Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-16

and death. don't say Hayden destroyed the arsenic, but cite this to illustrate the point named No, the fact is that he put 1t in the barn and the next day intend ed to make use of it for the purpose he bought fl for. As to the arsenic differing and being distinctly separate and distinguishable, say an ambitious expert am afraid of, and an interruptions expert dread. They hold the keys to nature's area
 na The things that they know, ordinary mortals are doled out as they see fit. You can know so much of these locked up secrets of
 nature as those learned men see fit to tell you. But if gentlemen of this jury do not know, that fact makes it absolutely necessary that such testimony comes under the best possible guar- antees say it is dreadful to swear away 8 life in the chance that this may differ from that or that.
 Take an example. The speaker Illustrated, showing pictures of specimens of the Cole grove and barn arsenic, and one they called stomach arsenic, etc. The speaker had no fear of the comparison. The jury could see for themselves, and would be utterly unable to see that there was the slightest difference of any possible consequence. With these they would not even need the able practical test- mony of MT. John Fl. Leeds. Why, Prof. Dana saw what !? He went way over to Eng land. don't speak of the expense, except that if they spent it for any other purpose ex- cept to show my client guilty, 1t was very improper expense. We'll, Dana says went to this place and to that, but he did not see some vital things he ought to have seen. He filled his quiver with arsenic specimens. At Bizot he didn't see mill or furnace. He brought back unground and ground speci-
 mems Where did he find the biggest spsci- mems? In one part of his testimony it was at one end, in another part in the other end. know now as to essential facts as to the formation of crystals. Well, now, a word, won't worry you, gentlemen. Here's MT. Leeds, practical man who has spent all his life in this work. Dana's explanation and Leeds were now briefly compared to he ad- vantage of MT. Leeds, whose view as 10 uni formity, the speaker said, stood the test against this tyro, Dana Against him have nothing to say except to criticise his assump- tions of knowledge because he asserted to know the difference between tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee, because he had spent a half day at Bizot. (Laughter.) The arsenic subject was pursued a few momentslfurthsr, being ex- planatory of the mechanical process vital 10 the point in view. Mind you, gentlemen, no effort is made to distribute them with equality and there are no two specimens taken from the same ounce, the same grain, by Dana, Brewer and Wormley but are alike. They have differences other than mechanical, other than distribution of particles. Look at that. The speaker with 8 challenge to Dana on simple test point closed this branch of the subject.
 MT. Watrous now powerfully argued that the State had made the singular blunder of leaving it blank as to whether arsenic might not have been bought by somebody else in Rockland that fatal day when every body in RoekIand was away.
 The speaker now devoted few words to
 Wilcox. I think God or the devil inspired that old man. Which do you think it was Did the Lord on high put it in that old mans had tn fha and all ifa gang this darling fact that he had searched the barn on the 14th of September and found no arsenic there He was in the employ of the State hunting up evidence to convict Hayden. Oh, he is 8 sainted man, is Wilcox! Bnt if he be an honorable man, I pray God to men 1! Gaughter.) It was his duty, Mir. Foreman, to have divulged that fact to the State as an important link to the conviction of Mir. Hayden. And yet despite this brazen
 statement MT. Davis found the arsenic in the | barn. If he saw no arsenic in the girder, if
 so, he would come right to my friend repre- senting the government and made known that fact. It was only ten days after his discovery
 became all important, but he kept it button ed up till late hour, over year. There came cry for help from Macedonia, toward Middletown, The angel of the Lord, that's deliver. Rising to the proud eminence of the occasion the gentleman unbosoms his secret. This precious Wilcox reveals that he has had the darling secret in his bosom and kept it, not for pelf, but so that he could have the credit of making this little Methodist clergyman hang.
 Much as hate black snake and am ready to see them slaughtered, wouldn't hang one of them on such evidence as that. IRugh- ter.) The search for the bloody clothes was alluded to. Then he said he went across on a pole from the scaffold to the hay. But there was no plank or pole there. Then the State, finding the bottom gone, got two young fel- lows to make perilous walking match to see If they could not go across in that way and save the States witness.
 No, gentlemen, MT. Hayden is not contra dicted on this matter. will conclude brief ly. I have been about sick for two days, and want to be relieved of my burden. You, gentlemen, must not conclude that nobody bought arsenic except Hayden. I want to speak word about the knives If Hayden didn't have that knife with him he didn't cut that girls throat. Now, did he have that knife :? His wife says he didn't. Mrs. Talcott Davis and her daughter heard him ask for it the next day. Mrs: Hayden tells such wonderfully clear story about the whereabouts of that knife that must allude to it. MT. Wstrous rehearsed the pear peel ing with the use of that knife and the other intrinsic evidences he claimed of the perfect inherent truth of her story, even without the support of the other witnesses. If that little story is true, gentlemen, have you moments doubt that that man is innocent? !? And let me say right here that MT. Hayden never gave any other time ss to going to the wood lot until quarter-past 2. I don't care how many male and female Luzernes testify to the contrary. Daughter But, gentlemen of the jury, right out of the bowels of the States case zerne's affirmation to the contrary. One paper didn't say so; but all the rest did that he left at about o'clock. MT. Watrous again enjoined the jury that if the knife was at the house, Hayden was innocent. I want ed to alIude to some of the contradictions and to pay my respects to the black oak club. But seriously, they say Ben Stevens con tradicts MT. Hayden as to what oc- cured on the fatal day. MT. Watrous arrayed the evidence to the contrary MT. Watrous next summed up the oyster sup per contradiction by the State and accounted for the difference as simple mistake of time by Imogene Stannard and Charles Hawley, but whether or no the weight of evidence sup porting Hayden was powerful and convincing. MT. Watrous rehearsed the Eldridge story as if true helping the defense in destroying all motive for the crime in Hayden,-f he knew the girl was not in the family way. MT. Wat rous now scored Rev. Mr. Gibbs. The hole in the barn controversy was vigorously reviewed. MT. Watrous addressed arguments to show that the statements of the accused were cor rect. Addressing MT. Waller he denominated him as my eloquent friend who has robbed the stage Of a great ornament to furnish greater one to the bar. MT. Waller spoke a:word of reply. Mir. Watrous-Is that offensive? Gre beating the comphment.) MT. Waller spoke about the expiration of the half hour. MT. Watrous would not concede his right to use his time as he desired. MT. Watrous took up the wood lot time and paid his compliments to the Rockland watch tower where the eight pairs of eyes at Stevens were ever ready to glare at Hayden, and defended Hayden as taking the route to the wood lot most exposed, just like an innocent man as he was. What of it if three stalwart giants of Madison, Scranton, Champion, Chittenden, seven or eight feet long each of lem (augh- ter) did go down there. What consequence if Scranton, under the stimulus of $5 per day and stinging under criticism of his testimony at Madison-what consequence if he did do the work in no time, working like steam engine. Does that show that Hayden did not have to pick out the logs from vines and bri- ars. The State, gentlemen of the jnry, are welcome to all they make out of that contract.
 MT. Watrous now powerfully summed up.