New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-27
FOR AND AGAINST BIRCHALL
ALL THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION
PRESENTED.
WITNESSES FJE THE DEFENCE TESTIFY - A
STRONG CIRCU M>T TANTIAL CASE AGAINST
THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF

YOCNt; BEN WE'LL.

THE AHLEGElD MURDERER OF
YOUNG BENwrFrI.
Woodstock, ont, sept o6.-Tlc court opened this
morning at 10 O'Clock and in spite Of the sloppy. rainy
weather there was no apparent falling oil in the size
of the crowd. Miss CROMWELL Of Eastwood was the
hrst witness to-day. She testified that on February
IL she went the station to meet some friends VII"
we're to come on the 30 train. She met Brchal in
the lane coming from the Brantford road TO the station
He dressed in navy-bue short cost and black
cap. His shoes were muddy and hls trousers were
rolled up She did not at that time know him. lie
entered the station und bought ticket for Hamilton
She had DO doubt to his identity with the prisoner
James Hayward. young storekesper of Eastwood.
testified that he at the station on the day i'll 1eN
ton about 3: rs O'Clock. and saw Miss smith there
also Birchall. who the platform.
Henry Jones. now at Drumbo. formerly porter at
the Eastwood station. the next witness. ON Feb
r1iary II he saw at nearly half past , y the
| platform with Miss Alice smith. This man he after
ward identified a the jail IA Brclia
Miss Mary Swayze saw the PRISONER at the Eastwood
station on February L. Her description of hi> cloth
Ing cOincided with those Of former witnesses. His
boots were muddy and his trousers were rolled up.
George Hay. a brakeman the Grand Trunk Rail
way, testified that he worked on the morning west
bound Eca train from Eastwood to Suspension Bridge
The witness was positive that he Eirchan get on
at Eastwood and that he him last on that run at
Niagara FALL. He knew the prisoner we'll having
seen him in Woodstock in the winter Of l9as. where
| he known Lord Somerset He had efen nm
with Dudley. This prisoner got of the train at lanil
| tom and when hs back he had "A 'he for
| Niacar, Falls. Witness the prisoner again on
February 1I when he got the train AT suspension
| bridge on the American side. and got on on the
| Canadian side.
The witness was a little confused on eros, eXenna
| tOn.
Jane Duiied. rews agent on the Grand Trunk
train from Niagara Falls to London and renrh ewo''
that February |. last ac saw the prisoner on MS
| train. The tain nearing Princeton when he first
| noticed the pr.>onrr He remembered the day par
tculally we'll because on rhit dsv h" had t" change
| hi boxes from one train another which WA n"'
| usual. Witness confined:
| Il wae ps>>n. through tie train with go'd~ fol-
sale and noticed the prisoner III the smoking car ]
| tried TO sell him "A book and ccdcd. The book |
| sclJ HIM Mark Twlin'> Tramp abroad. sold
ktn a.s, cigars and oranges between Prince
| ton and Wiiora the iir,t station east of Hamilton.
lie got of at Hamilton and got tchct for Niagara
| Falls. | sat down with the prisoner for about laI
an hour and talked together. lie ASKED about
business the road and told hs name was smith
| and he his to liuiaO, where he wa I"
| meet his brother. lie offered me a cigar winch !
| took. lie also lad na,k and o""fr' me- ~"mcthr:
ont Of it. hut told Fin didn't u-c IT, noticed that
hi boots very muddy and that hs Trousers were
| rolled mp"
| "corce Crumball, Grand Trunk Railway ticket
clerk. dcn.-i tho >iTh> {" ~" t,kete l., East"'.ri
sold NIAGARA ra'I- hctvecu ) y. m. ON ieh7u,r,
IS aud p. III. oh February u !aNt. Thc>" Wec tn"
only tickets sold from that pon, io' Eastwood for
| two week. before and for week aft"rWaN
Mr. Oser. for the Crown. alIinurccd that this Wa
| all the evidence against The prisoner.
At the instance of tie defence yOuug Me Donald.
who hcar shots in the swamp on February L. was TO
ND he Nr DI.c1-
To the statement made by him. lie would not deny
that he had said that Frfedenlmrg who corrt,"r1cd
hi evidence, WIS lot with him. that 'crr VA,
interval Of four I'VE minute, between thu ,l":s "r
that between :: and = 90 D. n wl,n he h':,id
the firing but il he liad ,ad these hn., t'y Mere.
| true. The ahJpurnoi until = D. n,.. When the
| evidence for defence entered upon
john k"bi whose M"'4'% :, h 'h =" mIi" from tie
!r>t wtne>, for the defence. IN IA" r'ci!iI& Il
Trd T1IuAoH oe s,@% @sS" after Gc H. o M f% m n r""
Watching. he Il" one inan come oti. ,'H'hcr f'!'"
| nc hn. They went west.
Mr,. schultz, German woman, calrd n'Nt
-" ,ad ;ic lived across the road from EO3p,. Nhr
seSta TWO >hos When song oyer to Hob"'- house on
John frc'lcnturG. vii" lves ono mlr FROM III" place
where the body VA, iou.d. ,@ld that on t"ru"i, u
| he hauling log. for Sir. kIpp GUvcrh'h'~ I;pad
and ovcrtooh iwo l"nng men gong ra-' Ih'y "cr'
strangers and asked hin II ticy 'ould rd" win lin.
thanked HIM for Tie ride. and 'nIIinucV TIER WI:
coats and I'D have mu-:icleS. N"iih'r of them
WAS III" prisoner II was aboni hdf pat 10 III The
| morning.
James Atkinson, The r"ht winr-,. l. a Dr,mhp
hc,"l keeper. ON February 70 c'iiy ~ ia" morning.
two men 10 his pI'" ana ''ll,d mIi u. IT.,
| gave them crackers chrc>c aud hcct. one NJ. Fob
eIt COlwcil. the other framed Haker. The latter
,1c f.u bori, With tnth,r> o>rr ,Acm. They W..
rather the ''r drink T!ic buggy which ti"y
came was muddy. lie knew upiInr n,.ur.t cd
we'll except th"t he occasionally w"nii get pr"'
| Eaker va, - striii.ryr to the WiiIr-~.
NJ. Oliver. farmer, living aud one lr,n mile,
north Of PiincoOn. stated I,t ahUut February l. -
in he % dp thg gucdI m Il,
pr.nceiom to buy h">c,. aud had u,acd the ga,.
Andrew Young. fBim"r. living al" one aid , bali
mile, uoIth o Princeton, .w"rr that "n Thursday
ing February 20, al 3 ,lNh. two strangers ,rird
Al HI, door a-ted tie WAY they driving.
Their fo0t>ep> iuanditr al The door, ksdiu. Inn
10 suppose they rIbbcl,. The next morning he
Daniel strsub live, IN Princeton. Wheie his fat her
keeps hotel ON Thursday Lr'nr' The body VA
fonnd at II a M Esher % aad 'o~rll droic TO hi,
on the coronc1> jury went up 10 III" spot Who're
Itenw-lls body wss found the dav after lie discovery.
on the road near the swAnp hc the track OF a
two men about IN The swamp. The Diseased man
boot would not make mark TO oo1r' pond with any
Of these.
| Thomas COwan. 81 Wood>tocl. ,;,d that colNe ana
another man came hi, hon-e Wednesday Tue
day morning. They seemed 10 be on drunken spree
william Lancaster lives two m lc. from where the
BODY was found. He said that Thursday mDrninr
at 30 O'Clock G"jr2e Baker aud C"lu"ll had com"
10 his house apparently drink aud using bad language
After some words they drre of ~ their buggy.
Several witncs tDp,I the St,d 4, that Wien
they I}cnwcll's body they Thought thcy r,CpInizd
him Is pcder they had seen at" mt Wopd>i".k Then
several witnesses testified that certain trail IN tn
swamp mentioned by the crown "thc9aca uiu Hpt
exist.
ATALK WITH TIE EARL OF ABERDEEN.