New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-25
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE

ALEXANDER CAULFlELD CONVICTED.
SENT TO THF STATE PRISON FOR LIFE WHEN ONLY
sFvENTEEN-rHE RESULT OF An ARRAY BE
TWEEN ICgMGN-THE PRISONERS MOTHER OVER
COME WHEN HER SON II LID AWAY.
Alexander Caulfeld. the young man on trial in
the Court of Oyer and 1erminer for the killing OF
David &. liabcocK, last summer. convicted yes
tcrday of murder III the second dearee, and was
sentenced to State Prison for life by JUS
tice Brady The proceedings were marked
by few striking circumstances. The young
prisoner, closely shaven and neatly dressed, sat
with his he I'd down most of the time except when
he turned his blood-shOt eyes for AN instant, now
and then toward the jury or the lawyers. HIS
mother came into court yesterday and with another
woman sat near the prisoner. She made an effort
to conceal her feeling, but her tears flowed and
occasionally she was quite overcome hy her emo
tions. The testimony Yesterday dill not develop
many new facts. James Parker and Thomas
Fox. Two other icemen, VINO witnessed
the ARRAY which led to the homicide,
told their stories as they remembered
the occuri nee. Parker admitted ihat be bad told
the officer who made the arrest and also he Coroner
that he bad seen nothing OF the affair; but ne SAID
that hIs reason for dong so was 10 aY"0 be ng
locked up 10 the House OF Detention. Despite the
soemnILg OF the rall The merment provoked $685. some
of Fox sreadv replies on crosse Examination could moo
be repressrd, and even the Jutg" wa. Obliged 20
smile. The two witnesses had testified that they
were talking together on The per when tley uIst
saw the men quar- cling NJ Dol asked Ok hhaJ
tirv doing OH me per.
Oh" answered Fox, " We were Just sitting down
there and discussing the labor question"
III witness protested AGAINST Nh Bell question
inp him so many n Wts upon the same point. aud
wnon Mr. Bell asked what pag5 OF tie lee bridge ne
was on when the fight occurred, he auswerod,
taTtlv:
. caut tel! 1 had no tape measure With me at
Vas IL ON the north or the sonth side Of the
bridge - sskeG Mr.. Bell, Il !Ittlv Hettet.
doD', know WIS the answer, whether il
was the north, south, cast or west side hadn't "a
gl6>e with me
The prisoner went on the stand and gavo tho
testimony Oh bis own behalf IN candid manner
that made good impression. he odd much the
story rs the other witre .5e7 OF the origin and
ere instances Of th quarrel lie and Babccck got
to quTelULg over tho cakes OF lee they vsr load
my INTO tine wagons. bahcuck ku0rked BIN down,
aua no ran away. Babc0ck followed him only
short distance and returned. The prisoner, too.
came back and JUS rs no reached iuc place where
Da0c0rk was tine latter stopped down. Ihe prisoner
said that lie thought he was gong TO
strike Inn with, aud 80 10 protect
himself he seized an ice-lXe which he saw near by
and struck Babcock. H. declared thar b. had no
purposa 20 Iii INN and only acted IN sef-deieuce.
Cdultelds mother and several other witnesses
testified to the previous good chatc er II the pis
oncr. ibe lawyers summed up and Justice Brady
charged the Iury IN the afternoon. Inc jury was
ont only l.tean miIutes. The prisoner ttemOcd as
hc sfood mp To l1ce the men who held his nfn ON
their hands. Guilty OF murder I'm fine second de-
gree" sad the foreman The boy prisoner seemed 20
have reclaimed Hls comp0sure aud bore the verdict
we J. lrt he brOke down and wrpt when ne was
asked what hr had 10 say W. - sentence should NOT
be- passed upon 9un. justice Brady spokGiu SYM
pathetic tones, and sad tnut white tho SeuIct
scanned terribly fev r', ctf"rciiY Tor % JV1 ~ naou
only seventeen years of age D.. mas- cons. 81
just one. he sentenced Caulhcd To the State
Prison for lite. As thn prisoner Was being '.u itay
by tuc Oil els h.5 m'thcr rushed tQ"an .-ui,