Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
Our Albany Correspondence.
REMARKABLE NIfRDER TRIAL.


is in progress in this city? 1t is peculiar.
Let me tell you some things about it.
Last August, the dead body Of one
armed man, with great red cash across
the throat, was found in deep, wooded
ravine, upon the Tone farm, near West
Albany. The corpse was already
blackened and fostering in the hot August
air. An open razor was lying near. Was
this a case of suicide? 1t seemed likely to
be that, to those who found the body. But
a post morton revealed the fact that there
were ten pistol balls lodged in various parts
of the body, ono having passed directly
through the brain and another through the
heart
1t was evidently murder. So the
doctors decided and so every one
believed. The murdered man was not
recognized. the clothes were taken from the
body and the remains were speedily buried.
About the time that this was going on in
Albany, there was trouble in 4 quiet
German household in Palmetto street,
BROOKLYN. Two families lived in one house,
and the two men who were the heads OF
the respective families. went away to-
gether one day, and tho next day
only one of the men came back. The vile
of the man who did not come back was
alarmed. The man who did come back was
Young fellow, and only two months mar
ried. His own pretty little wife asked him
where he had left the missing man. And
the wife of the missing man also was very
urgent in her demands upon him, to account
for the absence of her husband. The two
women were bound to have it out OF the
Young fellow some way. They felt that
there was some mystery about it. Finally
they saw a notice in New York paper, OF
the body found at West Albany. Their
missing man had but one arm and the body
| found at West Albany had but one arm.
1t seemed to the women a clear case The
Young wife was convinced ere vet the
honeymoon had waned, that her husband
was a murderer She sent TO the barber
shop where her husband worked asking him
to come to her, and then she met him hall
way and there was scene. These two
young people, good looking, just married
and loving each other very much, had
a rough time of it. The wife &C
cused her husband and the husband
in a transport of anguish, tenderness and
obiurgation. denied the dreadful charge.
He declared that he would kill himself upon
the spot if his wife persisted in thinking
that lie could be guilty of such crime
Finally. after some fits of fainting
upon the part Of the wife, the husband re-
solved to 70 To Canada in order to avoid
any trouble lie said that he did not wisl
to be bothered with an investigation. s.
the young husband. giving out public
" that he was going West, went tC
Canada, and arranged to send for hi
wife under an assumed name.
About this time the detectives were led by
BARRIERS business card found in the cloth
ing taken from the dead body in West Al
bany, to make inquiries at the barber shoI
in Brooklyn. They got upon the track
and were directed to the house in Pal
metto street, and people already described
Soon the young husband sent the letter fol
his wife. and by it he was traced to St
Catharinos, Canada, and was there arrest
ed and delivered over to the authorize
here, and he is now on trial in this city.
Il has been thus far curious trial. IL
the first place. it is not easy to identify
with certainty dead body by the clothing
and description only. The fact that the
man missing from Brooklyn had lost al
arm, and that the body found had lost
the same member. i, of course, ;
strong point And then certain
peeularifie- of the teeth and fingers arr
found 30 correspond The clothing also i.
testified to with great particularly, and Is
found to correspond. even to the mending
and stitching \ shoemaker recognizes tn
shoes as those he mended for the missin.
man shortly before his disappearance.
Bat a. inning it as certain tia. the bod
i Identified, there then comes up the ques
ton, whether the accused killed this man
The evidence tending to show that be did
i. that two conductors and one other mar
have recollection OF seeing a one-arme'
man, and another man, whom the,
think was the accused, traycllin!
near or toward Albany at the time in ques
ton; also that the accused had a larg
amount Of money Just after the time OF tn
supposed murder also that the accused ha,
pistols and razors, and had some articles 0
iewolrv which are claimed to be identife,
as having once belonged to the missing man
1t is also proved that the missing man ha,
! drawn 4 large amount of money from
bank lust before he went away. From
! s,ieSe circumstances and the conduct of tn
pr isoner and especially his running awal
/ to Canada. and from the fact admitted tina
nc was formerly confined in n prison for
larct ny-It is claimed by the prosecution
that this man ought to be convicted of tn
crime.
But the prisoner claims that he was il
| Philadolp lia at the time the crime is al
legged to h ave been committed. He says h
| knew nothing of the missing man after h
parted fro m him in the streets of Brooklyn
| upon the morning of toe day of the disap
pearance A lady from Philadelphia testi
fies with great particularly to having
seen the prisoner in that city upor
the day in question. She Is sure tina
she can not be mistaken about it. for sh'
converse with him and had a little bust
Il. /, 4 80.
cross-exan'inatiOn does not seem to shak'
or rvalidIte the lady's evidence.
it i a lie it is exceedingly wei
told Alibis usually reveal their humbuG
to practis I'd eye as they are presented
cannot he'll, thinking that this alibi Is {
hum bag ike many of the rest of them; bu
| the queer part Of it is that the prosecution
has not succeeded in making any pOin
against this itdy from Philadelphia. Sh'
| seems IL, every respect entitled TO full con
! side -i-i.,ri. and gives her residence and tn,
! history of her life and everything that coulC
{ aid 8. detective in finding her out, if she i.
) an in poster. But no attack is made upon
her. For aught that appears she is q
person of good standing and for many year,
a resident of the Quaker city.
Tic prisoners account OF how he got hl'
large amount Of money so suddenly, i.
| peind! y suspicious. lie says thal DeliS
Pru-,i an jew. and not feeling safe il
regard is the banks, he had, some year OIL
two az 0. placed his money in an old STONE
wall, IL Philadelphia. He presided formerly
in that city. The wall he speaks of Sur
! rounds the yard OF the Moyamensing prison
lie claims that he had upon one previou,
occasion drawn part of his deposit, and
nat upon the day in question he went t.
hl,ilaielDhia and under cover of the night
wen: to his hole in the old wall, and drew
the remainder.
An expedition to Philadelphia, made in
behalf q the defence, resulted in bringing
back di sgram orpicture of the wall. and
the hole. etc, just as the prisoner had de.
ser ibed. his would seem to show that the
prisoner wa familiar with the locality
but prisoner are apt to proceed by many
wn,,r III nrn dark and MANY tricks that