Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24

| Mr.. Burleigh then proceeded to 60 over
the evidence supporting the defense's claim
| Of an alibi He showed that Ridley, Eicher,
McAllister and Trautman testified that
Critchlow was at q saloon 13 minutes away
| from the place where the defense admits the
| Commonwealth's witnesses rightly placed
| him between $40 and 9:20 A. M. Mr.. Bur-
| leigh went on:
AOuestion for the Defense.
| Now, then, want to call your attention
| to another thing. They told you that there
| was a man by the name of Harrison Critch-
| low, and that he was mistaken for this one
/ at the bar Where is Harrison Critchlow?
Where is he? Why isn't he produced? That
| he is a cousin of that man, said to look like
| that man, although it is admitted that he is
| somewhat shorter, US understand IL, great
| deal shorter, and not like him in height
| when he is standing upon his feet. Where
| is Harrison Critchlow? They say this man
| Sylvester Crtchlow is on trial for his life to-
| day, and that it is a case of great importan ce
| to him. In the name of God, if that is true,
why don't they bring his own cousin here
him testify whether he was the man pointed
| out or not?
Here Mr.. Cox interrupted the speaker to
say that Harrison Critehlow was lying sick
! or injured.
Mr. Burleigh continued:
If this man had been lying sick with his
leg cut off they could have gotten Ridley or
somebody else to have gone upon the stand
and swear to it. 1 will venture to say that
there is no more comparison between Sylves-
ter Critchlow at the bar and Harrison
Critchlow, If there is such q man, than there
is between cats tail and the tail of a
comet. Why. they would have been over
joyed to have broua hit him; he would have
been their principal witness. Now, II they
| concede that Stewart knew Sylvester and it
was Sylvester that he recognized that morn
| ing with gun. how is it possible that they
can say that he didn't know Sylvester In the
| AFTERNOON and that therefore it was Harri-
son he recognized?
He tells you that right alongside Of sylves-
ter Critchlow. kneeling at that time and
shooting, was Il man named Hall and man
| named Flaherty, and a man named Flanni-
gan. Why are not these men produced on
the witness stand if Stewart lied?
Reese comes in, OF course, with every man
who testifies Tor the Common wealth, for d
share OF the remarks made by counsel for
| belief that he parts his hair in the middle
| and fool things like that. / never heard
| anything disreputable about Mr.. Reese; 1
don't sea anything in his appearance to in
dicate that lie is n man not to be believed or
that he is not relia BILE; was rather iavora-
| bly, impressed with him: he wasn't con-
nected with the Carnegie Steel Com
| pictures for the New York pa pers of what he
saw, and the very fact that he has gone from
here to New York is an indication that he is
| something better than the ordinary artist
and has been advanced by going TO that
city. He tells you that he vas up in the
cupola; that he was there in the prosecution
of his business; that some man with red
necktie on called his attention to man in
an exposed position and said"There's Critch-
low, the daredevil" and that from the fncs
this man referred to him as daredevil his
attention was specifically directed toward
the man who was kneeling down and that
man is tile defendant Critchlow here
TODAY That his fastinOnu 10
shaken.
Witnesses Who Told the Truth.
Then, gentlemen of the jury, comes Baird
and Mrs. Coyle and Brayshaw and Moore
and Ramsey. am free to say that think
those witnesses told the truth; think as OLD
man Ramsey told you that Sylvester Critch-
low had run out of ammunition, that he had
o'clock that day. l. haven't any
doubt that on account of being
up all that night he was tired from loss OF
sleep and that when he went home at that
time he went to bed. At o'clock he was
in bed as his wife stated.
Now one thing more. Who is the man OF
all men in this county who could tell where
Sylvester Critchlow was that day and what
he was doing? Sylvester Critchlow. Does
he tell you where he was that day and what
he was doing? No: What does he tell you?
i have his testimony right here. 1t is pre-
sumed gentlemen of the jury. that when
counsel put q witness on the stand, they
will bring out OF that witness every fact
that is in favor of his side OF the case.
Mr.. Burleigh read Critchlow's testim ony
and then said:
If he wasn't there that day he ought to 90
on the stand and say so. Ii he didn't fire
gun that day he ought to say so. II he wasn't
a part of this combination he ought to say
SO. I,ow. gentlemen of the Jury you have
seven witnesses who testify to seeing him.
five of whom testify that this man was on
the ground: that he fired the shot; that he
was behind the barricade firing in range
of where Conners was shot. You have on
the other side his time absolutely unac-
counted for by any witness at all at 7:3O
O'Clock that morning: although Jury said he
was on the ground from $3.50 that morning
until 1890, yet not single witness testifies
to where he was from 1890 till 1890 except
Rothrauff What did he have a gun for?
lie didn't take it home that day just for fun:
he had it for u purpose ana that purpose
was to shoot. He said to Mr.. Ramsey che