National Republican., 1880-03-01
GUILTY AS INDICTED.
Bedford, Pinn and 0ueenan Con-
viCted of Murder.
A Verdict Renoheh nt Thrse o'oiook This
MorninE- one Man who Held Ont for
ThiTty-Six Hours The Verdict to
bo RsoeiVed at Daylight -
" Closing soOnss L tho
Triai-Ths Charge.
rnd ot the H,rth Mnrdor Trial.

tlble orcnpiou Wy the Ntlmlnnl court, Jusitca
Hagnsr, In hosring tho trial of Babe Bod
rnrd Sandy Plum aud Edward Qusenan,
charged with the murder of George p. Ilirth
on tbs night uf the 9TH of January last, and
the cnsu still tcnlains unfinished. The rntiro
day was consumed with argument, aud at ten
minutes to 4. pnsr tho Judge hal delivered .
his charge. LI,e casa wis given to tho jury. D
immediately aftor tho court opened Mr..
Miller resumed his argument. and said that
johnson was what might be tormed an argu-
mcntstivs witness. lle tried moto by as
sertions than by eVidsuce to convey the truth
Of his story. He never had = bern the
cOnpauion Uf these thrGo neD before that
night; he never sang with them; aud was IL
probable that VI Bedford, Piun aud Quccuin
started out that night with the dclib.
crate intention of robbing aud killing
Mr.. Ilirth they would have invited
Johnson, stranger, to accompany them TO
witness the act1 lie could see nothing con-
sistcmt in the mans testimony Tho defense
had thoroughly answered the Government
aud they might have we'll rested their caso.
upon the mucorIuboIHted testimony of John
sou aud feel confident Of an acqulttal of tho
charge There WAS not n circumstance out.
side tho testimony npOu the stand that did
mot positively contradict the evidence OF
johnson. The United States brought into tire
named Tobo Brown, n vagrant and vagabon6
that had wandered about the earth ever siuce
his head was shaved aud he WAS drumncd
out OF the camp OF the Fifteenth New York
Volunteers in disgrace, for smuggling whisky
IN to tho soldiers. The strongest and
most incontrovertible proof in lavor
Uf the truth of the statement made by
Pinn was the detailing by him of the GOnver-,
saton on p street, between himself aud the
rx policeman Brown and the positive confrma-
ton of it by that witness. Pinn was again
| cnrrobuiated by Mary and Isabella Shiles Mrs,
Hall, Frank Pendleton and Sue Barber as to
tho time Of his arrival at the house OF Mrs
Hall, aud by Mr. Sbley Of his coming to tliRt
gcntlemans houso and telling him OF the muir
der Of Mr. Hirth and accompanying him to.
the drug store. He wanted 10 know If this
art aluno of Piun, Immediately after hearing
of tho miuI der, Of going la his employer, who
had been friend of Mr.. Hirth's. and notify,
ing him of that mans death was not II Uircunl-
Stance In itself sufficient to show the Innocence
Of any participation OF Piun In the crime.i
Any murderer would hasten to place distance.
between himself and his victim. but IL was not,
10 with pinn,. He calls Mr. Sibley, tells him
what has happened and accompanies him 10;
the spot whuro Mr., Hirth lies, aud surely such
| conduct Was not consistent with guilt El
They wore going 10 leave the case to tho in-,
telliguuco aud impair tiality OF the jury. The
people have read the test stimony in the case,
and seen the Government shattered In every
| quartet. If they condemned the murder Of
George Philip Hrth. so would thoy condemn
| tho Jury II they convicted these men upon tho
| testimony that had been offered as to their
guilt. As thoy nIeted out justice to the
| Gusrd, he hoped il would DO asuied out
to them.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY coRRHILL
ut 1910 o'clvGh began summing npihe case for
thu Gdvernmont lilo first Touched upon tho
conduct of tho JuTymGn and tho Importance
of the jury system throughout tho country,
aud then entered into tho case. He said that
while the thieo drfendauto were ankiOusy
looking and waiting for the verdict, there
were 100000 citizens waiting outside
| to soc If crime should pass un-
| punished and tho mnTdei-is go froo.
| There was not q heart and homo that did
not throb with fear and terror when the an
| nOuncement OF tho murder OF Hirth was
| made, aud ii was the increase OF these fears to
| horror that had thrown 40 much importance
| around this case and caused the result 10 bo
| hopingly looked for The crilne WAS conf
| mitted, ANA there WAS no particular theory as
| to how II wa, done. Tho police went forth
| to find out the guilty parties. They did not
| arrest respectable citizens, but took thieves
aud sosllawa9s without any visible means OF
| support who arc u disgrace 10 tho city and
who ought to he kept in place where they
could do no harm Bedford WAS arrested on
| tho night OF the murder, and his arrest was
| lOlloWtu Dy tnhi Ol Ilhn Nhu NgVtthhn. Ii
! these men were mol guilty IL was most unf0r-
tnpaio fO thonl that on the night Of tho
murder THEN clothes wore stamped with
| human blood And let II be rcnien-
| hcrcd that whoever committed the Homicide
| carried away with them the bloody evidences
| of crime. He believed that II any man over
| told the truth 90 the witness stand, white OF
oolored 10 was johnson lie believed that il
| tho juiy found These men guilty that III less
| than two weeks thereafter Quecuan would
make statement divulginG the whole rir-
| cumstances connected with the committing or
the crime. He bad watched this defendant
when npon tho stand and when cautiOning
him that IL was important foi. him TO account
| for his whereabouts bctw son b aud 3 o'clock
| on the night Of the mnrIlci ht'roplied that h0
could not do IT.. Tho man johnson stood
croSs.examiuation that 10 lnan Ia the court
room could have gone through with success,
| and IL WAS only because he VAS backed by
! truth lfthe ease Of these men stood alone
| upon JOhnsOns testimony In should still Hsk
| for thou conviction, on account Ot the weak
| nature Of the defense sci up. For
! tunatcy johnson was CuIrObOINtCh. Tho
| DistrictAltorney said that he had
no personal acquaintance with Richard
Brown, bot on the stand ho told a story, ono
| that had not been cont addicted and must DO
| believed The defense had tIicd to break
| him down In every way possible because lhey
saw in his evidence the conviction of their
clients, iGt ho told them lhht no hhu llNtu
in this city all Of his life aud never hnd tho
hand of = policeman laid upon him. There
was not scrap Of testimony against him, aud
his ohTacler was equally ~ good rs that OF
| any witness pla, ed upon the stand by the de-
| tense They were therefore bound to believe
tho testimony Ho called attention to tho
strange conduct Of Craig aud his refusal 10
testify against tho prisoners because, he said,
they would kill him in "Hcl's Bottom"
lIa had gone to the otbnr side aud tried 10
mske out that he drove cattle lIom Queens
town on that day. TO be more positive
of II, his recollection was refreshed by the lacr
that the cattlO escaped from him md were
taken into Cisseps, at Brightwood, and killed.
Now, SIr, Cssel testified that tho slaughtoring 3
occurred just Que woek prior to tho time given
by Craig. The man that sold the cattle toStl-
fed that the snls was made on the day that
they were slaughtered at Cisse's. This he
considered ample TO show that Crlig'd tosti-
mony was not worthy of belief. In reviewing
tho testimony of Piun aud Bedford, he called
attention to tho fact that both started out ou
that night borrowing money, aud that was
ample proof to show that neither was plrthorlo
with funds. He called attention TO tho fact
that eX.Poiccman Brown not only forgot by
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