecessl1lo 10 ahy one cse ia 10 NO. cdluo
proved that he keys to thu house wero on: u my
possession aftor lett tue bouse Two md half Aons,
mud tler during thAt hnlo was not account
ed io1 e1cePt taat geneta5 tncY Weto - tae uppeT
lave always sustained good Character, nha At th9
imo OF thu tria' had monsy VI INTEREST," "na msoSsu
Ii, 10 autaneonsnt. md owed 1ut SIS.
Tie statement TINT tic outside door was fastened ts
untruo It was not fastened. ut least by mo. ro-
ward Of GOO was at tue time Of thu trial pending for
tho conviction OF auy incendary. aAyo basn tried
III city twice oulued where u tho mouth q tue hf1o8
OF my house .a1Ee wete ae.oeH lneana!ary nIos;
,us an~ sr sa,'tantad 1 tn III
mnutha' i,nnrisooment In tho pesl,untary. Tns r.
ault, u believe 1t Is conceded was brought about By
the turymen believing mo Innocent compromising
With those believing lns guilty. upon aaAs punlsh"
mont
1FANEw TRIAL -u,. a..
now granted would s;4ud TO- sanee Maops r .ne
Tnesss s tso @ ao aS 1 IL 9om to
ooo % n W.. uv it arsat d,cuty aud puraon
Inconvenience tiut thoy can,o and rouiaina dusia;
9as ae .ra 1eF SI ay" ws ysat m ts
last aud beades, liai to draw upon MY f4hor-ln.
law for considerable amounts sna eannos no." S+ ne
sops aM IT, ttl = vi 1os n T. si.usd NJ liz ortenaD