Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-06
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F'oFd Haynes at and wspt IN Judge
A d.lf's eouFt yesterday a. bis srt0snex
rshsarsef ths srongs q his sister IN
4 Ici.d b. James Ahern- hssnss has
shswa no fsellnx for hiAssIf dnrins The
tEiaL IL Ezs only whsn the story Of his
slsasr's ruin. which sofksd On his mind
snfI hs assaulted Ahsrn ant psariy
4 He'd him. xss spoken a that hs broke
6o1n sDd lost his ssif eontrol
Dr. Mnlhzrn. sho attended Ahsrn
curing kis sickness shich followed the
ssssuik uas ths first witness 81 the
morning. He sxors a. 70 Ahsrns con-
Gltion. bat De knsw botking a the a.
saalf when il was committed. An OBJ
isclion made OF the first day Of the trial
n the iutsoduction q any testimony re-
gardlnx tho seduction u the prisoner's
sister was argued fully. Yesterday
nanrninr Fred A. Maynard snd w. w.
Mitchell fof The defeose argued that the
iatent keirg the very gist Of the charge
d waa cornEeseBt 10 show AL the occur
rsnces uhlch had preyed on Haynes
nrind and threw Kim into such q passion
tat hs committed the assault For
: man could not be convicted
~ intending 90 commit murder
fe struck a deadly blow while In
4 AZ Il passion. lie might be sc-
eusefi 81 assault and battery. Many au-
th0rifies we're cited on the point. and
rearly tns uhols s1orning was consumed
"a The arxamsatA Judge Adslt reserved
be dscis,on-
Ruined His sister
The pciuf that the defense wished 10
get hsfure The Jury il that Ahern ruined
tie prisoners SISTER aud then deserted
her; that haynes and Ahern met IN a
crowd 81 a bell gAaie; that Haynes
caught the bail under difficult eircum-
sances and was applsuded by the
eroxd. that AZ this poiEt Ahern called
cut. y IS. he can catch well and has
Cd nice sister u CATCH that even
t1sn haynes did not assault ham. but
tat few aloments later Ahern trtpped
liaynes. and u "a then that the blow
vas struck
Samuel Carson swore that Haynes
ibid him that be would have Ahern's
hearts blood This Vas about . month
before the assault
John Lar swore that hs saw the ball
sane and saw the tight lie ssid that
| nmediafsly after the blow Vas struck
Haynes was surrounded By members OF
tue Harvard ball nine and vas Knocked
Gown. AZ last be escaped and ran away.
David Saiier sNoFe that he saw the
I loo struck. lie saw Haynes walk
sxiffly up 20 Ahern and strike him.
bern fofl down and the crowd sur
rounded the two 30 be could see no
rlors. In a minute or two he saw
II.w~a ~r.untrrr fua~ The hill
saw the How struck
Fred Poxer saw Haynes pick up ball
hat and walk up 20 Ahern. who was
slooping over g. pick up a bat. and
strike him over the head with il. Ahern
fsll doxn and did no. attempt 10 rise.
Haynes struck two rsore blows and
thee TIE crowd surrounded the two men
and he did DOT see any more Haynes
ran away.
Ora Grant suore that he was driving
shout eighty rods north Of the ball
grounds. and Haynes came running 10
tie road aud waited 90 ride with him.
lie said Haynes told him he had
Knocked HI cut % jim Ahsrn. and
the boys would knock HI out Of him IL
they caught him.
John Volt sWore that he saw tho
How struck HE testimony eorrobo-
rated the testimony Il other witnesses
Who saw the light On cross-examina-
ton he swors that after Haynes struck
Ahern he caught Haynes and pulled
fim down and clicked him In the face.
lie said 70 thought he would marx
Haynes - the officers could find him.
Fred Graham swors that he was right
fielder IN the Harvard club. lie saw the
second blow struck and Jaw Ahern fall.
Witness ran 20 tho scene Of the fight
snd struck H.ynrs and knocked him
Gown. Then souie one struck him and
b TEL Across Haynes tie kept on
striking AZ Haynes and somebody kept
On striking at him. They we're se2ar-
siod and Haynes escaped.