Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-16
TRIAL OF ELLWOOD.
All the Evidence Was
Put in Today.
WHAT DEFENCE SHOWED
The Verdict Will Probably Be Reached
by This Evening.

The prosecution In tho "Gentleman
George" Eilwood burglary case closed at
2:3O yesterday afternoon in Providence
and the defence was opened by Lawyer
Charles II. Baldwin Jeweler Manufac-
turer Albert Holt was called as the first
witness. He said his business was max
ing wire for just such chains a. that put
In by the prosecution, which II was
claimed was the chain stolen from the
Humphrey residence.
He said the size OF wire used was not un-
usual, and that 1t was an every day occur
renee to find that kind OF wire. He said
the quality of the chain In question was IL
told carat. He should say that man who
said there was an IS carat alloy In the
chain had lied. He was positive the chain
was no more than IA carat.
John Cox, the engineer of the American
Ship Windlass Company, said he was at
work repairing the engine on the night
of the robbery, and that he took walk
over toward Butler avenue, and met ON
Ger Luby, who claimed to have been In an
entirely different place about II O'Clock.
He also met a man whom he did not know,
who wanted to know the way to Fall
River.
The man wanted to walk, and u was
shortly after the time the robbery took
place. He directed the imam toward Red
bridge, saying 1t was the quickest way out
of the city. The man did not answer ELL
woods description, whom he saw for the
first time i'm the court house.
The oss-examination by the attorney
general lasted for two hours, and was OF
the most searching, great stress being laid
upon the cause Of Cox's presence on But
Ter Avenue at that hour, and also upon the
previous testimony given at the hSst trial
in the Court of Common Pleas.
The State endeavored to showlolthat
Thomas O'Brien was the man whom the
witness met on Butler avenue, and that
he had tried to convince O'Brien that he
was the man, but this was all dispelled
when O'Brien was called himself and said
he never had any talk with Cox about the
case nor had O'Brien been away from
home on that night.
The court stenographer was then called
and sworn for the purpose of showing
that Mrs. Daniels, who encountered the
burglar, identified Ellwood as the man.
The testimony on the present trial showed
that Mrs. Daniels said positively that ELL
wood "was the man." while on the previ-
Gus testimony Mrs. Daniels swore that
she Thought Ellwood was the man."
On the previous trial 1t was shown by
the evidence that after tho most pressing
cross examination Mrs. Daniels refused to
say that Ellwood was the man.
The counsel for Ellwood at a late hour
in the afternoon received word by tele-
graph from Brooklyn, N. Y, that several
witnesses for Ellwood had been delayed,
but that they would all be on hand this
morning.
The evidence was finished today and Z
L. Cannon addressed the jury for his
client. He was followed by G. F. Bald
win, also for the prisoner, who finished
about 2:30 o'clock.
Attorney General Burbank then began
for the prosecution.
The charge to the jury was to be de-
livered by Judge Wilbur.
1t is expected that a verdict will be
reached this evening.