The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-25
RrRcHALL's TRIAL
,.-oe Crowd in Attendance and
q Much Interest Shown.

-ocx ONr.. Sept. 24.-The Birch
~ continued this morning, the court
- MIN. !, at 10 o'clock sharp. The prisoner
op Int well ami was up in time to per-
L. his usual careful toilet before being
IOl =, 20 face the judge and jury Tor the
calleN Ha was ready and waiting LOT the
1870 sheriff when the laIter dTrlVeu. II
oeputy reported that Birceall Is hand
mas the way TO and from the court
cu1eu ~ ~ Snch is not the case. He Is the
room, ~ most easy-going prisoner any Jaller
0uieuss.5 70 do with, and neither COM
ever ever. nor nor gives trouble ID any way:
pialILis vas the usual great crowd at the
Ine Iii entrance TO see him pass, and his
E'aaTanee was warmly criticised oy many
apP14aI1 has raised up in the community TWO
bircnan, as-ad narties-one in his favor and
eieaI!t - AGAINST him. The latter party are
the o .,I1rs numerous, and they are having
tne nv l,rvn yyev pretty well during the pre-
lne sa.ation of the case for prosecution, but
seii'IisonerFs friends are stalwart, and are
Ine Pt1onvinced that he is innocent or that
q..;II be impossible to prove him guilty.
rTh..ra was a great crowd IN the court
,oor1 including over nunureu IauIeA 1ne
I:I-l1or,s wife and sister-in-law were not
p rlso,t' Mrs. Birchall being too nervous and
I - stsnd the strain of watching the court
proceedings
TUE POST MORTEM EVIDENCE.
Tho evidence as to the post norton occu-
- the session up to the recess. DIR.
g u vino was called in to see Benwel's
~ tal +1ben it was found in the swamp, was
Uu23 witnese. He testified that the
-otbing was frozen to the ground. In
- If the attempt which the
,afense is expected to make TO prove
,bat the body did not lie In the
lDHN ,to If Fab IL tho 10 "
, Tnan Benwell was killed, DR.. Taylor was
-;,,,,taIv examined as to the condition of
W. body He said he believed that when
:. 4onnd il. it had lain less than seven days
stna swamp-possibly four. He described
~ wounds. and expressed the opinion that
+was impossible that they could have been
Sf-inficted.
THE SUICIDE THEORY.
The cross-examination of DR.. Taylor and
n. We1ford. who followed him, was direc-
ri toward the theory of suicide. DR.. Tay
In became somewhat confused under the
o- of Mr.. Blackstock, coun-
cd for the defense, who elected from the wit
,oss that since the event h chad been read
irgun on medical condition with reference
tocornses. and that witness statements of
today we're much fuller than he had
given before. Another point brought out
IN The cross-examInation, of which the
prisoners counsel made good use, was that
Inc shirt on the body did not Indicate that
il had been IN a storm such as prevailed
IN the night after Benwell disappeared
Twoor three other minor points tended to
the advantage of the prisoner.
LETTERS PUT IN EVIDENCE.
Fleen "lthesSos "o' haii,n al1ei
recess. Ohe was eniey, On ho
ION on 'he AIauv1o voy"s "no t"1u.nlieu
several ietIerS pqe Ia 9TAuouee as navlue
been written ~ Dlrcu ID Anotner "ltuess
was Connor y Dea VI hGi n.y. ~, au eAperC III
panlwrlng' WY UeeUiIeu .na1 ou9 IeIeere
dentIhea ny reies as wriC.en py DircnaI'
ana t9e famous 40, e'Ceis maiC.en ~. ~ III Den
we'll letneF Oh tne victim III UnlS 'rageoy'
we're IL we same ua anu Ni. o,;oo ..;
Chief 1onng OK 1he NIAGARA ponce, test-
No. in he'd when arrested He arose when
told he was arrested, asking no explana-
hon, and making no complaint lie acted
IS if he knew for what ne was arrested.
Young Identified BenWelFS pencil and keys,
the articles found on Birchal when
arrested.
Wien the court rose at 6 o'clock, there
was great crowd 10 see blrchan come
olt. lie passed through the staring CROWDS
without seeming discounted.
AN r,rpoprANr nrScoyyrpv
A' AVA 80 ANi us
An important discovery In the Blrchall
sse was made to-day by Government De-
tat sensation was created after BenwelIs
Ndy was identified by the discovery
d the entry, IF. G. Benwell,"
On the register of the Commercial hotel,
Bantford, date of Jan. Is. The coincl-
dHce of names was remarkable, and
bfchalIs lawyers relied upon the
circumstances in shaking the crowns
case. To-day Archibald Neema and
bacd Murray, both living at
Bradford at the time of the murder, con-
ieSed to Detective Murray, that the entry
was made for a lark. Two fictitious entries
were made, IF. c. Benwell, Bristol, Eng. !"
tnd another, ~. w. Rogers, Europe
Dis Is considered to be a heavy blow for
he defendant.
STORY OF THE CRIME.
Tb.or.
kbe u VI sIe eAtra0rolnary STORY OF
fa tTu,uef Gs Cou Dy Une Wortd are briefly
HetnrnoS =, PI', ana ms handsome VIE
WooJs ~ aIOer SIX montns spent
,srtiso,ao', anu biTchail inserted an ad-
Eora yriSu -. f tl Cne LONDON newspapers
~, ,',,'Ir', 60 IolLoms:
.i M "a. ANY ERTiSER, married man, hav-
entemarn ann en- NJ Oenaaa, WISHES to meet with
siness NTH view, i've of WIN nun ana learn tne
so 70 eztena stock; board and iodgiue given ,i1
nd Interest at per cent. until partnership ef-