, 1879-01-25

s!ckly auburn, ,---the result OF TIC fading AWAY Of
The dye: which II wts bis custom to laYishly
use.
As soon a quiet had been restored in the
court-room. stase's-Attorney Mills announced
his readiness to proceed with the trial. and
Judge Williams ordcrud tha calling Of = Jury,
md for an instant T. tppoasCd that the trial was
to proceed. But not sot for A. 8. 'frltdc, cuuil-
sol for Stevens, stepped forward and announced
ti1at tie had motion to make fos : continuance,
and be at once unfosded : fnass o. manuscTfpt
nntf started 10 read nj afhdaytt OF the defendant
In support of the motion.
rnn AFFIDAVIT
reviewed the marriage Of Stevens to lis dead
wife, and much Of the history Of the!r marital
relations frora that time on, columns Ut which
Of the hstory, the atlldaglt went on 70 ny That
the atflant hrat became suspicious oil hls wIfata
chastity af.l iaithfulnsss upon learning ot lpr
associations with one William, Butler, which was
man named Prank Engost vas writing endear!ug
lcttera to her and still further on that libcrtnes
and dcbauctset '-one REYNOLDS being nancd-
wcrs her companions and assoc!atcs al n,atfnees
and under Suspicious circumstances. The a!linnt
then went into history again to show that be
prevailed upon hts vito to Rvo up her asst-
ciatcs, and, leaving tho city, Induced her to Join
him, that ste might 10 removed from the itlt1tt
enses anu tee1s,ons :afronGd!ng y, her; tlst
leaving him; that he followed hrr, went 10
where She was stopping, got hold Of the letters
IN question, which were printed In thrse columns
IN July last, as'd persuaded hor to bc loyal to
give up her associations anil live hcnccfosth
abpve suspicion, aud sealed tho promise With
ktss; that he left her that evening. and dlrcct-
ly aftcrHArl shs wont to al asslYuatIun house
with ono Of her male srien,ls; that ba again per
suaded her to b true to him, md shs promised
aud never fulfilled; for, whlie she denied CON-
mittiug adultesy, he WAS satisfied that sue was
decctylnE him. The atilaYtt went On to implt-
sampson, .l!s. spsnceI, II. 81 D: 1iibsrt i ia'legad
John Crowley, j. i. Hern, y. s. Eifcids; charles
Turner, William. Dawson, Billy Davis, und &. A.
eeys eaSysl ss1sxns lsssess. VIE Vie sh Il. WITH .'ef
with her chastity, a,sd that they xeso rrsponsl-
bic for hcr downfall and death. All Of tlcte
things, hc contends, 30 preyed Upon bis mind
finally, to establish her guilt or !nnocenco of
the suap!con~ le held, be Employed QUO i. Heed
to witch her. md he himsclf watched hor for
several days and oahts prior TO the murder:
jstrar,on PARK aud found her IL company with
une Samuel Adams, und he approaehed them
A,,4 hcarI uietn talking endearugl,; that
ho s!appcd Adanss1 In ths mouth,
T w .es e you xsss e u which shaas sssiep,s :f
right" and turned to him md calla} him n
"1ittla sne&kh; tll2t from that ttnd Tn, from
what Ae had sreu md heard, and from what
Heed had told him, hc was satisfied That his
suspicious wcFe correct, md
lie BECAME cHAzhD,
and WAS not responsible tor what he did there
after. etc. The atlldayit concludes. after Rotn.
through d great dcai tlf rubbish by assigning
reasons why u continuance should Be granted.
which are the 4naTpidable sbaenea of
pataei II material Witnesses. 1T seis
forth that ]. MURRAY, who resides At NJ.
al8 West Randolph street, Is now At Austin,
Tex, with 4 theatrical party. and that II he
thc % murder he was 1t jefferson FIX, and
through the Hyine-clad foliage " aaw ths "wl,ise
drapery" OF Mrs. Stevens whte she was tn COM
pany with Samuel Adams. h,al that ]. Heed Is
now In Edwtuibur4, Mict., aiMl would testify to
what he had scan, ind connect the :. lltertlues
and debauchers :" cited with ha wife, etc., In
such way A. to ahuw u.at he had causc for
suspicion, and that the fact. weFe sueh as &.
s syy.,RDd R1s0ts Who osea s. .i .s
he did. Tbs affidavit closed BY aay-
lug TINT tic Militant WAS not guilty
OF murder; that he bad used every effort u ret
tho absent Witnesses. und that 10 never had my
malice toxaris hts wife, but, on t!ls contrary,
mind" :.
completed,
sTAzs's ATTORNEY H1LLs
arose and charged that 1t had nccn manufact-
tired. Assuming what was set forth 10 bs facts.
he said the question ws1 u ~ tue nlatGrialty
OF tho facts. What MA proposed to 10 proved
by thc sbseot witnesses would not be admitted
insufficient. Ile beliove,s, l,owsvcr, timt tie
case would bo In the Supreme Uultrt n IN early
day, md III view ot this It was important to
have tho records straight, and that no mistakes
should DO made. He would submit thu matter
to lllr Court without further aEgulnent.
Mr. Trude c0nlendeI tAxt tl'u facts were ma.
terial, every one Of them, aNu thai they could
not bs denied. It was material toshow aalaut' :
her, md how She betrayed. him. It would b
cstablIshed on the trial thAt the defendants
m0ther-tn-nw lived In di8rcputabfo houhe,
alld that sl,o sllleaated hia wife ironl llul and
kept her there. and lllat at least niueleen men
came 10 that houss,-liberslues anu lebauchcs,
class, be was sorry tu say. thst seemed 10 pros:
pos better In Chicago than elsewhere, 1t could
be proven, also, that hts w!fe Invited her own
deat,, and BY her conduct dethroned tIls reason
or her husband: All at these matters were
facts Ind would b. ada,isslble, utd gould not be
proven 50 we'll BY any QUO ~ by tho ab.eut W.T.
iii. Mlll.--Do understand that your aeiep..
IL tu be
EMOTIONAL INSANITY,
sls. Tsule-aty defense vii. be emotional In
&anily-lAe saluv ueleuss that NA1 set up in The
s4ekles, Mcfs,land. Coles, aud other notorious
murder cases.
Mr.. hiIls replied that stncs Ms. TTude had
gont outside OF ths rerord he hoped he would
hi indulgcd By tle Court, aud went ou Il
aay that the affidavit wa4 q bsutal, he.nous at'
tack on a dead woman, and Wa at outrageous
at il was false. II. on the trial, hc ssiJ Iae IL.
fenss dared 10 stack the dead won,sh, the dc
frlluant would be made 10 feel the couxe.
quvIcss, 4rd ha emphasized eyeFy word.
Mr. 1Fude replied. denouncinx her - ~ bad
woman, harlot, aid dnDgerouI cyprtAn."
Mr.. Mills dred Up and replied, NJ deny II,
slr."
Mr. Truda said tho letters (Which were pub
lishrd In llieso columns and ass suads part VI
the at!fAayttJ showed who shu wss, aud wanted
to Euow u thoy did not,
Dir. bklts-l h1ye neYrr stem the lettero.
Ar. Trule--lhsn y0u don't read THs TklR.
III. Aiils-l do. str; and hare read what wa
published, but have never been ths original
letters.
MI Trude went on to further dcnounee ths
dcsd wife, and to maintain shat tho "hherttpes
anu deoauch9rs u had admitted ll.xis esitnss u
the letters, and llxt Stayeus h2l beeu u0rv Of i
EiKtnius than m 0shellu.
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