The New York herald., 1879-10-15
GREENFIELD'S TRIAL FOR MURDER

TESTIMONY OF AN IMPORTANT WITNESS
TESTIMONY CLOSED.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Oct IA. 1879.
Judge Daniels appears to be impatient for the end
to be reached in the Greenfield murder trial. He
took his seat promptly at nine o'clock and pushed
counsel and witnesses sharply till the noon re-
cess The efforts OF the defence have been
to-day in their rcjoinder. to sustain their witness
E. D. wyman. whom the people have sworn twelve
witnesses to show that he had sworn falsely Tho
man was found who located Taplin, positively,
in the town OF Orwell. on the night of the
murder, in opposition to the dozen who
located him in the town Of volney. The other
two witnesses for the defence would
not swear positively. but they thought man they
saw on the night of the murder might have been
Tapln The character of the father and sister of
the prisoner was also pronounced good to-day
was expected to draw that the
testimony given by these relatives could
made to-day by counsel for the prisoner to get in
the anonymous and other letters, over which all
oswego county has been agog for two years. A
ut Pulaski by Judge Morwin to consider these
very letters us the basis OF now trial
for Greenfield on the ground Of their being
new evidence After full and important hearing
the Judge decided in effect If not in language, that
the letters were bogus. and that the whole affair was
put up job by the friends of the prisoner and that
new trial could be granted on that ground. Once
before today In this trial has Judge Hunt
the jury. but Judge Daniels would not
permit them to be either read filed evidence.
letter was written from Lafayette. Ind. to Alden
Kellogg, AUGUST 21, 1876, by Royal Kellogg, whom.
counsel for Greenfield charges. committed the mur-
% hde himself .hoy This hy sts fGs sae or
nary epistle such as any man would writo
to brother. and contained no references
whatever to the MURDER but Greenfeld's friends
sent an old lady to Mrs. Alden Kellogg. who the
pretext Of deciding . twenty-five cent bet, which
her son had made. that Royal Kellogg could writo.
obtained Royals letter to- his brother. The
next seen OF this is the production OF
clare is q forgery. part being the original
letter written in ink and tho other part written
the fourth page in lead pencil, and which contains
will not think of the past but OF the hereafter Toll
Inc about the murder. IL you think 1t
if they want me they can come and get me-"
The second letter is stamped tho envelope
"Grand Rapids. Mich. May o. ten A. NJ" and is
county Post this thru in hast. 1t will man."
''Spare Greenfield. His wife / killed her after
satisfying my inhuman lust on her senses form.
Sence that time have ben in the wilds OF
Mich, yet cant doc a dublc murder. am German,
and beior get this shall be gon fur away. Why
clamor after his life? he is innocent" Judge
Daniels remarked that he could not see what tho
above letters had to do with this case. and he de-
clined to let them be presented evidence.
The People commenced upon their sur-rebuttal
about three o'clock and called witness. but the
Judge refused to permit the witness to testify
the ground that her evidence would be simply
opening of the case. The testimony on both sides
then declared by Judge Daniels closed. He also
announced that each side might have Ave hours for
summing up, and an adjournment was taken till Ave
O'Clock. when the court again convened, and ex-
District Attorney Goodolle reviewed the evidence
presented for the defence.