, 1875-06-26
WILLIAM WRAY,
Trial Of Tint Eminent Citizen for
Burglary.
Singular Toatimony in Behalf Of the De-
fense.

HON Some Afen Showed or Those Things
OIL William.
The caae OF tho notorious burglar. William
Wray. wan called In tho Criminal Court yesttt-
dag morning. Tho Courtroom was packed, the
roush clonsns prcdomnAsny. Among thoso
present nero many Of the friends of tho accused
aud tie "psofcsslonala In bis 'lne Of busincBs
rho had boon drawn hithor, doubtless. to learn
what they conld tha. would buneGt or cheor
them In their future exploits.
THE CALLING or TIE tuRY
MAS soon finished. and = panel was presented
bofors which an honeat man Oh trial would have
ehndaered. The panoi WA about equally tii-
V!deti between thnho summoned IN tho ''rcg-
nlar and ''arecia!" veuIrs. and their nxamina-
| tion aB 10 thclr competency Was full o! liz
tefest. Among t4o 'regulars" were rome who
were reputable aud lntollhEcnt. hut suc, Wa not
tho average character. Among the "spccalS ="
who, AZ Tine TRIBUNE intmated severa! tla7s
! ago. Ind been Aelecsed to try the case In ques-
| ton we're norry lot. tnon examination, sav-
persoual solicitation, Wills tho otL:ss, ra,l uue
| or two cxcertsohs. wers Of tho lowest possible
| t'pe. soToral wero recognized as the friends
sna ahetsoss 81 thieves BY al posted in
others woro notably without occupation or visl-
| bio n,eahs Of support. Out Of tho miscellaneous
! mas. however. twelve men were finally found
acceptable to tho counsel on either side, and tho
caAe was opened.
7as the frat wttuoss. lie tcntiliedthat his ot1co
NaH ontased tin night Of the 7th Of May by
boring through tho floor. An overcoat and douo
| Keys wore taken. Iie fouud his safo-loor bored
| III several placeb. and hn attempt had been mado
| TO pfy the door open.
| tross-fransied: III saw no traces OF the use
of powder, 1le did not know ANYTHING OF the
ue1aud2nts CONNECTION with tho A1air.
| DANIEL cAnMoDY
| WAS The next witness. lie saw tho defendant
run across bis lot on tho morning Of tho affair,
douu. an officer was after him. He identified
tho defendant aH the man he saw, And naw The
officer asrest hun.
pAS1Ct oLEAnr
waa sworn: lie lived neas a1r. Carer Office. Ho
wns iu the s.reo: about u o'clock that morning.
lis saw tno uaen como fruul Str. Caso's ofilco-
| door III hurry, hnu oue oi them had satchel
III his hand. lie identified the p'isonor ~ Tho
maa VINO had tho Hatchel. Ho called police
| man aud pointed the 1pan out to them, I1o Bnw
tie piisonsr Immediately after he WAS arrested
! md ideotibel him - tho man 10 had seen coma
| out Of tho olIice.
state Of facts at the rol!ce-Coust had seem
Niay before eaw him In trout Of Mr.. Cane's
office two or three evenings before tho affair ho
talked with bin hnd WAS aslod by hin whether
be 1t tho Office again that night ho bad never
offered to leave town L. Nray would give him
money.
J1nEs pAronro1
| Was twoFn Hc Was q Bon-in.iAw Of WftneBs
Carnody. and saw Wray throw tbs coat in the
lot when ho wns running, and went ont aud
picked 1t up did not aoe tho satchol.
OFFICER JOHN Held
| TAH swotn: Ue arrested NrAv on the morning
| Of tho Stu Of 11ay. His attention was called to
him by little girl. He pursued him Haw hlm
throw OF the coat but did not soe hin, drop tho
sAtchol. The witness was then shown tho
contents, which were fuses powder. braces.
bits, cha.ge1s, etc. He itlep,iaed the prisoner
M tho man lie arrested, and said ho found =
package OF powder, which he produced. In tbs
Cross-exan,i,.ed He did not soe Wray drop
the aatchel
The prosecution hero rested tho case. whom
tho WitueHseH for tho defeuBo wore called aud
sworn. Dy tequeat Of the states Attorney they
were separated by al order Of tho Court, and no
one was allowed 70 hear the taatmony Of An
othur.
testified THAT 10 met Wrsy on Randolph ssreet
early Oh the morning Of the affair. Whilo talk
Ing with him two 1naa came along and spoke
to W1ay; ono had = cont on hia ann and q
aatchol III bis hand. The Batchel aud coet Wern
given to Wras TO hold.
AZ this 1unctuFe the witneas WIS threatened
By tho Court that he would bs committed u he
persistea in violating iastructinaa as to evi-
| drnce.
Tbs Witness thon rc.umod: Tho two mon
cros..ssaa'issd: l.a known r.. Way about
while before that morning.
| WILLIAM MITCHELL, sA.,
WAS then called: 1Ic Ind known tho defendant
for twenty years. 1te s4ayed 1t his housc on the
nGxk mOFn1rV and Jt1 Went d0Kn tn kfn
Of Haieted aud Lake streets with him. It
was then qnito light. Uefoudaut was tntou-
Gated when he came to his hon.e- He met .
| man nn tho corner who know him.
| CF0ss-eIdMined: The defendant cAuo to hts
house about 10 o'clock, and remalned ali night.
He did not tebtsfy before the Police Court; had
boen out Of the city on business since tho affair.
wss the next Witness and testified to having met
tue doiendauk on the morning Of May D. Rnd that
two men came IN to him (Wray) and gave him
: sAschel ccd coat 10 hold.
testified to having slept with Wrsv on ths nIRht
Of May 7. and that he was With him until carly
| next morning.
Other w!tuesaes sWoFe to aeelnE WHY On LARo
street early on the morning Of the 9th OF May,
and 10 ths va1as OF tie coat found In LII posses-
| sion.
| oST1cxA uAnnr
| was GHoEn IN 1obuttal! He Baw Wfsy and one
| OF the Witnesses iu IN all.nIEht house Oh Yves.
Afhdlson street Ut o'clock on the morning VI
tito Bib Of May. They csmo into the housa, apd
eeeIng him wont ont. but Wray returned again.
lie knew Wrayi and seeing him thota that hour
Of the morning attracted hls attention.
The evidence Was thsn rested and the c4sa
was argued It length. tho Court refusing 70 tats
recess until tho case was completed.
| THE JuRY
| retired at O'Clock. From the nature OF tho srt-
| deuoe and tho dua!-charsoter Of the case no one
| expected thRt 4 verdict would be reached
apoed!ly. Tie expectation proved correct. AZ
rin nI1nk nIu1atn had haAr H.
Cd. ,Aud tho Judge. who vas p1esent,
decided thai unless verdict Was given by 10
o'clock the jurs should rCmain In lta room oil
night. Al 10 o'clock no conclusion had boan a.
| rived 1t, Aud ths probabilities were that none
would 10. The dly,s,on WAS understood to bo,
| not upon the ctinllnalitY Of the prisonert but