The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-05

measure IN his wagon. A dozen persons saw
corning tho hammer at tho bars betwoon. tho
| orchard and corn field was corroboracd by
Qrson Guernsey. who had removed them a few
days before. He saw tic cattle in his oats and
| wont Ion tho hamn!er Disappointed in this. he
| md drove the cattle TO n we'll fenced field whore
| they were saltrd. GOrhnm and Wilson saw
where the wagon tracks led from the rod gate
| 10 The end q the lane. There wcro no tricks
| indicating that the wagon had been turned
around NJ the red gate. They found the yellow
cattle had been satod II was a long distance
| from tlloro to where Mr. Billings asserted that
Sore s" hS sa% avs him pcro o WIKI TS2 a ta
measure IN T. hand nearly two hours after the
storm. but Coflnger Is only poor boy who lived
on the spot. and his character must be DETAINED
10y tho breath of counsel. II college professor
or Clergyman had seen the sailing. the defence
would gludly have summoned them. but rs the
ia'ts stood they were compelled TO take tho word
Of a poor farmers boy. They had vet To learn
thot poverty and ialsehool travelled hund-in-
" Tho facts concerning Mr. Dnlings's move.
mehis up to this point were proved beyond por-
adventure, 1ncro 10 no contradiction. Wclrh
| Claimed that lo went up the lane three or four
dny- niNrwhrd and saw marks near the rod
gat" indicating that wagon had been turned
around. hut those Who visited the lano tinys he.
| fore snw. n.thingu tho kind Those facts being
admitted. MIR. Billings had travelled. by accurate
after tea b. tore his arrival ut Washburn's. lie
had walked TWO aud three-tenths miles over q
| rough country. through gullics and ravinos
| fixing fences and rcnning and snltng cattle
and Lad driven n milo in Il wagon. XII ngrr6
! mat 10 D. had eai"n supper lHter than usual. aud
! u WIf certainly ntcr seven o'clock before he
drove out Of his yard. A man who walks four
| ules an hour over u good road is doing we'll
rayinos. Mir Hillinls would have done well to
! cover the ground that might in an hour without
Thesc delays cxtondcd the limo to an hour and
half. nnd tho evidence SHOWS that ho arrived
Tho rubber boots ana their relation to the
| tracks were neM considered Tho General
read extracts showing that the track evidence
cases the boot IL pressed into tn" truck md tho
track made 10 III the boot. The only test is a
Scightillt me suremeli when the track is fresh.
In this ease. with ono exception no one under
took 10 looai" the tracks until Thursday Tho
boots did not ~ the tracks IN the garden nor
Billings nchnowledged that he had made
them. The finest Impression was track
in Recd- flower bed acknowledgod TO have
been made 10y Reed himself. Detective Markham
found mat h. COULD n0t get an imprint Of tho
point. The f,ct j. that the suction Of 10 mud
boots would NJ Reeds ana Durkoc's Trucks. but
would not III tho ira Is inoy had really mnlc
I MOL W. Wa ores, thc5e expert "Nprus
these Gemlamnn who prowl and howl Ike
S9 s Ssn IF %%a ssnea ns Fay sd 5w in
they can q, The boots Ia tracks perfectly that
] they ore willing 90 swear avn, u mans ne ON
! N. Hang i man uu the evidence of such men
as these" s,na,lr Hughes con. nuri. turning
/ fp tho fufy WHY. II | had "A dog that wa. no.
/ ou-od OF shocp stealing on such evidence ia
| stand with '-foi and dof.nd him nuuirst Mi
/ uhers. he more trncA these ntlomen
! Wtke WIN ih,r hc'ls toward your houses tho
| ',Iei sA, -li,d you nAF To-. III - deloeiMgs
! INtNl- - tIl' o. Won are iledgling- They
lsd le' leil /, Dr. parent no-t at saratoga.
Ihey ere COVERED WIN pin -athors Yet they
assam, To put 'ir crienre as'insl Tie eX-
NAM.
Cen. Hughes then wont t. tho oaineld.
There WAS uo evidence that II rontniurdn 81.
itary track. but uc rrnsecutiD n assume that
Mr.. Billings cross. Il ID after The Shot. WHY not
a~. ure that billings could ifs or sin al1tl.
wih hop -kip. ana jump, and eei whcroycr
H. nad a mind to' J.hn G. sherman SAYS that
e,i goi ti 'r son !w we g. %ng'e7
me ley OF hi- dead wife Drrsec. Gorhom.
Hhi u lnn'lY Nn,' m, tme to l,t"ci. minutes.
" sht+ u's question thc time. ! uns attn ltics
Tay tnrl nave gone over th" course stak ID ont
10y 'hr ~ rHt,u %, nr"Hd dDlislit IN oight ~
ni.ii' MN IL s.. Mr. b.liin.s j. not IN athlete.
no ~ ih ~ oyer - y hfe ~ hE" In" night
! vas iu' tYik an mo kr 1uhl very muddy.
I 4 N."n- "lhirl' WIN h lMt 81 sliri ~ rubber
/ ~, II AiitN nav LN over th' gr1ur within
H.,f.n % ~ niy '.ini,.- u,p! ii' would havn
/ .,'' 80, I'd = ihl enc ~ il' " lin"-s inr
I '"s pi"-, ui'n ~ 'is l"y, the TN ~ UP tho