New-York tribune., 1885-02-12
THE WaIygRIGHT MURDER TRIAL.


Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
To,,s R,vrD N J., Feb. 11.-With the thermometer
down to zero when the Wainwright case was ro'u"o"'
the courtroom was much comfortable ihah IL ha'
been for the last few days.
Ious Annegate said that on the morning OF the
murder. be saw Rockwell Washington-st, ION
River soon after a. m Ho fixed the time by the iae'
that he left his homo to so to his place oil business
distance of about three miles. at about o ciock'
DIR Schureman recalled and stated that from '"o
appearance of the body il evident that it had not
been dragged through the bushes. The testimony OF
the stale has been the effect that the corpse nad
been dragged through the thicket near Cedr 0tceh'
where II was deposited.
Gobe corroboraed the tesmoy of Stout Johspn 70 the
effect that a person standing under Tue maple ree,
where Mary Bran said she saw hock"sh urFihS
toward Wanwrights on the morning OF the murder,
could not identify any one passing on the Mahohes'er
road. Al. . 81 ana
and that he is "a wdower. lie has Two daughters'
eighteen and twenty-one years OF age. VA the morn
lug of tue murder he was at nome NJ MS hoso anu Do
between daylight aud sunrise and came 10 ION hNer
ON foot Returning in few minutes he htchcd up ~,
wagon and drove down 10 Cook Hotel, mere nc ,'eu
his horse and walked around little whie Az haih
and Washington sts. hu met George Applegate Aiier
that he walked down TO Naylor N hopDhss : hPuoi
store and then went back TO the hotel staying hfoIu
towt. I'LL little past o'clock, when he drove Dack 70
his house where he remained until about ocloch
lie was in Toms River. down on the beacb, at tne
Pennsylyana Railroad station, at stanton i'i'
and at other places which he mentioned unlii just pe
fore sund,wn when he returned home. In the even
ing he attended lodge Of the odd fciioWs' "h'Io
there was an initiation After that lac again went u
the liauor-stnre and got something Ia ea renchihs
home AT night about o'clock, when he went u oen
On Tuesday morning he again rose between dayhsht
and sunrise, hiichod his horse To iarm wagon wion
Le loaded with some posts The wagon had high sides
and end boards. such ~ usually IA called coaiooA
He drove TO the saw mill and unioaded ne poS- su
then drove 10 the Luker field and procured load oi
pine needles. On his way there ho passed he VAN
wright house whtrc he saw Emma aud got lght iof
his cigar He denied having tied his horse nj the pine
tree Al The Luker field where the witnessei for the
State had testified that horse had been li'o; nor uu
be drive down the old road whore wagon tracks were
traced lie also denied having gone INTO the "oou- on
The south side of tho uSer field On his way Dack ne
drove by the Nauw rigA house saw Charlie aud had
oonyersatoI with him about The puppy "hich 'hhtlie
had testified about In gong 10 the house ana return
ing he went on slow :un' n he lei his morse ued
10 the bushes aud it being skish animal be wanted
TO return ~ soon possible lie then drove win the
load of pine needles o. Toms River. reaching nome
about 4 y. m. lie said that he had no way "i h'ih
the time acty neither his waich mo- Ms clock were
IN running oi.e. lie went t. ms hou'r unl1aded MS
pine needles In the yard, and then came WA town
and remained all the evening in the stores hotels and
Iiquor- shops reaching home about II o'clock. Inc
nert morning he got up eay aud took his with
some straw aud hay and drove over 70 NJ namDer
house by OF the Dover road t went Ihgto VI ,no
expectation of picking crdubcrres, bt ouhd nAi 'h'c
ere none. After uho1ding his straw on the Por'h
Le walked down To the upper bog. aud hndhg no Gran
berries there. walked down 10 the fat"an usSA'
alter .tnYinq around the house Tor whlc eating ms
lunch and smoking cigar, he walked hoNn 10 tL'
lower bog but falling to ind any cranoe,fie' Nv 10
turned 20 the hon.e picked some irit aud loaded ms
wagon with rails and went down the Lacy IoAd.
While al Bamber he did not drive his wagon GOWN W
Cedar Creek down TO- or across tho o"rr pos @ u'''u
fire there proclre any rails dfve hi, wagon around
the aI ule tree where wagon tracks were found on
his wny 10 iiamber he met Mr.. Beams aud had o"n-
yersation with him lie also saw Iebnlon brl'to' tne
xi,ncs. Who tr,tGcd that Rockwell had stated 10 hiin
that he had been up all night aud had been busy al
the morning. Rockwell denied having had ths oon ,
yersaiion lie reached homo just before Hnhu""n hN
unloaded his rails lie denied that the ccdii p'"n
produced in court from the bottom oi his wagon
aud denied having seen II before OF ha'ms
lett it ut Bambsr lie said the axe produced loohr lHo
one he had at Bamber but sand that In that week ne
had cut No sapngs wood or pianks WIN ~ his
attention was then called to the pieces of lead ana b'
sLo fouud AT Bnmber and he said that the buck shot
had bren left there year ago last iail "hch ho "'7
deer hunting there, and that The bullets hAa po'i ~
the hone for long time lie did not know how th,y
got there but supposed that oi the tenants WHO
had formerly occupied the house had lett a. en there
lie at Blmber that day. lnt TOOK no ora VIZ Ch
rotten pask from the house down toward cedar ,reoh
nor had ANYTHING to do with such wood. lhe witness
admitted having seen Wainwright on the saturday
night before tho murder. but denied having eafheu
that the hunter wac going early Monday morning TO
NOW Sheriff Aumnck lawn. Rock "el hdluit'ou th'
his hand scratched when he was at Waih"rign,s
hose after the murder The State SAID that the scfatch
was made by a brar when the body was cohcenieI'
but the witness stated that he receivrdhe sc,acn WIZ
Shasng & ns phPy Sy or S ook wa due to the fact
that he knew that the finger of suspicion was pohteu
at bIm. ,. 49,,
Did you kill or shoot Mr.. Wainwright T. asked ex-
Judge Hoffman.
{" ] did not" 49,
" Did you assist in witness the murderT
"No." 80,
"Did you convert, incite or hire any one to kill
WainwrghtP r.
"No. sr."
did you cart away the body and hide itP
." Oh. no. Why. saved his life on two or three
occasions"
How long is IT." asked Prosecutor Linderbury,
" since you saved his life last ~
I" Perhaps two years"
We're YOU friends then "
" Yes, SIR"
Were you friends at the time of his death, or for
year before r.
-. We used TO speak sometimes"
" Were you not unlrendly !"
" He was but when he talked In an uniriendiv way
/ would walk away"
"Did he not carry a revolver with which to shoot
Your
81 never heard of it,"
" Did no not threaten 10 smoke your liver !"
" lie wrote letter with ~ mehing like that IN H.
Rock we'll denied sthat ho told any that he couid
not tell where he at the time OF the MURDER Dc
cause ne at home. lie was asked why he did not
point out hs tracks in the Lukcr field VIII 10 the seach
for the body going on. and he answered that 10
did not know how that would free him from suspicion
.
LAROHMOyT YACHT CLUE OFFICERS
The smoke from a half hundred cigars filled
the upper room the Demonicos last evening In which
the Larchmont Yacht Club holding annual meet
ing discussing ways and for the coming summers
cruise. Tho club has 3Gi members In full standing loi
..f tffr I'm Ia.