Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-01
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Monday. October 1, 1883
The Jury's Verdict.

sailant but that William Lewis, her lover, was the object of suspicion. The full text of the verdict was:
 death by being choked to death by sons peEgGn or
 eG the 3TIy er 1 e pa from his test mony, from his conduct since her death, aLd rom him This verdict was signed by stephen D. Smith, William Nash, Robert L. CIarkson, LemuelJ bearas- ley, William II. Curtis and c. 5. Curtis.
 The only witness examined Saturday was Burr Cozier. He testified to having exau- l ined the tracks he found on the Long Brook road on the same morning on which the body was discovered He looked at them | closely through curiosity and noticed par | ticularly the track of the horses shoe. Some of these tracks he found to be of peculiar shape, he said, and he drew 6 diagram of the tracks, and 8 few days ago he made a mould of the style of the shoe which made the tracks. Saturday morning in company with detective he compared the mould with the shoes on Lewis horse and found them to correspond exactly. After this testimony Coroner Holt then charged the jury as fol lows
 ''There is no question of law for this jury to decide, he said. ''There can be no ques ton in your minds but that murder has been committed. It is for you now to scan the testimony carefully and come to com mon sense conclusion of the matter. The dead body of this woman was found nearly month ago, and you have devoted much time to this Investigation.
 He then described in detail the finding of the body and it's condition when found, and continued ''Rose Clark Ambler that night went to Lewis house and remained until twenty minutes past or half-past o'clock. Lewis testifies that she leaves him at that time by the gate CT grape erbor at his house to go alone to her home, two miles away. It Is admitted that Lewis was the last person who saw her alive, so far as is known. You should consider and weigh carefully this portion of the evidence, and you should then consider the relations that existed between them and what motives he might have had, if any, to lead to the com mission of this crime.
 "Lewis says that he offered to take her home, but that she declined the offer. He says she refused to go because 1t was too early, yet she went alone half an hour later. It was then threatening rain and she knew 1t, for 1t was discussed, and it was on account of the prospect of rain that he offered to take her home in his team, which then stood in the | barn. All this is only cumulative evidence, to be sure but mention it because it is impor- tant.
 ''These incidents occurred at place and hour at which, so far as this community knows, she was last seen alive. From them you should draw nearly as possible sens1 I bIe conclusions. It is always regarded as a most important point in law who was the | last person seen alive with @ person who was l murdered.
 seYou have heard number of witnesses | testify as to the number of times she visited | Lewis house, and this will tend to show the l relationship that existed between them You are to ascertain who is responsible for her death-whose negligence, carelessness Of will | fulness it was that caused 1t"
 | Coroner Holt then reviewed at some | length the testimony in regard to the bruises l on the murdered woman's back, thighs and l fingers explaining that the only possible in l ference from these was that she had made a | struggle for life and fierce resistance to her l assaiIaut and he also described the manner | in which she must have been assaulted to I cause her death. ''Ihe post mortem examin- | ation," he said, shows no sign of poison, ! and the condition of her internal organs | shows as nearly as can possibly be shown | that she died of strangulation-that her life was shut of by the grasp of strong hand. '' | Touching next upon the more delicate ! ground of the case, he said that 1t was doubt ! full if any attempt had been made at viola l tion, and said ''An these points are to be | joined together where they will connect by l using common sense and the most careful l consideration Remember that you are not | trying anyone You are depriVing no man of life or liberty It is your duty simply to l hear the evidence and render verdict as to l how thiaswoman came to her death, using 1 your best judgment. You are not to find a | verdict that must stand beyond the possibil- | ity of reasonable doubt. You are not 8 | jury in the Supreme court trying man for his life. You have simply to inquire i4to this case and reach conclusion from the evi- dence that has been presented to you" | Then briefly he reviewed the evidence that l had been given relative to Boston White, | Iliichael Hesln and Mir. L. s. Curtis. This evidence, he said, had been introduced only in order that it might not be said hereafter ! that all the evidence obtained had not been 1 laid before the jury.
 Then, referring to Lewis again, he said that the night was dark and rainy, and no one had seen Rose Amber and Lewis togeth- CT on the streets, although the town had
 been ransacked No one had seen her alive after she entered Lewis house excepting Lewis and his family. Next, he referred to the cuticle which Dr. White ex- amined after it had been found under the murdered girls finger nails, and said: Does it not show you that no black man committed this crime? Dr. White found blood corpuscles on Lewis carriage lap robe. He said they might be human blood or blood l of two other animals that cannot name just now. They were not the blood of neat cat
 
 could not have been stains from the blood ot
 meat from the butchers, as Mrs. Lewis testi,
 fled that the stain was caused" This point
 was not in the testimony, but was published in the COURIER. ''There was not much blood
 spilled in this tragedy" he continued, ''be
 cause there was artery severed. This
 blood came from bruises"
 Now, take the evidence of Lewis himself
 which should be examined with great care
 His employer, Charles Peck, says that Lewit
 told him that men were following his girl
 home at night when she went from hit house. He said that he was fearful that vio. lence would be done her. The alleged fact
 of the footprints (by which Lewis knew thi' thing), and the remarks that Lewis made that he might follow her home some nigh
 and see who it was that followed her, sho ulc
 be carefully considered. You remember es
 pecialIy the testimony that Norman Amblel
 gave as to the relations between Lewil
 and this woman. You remember
 the testimony of Powell as to Lewis telling
 him that he intended to rent inc house he il
 building. You remember what Durand, o
 Birmingham, said. If you find that Lewii
 told him in Birmingham of this thing before
 the discovery was made in Stratford you car
 find that he had guilty knowledge of thu
 crime. Durand says Lewis said, My gir
 was murdered last night He testified tha
 he could not say whether Lewis told hin
 this on Monday or Tuesday morning but h. ! NAV
 on Monday morning.
 | MALLoRY's EVIDENCE.
 s'There is only one witness to anything | besides the circumstantial evidence. It i
 Charles Mallory. You are to say if his testi
 mony is true. If it is it is the most impor
 tant of any. If it is we have little difficulty
 it seems to me, in coming to the verdict tha
 this crime was committed in Lewis carriage
 If you believe it is not true you are to rely ol
 the ecircumstantial evidence, and in consid erin
 Lewis story you are to remember the condi ton of the clothing of the dead girl He
 parasol was wet. Her garments were dry If Mallory's story is true it accounts fo this. Mallory's testimony is worth
 of serious consideration whether it is true Q
 false. You are to consider whether the roa
 described by him is not just such a road as
 man would select who was going to commi
 such crime, and whether he would no 2 travel by it instead of by the main road. l Ut is sometimes said facts cannot lie This may be true, and yet the conclusion yo
 may draw from facts may be as false as lie
 themselves. This you should remember
 Remember also that if you find that Levi was connected with this affair 1t was a crim inaI connection. There can be no half wa F work on this point. It is one thing or th 1 other."