New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-11
HELEN LEONARD ON TRIAL.
DENoUNCING MISS SMITH IN COURT.
,, ,,,,,,Cu pFCopDTR sMYTH SHARPLY

d., ~ of the Conrt of General Sessions Yesterday,
listening to evidence in reg rG to the sno0lIhg, Ny
her of Mrs Sarah &. Smith. on June . at the once
of Dr. Eugene BlOndell, No. AZ East Nlheleehth,st:
The prisoner dressed in black and wore q hai
with large black feather. Large DIAMONDS nasueu
from her earrings. She appeared 1efVous anu GA
cited. ...-- r,,,,,.,o ,,o0 ossistad
in conducting the case by Mr.. Bra, the couhsel
for Clarence Smith, the husband OF the woman VINO
was shot. William T. Knitting. J' ID McCleIianu
and Colonel Charles 5 spencer weI it Sn0 some
friends sat among the witnesses. The courtroom
was not overcrOwded. but the listeners were atten-
live The first witness was DR.. Blondell: de Is
Vonrp man and has been Q physician Tor seven
wears He testified that Miss Leonard ana nlIS
Smith came TO h's ohiGe between AM 1870 Mi.s
leonard before. She asked If Mrs. Sulth mlghI De
allowed TO write a note IN the ot1ce. feIllSelon
was given and Mrs. smith sat At his desK anu WIoto
n nofe When she had finished She handed " 10
Miss Leonard and then turned 10 leaYe lhe IoG G
DR. Blon ell noticed thai Miss Leonard Rau IN noI
hand a piece of brown paper. As MTs. SlhiIn was
leaving the room a shot was fred. Inc Doctor APP
proacTed Miss Leonard and found that the Drown
pssIist Mrs smith. VINO appeared to be seriously
woun,led. He sent for Dr.. Charles Phelps ana iteS
SiJe over the thigh and had come out n short DIS
tapce in front Of the point OF entrance; ~ nSS
struck the corset and had been aeneCDeu U %orId
the steel SUPPORTS otherwise tae wSu ntr" W,ss
nrobably have been fatal. After the shooEns is9
Leonard appeared agitated and exciteu' lH H vi" W.
ress lad not noticed anything strange In the &C
t,0ns of Miss Leonard before the shooting. IT
Handel SAID that he had seen Miss Leonard ID tne
Westmorelaud restaurant about year ago Will w
potrn, CaIlaghan She had told him the story OF
her betrayal and desertion by Caliaghan' anu "ah-
ted DR.. Blondell to assist her III nnonS Ini it
seemed much III love with Callaghan ana was eHGII-
ed whenever she spoke of hum. She spoke Oh shueT-
ING from sleepIessness and headache anu OF maui
ity TO eat A few hours after the shooting the W.T.
80 fnnnd in his waste-p paper basket the fragments
of letter which appeared TO Oe the one "Iit'eI W
Mrs Smith and handed to Miss Leonard 10 IHtI-
tided the revolver with five chambers with which
the shooting was done. 80 ,,
DIR. Charles Phelps testified that when ne arrived
at the office of DR.. BiOndel Miss Leonard was sun
there The only peculIaT thing about her he no,
tIced was that soc continually dema1uau HeL P '1'
from Err Bonde, saying that he bad no right 10 II.
Wnen She left the room she said IL she WAS gong
TO Get "A policeman and claim Aer property NJ
ehort was made t. dstain 6g lr,,r 81 tho snootnc
was next called. She 10 a short, sghJ woman WIN
dark hair and is of agreeable but not handsome
annearance She was richly dressed she gave
her testimony without hesitation. The prisoner
watched her much of the time with an expression
of dislike. Mrs Smith testified taat she hGu oecn
married for twenty years, and had Two chliuIen.
Do you know Helen Leonard, the prisoner al
the bart" asked Mr.. o'ByTne ,.,..,,...,, ,u,.
ma , sSS,d the witness sShe callei at my house,
No COZ Fifth-aye., IN October, lSSZ. met heT
+Tice in the street aftcrward. On June 10 met
re- in front of Huvler's III Broadway, in cOnse-
ouepce of a note received the night before asking
me TO meet hor. She came out on the sidewalk anu
wanted zoe to go into Huylers but shin II was 700
much crowded, and If she wanted to tax 70 me we
could 90 TO Deans across the street sald!
was very much surprised at Receiving your ho'e IS'
His, Leonard. VINO had been cycling the witness,
here broke ont with: THAT'S an internal lie
and then in a lower tone: " You retch J.
There was n sensation in the court ROOM many
rising 70 look az the defendant. Colonel Spencer,
who sat at Mss l.eChards SIDE, tled 10 CAIN heI
an1 succesdeJ for the moment IN quoting Ler
P.cordsr sInyth SAID: Please stand aside, Mr.
OByrnc 81 that ! can sec tho pTeon"r.;, and then
In "A stern tore be SAID u MlsS Leonard: II thaT
coIInct is repeated. viii have you locked up. i
won't have any such capers III this courtroom. III
you open y0Cr month again 10 utter Sucn al eApreS
sion will have you removed"
The defendant cast hsr eyes down and renamed
silent during the rest Of tho session. Her counsel
bOweysr was continually forced TO remind mel Oh
IT, necsssity Of Keeping silence She restless,
snmetImes weeping and at other times wearing
defiant expression. The witness cohtlnued hTt les-
timOny regarding the meeting between MISS Leon
ard aud herself saying: She was under the lui-
preston that Mr.. Caiaghan was stiI visiting our
family We went TO Deans and talked 1oI some
+Tn,a 7 andeayored to convince her that she was
mistaken She asked me if would put on paper
what had said to her SAID that WSuau, ~, Il
naIIy She asked nc 20 90 TO her doctors Ollce aud
Consented We went to DR.. BlonaeLIS Office and
sat down and wrote note when Gan"eH 10 IeI.
5sSk and said to DI. Blondell, . am going now,
and thanked HIM for the use OF bis desk. As was
gong out wa 5a sIGt three hTe weeEs It was i've
weeks before the wound healed, and am still
troubled by it,
Mrs. Smith identified the note that she had re-
ceIyej on the evening before the shooting and also
Th. note which she wrote in the doctors olhco ne
iatter had been torn pieces but the pieces had
been carefully pasted together on ahosheA sDeoO'
1t was as follows
Tns is to certify that have not any interest In Mr.
Callaghan That DO not KNOW nli, ana nave iOI UL
In the note making the appointment with Mrs
Smith Miss LeOLard sald:
So YOU think | am mad. That is the reason you as,
sured ne YOUR intimacy with Caaghau had ceased and
that you begged not to expose YOU Perhaps yo9
gon3 try TO induce Gala CHAN have me lnc9rcerated
in an asylum. However, wish TO see you
Mrs Smith added'that she had received the note
nv mail and that she said nothing ABOUT u 10 neT
husband, when he came nome az n5snG DO oy
SCI for the defence said that they desired 10 prove
the insanity OF the prisoner aud therefore desTGI 10
cross-eXamine the witness on other pohts' Iney
asked her about Patrick Caaghan, whose treat
ment of Mas Leonard Is alleged as the cause OF the
mental condition which the defence assert Is
ity. Miss Leonard had expressed mr. cohEi Wiz t
that Mrs Smith had caused her FORMER loVel 10
dssert her. Mr.. Callaghan IS represented 10 We an
elderly man. and ho could not be tound Wheh IL was
desired to serve him with complaint I'D oiTTI'
snIt The witness said that she had EnoWn OF ME-
Callaghan twenty-five years ago, when MS iamlly
ard hers had been acquainted. She had not seen
him for twepty years until she net him about two
wears ago She had met him only few times, ana
had not been intimate with hlm even III d spcIA
way She described the do endant as having Oeeh
Gonist calm and composed" IN all the interviews
she had with her. The only reason the witness had
for meeting Miss Leonard IN answer 10 the note
was that she wished to convince her that she knew
nothing oil Mr. Callaghan. .,. 20 .to,,
The testimony Tor tho prosecutor E was f Smon
closed and Mr.. Knitting opened Tor the uGIehGo.
He said that his client was well'edu stea lduy
who had been a gcverness and bad aiWays Deeh
yiTtuous Girl until in unfortunate hour she came
10 New York and fell victim 70 the "hes OF an
aged man Of fashion. Mrs Emily Munson was thG
frat witness for the defence She said that she hSd
known the defendant since October, 1881. She
was VoVerness in the family oil the witness from
that time until Nav 1882, and during that time
her conduct was that of a lady. Miss Leonard mao
accompanied the family 20 Havana, ana returned
with them in the spring, when her services MeLe Nv
longer required. She entrusted with the care
of the son and daughter of the family. she
brought recommendations from school IN Cahaua
Jo6u ID Townsend, the lawyer testified thAt
Miss Leonard came 10 MS office the early part OF
this year and wished him to begin SUIT Tor DANA