Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-26


WOODSTOCK. Ont, Sept %. = At the
Birchall murder trial Manager Fuller, of
the Woodstock bank, identified Birchall's
handwriting in the various documents
placed in evidence Misses Lockhart, of
Woodstock, and Choate, OF Ingersoll, and
Conductor Poole testified that they saw
Birchall and Benwell on the train on Feb
II while they went from Paris 10 Wood
stock. and that they got of at Eastwood
Several other witnesses gave similar testi-
mony
witness Paints
Joe Crosby swore to meeting two English
men on the Governors road between II
and i9 o'clock, Feb. a. He described their
dress. which was like that Birchall and
Benwell wore that day. Identified the
prisoner in the box as one of the men. and
swore he saw ~ other dead in Princeton
cemetery when Benwells body was ex-
humed.
The most searching cross-examination
failed to disconcert the witness, although
there was much sensational interruption.
Crosby grew deadly pale, tottered and fell
into the supporting arms OF those about
him. lie soon recovered. Through 1t all
Birchall's face was as lmmovable as that
of a craven image. Mrs. Ferguson testi-
fed to seeing two Englishmen pass her
place on the Governors road going towards
Blenheim swamp one day early in the week
of the murder Her description did not
tally faithfully with that of Birchall and
Benwell George Perry swore he saw fresh
tracks in his field in the afternoon Of Feb
8. The toes pointed to Blenheim swamp.
They were made by boots one pair longer
than the other. Mr.. perry's son gave cor.
roborative testimony.
They Heard Shots Fired.
Archibald Edmondson and William Old
ham swore to seeing two Englishmen going
toward the swamp on Feb. II. Ellen
Fallon, who lives Immediately west of
the swamp, swore she saw two men pass
her home on Feb. Il going towards the
swamp. One was walking ahead Of the
other. The forward one wore a cape coat.
George Freedenburg, George Mcdonald
and John dickinson all swore they heard
two shots in the Beinheim swamp be-
tween l and 2 o'clock on Feb. II. They
sounded like rifle shots, and were fired
twenty to twenty-five rods from where they
were. They were hunting. dickinson
came from AUSTIN New, to testify, the
government paying his expenses and wages
while here. He went to Nevada after the
murder
And Birchail Was Alone.
Alexander Logan swore he started driv-
ing from Woodstock to Princeton at i;2o
on the afternoon Of Feb. II and met man
walking alone to Eastwood near the swamp
where Benwell was killed. The man wore
curly cap and short coat. Have you
ever seen him sinceYn Eyes. III Wood.
stock Jail. The prisoner is the man saw. =
/ Charles Buck met a solitary pedestrian on
the same road little later two or three
miles nearer Eastwood The man asked
the way to Coolies, saying he wanted 10
reach Woodstock. Witness told him he
could reach Eastwood quicker than Coolies
and the man started toward Eastwood The
Tf@ witness said Birchall was the man he
met. Several witnesses testified 10 the date
Of Dake's ball at Princeton. 1t was Feb
II. Many previous witnesses had remem-
bered the day OF the murder by Dake's
ball
Pretty Girls Evidence.
Alice Smith was the last witness before
the court adjourned She is beautiful
brunette, plump and rosy, and said she
was aged II. She testified that she knew
/ Birohall as Lord Somerset in 1888 She
was then living with her grandfather neal
1 Eastwood, but is now engaged with Pho
/ tographer Zybach at Niagara Falls, Ont
/ Her evidence was eagerly listened 10, and
| when upon cross-eXamination Mr.. Black
| stock made an almost brutal attack on
her character there we're murmurs OF dis
| approval on all sides. She testified thai
Somerset visited her grandfather's sew
| eral times. She swore positively that she
saw Birchall at Somerset Station Feb. II
| and chatted with him for some time. Hs
said he had been to the northwest on bust
ness relating to horses and bought ticket
for Hamilton. She next saw him in Wood
stock Jail. He was now in the box before
her.
The day at Somerset Birchall's boot
were very muddy and his trowsers wer,
rolled up. The defense then endeavored Il
show criminal intimacy between Birchal
and the witness and endeavored 70 besmircf
her character.
Her Lover Threatens Vengeance.
"Are you engaged TO be marriedp asked
| Mr.. Osler, coming 10 her rescue. She re
1 piled she was engaged to marry Constable
/ Blunt at the Falls Blunt was In the couri
4 room and Is wild at Blackstock's insinuR
| tions. He threatens vengeance Mr.. Oslel
before adjournment said only eight crown
witnesses yet were to be called; that theii
| evidence would be brief and be In before
adjournment today II will be observed
/ the circle Of evidence is nearly rounded
1 out. The evidence has traced Birchall from
| Buffalo to the swamp and back to East
i wood station. Within that circle there Il
/ overwhelming circumstantial evidence
making out wonderfully perfect case.
The Battleships VIII he "Terrors."
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-The navy de
4 partment recently invited Commands
4 Chadwick and Lieut.. Buckingham, nava
| attaches in Europe, to visit this countr,
and give their opinion of the plans Of thu
new battleships which have just been com
/ pleted by the department. These officer
are thoroughly familiar with this type o
vessel, and after thorough examination
OF the plans pronounce them to be equal o.
superior In power to any Of that type nov
under construction in any navy, and SAL
that the development of process Of oul
/ design reflects the highest credit upon thi