The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-29

ON the first trial Of the suit Thorp who is a
married man, having wife and two children,
that night. On the second trial he said:
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In oorroboration OF Thorp's Testimony, Land
lord Clark and his wife testified that Mira Frost
somewhat before identifying. her. Edward ii.
ktmball. commercial traveller living in Os:
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he was well acquainted. Superb ntendent Of
the Poor H.,y. SPENCER swore that he, saw
IhhGrp ana an Glynn there and that he know
William D. O'Neil, the hotel porter, identified
gq 1dth aa rs F fos EdP ynn
sWore positively that they were not there.
Glynn says It is case Of mistaken IDENTITY,
istered at the Union Square Hotel New York
city, He invited The Sun reporter to call mt
Mable woman was there. he Is, told privately,
but that If the names Of the other couple were
brought TO vex the good people Of Oswego; for
the man and the woman are now counted viz
=, Having, arrived, at the, point of confession.
Thorp said he had taken Mrs Frost to house
Of low resort kept by Mrs: Klgse; that he did
in q bedroom with her for long time that he
had whistled for her, frequently, and that che
that he had ADO Often Kissed and huseed her but
that that was the limit OF his intimacy; his
attempts to be unlawfully intimate had always
The case OF the defendant consisted Of a fiat
denial Of everything that would incrlminate
with the crime alleged against his wife. DIR.
Poucher swore to q straight story denying any
that he caught on" to the Lorraine woman
her handkerchief Of him. He had taken her to
Seneca Hill, he said, but never took Mrs. Frost
there. He said he was on the Churchill road
on the day alleged, but the woman was Miss
Then Mrs. Frost took her turn on the stand.
She was an admirable witness. and faced the
crosS-examinati9n with nerve that won the
one Of her innocence. Her success with the
Jury was dye t9 the readiness and I apparent
admitting things looked
even teIlinE some things which the other side
she wanted the whole truth told.
Then lot OF witnesses, many Of whom we're
had lived sinful life. Addle Moshier said that
when keeping house at 81 East First street
Mr.. Frost occupied room there with one Mary
swore that when Mrs. Frost was in the uletrop-
oils Mr., Frost brought woman to the house
there some time. She, saw that the bed was
disarranged atterwardi She did not see the
woman. Frost came down stairs and carried
two bottles of beer UP to the room. The, bot
ties were found empty later James Scott.
Mr.. Frost. N In mai answer s to I'll" this testimony.
brought his mother feeble old lady, to testify
that she was the woman who went there that
night. The circumstances wero SUCH how
ever. that the counsel for the defendant openly
charged hat the lIqst brothers had taxed ad,
Induce her to perlure herself
b f to prove that frost had been IN
dleton. widow of canal Captain: living in the
Hnngerford block, was introduced.
=, Two. women. who had worked in q laundry
enter the rooms, and how they had obtained a
stcpladder and peered through stovepipe
hole They say Frost there drawing on HI;
In an undershrt only, One woman said she
saw him through keyhole.
Mrs. Middleton in turn swore she had care
fully closed the stovepipe hole with paper and
a tin cover before one date testified to- and.
further, that she had moved from the rooms bo-
ior0 another date. man who examined tho
rooms said that very little OF man sitting on
the bod could be seen through the holes, any.
habit OF visiting Mrs, Middleton said the bed
didn't stand as 1t had been alleged 10 stand
In the Frost house. swore she saw Frost and
Mrs HARDWOOD on sofa up stairs while MIS-.
fr0st was sick aowa stairs ap that S on t%I
wash the dishes The harwood woman mad
testified against Mrs. Frost. The plainifi al
legged Jennie had herself gone wrong ,ng;,ioad to
detailed story OF how he had driven r3st anu
woman 70 place OF evil resort, anu ~, l Ss
lieve Prosser under oath. For the maL,er o. ~
that. with few except ions the witnesses on p9Sn
SoEac we're bs d sad se S 70 81 n Of
excellent reputation by other neigh ors FROST
himself sWore to straight 10Y rs ms shnt
doings in life contradicting everything thht
had boon alleged against MIN, saN t,u that no
had boon uRbecomingly II within Two years
after his marriage. lle Ignored LLat point.
As matter OF fact there was scarce
another material point nj eyed against either
defendant or plaintiff which was MOI contra,
dicted under oath on the opposing SIDE The
perjury on one side or tho erLpeople here
say ON both sides WAS RANK II mere WAS any
other feature of the case more conspicuous
than another II was the tad character OF the
majority of the Witnesses brought to testify;
In summing up the case there was no end OF
righteous Indignation, sra'hlng denunciatinn'
vitureraiun. and GnSh, Hnd then alter an I'm,
partial charge by tho Judge he bewildored
Jury filed out to collect d, possible. their wits;
Hero r'm" tho lawyers for the woman and
say that Tho plalntilf was bY no means salts
fled tO lot tho Jury alone after tho cause was
submitted. Yalise tor q JufYman was sent
to the Iury r, ON. and tho detendants lawyers
assert that the plaintiffs lawyers tried to get
II into the room. They say that the father Of
one of the jurymen was Induced to try to un-
duly influence tho son, Ihoy say that the two
attendants on the jury repeatedly urged the
lury 10 agree, and argued the case Of
the paintif with them. They say that
District Attorney StOwell covertly threat
encd witness against Frost with prose-
oution for arson by asking pointed questions
about O fire that had occurred In her room;
They say that btoWell as District Attorney aud
the Frosts as influential politicians used their
influence to prevent the woman getting w.t.