New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-16
CROWLEY DECLARED GUILTY
THE J1JRY DECIDE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES

.yos,Sa ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL AND THE NE
coRDERs CHARGE.
Tho last dav of the trial of David Fl. Crowley on
sbe charge of assaulting Maggie MOTIFS tbe CONT
the same large crowds IN da apu The defendant
looked a" somewhat SU relieved having Mn
the severe cross-examlna'ion and did not
m annear Greatly affected at any time iney and
KEPT his eyes almost continually On ain@ aelfvered
wne i Tue mot;on was the rolling Of his eyes as
thew scanned one jurors face aiter Int
gle Morris did not remain IN Ino g Jv the day.
rooncI Charles S. Spencer who, with ~. er S
Anthony defended the prisoner n ma Cor about
closing address to the jury. ne of,eO Aimnassoned
an hour and his delivery was oi'0"
He said ,,a
o,,.rro :, worry easy one 10 make and very DIM
cult one TO disproye. girl IS placcu ~ and
position and sees no other way TO save ner N
40 makes such charge this That s the s et}hst
many This girl seventeen y eseort and remained
I'm hetween and o'clock on Sunday morning oSton
ley police sergeant sS saS be Regarded that
his liberty should not DO sworn away "i'"'
Assistant District-Attorney Nicoll, who had oeen
sitting beside Distnct-Attofney n nar He has a
address the jury shortly after noon. ~ he man
vontbfni pleasant face. and is grace1u III n nnd
6ers He spoke for nearly an hour anu n~1 a,rdict
made an earnest aud eloquent appeal ioI nontv Of
Of miitv He called attention to the enornIy y
the crime with which the defendant was 1n i@ht of
He then followed Crowley's ooinss vi 'ii'
the assault. Said he: 1890, ,oor
widow The girl herself In part the @ hall that
nous Without escort attending her not TO be @dgeo Ty
the rules of more w Ibe Whole story at
frs If 1t is true one. Do you genuehi oS an officer
appreciate the almost hSSSr SSca IF the police IN
the ewes OF the poor and humble ne %an,he lest
they should offend him. ~, r.. -
Mr. Nicoll closed his speech just in time 1or re-
cess at the usual hour Recorder SS ~ over an
charge after O'clock ana tSs @reateSt care
Though il was delivered almost entllely mI.nOuv
notes 1t was especially adapteH 70 @ f any
misunderstanding by members OF the !IiS ~ Dinht
noint of law involved in the case or tIat nlsnO
arise on the evidence. He said in part:
The crime charged is one Of the most iear been
severely punished. Under the the, ooTTrhn o first
it punishable 70 BY SyonslS Hs&'n is whether
defendant made an assault upon the csmpananS time
has pen eXpendcd the dispute are really lew
That this complainant and this defendant were ~ ta
e e vas committed that these persons were locked
mn In a room together other person pelns rsc1err
and that the S Tom are admitted %h1 mat
he locked IN the room 3uT T'nG the girl She
avs that she submitted because she Was r
By SSa wa. a4 thus in fear of lie bodily
harm Is her testimony cOrroborated tor sone GUl
IS sorrODOraed in ali points
Though confederation in every psrnSu a commtted
n Srms 'H far As can nd from the evidence there
is proof of llfeeng on the part Oh any There
Is an entire absence of any apparent o n1eT 6eber
the Of Blint You nave tS IN uouS Affect his tes-
The Recorder then defined the crime charged IN
the indictment, attempt at the same, anu assauI'
m tbe third degree and told the jury that ther YER
dict might be guilty OF one u VnoS' oN0"''' - "
guilty. o.oz ond IN 6ft.en Minutes
cont Ny1ord that they had agreed. The Recorder IN
a tone that showed that he meant wH n ne H saio
anu ,,a Who made any demonstration on the find;
ing Of the verdict, Foreman Behning rose ah%
Us his answer to Clerk Halls question as to the
verdict. Crowleys face showed euuuen roH;oT
of feeling but he did nototherw,se petraS % ~:
He leaned forward and answered In LOUD tone tiIe
n ,U Questions as TO his age and residence he
was remanded until Monday, and was taken lu fn
dately to Jail The penalty for ms oHoh00 40 Ai'',
Ten to twenty years imprisonment .. o. Al.
inspector Byrnes yesterday sent report ~ ,ba1
Beard of Police dsPToyyng had eI deayoTed to
procure evidence in favor OF CROWLEY. ne TIC 9 m3S,
Thai he had sent Men aught to ask II Justice Duny
x1onid accent bail when Crowley was iOckeu up az
poIina Hsadonarters Crowley had made demand
TO be taken before police justice. An ronot
McNaught cOntradictipg the puDIIsnott tTpeOt
about him, accompanied the inspector
%--
INVESTIGATING THE BROOKLYN CRASH:
There were few spectators at the inquest into the
5;sastIous fire in State-st, Brooklyu last weoA'
h;% Toroner Menninper began yesterday A dozen
LAWYERS attended, but the coroner Saiu that I1Gy
mist submit their questions III writing, AtSe i VIC
my com nosed of leading business men IN ulton-
~ had examined diagram OF the Durhe9 Duiid-
ines Inspector Long, of the Department VI Duiiu
ings said that he inspected tne ou ei gas and fonnd
which the accident occurred year ago anu lound IL
nothno wrong One of the tenants colnplalhe!u
that the floors sagged and he lound tlaD tli5
was true but there was no DANGER as tieS ii
sa@oed only two or three inches. Inc prlhclpal
weiSht was in the centre, where there was soaF
factory This was where the accident occurred -.
off
nest two months At the time Of his inspection hC
Told the agent. George c. Abbott, that II wouH ut
mn harm 10 put in another pillar, and MI. ADDot
sa,d he would do so. Inspector Burroughs COT
roborated this testimony. .,o. ,vho had boen al
F. A. Miller, the house-mover, VINO Hdu . oee1
work in the building just before IL 1ell testlnSo
that he was employed to shore up the building WINE
the foundations were being strengthened he hevel
got hermit for such work, but expected Ihe oWnel
go "a T. When he went through the building there
were twenty tons of silica on the thrG hOoi anu
said he would take care Oh that' no IaisHu SILL ~
oirder about an inch with Sorrows ana put shoriht
SSnder Il lin the cellar and then raised the girde
above with the screws. The building was oeins
strengthened because ithaa se5t re- bo ~ take TIE
screws ont They were taken out htteen minute
before the building fell there apearep 70 p SaV
settlement Then some of the hoorlng ap apo CAV cav
wav and came down. The witness taought IL wa wa
from where the silica was on the third loor. J. ~. IL
tmbers were heard breaking and ne ana ms io ~
ont The witness could not say whether u was III
weight on the third floor or the setting OF the ne'
brick piers in the cellar that caused the accideht
The hearing will be resumed to-day
SHOOTING AT THREATENING SIklkEkSl
Thirty-two German cabinet makers ana Woo
.orvers omnloved by A. S. Nichols g. Co., No; o Eas
Gne.hnndred and twenty -6ighth-st made dema an
for an increase of per cent IN her y, wages IS las
Saturday They were getting from SI 70 9Io
Ssek Int had been clamoring for more Tor seVera
months. Mr.. Nichols told the DELEGATION Whlc
met him that he proposed to run ms own pusnes
and when the men went out on stdke no 81
for Others Louis Brandt, OF No. u StuyVesahtssC
responded and went to work Being harassea ~
the strikers policeman was deegatcu W S's to