The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-23
THE GLASS MURDER CASE.

THE FACTS INVOLVED IN THE TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY, AS STATED by THE STATES At
ToRNEY--wHAT THE DEFENSE RELIES
UPON, ETC,--A DEEPLY INTERESTING
CASE.
1t being generally known that the jury
had been selected in the case Of the People
VS.. Glass, for the murder of Carter New
man, and that the trial Of the case would
be commenced early in the day, the court
house was well filed, yesterday morning,
sometime before the court convened-the
colored element largely prcdominating.
AT $40 o'clock the prisoner was brought
into court. He was in sullen, logged
mood, and elected from the audience no
evidence whatever Of either friendship or
sympathy. Our reporter approached him
and asked how he felt in reference to the
approaching trial, His answer was sullen,
not to say insoen:, that ut was no use to
feel anything about it. cause they'd do just
what they wanted do to, no odds what he
proved"
States Attorney Mulkey now took the
floor, and in two hours speech presented
in detail, the facts he expected to establish
by the witnesses for the people. He i'm
pressed upon the jury the importance of the
case and referred to the wisdomot our system
of jurisprudence that placed the deteimin-
alton Of the prisoners punishment, not in
the hands Of one person, but contided it to
twelve intelligent men, two of whom were
Of the prisoners color The presence Of
these two he referred to .as the
first innovation ever made in Alex
| ander county upon the white
uristic line--a circumstance he deemed
worthy of mention. After reading the in
dlctment, which charged that Charles
Glass did, on the LIST day of April, 1870,
ETC., with malice afcrethought, kill and
murder one Carter Newman by striking
him upon the left side Of the head with q
chopping axe. Mr. Mulkey, then, at much
length defined the meaning of the word
| homicide, and read from authorities to
| give the jury a clear understanding Of the
malice essential to the crime of murder.
He then indicated the points it would be
necessary for him to prove before asking a
conviction at the jury's hands. The de-
Tense intended, he believed, to set up the
plea of self detense-a plea which he ex-
| pected to be able to show was utterly mad.
| missahle in this case. He then presented
to the jury diagram of the house wherein
the murder was committed, showing the
room, stove. window, door, bed and de-
ceased's position upon the bed The build
ing is situated on Commercial avenue. be-
tween Twenty and Twenty-eighth
streets, is two stories in height, with five
rooms upstairs, and storc.room below.
The murder took place in the 5. W. corner
room, up stairs. Glass had rented the
whole house, and subjected il to other par.
ties. Mrs. W. Fadden occupied the room
in the northwest corner, Wyatt
McKerney the room in which the murder
was committed and Glass himself occupied
the rooms Of the east side, Clara St. Will
liams occupying the store-room. Glass had
colored girl named Ruthie Brown cook
inc for him. He invited Newman to come
to his house to board, and Ruth Brown
cooked for them two weeks. On the Tues.
night before the murder Glass and Newman
had fa!!ing.out, quarrel between Glass
and the woman being the alleged cause Of
it. Tie next day or the day following
Glass gathered up Ruth's things and put
them out Of the roonl.-Mrs McKerney
subsequently, doing the cooking. On Satur-
day Newman went to Kentucky and attend
cd ball, Returning on Sunday and feel.
ing sleepy he asked permission Of Mrs.
McKcrncy to take nap upon her bed.
Glass, about this time, remarked. to Page
Wallace, an either have life or life taken
this very Sunday" Shortly afterwards he
entered Mrs. Kerney's room, where two or
three colored women had previously assem-
bled. Upon entering the room Glass bid
the crowd good morning. Ruth made no
reply. Carter Newman inquired, "Why
didn't you speak to mel' Glass replied:
81 did. | have nothing against YOU"
Ruth now spoke Of having her picture
taken, and by way of preparation, com.
mcnccd putting on corset Glass repri-
manded her for dressing in company.
Ruth retorted that it was
none Of his business, rs she
didn't intend to have anything more to do
with him. Ruth soon left the building,
leaving Newman and Mrs McKerney in
the room. Newman again asked for per-
permission to lie upon the bed, and per-