Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-02-09

o'ANSS, '|Alihe@Lu Q suITt, tTOuseTS,
coat, shoes, gun and letter he had
written to his wife in prison, together
with a bit of fence rail, corn husk
and pieces of Mrs. Handles scalp.
skull, eyebrows and flesh.
Attorney Clymer opened the defense
in three-minute speech, stating that
he would prove an alibi. The evidence
of his first three witnesses, Charles
Fox, a German, and Sarah and Elmer
Dunham, brother and sister, cousins
OF the prisoner, were to the effect that
the latter had driven past the store OF
Wesley G. Dunham, their brother,
near Munroe village, at twenty-five
minutes after II on the morning of
the murder, at dog-trot pace. Their
evidence was not shaken by the long
and persistent cross examination to
which they were subjected by Prose.
icutor Perry. Then Benjamin F. Gar
rison, together with Henry Dunham,
Georges brother, and Wesley, his
cousin, testified that they had driven
a farm horse with light wagon
over the nearest route from the Kan
die farm to Wesley's store in fifty
eigE and half minutes, and that
they had found the distance by actual
measurement to be four and three
fifths miles. A red rag had been
placed in the spoke of the wagon
wheel measuring twelve feet three
inches in circumference, and by count
ing the revolutions of this wheel they
had accurately calculated the distance
traversed in 2010 revolutions. Samuel
Mead, Wharton Dilks and Rowland
Kinsell pronounced the route meas.
ured as the shortest between the two
points.
At twenty minutes past 4 the pris-
oner himself was called When his
name was uttered he rose from his
chair without hesitation and quickly
crossed the room to the stand. His
counsel coached him at the start as
one might coach backward child,
leading him step by step along a
sinuous path. Dunham's answers
were given in weak, detected voice.
and were mostly confined to mono-
syllablasg The first part of his story
was similar to that given by the States
witnesses, detailing his movements
before and after the murder, except
that he fixed the time of his departure
from the HANDLE farm to go to his
fathers at little before 8 O'clock OF
Thursday morning instead of after 8
o'clock. Frequently he paused long
before he answered ard when his coun-
sci questioned him as to finding Mrs.
Handles dead body in the fence cor
ner Dunham put his hands over his
face as though to keep out ghastly
vision.
What did you do when Squire
Coombs and Mr.. Mead discovered the
body?" asked Mr.. Clymer. I'm my
sorrow answered Dunham tremulous-
ly, with an expressive motion, Il put
my hands over my face, and l suppose
they thought was laughing"
Had you any expectation of being
benefited by Mrs. Handles deathg'
mo sir,n responded Durham feebly,
at the same moment putting his yellow
silk handkerchief up to his face.
When he withdrew it there were evil
dent signs of tears in his eyes. Attor-
ney Clymer adroitly prolonged the ex-
animation by questioning his witness
as to immaterial details of his subse-
quent doings until the clock struck 5,
the hour of adjournment.
When George Dunham took the wit
ness stand on Friday in response to the
call of his counsel, the whole assem-
blage immediately concentrated their
attention upon his trembling form.
Attorney Clymer began his questions
in mild, encouraging tone, but the
prisoner responded feebly and vaguely
after frequent lapses of silence. Some
tliutS LIS NOlCG UcCdiuC ditOScUllcI
inaudible. He placed his hand over
his moustache and rubbed his chin,
casting his eyes on the carpet.
us this your gun, George9" said
Attorney Clymer. holding up the dis
jointed barrel and stock of the weapon
with which Mrs. HANDLE is claimed to
have been killed. ut looks like one |
had" answered the witness after a
pause.
Where was it kept, George2n I'm
the wood house, think"
"Did you have that gun in your pos
session on the Thursday when your
mother-in law was killed? "No,n
came the indistinct answer after an.
other pause.
did you make use of the gun on
Thursday for any purpose mo"
What clothes had you on that
day?" ''The clothes was arrested
in
The blood stained pants, shoes and