, 1879-04-16

writing. lttlou't mako my dl1eranrc who tho
Inan VIA. Twas !I!cre, nn.l he found q. We
l,ase s"wn !!at u; wifo receIved letters a'l-
"TI,e only question ts," statcs aIr. Mills, "as
to matCria1!ty.n
"We cunt ,c!l,t remarks Mr.. storrs.
"'rhat Is fur tho Court to sny," ro]otns Mr..
"rhe two identified BY samson," holds tho
Court. tire comprtcns.n
A tq,int,blo occurs uvcr tho other onc, In
which the four lawyers nn tho Judge take part.
Mr. 9soEra cla,ns tlr right to eiiow It to- tho
fury when iu cnncs 10 the discussion ot thu
easy, a.1 to Insist i,pot, It tlnt thu handwriting
Is that Of n tnnn. which Ia MI ausp!c1ola fact-.
Tint ts,H letter itsplf Is VI a sufficiently snsp!-
cious clarhcer u have nDre OF less elEctt upon
Inc haba'!l finding It,, The Jury ought to 10
permitted to dcci.iu whether tile handwriting
was n tnan's or nut.
The Court wants to know who the man IL.
he H." nsscrts NIr. storrs. "Tlu jury ,niul,.
say 1t Is utterly worthless. Wo cannot forecast
what significance they viii attach to tho letter"
,,"l ~ !nn't scr huw any letter." argues MIR:
here Unless identified"
"samson," remarks tho Court, "sa1 io sent
tio slsc letter, a.hl Lad no recollection of it'
ioro-says too tnuch; anll Ibis Honor sits down
Oh t-tclis him ilo 11uan't make statements
as 10 facts not III uroof,-tbnt he will not permit
IT, Air. lrtit!o tonra down, mud claims tlsat tt,fs
Htt1GMtuF lC4tEE ID UUG VI kH{Lth6 CnI1"
trlbutr. toward the overthrow of tlle rr|soner's
1Etnl Hi! overthrow not accomplished by ono
strokG but by acries OF them, ns Rtonc is
worn away by drops of water; tint tho letter Is
OF infinitely moro Importance than now nppcura
TIE OTHER LETTERS.
The Court eails for tic letter, md proceeds
10 read 1t, hut before doing 60 says, "lscad tic
other letters, und III dispose Of tllis."
"4ts regards tho other two,h observes Mr..
Weber, they don't come under the rule; they
don't show any such state Of factI rs letters
must show In order TO make them admissible as
evidence"
lie has read thcal, md ought to know, but the
Court doesn't sustain Ills view.
"1t Is n question Of construction with the
Jury Under MI the fac,s OF The case"
Tllen Mr.. storrs reads tho "Sponcer" (sam-
son) letter OF May Is, 1873, which was pub
lishcd In TnE Tntnuw1 Saturday.
Next comes this without date:
Miss ExuEnr: 1nclosod ia a ticket 10 matinee:
saaS SSsSs u: Mt e.pssS Xix ss'a 0"'' il Is tho 0e.
~ shall exclude tlis letter." says tho Court,
will nut glse fully"
an exception Ia noted by The defense.
VAe following Is tile letter:
| Just received, will n,cet yuu Saturday evening,
as near . III possible. nfny hc lItte late, but
| will try to ba prompt Yours, -.
"Did you ever" says Mr. Storrs 1T stcvous,
"got any letters from tho Post-Onle nddrcsaed
to II M'3S ,iii'a AsA E"sers'"
"Dit you ret that lettcrlh- lh-handIng him
one.
II get that ile morning 7 got tho balance in
Illus ,lnt been identified by auybody1" ill.,
ttr1ects tue Court:
"Ycs,n, replies Mr. Storrs "by Samson.''
We have two obtertons,n pnta in AIR.
| Weber "l1 the first ptnce 1t wns never In the
possession Of Sntn!e Stevens, a'ui Il, tic sccoul
pince Il t!ncsh't eoIne within the rulo.''
tue Court.
Eyes" replies Mr.. Weber.
| -" "Whnt difference docs thnt makeI" inquiries
nh doesn't come within tho rulc," ro}o!us
| Afr. Weber.
TIT falls within tic rulo" hoIds the Court,
nltor looking ut the rnfsslye.
And hlr. 5torrs reads tho Samson letter OF
;,nne II, 1878, which was pEiuicl In Saturdays
! TRIBUNE.
Then llc picks up some moro lc.tors from tho
tabie--tiioso written by Sweet-anl asks
"At tlle sumo tinc." ia the rcply, "Wud iu
my wiie's trunk along with tho rrst."
They nru bundled to the Stntr'a-AttorneY and
nus RESISTANT, who rean them, nru then pasa
them ny to ttie Judge ttlat l,c may look them
ever. aol!ie de!ny occurs on nceoutt oil ttlts, aa
tho letters arc long, u,l tlat t11e crowd is rest
less III evidenced sy ,1.u croa!sslIE OF TIN benches
Iht Court hnvfnE aattstled himself BIZ inquiry
tint thr loittra Ind becn identified by Mr. Cuf
lcen, asnt that they calne from The trunk, rules
tsat they may 60 ill.,
CHARLIE,
I a II, IL.