New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-02
4 MURDERER IN TEARS.

LEIGHTON OVERCOME By HIS FEELINGS.
trtt-srR,fING THE MsNNrR ~ WHICH HI STRUCK
THY DEADLY niow-uOw The SPECTATORS WE'RE
.rrrcrTD-ruE CASE 10 b. CONCLUDED TODAY
Tin, compostre and seil-pps5e sion which Augustus
u LEIGHTON. the mulat'o pow beng tried before
.J1stIce Brady for the murder OF Mary Dean, pre-
scented through the first two days Of the nal, gave
way Yesterday af,er he left tc Witness-stand After
almost unmovcd.y hearing the cross-exsmin1tion
~ Assistant District Attorney Bell, and Icsumn2
his sea. by his counsel, ne bust INTO teaT5-the
frs Inc has sled Since he entered the courtroom
and sobbed like child. Tie prisoner helped his
own can O. moro BY Che manner thau b. the matter
NJ bste.tinony. w.. intelligent face, bright eyeI
apparent purpose to tell tine truth even where, as n
several instances. d. told against himself, ana his
protest against what he considered The Unfair treat
,l.Gt Of Mr. Bell, ali seemed 10 have favorable
effect npon the jury aud the spectators. Mt b'h
cross-examined HIM at considerable length. fut-
ting h. answers 10 tho more material questions iAto
direct form he testified sub 9tauslaliy as follows:
Twas born DID Cleveland o TO- ln 1854. When was two
yeas ola va 0-od-ht TO N'"-lorN Anu, n'flhS no
Va ens vue. pu into the CV0reu OFP4'u A'o u'h'
whore wa l-pt anil was Twelve years of age. tGch
went - scry &c. 40 Que ui' Was fplDScI - d 'nn
l. Feem IA. The EIior of The ProgTess'oe American a9
organ Of the eel red re'p' ~ 'r" ao'H, ke-
subscriptions Oh commission Tor tht oUlo'; huc"
Man Dan Tor a year before last June, and bccainn
h rno,ns We occupied ani also a large por-
ton Of my earnings beside. Last Jahuay "aiy D,'u
went 10 Florida. On her rctnrn wot 10 I'VE Win ht
and continued 10 ilV' wan hr nn1ii tHe
orr tho BJWicIc. mary 3 iEotneF sct heu 40 lahc
some offence at me aud 81 something aOOut my hyihg
ON er bounty. Thon sno seat note ana called ne
a vie nJine d my dead mother another she ordered
very angry wish Mary looking over iny shoulder ana
wto.e 10 her mother that If wert man would re-
fnr n Marvs tothar Threatened that II 1 didn't go
sne yGf NARY aud hor enid OUT OF dooIs weiit
Killed MARY GA the preceding Sunday was shaving,
aud finding my rsz'r dui' yut II lnto ny pocket ~
have II hOncd; nat 1n not theh, anu new "'o' 0
ried II as weapon.
The prisoner then repeated the story OF the kill
ing substantially as he told 1t Tuesday. He said
further. that when Mary Dean struck at him with
the curling toags ne put his hand to his hip-pocket
scarcely knowing what he was doing, and as he
pnlied out his handkerchief bro ught the razor
with it, Then standing mp and taxing the razor
that was handed to him, he illustrated by sudden
sweeping movement Of the hand the manner IN
which he struck Mary Dean the deadly blow. Tie
act sent shiver through The spectators ana Mr..
Ouarles the prisoners counsel. stepped back suit
dsnly and said 10 hun: Don't do that again.
had is effect too, upon Leighton, for when he sal
down he was trembling with great agitation. liz
evidently did not recover from the effects OF it, ana
it was only few moments alterward, when lie lett
the stand, that he burst INTO tears.
Several witnesses were examined as to Lelght0nS
GOOD standing Emma Patterson, a young colofeu
woman, testified that she was gong through
wcnty-sixt HIST on the night of the murder and
saw leighton and Mary Dean talking together, and
heard Mary say, as she shook what appeared to Dc
the curling tongs IN bis face; lyon are man, Du'
will ertainly do IT,"
Mr. bell, in febuttal, called James Nugent, Jus
tice of the Peace, before whom Leighton was
brought when he gave himself up at Harrison, hnd,
son Connty n j. Leighton, he said, tod MN ina
he had lived with Mary Dean until bis money wa'
ali gone. and then she bad discarded HIM.
G. +. Spencer summed up on Dehali oil tne prisoner
and the ease will DO sent to tho jury to-day