New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-23
JOSEPH c0BURNs DEFENsE.

CAPT WILLIAMS AND ouEIEANr ruoMf,OS To BIZ
PLACED on TRIAL ~ CO6CR>'S aI&AD-A RE-
VIEW OF wILlLANss CAREER 10 BE- BROUGHT
BEFORE THE COURT.
The earnest requests Of the counsel of Jo-
cp CJ;urn for po,jpouemeut in or:cr 10 secure wit
utsse, who were wanted, doubtless puzz ID many Who
saw sitting in the courtIoom persons whose testimony
WAS said 30 De necessary. Among Others present on
" dnc-Gay when an Adjournment was had until next
we, VA, Frederic Uu;chJss. brother OF thc ,NSrrro-
cate who slnugy Lett the room at the conclusion OF
the examination lie went 70 the Dls:ir.-Attoney ana
Tr1ue.cd that he might not be cacdas witness for nc
knew nothing whatever OF TIE matter, was not present
at ,hc time the arrest, aud only went into to0hrns
place to look FIR fricud C3nnrn j. bo.ierns up his
ease a. much as po.soc by dragging into It every rep
uibc person who by any circumstance Glanced to WIT
ness the affair or WHO present in tho vicinity
The main purpose Of tue counsel, however
appears 10 be TO collect Witnesses VINO
testified last summer fore the Committee on Crime
and who can be brought in to show the character OF
Capt Williams Of the Twenty -un'h Precinct who makes
the charge against Cobugn, tine intention being 20 20
t,nreughly into Capt Williams, record II is proposed
ln an l,, by these witnesses. what was very amply Cst
url f1a year ago THAI Capt Williams prrcln"l Is filed
u, an nix, m 5; lotnriou, characters IN the city and the
o isr. Juab.e places. is natural because the large
IJ.ls 3d.. - tins precinct ana mat lh1G pieces eI.,t
WIN iris luuYlrdgc. winch probable ~ noug possibly
L Ell, ua, no, Zee within rs loyal knowledge 1t Is par
tcaagy intended To tSlD-h TIE 'eluVoi' cu'i ,!ltSr
ol "a house in Clirtl-siNh,t, and ii'n 10 AK Capt
Williams what persons Of prominence IN tEc cJ govern
cul visit the pace. It is proposed by Ills lrrtDS, 10
brins out SOM facts alleged 10 he damaging % capt
Williams, and what are nJ seriously called ms
birler in the District Attorney Office. Precisely how
I, evidence 70 hc got into tie case has not ye been
made clear ~ the COUNSEL for tlc defense lh'y pop"'"
To SLOW also, what Capt William, does uO:. It Is uu.cr
stood deny, that WI lie I'm the statUu-ouSc after beng
arrested Caourn Was badly brdt,n by the captain.
Capt lilms claim, that the beating was II dtlcHse u
. me sergeant. whom Cubu-l gttnv.rG.
Another purpose or the dei+e Als been 10 orinS on
tie tina %. Sergeant Thompson lor assault ana battery
ina before ine u,I or Cv1Um Is called Thompson be-
I,g,.l 80 the Fourth Precinct which Williams com
ull,!rI before be was Transferred 10 the Twenty ninth
recently and Is designed o $40" that hoth ' ana WE.
ius Il. renowned their brutal treatment 81 Prison
/ .r, iuymusuH a. tB" sergeant charged Mdh kuocA NJ
down r,puut,d5 ana IN ic most brutal MANNER ih IL
frNiratrd man who offered 40 resistance W. Andrews
n, ,u.,u ua active interest ~ ihs cost III Jh'lt iu
pose M regard 10 IEoml son, tohutEN lawyers a'en
,Ir.l, to have been defeated ms ttDHfha case is set
Gnyu Ia, ru,,,ay next while that OF Thompson is post
NrHca until N,CHc -iaN .-. .
E\Ildg. mis- one Of the counsel for Cobun Obtained
nom Ia c J,nn t. Brady of the supreme Court al MS
ne, demo. Yesterday morning, a NH OF ElpeHe corpus,
raturuaae nc 10 O'Clock tomorrow, ON witch application
viii ur made 20 admit tbs prisoner TO bail penang tIlii
IN the General hoeatuhs'