The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-27
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Calvary Presbyterian Church,
Rev. T. Chalmers Elst9a, u. D.,

Pastor.
san FRANcIsco. Sept. 8. 1891 Sabbath eve).
m Ds0r Judge WuIhu: You Will pardon me
for addressing you once more and once for all in
reg RI 10 the case OF Stewart +. Bell.
Returning to the city last Friday from Los An
geles. / called a your beautiful rome Saturday
afternoon 10 have PERSONAL Interview, bur failed
see you. am 10 deep distress, and cannot rest
until my burden is laid at You feet. yea, more
mon yoilr heart Ever since ca me INTO the chris
tiau ministry &c las been part OF my pulpit teach
Ing 10 magnify the law, ana have taught capital
punishment was ordained of GOd and for the wei
fare Ot the state y o man has De en- OF can be now
more severe on crime and evil doing than your
humble servant 40 maa IS more free from an
maud!iu sympathy with the criminal element OF
society NeFer'nei eSs ia TINS case am constrained
To cry out against the extreme penalty being fu-
hicted on Bell. aud for these reasons:
Frst-The vast amount OF new evidence that Bell
IS NOT the murderer. Part o. tails evidence is on
hand and part can D" and VIII be produced should
have not rested day nor night but made the
of my brief time ln securing ths evidence. II
skeleton must DE unveiled Ia the jacobson family
then amen. sooner than have an innocent man 20
% TIE -ailcws II Bel was the guilty person 1
should insist that nothing less ana nothing more
should be inflicted than imprisonment for the term
OF MS natural Re.
Aud nay reasons for this VIII be apparent But
being innocent OF the murder beg new trial, so
that Justice does not iscarTy, and IN the Of
such BEN. granted the new evidence viii make
strange and startling developments jacobson was
rrodpre the murderer VINO Ia now pnder csosa and
Ccaseles5 surveillance, OF evidence SO oveTwh elm
iug that Boil is not the guilty person as will
pictey viudcae your decision that justice and the
trial. Future history Will write down your de-
csion De- this case as among the dearest acts Of
wise Jurisprudence.
secaud-The contrasting cases OF Campbell.
Schmidt aud Bell. ] hold now ia my possession
document Try proofs, not now, secured for this
purpose OF contrasting tbe cases oi THESE men, or
intended be used TO viudicate Bell, but were
given from year 10 year, showing the real record
and pass character OF stewart j. Bell. They date
from his boyhoOd ears in a straight and undeylat-
Ing line clear along up 10 within few months OF
has arrest TOT thls crime. Ihey prove his talents
and his moral character 10 be the best, both In col
iege, IN the United States service, aud with the
Case Manufacturing Company for several years;
also from the Los Angeles Electric Company. with
out single break, testiiyinR the good character
until we reach three or four months of his arrest
Does this count for nothing when contrasted with
tue record Of Campbell and Schmidt, who have
both been incarcerated In San Quentin for various
crlmes2
BY these documents in my possession Belps
record Is excellent aud stainless, but Campbell
ana Schmidt swear away the life OF Bell to save
their own necks, or. In other words. the lifelong
criminals 20 free ana the Innocent man goes the
when you these documents OF Bel's past
career you VIII be ready Ike any true-hearted man
aud upright Judge, seeking only TO administer JUS
tiCe IN the fear OF the supreme Judge OF Us all 20
say at once this mau deserves a new trial. We be-
heve we can produce the murderer when this pc
tton OF ours is granted ana thus prove these docu-
ments not as lalstyihg but as Justhyng BslPs pre-
Vous excellent character.
Third o correct evidence given under DeculIar
pressure Of circum stances.
You VIII point me 20 Bel's testimony during the
trial, his brayad0 aud brutal neerilg; grant it all
But, my dear Judge Murphy, hear me on this point.
That young man. Bell, has the hereditary faint OF
insanity. HIS sister Lillian. WAS confined as In
sane In Que of the ono asyhms. There is more
that could he said and Will DO said IL needed Oh Tbis
pain al subject OF insanity Proofs can be fur
Bshed II needed on that point.
regard Bells strange testimony TO his own
past mlsdeedS as given under temporary
alteration. lie has on his Bonded knees re-
greited these false assertions and while
couieSsing To me many wrongs against society vet
before God has deeply repe ted Of all his foolish
boosted representations Of past criminal acts. Not
an innocent mau-iar from that-he has made A
ltUf ,F
stated at his trial Ne then that day under the
luhucnce OF powerful drug and imagined he could
pay the role OF a Dick Turpin or IJurke His ira
was ired with deadly drug, and that drug handed
10 hin by the very wretch that Bwore away his life
All this, now as changed and converted man he
Iepeuts over. and mOurns his uumitigated folly
aud gross wickeduess.
OW, my dear h0nored friend come to you moi
as an attorney quoting legal lore but the servant
OF Jesus Christ and the servant Of righteousness,
ahd IN al the anguish Of heart that is breaking
over this case. now entreat YOU and beseech Won
in Gods stead for the life OF nv own son Won
VIII grant a new trial. II such a trial Will be
granted, justice VIII be hOnored IN you who sit az
G0ds representative on the judgment seat LAYING
all that Is here written before God to whom must
give an accoLnt for every word here penned, and
suppIcatlng his Richest blessings upon you. his
yicegerent, am, dear Judge Murphy. most faith.
iuuy yours THOMAS G. EAsrON.
Ps.-lf yon desire to see the certificates or Bells
good Character Will gladly show them TO you. L
TEDIOUS TELEGRAMs.
6eoTge w. Taylor, telegraph operator al
1ruekee. was call, 10 Identify certain telegrams
sent by Detective Brown from that point. lie
slated that hs saw Brown write a number OF
them; could not say that he wrote them all. The
witness plcked out Campbell the great affidavit
maker, from number OF persons sitting III the
1uiy-bOx, aud SAID he had on several occasions
seen Campbell and Brown together at Truckee.
IN the cross-eXaminaIiOn which followed,
Matt Brady. OF counsel for Bill. made a valuable