The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-11-05

Il MIR. Abe R0thschild, Of this city,
whose name is familiar to all ncwspa
| per readers here, and the history 81
81 whose arrest and long incarceration,
!. numerous trials and final acqniftal IN
| Texas, arc all well remembered, has
has been interviewed in Denver touch.
! ing his acquittal, by Mr.. II. 4. FIELD
wisch, of the Denver Republican,
formerly of this city, and and thor
ougllly familiar with the case. As this
is The first time Mr.. Rothschild has
talked for the pablo about the case,
the report of the interview is interest
\ ing to Cincinnatians. Here it is:
1 When the Repsblican reporter met
him at the depot his appearance was
/ peculiar. lie is about Eve feet ten
inches high, of stout build. lie is
not obese, but his physique denotes
considerable muscular power. His
neck, set between two stout shoulders.
is thick, and widens in front, as it
rises to a fun, round face, though the
proportions Of the face are not formed
from fabby fat. lie has black hair
and brown eyes. The ewes are the
4 most striking feature to an observer at
the irst glance. They are large, pro-
trnding and very round, with scarcely
any perceptible rloigafion. Ills head
is large and round, aud his nose indi-
Gates decidedly aggressive posscssor.
The voHer appears alnormally large
and the nostfils dilated. and the sfruc-
ture is crowned BY decisive pug. lie
has thin, short, silken innstacle. Ills
dress WAS that Of an ordinary travelling
business man. A nairow-rolled bfiiIn
slouch hat, sack coat of the texture
denominated pepper and salt, ana vest
and panfaloons of tile same kind.
After the nsaal preliminary gcttings
the reporter remarked.
I. Mr.. Rothschila, Oh account Of the
great public interest unaffected in The
trouble yoa got into ia Texas, We
would like to hear your version Of that
matter
Well, 4 don't care to give any ser-
sion of it, 1 am in business now, aud
keeping this thing alive does more
harm than good
= What business are you III
Z Here is my card and be handed
the scribe a card Of MI Rothsclild a.
Co. manufacturers and importers, etc.
The papers never contained very
full account of your trial, did they r.
4 Well they I'LL got the same ac-
counts there was six-iine Associated
Press dispatch sent out, sud | do net
care to add any more to it,
4 What WAS yonr defense, Mr.. Rotis-
child2.
~ do not roe any good in talkipg |
about ii, and decline to tell.
9 Were you not acquitted r.
sob, yes. The jury WAS out only |
one hour aud fifteen minutes before 4
they agreed. Isut most of that time
was occupied by them 10 eating SUPP
per You know aow It ii with d conn
try jury; they mus have their regular
fations.'
4 y seems, then, that you had Il
complete defense r. 4
{ 4 should think 80. Whs, ! proaed
an alibi. Z
i" But was not that evidence contra
dieted lsy Texas witnesses ~
e Not positively. Well, see I may
as well tel you. My defense rested on
two grounds. One wss the aiibi tile /
other was d failure of THE proof to sus-
tain The indictment. You know tile
prosecution must charge III Tile indict-
nent the crime and the day il WAS
committed. This indictment did 50,
but il stated that the day on which the
murder WAS committed mas certain
one. and the evidence Showed that the
body was found twenty1fre days after
the day 80 alleged, ana tile proof ives
that when 1t WAS found there were no
signs of decomposition. Then naedi-
cad experts were called, and proved that
it was impossible for 4 body to lie III
q position exposed to the Texas weather.
50 long without becoming badly de-
caycd. And ! also proved eoneiusiyeiy
that was not III Texas odd the day the |
murder was committed, ~ alleged In
the indictment
Z Was the trial i very exciting onef~
Z Very much 50. II lasted live
weeks. ! WAS acquitted last DeceDlr
ber.u L,
" What attorneys did you laye2s
4 On, they were all local attorneys
" living IN Marshall, where | was
bied.''
e What do you thipk Of Texas2v
have nothing to say againSt II.
Ut course 1 did rot soc march III 1T, SO 1 4
cannot form . very correct opipispv
xS0N SasfteaA - ~ Diet Clear. II
The Washington correspondent III
HE Ginclpnati Goipmereial says: AL
though Seosille has announced that III
las 20 ipteption, pending the trial 81
'lqiteau, NJ raise the question ~ jsigjs-
y.