The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-19

LANE god we'll a-Route II oficrr Markham
SAT-
There Is no proof however. that this upper
trail was not made by some amateur detective.
who had visited the well previous TO Onicer
Eet",tive Markham swore that he saw the
tracks in the flower bed II Reeds yard near
tie Billings house. and fitted the boots 70 them.
one was very distinct. and was an exact III. He
traced the same tracks. except where the ground
s 1 Ss 4 @ way ed he BOOTS ' To- them
perhaps twenty times before reaching the corn
ned. lie traced them through the cornneld to
five or thirty times more. He found the loot;
prints more distinct toward the oetileld. and
Iia'os. He docs not remember aHy sNale In the
coruileld,
zion. H. swore that he did not lind an impress
sion OF the frog or raised sole IN any o. these
tra,ks The print ~ ne 1irrie aT91dni the neei
Of tho frog. He tried 70 mike an impression OF
thu frog on the earth 10y pressing the boots in
VIII and Nr Fnn e" We're viii him He saw the
track, IN the eornileid N tho lay after the muir
trarA, in tho nower-bed and followed them VI
L. the cornfcld. About every one hundred feet
they came together, Az though the person who
Cen. Hughes-N6, no. That won't do. That's
r.,iuemeut in tracks that We don want.
The remark was stri ken out.
On cross-examinatlon the officer said that he
n u.ht tho tracks ia the cornileld were along
a. HIST row ~ corn, 1T lhd an impression
tt.i there We're tracks in the oatlield. but would
D7'e,tiye Markham sworc that he is positive
H. boots fitted the tracks IN the HOVER bed AZ
v J.. ~ any other footprints. II was his i'm
I.H--i!n that there We're but two tracks IN the
Il DIS house. Questioned further, he said that
B. was summoned 70 the scene Of the murder
q Coroner Cow, who paid the city Of Troy slO
,capt Butler = counsel Of defcncc-Did you
4 M =
clam - have done 50 a. stated in Saratoga
W..apor at The tlme.
t. ia, YOU did not discoverthG wei. DO you
/. w who dis covered America
U.ts.tyr Markham What's that
ttif Butler -aTch-tlchllyf-DOyo YOU Know WHO
4 40, ,rcl Americe--yuu or Columbus
lae DetectNs-I know you didn't
Il when juror Burris. ihe ciyi engineer
r.. -l NC detective about tho meas urement u
trs ~ n The 4 ,wer bed. ne witness said
~ Ae measured thrm carefully and a'curhtr
ri ti4at ihc boots made perfect III Ia the
JGe.r Narhham then left tho stand His ,cs-
.. uy s'olsed tu cut both ways. The urus""u-
90 ESTABLISH a that hc had made the tran Lead
inf 800 the uld well from the southeast, and the
l't'uc' ircw from MIN the elni-sion that the
= = 81 the h!i leil uo oppression ~ any 81 me
'-n worn hy Mr.. Billings fitted ira * IN t.o
4 N.rnrda- q .ul!uciy as any measured. Nh
!. III him-eit had sworn. IN rross-cNnlulnU-
70 that hc had d"ntdN s'erpet upon the
l. 5, Onccr VI rahain testified that De- thought
n tracks ON tIe corn inld We're nj NIX III" llrst
twSr9 he Iai IVA ~aitcl bat m6rnns. Thc oGl
cor, however, turned on a. u line 'Ipo-.to the
fa n oak While Detective Markham followed
tho ira ks w 70 th" fence Of the ont field. and
Tememberei no swale.
Charles y. Let WIS sworn. lie had boon
making metallic cartridges for twenty years.
Two years of that tmo was spout IN Vienna,
making ammunition Tor the Austrian Govern
mont The gun found IN the well w.- passed
{ the witness. lie, said y was Ballard ,s
tine calibro A. The hooks for a strap show
that II is a cavalry carbine. The shell was
shown Mr. Leet who said that 1t was the shell
g a cartridge for a A calbred gun. a I cali .
lrf meant 4i-lOuthS Of an in H.. The shell Itself
l. little larger, MS the gun Is chambcrcd out TO
= live i. The fiUuennd bullet taken from tho
L.l = Mrs Billings was shown.
Mr. Ilke-Can You tell whether that was q
roInd or conical ball?
Mr. l.eet after an eXaminationl-Thatw was a
couloal bail.
tho witness added that he had examined tho
lead haiore to-day and is satisfied, from certain
won-delncd marks that It is n conical Al cali 4;
Pre-. lie knew this from certain well defined
iitle marks IN the shattered ball. Tho balls
pave grooves around them where they are fitted
10 mo shell for tho purpose Of holding the wax
o. lubricaor. When tho ball strikes an object
inc bnse 81 the ball Is driven forward upon the
l1nt, ana retains its contour. The outer edge
a. tho base Of this ball shows perfectly more
man NTH Of the way round then IL is deiaced
a. lhough II had been prled up by the Doctors
INDUCEMENTS while In tho skull. THE ball, I"
t'ld the witness. has been Injured Ia digging
LNi, but tho ridge o. outer edge Is plainly
llnuahy exactly Mt. The mark Is the outer
sni"r- The cartridge"
=, Nr Billings seemed Intensely Interested in
WIS summation
~, Mr.. Loot stepped into the Jury box and sh owed
ur Jurors tho remains OF tho grooves around
Tic partly defined butt here Indicated thai il