Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-11-25

Allegheny County Criminal Court, last
Friday.
District Attorneys Burleigh and Goehr-
ing. we're assisted by Attorneys Robh'
Patterson and Breck; and the counsel for
the defense included Marshall, Reardon,
Bremen and Cox of the Ale
gheny County Bar; G. W. Argo of Sioux
CITY. Iowa, and W. W. Erwin of st. Paul
Minn.
Some trouble was experienced in select
inp a iurv. and then Dist. Atty. Burieigh
opened for the prosecution, quoted the law
as TO murder by mobs, and regarding rlots
said this was public prosecution, and re-
cited the incidents of the riot and killing
DR.. McKennan, Supt Cowan of the West
Penn Hospital, Rev. Lynch, and Cooper OF
the Pinkerton force were the witnesses
heard that day.
On Saturday the trial was resumed, day
and night sessions Of Court being held
Durine the day session, but little OF the
evidence was damaging to the defendant.
but at the night session some witnesses
said they saw Critchlow with gun. 10
one he was pointed out as regular dare
devil" and another saw him behind the
baricade firing at the men on the barge,
Court adjourned at 10 P. M. SATURDAY
when all the evidence for the prosecution
was in, but the jury was locked up IN the
Court House all day Sunday.
Monday morning the defense was open
ed by the two Western Lawyers.
Erwin of st. Paul made tremendous
speech in which he spread the case over
,be whole United States and pulled down
the skv. Mr.. Argo of Sioux City also
made good speech, In which ne outiineu
the defense-sn abb.
Charles Mansfield. real estate agent,
said he was the one who pointed out the man
named Critchlow to Charles Reese, news
paper artist, who swore that sylvester
Critchlow was the man. Mansfield said
the one he pointed out to Reese was Har-
nson Critchlow, a cousin of the prisoner,
who went to work in the Homestead mil
some time ago and lost q leg in the con
vertinp mill last week. The Critchlow
he nointed out wore dark clothes, as had
been stated by witnesses for the prosecu-
ton Mansfield did not see Sylvester
Critchlow on the day of the riot.
Samuel Rothrauff, Of Demmler, saw
Sylvester Critchlow in Braddock street
car before 10 A. NJ on July 6, and he was
wearing light clothes. He came over to
HON estead with him and about 2 O'Clock
parted with Critchlow who started nome.
Rothrauff went down to the mill durlng z
that time A long rOss-examInation lali-
ed to shake this testimony. ). Miller Coz
gan and J. J. Baird gave evidence as 10
seeing Critchlow where Rothrauf SAID ne
was. Mrs. Bridget Coyle saw Critchlow al
AN a mile away from the mill, going
home. She had put the bread in the oven
f-xs 49, onI che kuaU rho time
ATTORNEY Patterson asked her many
questions, and she finally broke out lndlg-
nantly:
"It was Just three o'clock tell you, and
don't ask me anything more. There's no
lie about it, but you're trying to make me
tell A lie. and / wouldn't do it for all the
money Carnegie has" Arthur and josiah
Brashaw and Albert Moore all gave evi
deucs as to seeing Critchlow going home
between and 4 o'clock, and George Rid.
lev saw him at $50 q. m. at Sixth ana
Amity streets, and stayed with him until
near $50. when he went toward MuDhau.
az the defense claims he did, instead OF be-
fore 8, as the prosecution wanted 10 snow;
A recess was ordered at $50 P. N. until
z o'clock. Upon recoDveniDg Jacob Traut-
man, a salooDkeeper, and John EicneieT' q
boarder at Trsutman's, said Critchlow was
in the saloon from $50 until 800 A. n,
when the borough officials ordered the sa-
loon closed. Henry Ramsey saw Critchlow
going home between 2 and o'clock IN the
afternoon William Taylor didn't see
CritchIow that day. but was down on the
railroad bridge when the battle began 81
the landing. He said the first shot was
f;red from The barqes. Peter Smidt and
Anton Soulier corroborated other witness
es as to Critchlow's whereabouts in the
morning.
On Tuesday Sylvester Critchlow. was
examined by Attorney Bremen. he
swore that he did not fire gun or firearms
If any kind between 7:30 and 8 o'clock on
the morning of July 8; that he was not on
the Carnegie grounds that morning, nor
between the hours of 1:30 or 4:3O that
afternoon and that he had not fired a gun
between 1890 and 1890 or 1:3O and 4
o'clock that day. He identified as having
worn on the day named faded brown
coat and pair of striped trousers exhibit
ed.
The witness was not cross-examined.
Mrs. Critchlow, wife Of the prisoner,
testified that her husband was at home
sleeping at o'clock ON the afternoon OF
July 6 She had been absent from nome
that day and had returned aoout O'Clock.
The witness was not cross-examlneo,
and the defense rested
The commonwealth then introduced evil
denee in rebuttal Henry Monath, a hard
ware man of Homestead, swore that he
was in his store on July from o'clock
until 8 O'Clock and from 10 o'clock until II.
He said Critchlow did not leave gun 10
his store that day. He did not know
Critchlow.
G. q. Fawcett was called, but did not ap-
pear. The commonwealth then rested.
Thomas Marshall submitted number OF
points to the court
John s. Robb addressed the jury for the
prosecution, and w. M. Erwin for the de-
fense. Erwin's speech was pronounced by
by the attorneys present to have been one
of the greatest efforts made in Court. He
has made tremendous reputation for him
self in Pittsburg.