The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-10
Mr.. MOAK STILL SPEAKING.
prlIIyGs's DOINGs ON THE NIGHT or
THE MURDER or ms WIFE.
.o,onh,c Picture Of the Manner In which
an. Grim. was Committed, According TO the
Th.,ry Of the Prose TO show
40, ,he Testimony sustnirs that Theory.

hat the Iesttuouy NurthtuH 'hhs s"eNhs'
RrtsroN. Oct 9.-Mr Moak made an |
,lahoratc argument this morning. Mr. Billings |
,at ~ close behind him that tho coat tail |
~ the orator frequently brushed his knees.
nan Hughes occupied chair nearly in
,,nt Of the speaker Onccr Wolf planted |
htr,.cf in tho witness box. the youthful crier
Shot himself to his full height. and court was
.or,,aly opcned Mr.. Moak began n telling
.nolvsis Of the evidence. 10y referring 10 tho
r., Collins that so suddenly appeared at the
h,,,,her ttle on the night Of the murder rs n
,rcnturc Of Hughcs's imagination. He would
,o take to- IA highway filled with persons
,,artled by the shot. or traverse towpath trod
~ hontnicn. and disappear in tho full glare Of
,beu.hts ut the lock and in Gorham's grocery.
hhrnnly cncs who met him were In Billngss
,prlov The ono who did not meet him had
,lrrady been discharged Gorham. Mt the door
nj his mother in-aw's house. neither saw nor
hoard him. Mrs. Pnsno and her boy MILFORD
may have seen a hatlcss man running. but tho
nrohabiluy is that it was George Norton. who
hat IN hand was hurrying to call Officer Don
molly The men who swear they saw this Tom
Collins never hroathcd it outside Of their own
h,,le c,rrlo Why not. II 1t was trueY Truth
peycr fears the light. Falsehood always docs
Another thing. Strangers do not murder
strangers when there is no pcli in view. II IL
fair 10 infer that whoever committed this crime
WIS thoroughly acquainted with the ncighbor-
hood Jesse Billings alone had motive for the
crime.
A hat WIS found-a peculiar hat with pc
eulnr ribbon Tohc sure. Onicer Gilbert was
shown the hat. but NJ one ever told him that u
man had been soon running down that way on
the night Of the murder. The hat Of itself gave
him no clue. oven IL he did try it on. 1t did not
Tell him that Tom Collins had been seen In the
vicinity. Tho people had not been given this
information because the defence know that il
would not bear investigation. II was strange
that II such % NINA was seen. Those who met him.
knowing that q foul murder hal been commit
ted. dii mot tryto follow AMI stop him.
woman and a little girl passed Billings >
house aonc night before the murder. on tho
crouching down 10y tho fence. Tho woman :
eytsigm and memory We're equally remark
able She remembered that the mnn werc
light shabby clothes and black hat and that
there WAS a short black beard upon his chi p.
Was 10 hrcai4e the defence was afraid that the
Tnr, ,y,. an, ,vi ,i.res th,it ne iitle ihin,, was
blind on not OF sound mind. Why WIS she not
called II WAS because they were alrNd that
she might tell sonnet INK that would not tai
with this fabricated a. fcncc. II the little girl
had como here she might have Informed YOU
thu, tho man with tlr short black beard was
Je an billings Jr Eyon surpo-inG that the
strong probability that 1t WAS a drunken man.
Mr.. Monk then took up tho question % tho
tracks n, nerncl that no man ought To- hc com
V.t,l cu the evidence Of tracks. unless d.
other oireuu-tanc pointed TO him ~ ih" man
VIII mAlc il,n. lli- learned friend satd that
othof rrr..le might nave made them There
WAe lNNI. .Iif uu} body Nut j n~~' Billings
VIA ~ 10 the lame tina; MI ht Notody else Na-
ina tD-.t. utI maxi them. Bllhugs's prem
rauons Cor 'hc rimr were carefully made. On
the night .ihr uurior uet7ok ~ his ordinar,
npon them ihnf would lave betrayed him
Then again they ni-Ai make "a noise IN stun
bling over stones and getting over fences. III
drew on pair ~ rulirer boots. nearly new
thinking that there were no peculiar marks on
them # is reasonable o. suppose that when b,
won't INTO lis room y change MS boots ne stv
that the shade ~ tho window where Mrs. Bl
lings usually sat was drawn up. and that IN
blind was open. He was careful 70 draw dowi
tn shade and close the blind Of the window
where his daughter snt because .she might se
hiin all'rwarrd wnrn NJ. "A approached the house
Maggie Mahoney sSoro that she thought VI
after -nppcr. and asked for claw hammer
John Iernune swore that during the tire
cav the cast door 81 The MI'alf onice op'i
and IL show yon, said Mt Moak. thai VIII
John Teraune said a. INA, ina! BE- Iisecd .l ha@
Hwore that the cast door Of tho Mctcni oilg
was nnilcd 20 tho lamh. II WIS thus nhllo
when Iorhunc -wore that he lott the vnloc an
saw Jesse Billings crossing his garden, d
door WAS found op"u alter tha murder. S.lu'
in view What did Billings want OF a ella
hammer He wanted 10 turn this nail, 30 tn
h. could make his ohscrvaiions over the ros
bush from n sale covert. hnd aWilt an opno
mnity To- steal upon his victim. Ito DID " ai'
Terhune had left the Metcalf on -. Tho nan
mer could be- used 10 advantage. Doors iastci
ed Ike that Hre not opened without an ohJ"'
Spirits don't open such doors. Mr., Moak sul
posed the defence would urge that Tom coin
did H. and then ran out Of The front yacl ll
an idiot ana slipped down tho highway IN u
faces Of score OF persons, jesse Hiitnl
But M gie Mahoney says that beiore Billinl
came into supper sh" saw him coming dow
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