New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
HARRIS MAKING HIS SPEECH.


these detectives. or that detective, taking my
brother away and they said: {" suppose Mac Is In
limbo by this time lie has probably pleaded mol
guilty and been locked up" That Is right. lhat
Is what took place. They took III" over 10 "'
bank and my friend took me To one sid" and asked
me If | wanted to give him my note for sl1oo IN
exchange for 400. lie said / know YOU will
60 TO the District Attorney 10 deliver yonr
self Into custody. but you might want To run away
and have good time for "A little while b'ior"'
Here !, card and you can 60 there ana stay
"A, long Il time NOu ChOos" h"i"r" delivering
yourself into custody. II does hot make any dinerttr
whether this Is paid In ten year,. Here j. r@.oVo.
t.iy,. me your note for IL 300 and | viii taxi NV
that evenings paper. about my p"'hrrs aIr'n uu
out Of the question. went and delivered himself INTO
custody. That was hight k,eape no"r h3nc ~ i
of the question for an innocent man. ~ Is a,y,
very hard for IA innocent man 10 run away anu 30
went to the =, anG .o S' Other % pcop
abost who lad arrested my bF"h"Ti on, ,",, n nro
;s into custody have s aTsy MR. HATH v. you dom"
want YOU He has PSad,d n9 Yy I hnpp nS to
con INTO the "nIce lie knew Sir Da,iSon lie
had favored me by shaking hand WIN III" III
70 identity me- and iic others consented to ocA m"
up | was taken before Mr. Justice Fitzgerald ana
in that plea. Your Honor. have meyer for on"
moment quavered. though SUFFERING Snch "a, you .in
describing When was informed ~ III" i"mls 'nai
gentleman. esteemed Icy Your iI'n9r ana rsPt pei"
District Attorney In charge "' my en- ~ i"'.
gri,ined aud felt safe. ma big 1"nF h" nn,a
m. testimony Of Colonel Are ihad shaw delivered IN
The Court Of over and TermIner on The , 1lh c'y o.
wore that he overheard from an adjoining room on
March 81. l70. Vernon u Davl' ihr3,"n ms S,S,'r
In law Mae Sheffield. with the publication o.
scandal thai would her unlc,- 81" t"' uhcu aeh,'
this dciendan an Gno,,ITiI ,,es,d"nt Of the
/, uptown there, presume "'i' Wv I''' ~ " W.
Your Honor does not know. but know thai Mac
IA .h IL
Which she committed She says, % aye her family
and to save h~r'r ca Hne WA was , away rom
Mr.. Davis and pu into the hand Of Mr. frmds L.
Wruman' Now Your Honor. respectfully call care
nl attcnon 10 Inc fact To what extent journalism la,
gone; for after Jury had been s'duc"d by inc 'e,u
mony Of wiinc.se, PREPARED Xd tcrs s" arose
pnbic clamor asking why boy Young una gently
nurinred shond murder rr VINO was 'en i,n h %nc
family had offered to further hi, professional am
lie sprang into the breach throwing out TO the world
a bomb shell Of official utcranr" through the column,
that her name Lulu Van zandt. ! married her;
lie said, In 1883. So Your Honor. the last Tie OF
will never forget the morning that the members OF
the press came to me- the morning the story was
published. ! said. "Genilemcn. yon have known me-
Tor a wear. Yom have known that have never He'd
10 You. I tell Won that never married nor wished
The story is lie. will prove 1t So" And. God
bless you boys. Won did They found The cerhcaie'
Iuln Van zandt. and they proved that in Iss3 was
"A knckerbOckerS. and She infant In
small clothes and We had never met each other In
our lives And they proved that Wcnan lied.
AFFIDAvITs OF THE PROSECUTIONS
The court Is about - sentence q death upon
the strength OF certain afdavis IN opposition 10 this
motion. A large number Of these aridavlts ! have
never even copies Of; but did some. and on
those afIdavits that | did | submitted certain
points to this court. understand they were filed
two weeks ago last saturday. ask Your Honor If
they considered by the court. They are on
fife and are a part Of the record in this case.
The Court-rhey were considered
IIarris-Many OF the anidavlts OF which | speak |
are most artistic blank verse. ! cannot offer Mr..
Choate greater homage than TO read here In open
NicoI has told Us were prepared by Mr. C Ta
read from the Affidavit Of MIS- bertha t. Rockwrl
her return with Harris Miss Potts TO de |
ponent at the dinner table and bubbling over |
happines, reflected from her soul ana In u burst OF
confidence she exclaimed substantially i had
such happy day In my whole life before.
] now read from the affidavit Of Miss Rachel VI. |
Cogkson: Il distinctly recall that the occasion
ut the dinner table aud bubbling with good
nature: her face radiant with The happines, re-
she exclaimed substantially i never had ,ucl a |
happy day in my whole lifr BEFORE! Your Hon T. |
but am willing argue upon the strength Of these
mat d,ubtc's 1t is mccrcd in ambl,s and that the
ms court has been fartcrcd BY the prcscntmcnt
for your consideration Of Tie adavits Of nnnN young
mOny that submitted These schoolgirls. by the |
way, Your Honor. declared that they never SAW my
wife. although they knew her well. with contracted
pupils never saw but one Of morphine poison
Ing Your Honor. and there the pupils had been eN-
banded with atrOpInr. Dr. Fowler told you Bul
and know know you do to0-tbat no drug
could possibly conrae, thc pupils: unless il closed
them altogether any tighter than direct sunlight Will
And II any 81 those schoolgirls Helen bright
sunny day in summer sh" must have had contracted
pupils. and they swear sh" never had contracted
pupils Here is statement Of one Of tn c,rned
experts. who has DEVOTED life to the study OF
Of the morphine habit Opponent fur
SAITH, That there the slightest ndica
ton Of nervousness about Mary IT, y. Potts, that
there never any facial twitchngs"-lf every
phy scian only knew Ill the Indications OF nervous
system how many lives II would save =" thit there
were never any facial twitchngs or contoriions.
neither there nervous trembling OF tile hands
nor restless motions Of the eyes
TINS Is the ahdn,lt Of Laura WestcOtt. of full age.
do not doubt she dlled her age but II Is very evil