The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-04

made the defonce look X n
blue. and what Capt ~Mf
Cross OF tho West ~ I1cW ~
Thirty seventh street Nm UW ~
station said was not 0TlTi/
pleasant for them. VEF
Tho first witness ~
called after court WILSON a RECORD.
opened at Hos o'clock was Deputy Coroner
Philip Donlin. DR.. Donlin said that he had
seen 400 cases Of fractured skull and that
the majority Of them were fatal. He said that
fracture OF the skull could be caused by a
blunt instrument, and he thought the broken
cuspidor. which was shown to him. would
properly be called a blunt instrument
Assuming that . man 81 years Of age 5
feet 6h inches in height. a member OF an ath-
ietic club Weighing about 40 pounds. threw
missile such as you hold in your hand. and
It struck either the back or the front OF the
head Of a man such as Webster. would It or
would 1t not result in fracture OF the skull p
he was asked.
Think It would. Il would probably result
IN death. and would certainly endanger life''
Then John Kirk. horse owner. and Nathan
May. Webster's tailor.were called as witnesses
to Webster's character. which they both said
was good With that the defence rested. Mr..
Mcintyre at once called Mr.. Record. A large
man Of forid complexion. wearing heavy
brown moustache and an imperial. stepped to
the witness chair. This was Nelson G. Record.
the friend Of Goodwin. who was with him
on the night Of Goodwin's alleged as
sault on Mrs: Webster. His, story OF that
SsRt Gross q; AZ re vi! District Attto56ey
!ss HHs h'
wa the
and put his arms around Mrs. Webster. There
Mr.; Record said. 10 reply to Mr.. McIntyre's
sssfs s ss . re h cheso
Rufus g: Frost Co.. for whom Goodwin
"""if came ne 70 New York." Record continued.
lm sad Sst Wt
sss to
nv $S.k 1ss rh %s 4 tha so fsFys
oS n N. MS Thsa
stsr. et the Percival? A1,No. sir:
.QyyDid you ever soc Mra Webster there'
Q.-Do you remember going to the theatre
with Goodwin one night early in July? A.
.QITel! the Jury what occurred on ut that night;
ana ws dpsa t f III
the theatre we returned TO the Imperial to see
friends and W. al had some wne We
was very talk alive and. jovial. He was a littis
under the influence OF wine. but he was not
Odd YOU see q lady in the Pc-cival that
nightt t9es sr shs d9oE Hhss
Reeii Just as we loft t%e efsSstor u Gee%wis
waved his hand t9wesd her and .l said: She +
ana the hsf
4 you will go into your room will take care q
Itook him into his room and locked the door.
.Q-Did Goodwin come out OF His room again
pt psf. with He ssyns eat s Sst a no
pbld entes MRS. %sDststs room
Spa be sss f. e. arms Aas sis Ale
ODD he touch herr Ale did not.
,9.-Did he assault her in any way9 Ale
ibid yon ever see him naked in tho hall
during the time you were living with him?
il Tie hsiiS ' Al I never :" did. u.'o"' 20
Mr.. Mitchells cross-eTamination OF Record
have roamed the halls Of the Percival clad only
;SsS II ~ lss$ IL Ss VIII
Testimony showed that hS was in the Percivai
Hs rot % him The u G4ana Gen
trail Station on that day and saw him take tho
sar1ed q his Sroshers aeath ! at " o'clock
The exsG hst hs next day in Gttcsg
With Which lis sroher was carrsd
occurred while he was In the PerciyaL
w Mrs; Wade. W.. when f RECALLED. said that Mrs;
midnight assault Goodwin had been MS Gniet
% MOUSE and had passed her door on tiptoe.
dsE denied makInf this staitement: w. -.''
Whom Mrs. Wade used the expression. ms
IL %s Chair saa Webster
she evidently Is not acquainted with the
thog mks IN the
up the candles and rnstling IN the p,pers. she
would knew W then H. for noisy beasts"
dao%Swin's 4, room onthe night Of the shootins'"
.:%ish5 have been 81, made SytSs. suspidor ~"
s T Mss wSs started to
leave tae wtasss chair Juror Ahrens leaned
Whst a mads vSu mako that examination w
BECAUSE >! .h sS crash We had heard. and the
broken cuspidor was there. Some one said 1t
::YY SSss p ssis :ass"
s. st:Ss H0i and f0 H. ssd ps
sa it ": t ssssipn we could not have asked"
marx On Tie wSoaSsri u Or w "a H. issksd
for It because DR. WINNER said the cuspidor
had been thrown.
Capt. Adam Cross OF the West Thirty seventh
street station told OF taking the statements uf
Mrs. Webster. Fanny Romaine. and MacFarlane.
He said he wrote the statements a. they were
lanes statement TO him at the time MacFar-
lane made It. and MacFarlnne said 1t WAS right.
In the statements OF Fanny Romuine and
Mrs. Webster to Capt Cross. both OF them said
that they saw the cusp!dor thrown aud that II
struck the side OF the door and broke. Both OF
them denied that statement at this trial.
Capt Cross said on cross-eIsminatton that
he believed he had Q right TO examine Mao