New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-04
THE HARRIS CONVICTION.
MR.. wELLMAy,. CONGRATULATIONS.
MT. JEROME EXPECTS \ NEW TMAL-Hls MANf
,,v~EpTIONS

PERCEPTIONS.
Assistant District Attorney Francis L. "eI'n'a
and Charles T.. emms j.. were oVer"hci'n'u WIN
congratulations yesterday at Their success IN eour"'.
the conviction Of Carlyle ". Harris on the c"a'eo "
posonlnc Ms wife Letters and telegIrms came ron
many we'll known LAWYERS, come Of whom n"ith'r MI
Welmon nor Mr. Smms have met, and one man "S
80 enthueia Sic that he sent M. Welman a check for
S.c While that Official appreciates the feelings OF ms
well-wisher he returned tic check with Ms lhahhS
The amount of work involvcd in securing the testimony
WAS enormous end The prosecution spared n pains
or expense to get possession Of the slightest pee" q"
evidence IN spite cf the high cost 81 expert tes-
mony, II Is estimated that the uial viii cost tle
county only about $500 in addition to The Ordinary
expenses.
The prosecution was. Of course extremely anxious
IL prove that Harris had been msrfi'd twice he nav
ing made boast Of this. Abont ten days Mr.
Welnan heard that Harris had married a girl named
Lulu Van Zandt when ne was sixteen years I'D Nearly
all Of Inspector ByrnesS force wHs put 70 work to
find the She fJund after inhnte labor
I'm south AmbOy but she refused 70 20 10 New-1ork
Ia if Harris was her husband. The marriage took
place in the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in
Washington square, on July 3 lso0. but The minister
is dead and of the witnesses could be found.
liaIriss aut says that he Is only twenty-five years
Old. and II this is The fact. he cannot have been
married in 1880 SIN, he loolS fully twenty SIX or
twenty and ii is thought that e IS really that
old. Mr. Wellman also had n mass of testimony about
the vile character of rake ard Nbcrtle which he
would have introduced had Harris been placed the
stand Lulu Van Zandt'S certificate Of marriage gives
her husbands name Charles. and bis fathers
Charles also. These given by Harris wien
Miss IOtts was married to him. Lulu Van Zanat left
her husband in few weeks. because lie HiIted with
another woman When lIarlS's second wife died. he
was engaged TO marry Miss Worrel the daughter Of
l1eSMtcrian minister. formerly Of Brooklyn.
William Traveis Jerome and John A. Ts,ylor counsel
defeated after such a brilliant struggle. Mr.. Jerome
made exhaustive study Of medicine and chemistry
before the Trial and exhibited marvellous knowledge
In his crosseXaminatOn of the expert witnesses f9r
tie prosecution.
1T wouldn't be decorous for Il lawyer 10 say any
thing about the charge Of any judge to Jury. aud
beside my sincere alection for Recorder smyth would
prevent me from cr,tiriaiYg him. ! have 10 dcsil,,
to do So said William Travers Jerome yesterday
afternoon. When he was asked what lie thOu;h OF
tie charge lie said however. tina, the verdict was
utterly unexpected until Tuesday. ON Monday he will
make his formal motion for trial before the
Recorder If il IS denied, as II is to be expected it
will be, the prisoner will receive his sentence after
which the case viii 10 carried t. the Court Of appeals
The demand for trial will be based largely on
the great number CT exceptions which taken by
the defence throughout the course OF the trial. Mr.
jerome said there many exceptions that no
could not form any opinion as to their number at all.
but he supposed there about seventy eighty,
perhaps nearly 100 There were three exceptions
AT least in mIaneing the jury. one OF them will
raise point Of law, which, Mr.. Jerome said had
been decided. IL was in the case Of q juror
whom the prosecution accepted and after examination
by Mr.. Jerome he also accepted by the defeIe G.
Then. Just as the juror about being sworn, the
prosecution challenged him pcrcmptOlily, and the
challenge uDhed against the protests Of the
defence. The point be raised is that the pgosccu-
ton must exhaust all its challenge, pormpiOy and
M i "A l,' la me-.
any challenge. Then the point will be raised thai
the testimony Of ;lc three physicians who ATTENDED
Helen rOttS namely Doctors Fowler Bauer and Kerr.
nadmisSibe, being privileged communication.
Then the claim viii be made that the verdict is
not in accordance with the evidence, and that there
we've erroneous rulings points OF law during the
trial.
"what DO you think Of the jury and the short
time i'll which they reached de5Islon''
They exceptionally intelligent men. and
trcncly conscientious and believe, averse to render
ing the verdict they did But familiar Wit,
The evidence, and having minute knowledge Of all
The questions ] could not have even reviewed the
eyisnce inside Of siX or eight hours
DO y0n not think that IiarIls's stold.ty and
apparent Indifference had pejudcial eTect''
u can't tell. But ii is thought by many who
watched the prisoner
NJ. Jerome are you. in your mind. from the
knowledge which you have OF the prisoner and the
facts in the case, willing TO that Carlyle ".
Harris Is innocent?7
Nj. Jerome lay back in his chair and pondered
deeply for long time. ThoL he said, slowly and
with careful delbeTauon:
Outside Of the defendant himself Of course no
living man knows; but from complete knowledge Of
the case as any man possesses outside of tie defendant
l do not see any testimony dat would satisfy m,
mind OF his guilt. not only would have reasonable
doubt based on ms knowledge OF the faces but much
more than that. That is, weighing the testimony q
Whole, and counting tho Thousand and one