Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-21
STEPHEN DISCHARGED
Not Responsible For The
Deaths of the T00Ies.
DECISION IS APPlAUDED.
Testimony on Both Sides Of the Mys-
terv Was Carefully Gone Over.

BosTxN, Noy. 81 There Ia not the
slightest cy de sc in Thu casb To conn ect
Stephen To lie Il any wy with the d. aths
OF his mother n rs or, and | hold him
TO be an inuoc mt IN "a He l. discharged.
Such v ere tue q sing worls Of Judge
Fa lon in nIS d SIN s-al ~ the charge Of
mur ler auain.t Siephen Toole in the
Sou h Boston court
From the audienc- in the hack OF the
court room IA perfect storm IT cheering
and hsnd.c'a Plug arose, which was per-
mitted To pass unhredei.
The SOLITARY ual in the pris soner's box
was seen TO |, an forward and cover his
eyes with his b. nd. What thought, what
motions pas sed through his mind Is not
for the publ; To im"giue; suffice IL to LAY
that he ha been wholly and freely
cleared of the charge Of murdcring bis
mother and sster for which he had heen
arrested on the day after heir deaths, and
had passed TIC lterven ng time in Charles
street Jail.
Promptly at 3 o'clock yesterday Judge
Fallon took his seat upon The be-, ch and
Lawyer CIR e. began hi1 argument for the
defense. He said thar tn evidence, pre-
sented largely by wittes,e es summon, d 10y
the government, not only failed To estab-
lish he p obtb ity OF the gu 1t Of the de-
fenhant, Stephen Tool-, ut il estab
lshed his innocence beyond all questio ~
doubt. Lawyer Or .ed tlen w mt over the
testimony IT each OF the witnesses.
The Testimony Reviewed.
The vaiiou hcoieS which have been
advanced in explan,tion of this mysteri-
ouS case were touc I'd mp n ly Mr.. Greed.
touching part cularly upol the likelihood
Of Margaret's having used the eva ,ide of
potassium in place Of suga'.
Que hour and 90 minu were taken up
by Mr.. Greed In his review OF the testi-
mony offered ut the hearing
At 3:25 Lawyer Padl arose to p esent the
governments case For mere than an
hour he argued, pointing out TO The court
the singular CONC dence OF cyanide of 10
tassium, one Il he raresr Of poisons, hsv-
ing been in the Toole house for we, ks be-
fore the accide t, and Of il having been
used by tie d fendant on the very day of
the poisoning
Stephens PREVIOUS record, or a least the
governments version of his record, WIS
touched upon, aud The allegei quarrel be-
tween him aud his brother Patrick on the
Monday night previous to the tragedy
was dilsted upon to the full e. ex ent
Mr.. Paul clos d his arguueut with an
appeal TO tie court urging thaJ the de-
fendant be held for the action Of the grand
jury.
End OF the Case,
Judge FalloD. in an eloquent and able
reviewal of the case, presented the facts rs
they appeared fr IN the testim ny given.
IN one Of his NJ D riods he made use
of these words:
"Were To ho!d the dafendant for the
grand jury on the evidr,c, which has
been gwen in this court, there is n con-
ceivabe reason Why should not kew ise
hold Minnie aud Michael also for their
share in tue cime-!f crime it he for the
evidence has b en- in very way To con-
meet Them with the deaths fully as much
as the defendant."
At 4:+5 the concluding words were
spok en-, and Stephen Tbole walked forth
fiom the dock. a gain free man.
The solution of this, tue most mysteri-
Gus case which his happe ,ed in this city
for years may never appear; In fact, the
probability ~ that il never will. What
caused the death uf Hannah aud Marg ret
TUoe Will remain unknown and he case
will go down nto hi tory Ms one more of
the mysteries nf Bos o., Chose true solu-
tion Will never be hr ugh ro / .ht.