Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
THE STURLA TRIAL.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l

the closing scenes in the Sturla-Stlles trlai,
which has occupied the attention of the
public for several weeks. Although the
court room was literally packed this
morning, men and women being huddied
together SO that it was almost impossible
to make an exit from the court room,
many more were sent away than were able
to gain admission. Mr.. Trude resumed
his argument at 10 o'clock, and spoke for
an hour and half He characterized the
testimony of NJ IS. Robinson, the sister
of Mrs. Stiles, as story manifest
ly manufactured, and too inconsistent
to be worthy of any weight He reviewed
the evidence of the medical experts at
length. In closing he referred to the ire
mendous power which the law gave the
states attorney in his right to make the
closing address to the jury, and he cat
toned the jurors to remember that the
true test Of their duty was to remember all
the evidence, and not allow themselves to
be swayed by the arguments of counsel.
The last word of Mr.. Trude had scarcely
fallen from his lips when the great crowd
in the court room broke into an uproar
OF applause, which for some minutes Judge
Gardner and his bailitfs were not able to
Interrupt. One of the jurors, sitting in
the front row, apparently overcome by
the eloquent words of Theresa'5 counsel,
joined in the applause and clapped his
hands with the rest. II was some little
time before he seemed to realize what he
was doing, but as the crowd, naturally at
tracted by the unusual incident, began 10
watch his manifestations OF approval, ne
suddenly stopped aud appeare. somewhat
bewildered. He then covered his face
with his hands and looked as if he WAS
about to faint. A glass Of
water was handed him, and he was allowed
to retire from the room for a few mo-
ments. When order was restored State
Attorney Mills arose and began his closing
address. For the third time it was his
duty to address the jury in behalf of the
people. He stood in the temple of the
social community, and saw its walls de-
faced and its sacred altar fires growing
dim. No weak sentimentality engaged his
solemn thought. He stood under
the social dome, and he heard a million
voices crying out, LET the law of
the state, without fear or favor, be
honestly administered and executed"
The defense from the first
was characterized by trickery. He
tried to impress the belief that the woman
was insane, by her conduct in the court
room. Again, the defense had tried to
force in much evidence that was untrue,
and, not content with assailing the mother,
had assaulted the dead husband, his
brother, and Mrs. Stiles sister, and that,
too, without any foundation for the SLAM
ders that had been heaped upon them.
| Mr.. Mills consumed the remainder of the
day in an eloquent appeal for conviction,
and the court announced that he would not
charge the jury until tomorrow. 1t will
be the order for the opening of court to-
| morrow morning.
BODY sNATCEING.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 13.-The guard in
lakewood cemetery last night arrested two
medical students and two colored men in
the act of opening grave. -Four dead
bodies taken FROM the cemetery were found
at the Virginia Medical college. The stu
dents in custody are prominently cen
! nected.
| 1t appears in evidence that one OF 'hc
students, w. d. Meredith, acknowledged
| when captured, that he was with the party
who robbed the graves Sunday night, but
| the other student, w. A. Smith, was not
| with them. Meredith and the two negroes
| were sent to the grand Jury.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.-The Press has
a confession of McNamee, one of the body
snatchers. He states that DR.. William s.
Forbes, demonstrator of anatomy, was the
instigator and supporter of the nefarious
plot to move the bodies from Lebanon
cemetery to Jefferson Medical college.
He says: The first hanling of bodies I did
for jefferson college was about tkree years
ago, when DR.. Dehan, who assisted DIR.
Forbes, said there was a corpse at the
| county prison, and that he would like me
to bring it to the college. Two Or three
more bodies were obtained there in
the same way. On the first visit to Leb-
anon cemetery McNamee was accompanied
by DR.. Lehman, another assistant DR..
Forbes was with witness two nights later.
when two bodies were taken from the Gem
etery, Levy Chew assisting to place the
bodies in the wagon. Il never thought .
says McNamee, Il was breaking the law
when 1 did this thing. DR.. Forbes taught
me TO believe was doing no harm"
THE KINGSTON FIRE.
New YORK, Dec. 13.-Inquiries among
the agencies of foreign Insurance coHa pam
les confirm the report of a large coniia-
grafton at Kingston, Jamaica. But it is
thought the loss has been exayseva5ei.
However the damage is belieeed heavy. in
asmuch as the large warehouses situated
within the boundaries of the burnt district
contain at this season of the year heavy
stocks of sugar, rum and other merchan-
disc for shipment to the United States and
Europe. The fire including the DISTRICT
from the corner of West street aud Port
Royal street nearly to East street,
both sides of Port Royal street, We're
destroyed, with the wharves to the south
ward. Most of the buildings destroyed
we're of stone or brick. The portion of
/ the city devoted to residences was not
reached by the flames. The principal
losses will undoubtedly be merchants who
laid in large stock of goods for the
| Christmas season. The theater recently