The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-13
WILSON HIS OWN LAWYER.
He QUlRRELs WITH LAWYER HOWE,
VINO WALKS OFT or COURT.
IL 10 said that Mr.. Howe Wanted TO Keep
lulm OF the Witness Staad-He Questions
Witnesses and Produces some Letters.

Witnesses and Produces some Letters.
8. +. Wilson. manager Of female baseball
mines. and on trial In tho General Sessions for
abducting Iibbie Sunderland. jumped up
when court opened yesterday and said: '" Be
fore this case goes any further. your Honor.
want to be heard. Ihave something OF impor-
lance to say to the Court"
Judge MARITIME sounded his gavel and told
Wilson to take his seat.
Before you say anything. Wilson," Judge
MARITIME said. ut will be wiser. think. for
you to consult with your counsel"
have declined to have anything to say tn
Mr.. Howe" rejoncd Wilson. ancilry: though
l do not intend any disrcspect to him."
Mr. Howe appeared to DO astOnished. He
said to the Court: 1T il my judgment that tho
evidence Is in sufficient to Justify verdict OF
guilty. and therefore gave my client advice
which l believed to be the very best advice.
based on extensive experience In the practice
OF tho criminal law. But he resents it. and
now desires to plead his own cause"
dol" intcrposcd Wilson. Il have not n
doubt TINT / can plcnd 1t rs well as any lawyer
that lives. When was charged once before
In this city with an offence like this. or some
thing like It, pleaded my own case and was
that occasion remnrkcd that the rompa inant
ought to be put behind the bars and not my
s ss end n Nil sSH a i %s at dsr
similar remark about the scoundrels who have
At this i point Wilson elared at Assistant Dis
him. Judge MARITIME told Wilson that he could
s his %ny but H wsSn sn t"t lie aG
sci at all. but TINT he would like to have Inv,
yer Clark Bell. who was in court. rs associate
counsel. he conducting Ms own case. Mr. Bell
said that he would not like TO h9ys ., any such
wests becaqss he did not think that Wilson
The stets .pp Ese%S ,oyS 70" will but
Mi. Bell consented 70 act, as Wilson's adyis.
CRY counsel Thercnpon LAWYER HOVE y hi, his
coat and papers. and started out OF the court
II demand. your Honor" shouted Wilson.
"thnt Mr.. Howe DO compelled to leave me all
Lawyer Howe turned and glared upon Will
II have !eft tts man all Of his papers" spid
he. and will heap Goals OF fire upon his
my own personal notes of tho evidence thus
ni.nuscript upon the table before Wilson. The
Goals Of fire did not seem to affect Wilson at all.
s tat TIE sa" an, q wi the %
TINT Mr.. Howe advised Wilson not to take the
witness stand ~ ,.,> ,,, ,vuso, s,oo
for a half interest in the management Of f.;
male baseball nine. but threw up the Job and
h ahs
Wilson and George Francis Train. who
the 'es WITH red 7" great blue
ear = now 10 ~ ana Ssn
cross mine Cameron His questions aver
SsfnS ~ o %Ysd ses sfe t. wEsSS
endeuvor was to show that Cameron had
caused his arrest rs a matter Of spite because
Of SeGC. and M got BACK only $3.50 TIsn Wilson
sought to make Cameron say that .st. he .,a had
s bers Of tRe n nu and s had supplied them With
whiskey. but Cameron vigorously denied this;
The %sons ana on tHs
eient IN" judge d MARITIME denied the m%t9n IN
intended to marry the girl AZ soon rs she be-
came OF age. and would marry HERTZ he were
Then Wilson recalled Libbie Sunderland. the
chid complainant He asked s her Whether ss
West Seventeenth street. with Mrs; Brown. at
his expense. She said that she did; She said
went to his rooms on Third avenue after the
theatre ON two occasions and spent the night
y, Didn't YOU write to me at least five letters;
home in BinGhamton. asking me t. take you
"&fy d hGe s suii i Iibbie s"AAse i" ms
Was there not my child. at one time
poorHoIse. aud was not that prevented hy
Judge Downe. who said that you would be
Set shs with and hsn ws with
shame to put you IL the poorhouse
Now, my girl" Wilson went on. lis 1t not
time YOU, had hardly, anything tq ct for a
That's 4 fact" reDlieu Iibbie,
Then Wilson, showed her several letters
w With shs head head Ssr % SsPE e n hsnS
Wilson said that he had no further questions
to ask; and the little girl stepped down M from
her way back to her seat within the bar. WILL
sent u bouquet Of flowers to You.
a Wilson then Looked around y,aiply Tor some
@ asd t ta bee ena on s e.
however. had resumed tho flowers and gone
Henry A. Brockway. proprietor Of the, Ash:
land House: John A. Robinson. proprietor Of
the H%"se and Rayd Il
9ne%S EsS saes Ws al sSsH fSd
eers Sbe lad Hs saiEs sa hs
they were not "a his HANDWRITING. but when
tyEe aprea,ea to be upon the receipt Then
ccipt. They were dated in ,scntember. They
purported to be written by Sunderland TO vii
son. In one OF the letters Sunderland said that
people nn there meaning t the society aS
done nothing for hun. They had promised
him new sMit Of clothes. PVT he did not get
LhbIe had spped him note; telling him that
ss ss I' It TO So %T0 sen"
him $50 he could bride Tho Imatron
low Libbio to escape. II Wilson would
send 500 that would be enough for him aud
Libbie to live on and keep out OF the way until
The charge against Wilson was dismissed
Snnderand fad that II Wilson womd sen send m
son could DO right Ry Libte when he ret out
swers to y" Mrs. $. Doyle. General Post once"
In tho oteer letter Sunderland wrote that the
mntron at the soclety's headg uarters WAS very
much disappointed at Wilson snot sending the
do with the scheme. Sunderland also said
that tho society had changed matr99ns; A.
letters were forgeries. and that no had never
written them.