The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
The Trial of Carlyle W. Harris Be-
gun in Earnest.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 1885,. .-Ihe last
juror for the trial of Carlyle W. Harris
for the murder of Helen Potts was Sc
cured this morning. He is Joseph Bell.
Albert Field was then substituted for
Juror Higginson by agreement.
Over the court room, in private room,
several of the girl pupils in the Comstock
school were waiting to be called as wit
nesses. They preferred not to enter the
court room.
In his opening statement Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wellman reviewed the
history of the remarkable case at the bar.
dict on the facts he would pre-
SENT and warned the jury against
being misled by Interruptions
of counsel, which were usually made in
such cases to divert the thread of the
testimony, but. he added, he did not be-
lieve counsel in this case would resort to
such methods.
Cara Said to be COrnered.
LAREDO, Tex, Jan 10, 1S92-From pri-
vate sources a reporter learns that
Cara and five or six followers
have been located at a point called
Iona Prieto (Black HilD, near the line
of Encanal and Duval counties. and ii
the authorities get down to business he
will probably be captured there.
England May Mediate.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10, 1S92.-The rumor
that the Yorktown at Valparaiso
had been fired upon by Chileans
is generally discredited. but the air
is filled with rumors of war, and
there is a hurrying to and fro of officials
between the department offices. Senor
Montt still processes good will and MAKES
out satisfactorily after all, but nothing
tangible is yet forthcoming.
Senator Cameron, Chairman OF the
Committee on Naval Affairs, had talk
with Mr.. Tracy. and several Senators
and Representatives saw the Pres1-
support and Endorsement of the firm
stand he has taken.
1t was said today that Chile had asked
England to mediate.
A Chilean Mail Steamer Wrecked.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Pacific Steam
Navigation Company's mail steamer
Jonn Elder. from Valparaiso for
Liverpool, has been wrecked on
Caranza Rock, in the Straits of
Magellan. All the passengers and the
vessel itself, it is expected, will be total
loss.
1t is believed that several refugees
from the American Legation were among
the passengers. The rescued will be
landed at Conception, a Chilean port,
27O miles south of Santiago de Chile.
Nurse searvant's Defense.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 10. 1S92.-The trial of
Herbert Searvant. the trained nurse, for
twice shooting Mrs. Cora Chapman, was
continued today. Searvant took the
stand in his own behalf. and be-
gun a recital of what hap
pened while Mr.. Hawley Chapman,
Mrs Chapman aud witness were at Il
hotel in the Catskill Mountains. His
story was so shocking that Judge Moore
stopped him long enough to clear the
court room of women.
| The story took no more than ten min
utes in the telling, ard then the lawyer
| said:-"That's ALL" and after a moment
| Judge More admonished the District At
| torney bluntly to "Cross-examine"
| Searvant shrunk involuntarily in his
chair.
There was dead silence in the court
room of Mr.. Ridgeway turned up towal DIS
| the Judge face saturated with the ex-
preston of disgust and he said:--
mot question"
Searvant hastily shrunk away to his
place against the big white Corlnthian
pillar as If glad to escape so easily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman were not in
court.
The object of the evidence, Chapman's
lawyer said. was to show that he was in
sane at the time of the shooting.