Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-02

sentatives down. He was about the fourth O.
hfth stair nom the bottom going down.
being competent in rebuttal. but The court aid
up to this peins the testimony vas preliminary
and not material.
The witness ssid that when the shot vas fred
he turned around and looked mp the stairs
Nov don't say what You saw" sid TIE
.Hov many p.ssons did yos sssr' ssksd Ne
district attorney.
II saw two persons" mid the witness, and
at the same moment the defense objected
M Cole said that what he expectsd 70 prove
was competent but unless he could state what
tons
Gen. orosvsnor argued that such testimony
should have been introduced in chief, and that
now II was Incompetent
Taulbee did not turn and run up the steps.
Mr. WILSON osyEcrs WITHOUT AVAIL
Mr.. Wilson said that the prosecution had
gone generally into the movements Of these
parties in their testimony in chief. This vas
one Of the vital points Of the whole case. Il
would Be hardship on the defense II in the
last stages Of rebutting testimony this new
feature OF the governments case was brought In.
Judge Bradley said the proposition was. -
ne understood, 70 show that Tsulbee did not
60 up the stairs. but stood whore he turned II
seemed to him that was part Of the govern
ment's case-in-chief. There had been one or
two witnesses for the government who indi.
Gated the same thing.
The district attorney sid be did not know Of
would have introduced him In chief
The district attorney asked II the witness NV
any one at the corner Of the stairs at the bot
tom. He was permitted TO answer the quss-
ton, and replied that be did not; that be WAS
certain there was no one there.
fuaN ~oa hrN,, - l.
stood, TO rebuff that Of Mr.. Stillman, who said
he was standing at the bottom Of the stairs
when the shot was fired.
Inc witness on cross-examination said that
ne told what he knew Of the occurrence to his
Congressman the day after the occurrence.
Mr.. Lowell came 10 his hotel last night With the
district attorney st II o'clock and had N inter.
view with him.
Oh. rAuLsrz CALLED.
Dr. Taulbee was then called 70 the stand and
testified that when his brother went TO make
speeches in the campaign in New York his per-
sonal appearance was quite different from what
Il was at the time Of the shooting. He was
thinner and clean shaven. At the time Of the
shooting his moustache was quite long.
The government then 1t 1:SS o'clock an
nounced the case closed.
Gen. Grosvsnor then made formally the
motion to strike out from the testimony what
purported to be Taulbes's dying declaration
and the motion was overruled.
TIE PRAYERS OF THE DEFENSE.
Mr.. Wilson said that owing TO the demands
on his time he had been unable to draft the
prayers for the defense and asked that he be
given until o'clock to prepare them. He sug-
gested that the arguments on the prayers
would be completed by o'clock today and the
arguments to the jury begun tomorrow morn
ing.
Thiscourse was aoreed n the ,urv mn. excu.ad
until tomorrow morning and the court took q
recess until 8 O'Clock, when the lawyers as
sembled in court without the jury to discuss
| the prayers.
ARoUNENTs TOMORROW.
The closing arguments tomorrow viii, IL ID
thought, consume the whole day and may carry
the case over to Saturday. Mr.. Clagett will
open the argument for the government BE
will be followed BY Messrs. Smith and Wilson.
for the defense, in the order named, and Dis
| trict Attorney Cole will close the case. Gen.
Grosvenor made the opening for the defense,
and Is but two speeches are allowed the defense
at the close will not speak again.