The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-04
TRYING FOR AN ALIBI.
Friends Of EIIwood Say He Was in
Brooklyn on August 27.
HARTFORD EVIDENCE EXCLUDED,
Judge Wilbur Ruled That IL Had No
Connection with this Case-Detective
Parker Tells of His Connection with the
Case and Conversation with Ellwood.

Gentleman George Ellwood con-
tinues to be the centre of attraction at the
Court of Common Pleas. II is, without
doubt, the most interesting trial that has
been held in the State since the famous
Spike Murphy trial three years ago.
Inc watch chain which was found in his
clothing in the Worcester hospital was
the point of attack when the CouI Z
opened this morning, and Edgar w. Mar
TIN, the manufacturing jeweler, was put
on the stand. He said the business of his
nrm was gold chain making. lie made
a. solid gold chain for Mr.. Humphrey
about seven years ago. IL was an unusual
chain, as IL was "A heavier one than the
ilrm was accustomed TO make Of that pat
tern.
The chain found on Ellwood at Worces-
Ter was shown and identified il by the
nrm.s private mark as the one made for
Mr.. Humphrey, but on cross-examination
would not say for certainty that 1t was
the same one. He was pretty sure II was
Mr.. Humphreys, as he had never known
OF the firms making another like it.
Detective Parker, who was on the stand
when the court adjourned yesterday after
noon, was asked TO take the stand again
and finish his testimony.
On cross examination Mr.. Baldwin
questioned Detective Parker as TO the
phrey. Witness admitted that she was
shown Ellwood knowing him TO be the
man she was TO identify. She was not re-
quired to pick him out of half dozen
men.
This was the usual way of Identification
employed by the police in this city. He
was not allowed to answer the question as
to whether he considered this fair way
TO identify a suspected person.
The Hartford link in tie evidence in
which the State would attempt 10 show
that the man shot by Charles G. Frisbie
of tSat city while attempting to
burglarize the latters house and
following day, was the same person, was
not allowed, Judge Wilbur ruling that
the prisoner was on trial for the burglary
of Mr.. Humphreys house in this city and
that alone. He could not be tried here for
what he was supposed TO have done in
Hartford
Detective Parker's testimony closed the
States case, and after stating TO the jury
that the defence would be TO prove an
alibi. Mr.. Baldwin called James II.
Smith Of Brooklyn to the stand. He met
the defendant in Brooklyn during the last
week in August
1t was on Sunday that he was intro
duced TO him and he had seen him on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday preced-
ing that day. On the Sunday in question
he went down TO see Ellwood, whom he
knew as Wilson off on the Troy boat. He
was certain that it was on the last week
in August, but in cross-eXamination was
little uncertain about whether il was
the last week in August or the preceding
week.
His wife corroborated his testimony.
She had known Ellwood from childhood,
but had not seen him since seven years
ago when he boarded at her mothers
house, until the last week in August,
When he came TO her house on Thursday,
the date of the robbery. lie was in Brook
lyn during the next three days, and she
was certain he could not have been in