The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-03
IEyyIE BILLINGS'S LOVER.
,uy May 10 WHOM SHE rs BETROTHED
TELLING IBOUT TIE C1RBINE.

Tho T,.timony for the Prisoner. Especi-
.,,, n. TO the Time. ha. not been Exact.
r,rtsroN. Oct 2..-Thc end OF the trial Is
49,, fsr nway. Lect. the Jersey expert rcap-
,oorsd this morning with well filed satche
All tho one-eycd bird dog followed him up
s,oirs with great aacrlty. Tho court room was
,ni,lly filled. Mr. Billings walked in. grave
snd demure. and seated himself In an arm
oh,ir tacing the Jurors. The jury seemed re-
,l,,,,,l 10 their fate They had listened to n
,lnpo solrec given by one of their number on
The prcvous evening in the parlor OF the Ameri-
AN House. Supplcmcnting the testimony Of
,hs ,xports its effect was painful The twelve
,,ees were careworn. and there was PARKWAY
,ook 10 the eyes that excited sympathy. Dyoni-
.,us Telemachus Elmer. editor OF the Schuyler
ella Standard. resumed the stand. and H.
,oi,,.d 10 painful cross examination. He
s,lnowlcdgcd that his sanctum was located in
an engine room believed that he employed one
or two female compositors. and was satisfied
,bot one 81 the counsel for tho prosecution held
a mortgage on his newspaper. but ho sworc
,osi,ivey that Squire Washburn brought the
article concerning the Curtis SANDER to him on
,he7,h or sth of May. and requested its publ
cation. The article is as follows:
NORTHUMBERLAND.
irciusgNr niGn Lirg.
We understand that Mrs.. Emma D. Curtis. highly re-.
peeiabr adS AZ Rbinss Tor he pnst three "r n,1T
months. has concluded to take Summary proceedings
~ h@ sfared tho services OF Edgar Hull Esq Of Fort
Eawsfd. who served the rap.rs unon Mrs. blllinss ON
day, t. the charge OF SANDER 'oH
Medore Pasno swore that he worked in Mr..
Bnlncss boat yard. but he was not going to
work there any more. He was at Germans
grocery when Norton came running in with the
news OF Mrs. Billingss death. He started for
tho Billings house with Mr.. Gorham and
Charles You. They went up the towpath.
Medore swcars that he saw no man running
past them with or without a hat. until he passed
Reeds house. That was close to Mr.. Billings's
house, and persons were running backward
and forward from tho house He did not see
Yot turn one side on account Of a mans run
ming past him. He neither saw nor heard any
man running. N ott. 1t will be remembered.
swore that they met the man near tho interscc;
ton OF the road and towpath. and described
him dashing hntlrss through y mud puddle
and over n pile OF drift wood. Yoit acknowl-
edged that Medore had said TO him when they
were talking about the man ntterward, that he
would not commit perjury for Jesse Billings or
any other man. and hc thought Yot ought not
Edward ". Town was recalled He testified
that he examined the window pane By the light
Of u lantern within two hours after the murder
He went there with the purpose OF ascerta uing
whether there we're any marks of powder OF
smoke On the sash and pancs. He discovered
no traces OF either smoke or powder. There wis
nothing there but tho ordinary dust that act'u-
initiates on windows. He saw no blue nor black
Stains, or DROPS Of water discolOrrd or other
wise, On cross-examination Mr. Town admit
ted that he WIS the owner OF Finna's store for
twenty -four years. Mr.. Bilings's store was
started live or six years ago. ana no tIownl had
some hard feeling agalnst the prisoner.
In - no a. Z m N 4 a
window during the Coroners investigation
and saw no traces OF smoke or powder stains
Officer Vol was recalled. lie first saw whit
Il called the Billings carbine on the day il was
found in the old we'll. The shell was fast and
would not come out II was punched out with
the point Of II ramrod by a Mr.. Amsden % Sar.
ltoga The interior OF the gun seemed rusty
The exterior did not show SO much rust. Tn,
leather cover wis not put over the gun until Il
was carried over 10 Connecticut for Mr.. Leet tC
use In his experiments. The cover had beer
drawn over the gun probably 100 or 200 times
and had undoubtedly taken OF considerable,
rus.
Here Gen. Hughes called for the carbine. I
was passed to him. cover and all. He remove,
the cover with 80 much haste that Officer VOL
displayed some NERVOUSNESS. The Genera
igrnod the cover inside out md examined II
paper 10 the officer and asked him 10 rub tn
lining OF the cover and see whether 1t woul'
SHOW any rust.
Onicer wolf-You had better have some ex
pert do that.
Gen, Hughcs-Oh. you're expert enough to j
that What's tho matter ? Don't You think you
Ofiicer Wolf don't know why should. Tn
Eun was nearly ~ bright as II Ia now when
was first put into the cover. In fact. II was in Tia
same condition then as II IL now. This answo
was SO satisfactory that the witness was dis
missed.
John c. Sherman. Jennie Blllings's betrothet
WAS recalled. He was questioned concernin
the time that elapsed between the arrival {
Clark Lockrow on the night OF the murder an
ia a. ('nFnnaF Ia
WAS about four minutes.
As Mr.. sherman was about TO quit the stand
lIurymau asked him whether there wore an
boots In the store similar Ia the ones Billing
Wore ON the night Of the murder. Mr.. SheI
man answered that they had had som
sod. and there were none in the store with tina
peculiar Kind Of tap NJ the time OF the murder
in answer TO II question from another jurymHI
cartridges IN the store that would fit tho carbin,
he neither measured nor assisted in meusurin
tle bor- OF the carhine for the purpose Of gel
ting ammunition FOR It, thus ila;ly contradictn
bruhmAgetn = testimony.
Ten. Hughes began n strong cross-exnminn
ton, Sherman swore that he did not go to DE-.
lot TWO nights after the murder. Ho caugh
gl maps by looping himself across tho foot d
ihe bed occupied by Mrs Billings's mother an
Ars. William Harris. Up to the night Of IN
shooting he slept ia The store. but no neyc
sept there afterward. He swOre unrescrvadl
Ihat there was not another pairof number sew.
a,knowledgel that he felt faint for three hour
after seeing Mrs. Billings dead IN her chair
- sherman stepped down from the stand [
lax with Mr. Pike. lie came within four feet Il
hr. Billings. That gentleman looked him ful
ihrhc eye, and sherman avoided his gnze.
the witness resumed the stand, and Ger
hughes went az him ngain. He swore tim
brlnhaS"m did not bring the gun down stair
NM show II 10 Hun The gun might have bcel
ri me egg shelf and not been seen by him
tnere WAS nothing In particular about the car
Dlhr IN court that made him identify II. II
could only swear to its general Appearance
S3okei IKE the gun he had seen In the stor,
SneImhn swore that he Eevcr told Chnrlo
nntalhel 70 bring the gun down from M stairs
nr h'rN"r tOll trhmer in the presence of VII
nun ialiher. when they We're taking an iuven
wTl maj tht gun WAS ON tho shell. He la
SS,21eu WIN BrumTnagcm since that gentcma
KY NY gwen ms testimony. but did not tell hin
r rat ile hai faint recollection that he wa
~ h"ul tlc measurement al the gun.
uinr Prosecution then again turned us atten
hoI " ne question OF time. Squire Wnshlur
naa HWoIn that he looked at his watch belor
INK Mf' billings store on the nj ght Of til
vvu'ler, ana II lacked ~ minutes to o. He ha
~. ~ some rods toward his home when h
So me report uf the gun and Jennie
r,.itus lie went 10 the hail OF Mr.. BILLINGS
iimt,sue and met Maggie MahUney, who ask
Iee 70 Tor Mrs. Finne. Ho turned on hi
ill., b "nn STARTED for Fiunc's ut Il brisk walk
Llook 11nl Mrs. Flnne and others at the hors
NlAiuo{onl the Union store. After Alkin
NH f"vvI inuf " five minutes he went on HON
AZ his ,u Mr' Billings at his house. H. locke
was2 mir ,,n whcn h" entered the house aud
NJ minutes alter o. The prosecution callr
ANNA flnue and her daughter Juda I
diras' ,Ncl INC effect Of Squire WHshhurn'
Ii, ~. testimony HS To the Time consumed IA