New-York tribune., 1881-12-14

The witness-A person with malcOnsructeu Oraih
NAV he more liable 90 insanity. -,
Mrs. scoville-That ia what wanted to know am
HfteP recess L. s. Goble Of Newark " j.. called.
He stated that he was the agent OF life insurance com.
pany and related how the prisoner came to MN WIN
some aDDica (which not accepted, and IN Tue
course three interviews borrowed various
Of money amounting IN all 10 70 me 10 PI1Sg' P a
wealthy Lady, and that he was to nave the AlHulah '
sion. ,--.,o.. 49, .-,.ross said
that ne had given him the last loan OF $40 because to
prisoner had look OF desperation which Impressed ini
The next witness was William p Copeland, Washing
ton journalist, who picked out the newspaper scraps
that were found on the prisoner ana Indicated tb3
varions papers from which they were cut, several
Of them being from The BrQ9tin Eagie -, ,p-.o,,,,,
The next witness II. T. ketcham, OF Brookiyn,
attorney and counsellor at law who had been law cle
to Mr.. Hawes at the time that the prisoner La uS ~
the Office. He testified that he had seVefi cOnNerSh
ions with the prisoner. aud particularly IN reference W
patent which the prisoner said ne had for the use Oh
rouge by jewellers. The father OF witness VINO Is
ecT told him when he mentioned the matter that there
might as well be patent for the application OF bread t
butter The witness had occasionally lent MN smai
'I The prisOneT-I beg leave to differ with Yon
gave me cent in your llfe 1on was poor cei
in a law Office, perhaps getting 80 or $40 a week.
SANE. BUT WITHOUT GOOD SENSE.
The witness went on to relate incident in regard to
the prisoner obtaining s. from MI Mckelar py laise
pretences the prisoner denying that there was any
truth in the statement In reply to the question as 10
whether he had observed anything In the prisoner nd
eating unsOnndness Of mind the Witness repleu,
"Nothng at all. He impressed me AS man capable OF
conversng ordinary subject without expressing any any
extreme or violent or absurd views" He did not, now
ever, regard him as man having any ir so0u seio.
The Observation-Disclosures dld not consider you
suitable man for me to associate with He was nothing
but n clerk in the Office, while was supposed W DO
Mr. Scoyiile2What led you conclude that tho prs-
oner was "a person Of little sense ~
The wtncss-That the general impression ro-
ceivet from hearing him. >, - o
The prisoner nngrly to Mr.. scovillel1If you were %
only enough you would see that all TINS tak nas
relevancy to this case Hon are getting erankeu H
this business Yourself They VIII have you up ior a.
yet You are getting than Corkhill llanghier
The next witness Henry Wood. As soon as y ho .
10 the wtne -s-stand the prisoner e1ci"n ti Th
" That Is the who knew my wife before dih ING
testified tuat he IL resident OF ihllauelpnm a.
and railway manager He first met tne prisoner @ m i
1872 The prisoner called at his house az that ume 10
thank his family for some hiendIlncss they h hat
shown TO his WIFE He had subsequently, seen MN mn,
several times connection WIN MS ulNoICo
proceedings. The last time he saw nm was Wneh tnc t
prisoner ATTEMPTED TO deliver Lecture ] IN Ihe Cntn Of
ran church In Pllladelpnh' on tie S,T1n t ~
Christ. The prisoner spoke for about hleen OF twenty
be ont, and that every body coma then see wa'
thought the subject He then passed around MS ha'
The prisoner-I got y centsand twenty-five cents Of
il came from the witness. llaughterl -
To the question whether the witness ma seen any-
the witness replied: 81 did not quito the contrary
lie always appeared to as man Of more than ordi-
nary intelligence, hut wholly wanting iIi pic,PfG P G mn,
On XaunatiOn the witness sdld h nc Hau ho'
known the prisoners wife before her marriage -
The next witness simon ID. Phelps, brokrroi New
YORK He testified that he had prciisedhim ~ Cdcdso
a
Phelps The prisoner had engaged that tirm to bring
suit against the Oneida Community for $1,000 or 5000
Community. After time Le fonhd that the prisoner
ME- g. 'rsonrrNPncps Is the man who lying. talked
with MIR Reynolds about suit win the oneida IOln
muniIy. but never talked WIN Phelps lie n-td 10 9t
a Inwtcr but he u curbstone broker oi New YORK
He hangs around the Equitable Lie Insurance puhdihs
lie is lac English and Snaw and all that KIND oi folks
'T, witness Went on to slate that he also met the
'r 'i " -, ri,a,, in rs-j when tuc witness was
of be Int DeeUu
Yes" the prisoner broke in. THAT was when tn,
inter play ed out and thht was now fhtIps go
ns witness stated that the prisoner to the Office
having son' sort OF scheme ~ ~ head Tor pni-int
utaneUu-iy. Witnrss told him about the Associated
Press arrangements from which all The valuable news
were obtained. The prisoner had not known anything
abou IT, and then he gave up the idea Subsequently IN,
nri,Oncr proposed to purchase Ihc Inter OceaH, aud
showed the witness long list oi the names Of mon who
had subscribed t. make the purchase. Inc prls"ne
knew much more about the stocAhoicIs oi the paper
The prisoner-You were only a SUBJ and very small
one nj tnat ILauShter.l
m" vinc.s-Tc wanted me to accept the position OF
edifornchef paper o he established under these
new auspices. aud he showed me the introductory
"ditoriaI thai was TO appear in hrst issue. tie
brought a number Of articles 10 have publThtd ana
think that Hf them aiier long labor ana hese Ie
vision, was published .
TIE prisoncr-You thought IT was a splendid WORK OF
art II was "A column article the ubiect Ol suicide
wrote II Olnand, and you thought /; wasNery uDely
The witness then relate various other OF his
interviews with the prisoner IN Cmcts"' Boston ihd
New-Iurk, and said that uo never nIIcei hhStHIhR
,hou MIN that led believe tnat the prisoner was
mnsOund mind or that he did not KNOW "Al ne WIS
abnut al tine time He knew II very well.
In cross examination he was asked whether me prs
oucr wa, a man uf ordinary prudence aud judgment
Ills reply was "Of extraorinnry prndonco AMI Juts
ncut OF the Colonel sellers stripe
Mr. ScOylc-Ey plain yourself
The witnrss-Colonc Sellers Is the type of character
who has more less cgoti-n, and VINO II constantly
getting u schcinrs hat are make great fortunes for
himself and frlends-a genial gpOdnaturrd fellow dief
ing, however. from tins man, wh"' instead oi brihF
,niu ana good -natured has The most uubOundtd selfish
disposition mat have ever met
The prisoner neutrality-suspicious. u tue best you
can do, is itf That indicates your briih.
Tue witness further stated crosse yumiua ion that
nc had Expressed the opinion ta' the prisoner oEht u
be hung.
Without concluding the cross examination the court al
9 O'Clock adjourned