The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-29
THE LYDlG WOOD MURDER.
-yr cor p-BLOODLD kTLLTNG or
yDOE HEBREW PEDDLER.

UDDE HIBHLU GIDftAfhs
r.. uoprlc-. Task to which Recorder Hack-
eft N.dgmcd Ncssr-. kiMlimg nud Mott
Iury Waking their verdict In their |
scat, what Pleased Judge Barrett.
william Thompson and William Ellis IL |
,...,. negroes II uucouth exterior, were tried |
..cr,la, foo the over and Tcrmiuer. They and |
r,- Weston Killed Abraham WeisbnR, a
II. row trddlcr. in L,dig's wood, In the iwen-
t,..ird ward. on the Eth of last month. Five
- ,bc Jurors who found Doan guilty OF the
rp-l,rof Nr. Nuc served In this trial, two Of
,l.n sitting iu the samc chairs that they occu-
,.diu 90, d Ian case. In each of these import
.,tfrl !. tha Jury was FAR above the average Of
I.n.. In iuiclieeuce, and bad, besides, been
s,h,.lcl ty attendance during nearly a month
Of murder trials in the oyer and Tcrminer.
J.Jlc Barrett presided. District-Attorney
J0,ii- and Assistant Lyons prosecuted, and
Nc.srs. kiut1rue ana Mott defended. Ellis is
,.uns and brght-faced 10y contrast with the
odtr Ih0mp-on They sat side 10y side, scared
shi,ct and nervous. Yves on hsd demanded a
prate trial, but he was Inv the court room,
AZ ri from his companion murdersrs. Lydigs
wood extends a mile ON the old Boston turn
pike, and l. dcnscly timhered. IL IA a lonely
tl.ce. and it4 traditions are unpleasant. a Tory
VS. hanged There 10 the Revolution, and after
ward several suicides were committed there.
one tree vas used 90 oftcn by sclf-murdcrers
prvtar- the wood col tiuu' q. ty re- s. IN doubt
is Of its sombte hecluslun, to be the scene OF
PRrvIors 10 THE MrUpru.
John Livingstone, a Hrouxyillr grocer, tcst-
ncd thlt OIL the daN If the murder hc Jaw "a
httle, miseraule-loohihs man with an.ddler's
pack. eat a nch un the store step. This poor
peddicr was wci.bure. re thrce negroes ao-
preached. and Weston askcd Weishufg fora
cracker winch wa readily gwen 80 NM ana lie
ate It. An hour aftcrWorG the witness having
started FOR Harlem IN wagon. saw the negroes
walking from tn ,iih eni ot tn woods Nith
their coats huttoncd ny close. ne without tine
heavy stick. that had before been IN their hands.
VIA m l.. COndon. also Of irnuxvilie, "
Nci.uurr On the same daf. the p"ddler stopping
a. his huuse. he negroes were there, to-. and
he gave them something {" els. Ihcy arrived
first. and when they siw the peddlvr approach
luz iNty said. Here he CONES
jonathan Chadwig : " the negroes and the
pcddlcr WIS eating CrafkciS am cheese, and the
others 9f'er talking with ain, went On toward
nid they have anything in their hanisf'
Mr. L,uus asked.
Weston h u o skint e ne --. e" the witness.
WIN wa- ia looks and di4lect country man, be.
gan g. rttlN.
"l!c bad wnat?'
&C. skiut cane"
TtuleAiN was shown In the faces Of al. a.,
heartr~. Judge BIrtett told the witness to eX.
Il mean" drawled the witness. that the
cane has the bars skiut uI-prsi.d Cd"
several other with, s>es law The prisoners and
Wei-b4rgtn- efhcrin The neusthorhooi IL we
also proved that the negroes, after committing
TIC murg P. spent some 81 the prdd.ci'- money
10 tarroums between Iydis's wood and the city.
The s"orn dcDusitipns Of thnnips 30 and Ellis
n lde before Police Justice ~ heeer, The coin.
nl iins rlt-l''rd'', were offered in eyideu -.
AZ tai. p int the prisoners couustl made their
These ce.nSitinn~ are full confe.stpn- II the
murder Hrd Justice Wheeler was put on tue
nDei.t,ste sn3l In Ohm ever, pr.ster Sn ,''
* nnauou f'r ,omu,iftnI tfHt he na- the
reht Go cmul counsel. and int he ma, refuse
g. .n-Wtr questions. Mr. kintz-ing asked jas
Ice Mtl,l.r ,,hrtIer he l,i al y,.I, Inc MIN.
trs tnat inform ZION. ana Mr. Mh,ci.r'4 f., +.
lection was distinct. lhrreurun Nr. kinz-
atr'.,. g, ,St , ,l.i',,'I rri, o. '"o
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fViA CONFESSION
VI LYONS read the confession. 10 the jury.
.l-', .cro4ut 90 the murder wis that he,
Wet DO. and lhuu'isou u,t ole dAV IN lhoup-
sons .ie,t. Weston showed some IN nss. and
h-Atu tlc ota,is g. 90 With htn snd nm. ,e
,iie none. hey wai.cd a. Harlem across
w. me, and MO nc Iwrny-iniri Ward.
ch,c-e ca the sep. OF Livn. stones store.
-s az, y ''' Dy-rl,I ana ,'' 80 -"
I,dls- wood aid waited Tor W,'sU0 r. TO- r'n,e
cong Die low fp couuit tine .4r,i-r. "itcad
utu tril nu tlie-." he 81. even ~ nin."
Wien "-i-nurs aiii,ed. carrying hi- rack. Els
Inn Wltn q stone KIN hin," Weston SAD,
io' dt"d nlrn ieil no ial's.. lh.y lnir' hin,
tuYnt Tor 90. weston -tit, "'Nt ~ ilr N.'
- - ~ q "'.l WIZ" Hi''le, ~, .l.1 fll
Win tnc tii.- initiatives El,t'ok 'tnirt
from Tie t.ch nj ul.t Do Co.,
Irum. Sun ifi ui- cont .--tOu said tl.t Weston
Il.un,d the o. Irde, ana tuat each ,ooN q
rucketu.ll.
Ihvtii-unets were fiirht,red nv the reading
rf their tuulrs.luu.. i..f- c.ntf, w Iin-- {,
however lut 4Inu. p,lu trrrli...! md .w, I'd
bIuk. cut irJ l4s,ly Ola his iuce a.. Iou.l the nir
vas cool.
Abraham Lau,r-h testified that the corpse II
Nci~hufg VS. found iu ltt rs t.I. lNfnA o.. "A
hollow. n.ut ttlft ptf itt r..., o.. 20 co.. r,.H
1hr pach auI 8 ta-Act were ne rb.. the 20 q .
having lrtI t-Atu from them .tld .ru't,ied
Areuud. 4urf .cc W4s cat aud .tiui,,d
d. & i. Ku1rust,iu described " elsour-'
Eound..
Martin Fusil.r sv,Dra that h,. 81 IA, fhe ut..r,,cs
on toe afternoon af'erthe murler. - into a o.
several miles south Of Lydiss wood. ms a
Iulcem % iGcu ned some rcraus OF paper tuat
were aft,iW I'd found mere. mere The IL, ard ~
err nau DIVIDED iheir s9'i =. Ihe.e tits. jHlne j
tpGtthef, hhd hlocd fAt police - iuCut4Yla- =
Nei.llrg. one piutr L. ia LualIve, and, traus-
lated. I. ads IA fellows.
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.i"t''N'ti mus ny bvNN rhn kho" that my name Is
n" wv VIZ 'nst an ioi 'ihe yea oi' IA, %
i,.rH 10 NtN 1Vis cN, hNd me tuhffes .tlun IL a
ny 200. ~ VIC eu member Vii give further III
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