The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-19
MO0RE'S STARTLING STORY.
AN UNAFFECTED UTTNESs CORROBO-
RATES UHIT GRAHAM SAID.
A Genuine Sensation In the Camden Court
Room The Alleged Murderer and his Ac-
eempiice ON Ferrybont-A Lovers Bash
r,,ne..- what - Horse Car Conductor saw.

C,,n..,- what - Horse Car Conductor saw.
CAMDuN, Juno IS The testimony upon
which the prosecution expect that benjamin
Hunter will be convicted Of the murder ot John
NJ Armstrong In Camden. on the ovoning OF
Jan 20. was all presented to the Jury by noon
To-day. The State has used Just six days Tor
this purpose two of them being devoted to the
Confession Of the areomplcc. Thomas Graham.
and the rest to tho testimony OF witnesses who
werc nhe to corroborate SO many OF the details
which Graham mon,iencd that the prosecution
claim the whole story thereby stands proven.
Prosecutor jenkins j. something Of -trutcgist
md now that his testimony Is all In. it Is ensy
10 sec that he had arranged il 50 that the stories
NJ din.f mt Witnesses would 20 to the jury with
Meereatesl force. That Is why he reserved for
ho en- Use Witnesses whose stories take Hun
ter rn,at,r to the time and place of the murder
inan any other testimony has done. excepting
that OF Graham.
Tho votk spot in the prosecutions case has
Leon th. ah-"ncc Of proof that Hunter Was in
Cam len with Armstrong. Graham had sworn
that Hunter was there. and also that after he
iGr,Aar hal dealt Armstrong the first blow
with So. hammer. Hunter had finished him"
But Gi.ilm wa- confessed nccomplce. His
worIvas good for nothing uulc-, backed up.
Anumb,r " wiinc--c, have sworn that Hun
erlaIit,nded To- 10 to C..mden with his art
nor t.e doomed Armstrong. \ letter Of ARM
strous was shown. ma # mentioned that he was
eoln. over with Hunter. But did he 20 ?
That il going to ba the proof required TO hang
Hunter" 4 Philadelphia lawyer who had been
STUDYING the cise. sail. The Sheriff Of Cam
don county can't build callows for mnnwho
has hal the business reputation and private
chara l,r that Hunter has had for years
in Phihiclphia, unless tnc murdered man can
b. proved outside "i Hraham testimony 10
bayo h,.n in Camden with Hunter on tho
"eulh| w WY "'''I'''
sowli'n N thhi proof was unexpectedly offered
,his n, ,ruiu.. the effect WAS far mora telling
- ,,,iI ~, l,on ba1 MI ,.,i,,,,,,.
thah u "owd nave pren n"d 'u.s 'os','no"S
been pui In earlier I'm the case. The missing
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comm'Dtei thereon. The dofcnsc must show
now ihAi these witncs -cs wcro mistaken. and
,sa, n.s ror.,n they saw was not Hunter bu,
another who. ly maryul,ous coincidence. wa.
5-.l .o.,i,. nj. f;-,be,, b,I e,il uur,,r
II l b9j Jnc "Sn,ti, ,vhnt IN,
ther, would nav" nern q dnunt. oi which when
sI,. " H.. h",cnt IA '"'' - "''' ~
.,n Inn Lis tasffn,,nv soil TIM. Itun,.r
o t iyinIav in,,uca5 Irrnsi rCn1, -
% o,.r from pLiln ie1t,hia ia Cain,len to 500
frI'W nati. "a mmn WHO owed Armstronr
-, II,,r,',. - ~ "a ~. 49,. ,,t,t ir,,", r',,. -
Gfab3in. Min n hammer IN lis u"rLnt mark"i
& Y1 .iS, W o do,yr uI ,Ia oroyi.T T sT
pbiio ssi,i la sf,.,is arm in orn, Eun,ar Vr'r.
Ssn,, tr.tf.,xnel f'''t htt auI hal III, brorJ
tss ~ - n'e,,tb n' "ni tLro The tsrriRlo Uni
and ~ starm Of last winter occurred on ti.at
a. .,.,lf,,','., w., N Gir ,a,, Grnis,, ~
lo,ySal th.se tvc uunttT Wiki. in frien,liy
cC"v,.r.,. vv,,h Hrn,s;rne, INV ihef no Li,,1
assassin was within speaking distance,
sSu wo1 srte t6 Hs nnss ass m3nse a @