Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-07-19
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pelier was overilowing
The intimacy existing between
the prisoner and the murdered
girl was proven, also the arrival
of William Blakely and his FREE
quent visits at Mr.. Summerville's;
the tumultuous interviews that
ensuel. aud the enlargement
which followed But the culmi-
nating link was the expression:
"Mary. you know what | say is
true, aud if you do not accedc to
nv request you will regret it till
your deathf' Which, in connet-
ton with the discovery OF the
murdered girl 10 his arms, slain
by his own knife. completed tie
over wholming chain Of ti.cun-
stnntial evidence.
BIakely testified that no had
offered his hand aud fortune to
Miss SummervilIe on the afternoon
raceding her death, which she
had refused
Before his withdrawal from tho
stand the counsel for tho prisoner
on cross examination, inquired
where the the witness was on the
night of the murder. Son my
way to New York on the eight
O'Clock p NJ. train" was the ready
reply. To which the counsel
Simply responded by one of those
quaint SIN lis, so prevalent with
him when well pleased
The landlord testified thst
Blakely had left for New York on
the afternoon in question, and
several of The hangers on around
the dep t stated tina he bad Ike
the 8 o'clock train on that light
With this evidence the case for
the prosecution rested.
Counselor Kintzing, OH rising
for the defense, remarked III
substance that the evidence so far
was most dannns against his
client, but surmlsed that he conld
demoiish the whole edifre of the
District Attorney at one blow
The first witnesses were two
boys. vino testified having ound,
two weeks previous, while swim
ming in the mill pond at the end
of the village, handkerchief,
stained with blood wound tightly
round stone. On unwin ling
it one corner was found missing.
They had givenit to n gentleman
who instructed them TO say
nothing about it till called upon
by him.
The next witness was Mr..
Blanque, the New York detective.
At first he was quite at fault, but
on carefully examining Mr. Sum-
merville's grounds had found a
gold pin flower holder, with
withered moss-rose bud in IL;
also a torn piece of white liuen
handkerchief, bearing the initials
"W. b." futtering on thorn
bush at the back of the garden.
near where q picket was detache d
from the fence. Subsequently o
branch OF withered moss.roses
lacking one bud was found in a
vase in the room Blakely had
occupied in the hotel. The
withered bud in the pin was (
the same stock and fitted the
stem to nicely.
A citizen Of Burrstown swore
to having seen n man about Bl Ike.
ley's SIZE hurl something into the
the mill pond on the nj ght Of the
murder.
But the most important testi-
mopy was that OF the station
agent at Branchviile, who swore
TO having seen BIakely take the
IL o'clock Whiteha train from
that piace on the eventual night
At thisstage of the proceedings
considerable excitement was ere
afed near the door by the arrest
of William Blakely on a charge
of the murder of Mary Summer
Vile.
With the rapidity of a turbu
lent stream turned in its course,
public sentiment swayed round
instantaneously, and verdict of
"Not Guilty was rendered.
Blakely avoided trial by COM
hitting suicide. His written
confession stated that he had
leaped the train after leaving the
village, and under the cover Of
darkness logged the footsteps Of
Charles with the intention of kill
ing him.
He had seen him drop the
knife. which he picked up, aud
heard the interview between the
reunited lovers. Maddened by
their mutual happiness. in a mo-