The herald., 1893-06-11
QUEER CHARACTER WITNESSES,
Prosecution Closed in the VIM.
Young Murder Trial.
Forging the Links In the Chain of
Circumstantial Evidence.
Tho Defsnae Calls a Number of Ala
media Street sirens TO Testify 80
to the Reputation OF
Witness.

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The atmosphere OF Alameda street
was again perceptiblsin Judge smith'a
court room yesterday morning when the
William Young murder trial was re-
sumed.
The prosecution continued to ham
mer into shape the links OF ciicumstan-
tial evidence pointing to the guilt oil
the accused in throwing the burning
lamp at Irene O'Brien which caused her
death, and a remarkable scene took
place in the afternoon when the defense
was reached. 1t consisted in the intro
duction OF several prostitutes as char
acter witnesses in an attempt to i'm
peach Lulu Dorman, the emaciated girl
who saw young run out of the uniortu-
nate woman's room after she was
burned.
When the trial was resumed in the
morning Mr.. Dupuy introduced guam.
tity OF burnt clothing, black hair, and
other articles taken from the body OF
the deceased. These greweome objects
were identified by Daisy Payne.
This witness also eaid that If she had
told police officer the night OF the
burning that Irene O'Brien had been
killed by her mac, it was only hearsay,
as she knew nothing about it.
Officer Mackenzie testified that he
found some pieces of glass sticking in
the wall of the room OF the injured girl
the next morning, and that 1T was the
glass of lamp that was in the room,
and Officer Fey testified to the same
thing,
Harry jenkins saw Young leave Lem
merits saloon hear the room OF the
burned girl half an hour before the acci-
dent by the front way.
Officer Stewart wac at the,scene OF the
burning twenty minutes after it hap
pened and had conversation with
Daisy Payne, who said she heard the
quarrel between Young and Irene
O'Brien, and cav him leave her house
after the noise of crash, thus contra
dieting the testimony che gave at the
present trial.
After the examination of several other
police officers who corroborated the tes-
timony of the others the prosecution
reeted It's case.
n. G. Peck, OF counsel for the defense,
luOVSu W ulEIulbS bHO UHbTkc III blo
ground that the information charged a
crime that the jury could not return a
verdict Of guilty for. but the motion was
denied. judge Smith also reserved his
decision on q motion to have the jury
visit the premises.
j. d. Chambers, the first witness
for the defense, testified that he was in
the saloon business at 1888 East First
street the 25th of April, and that on the
evening OF the burning Young was in
his saloon 26 or 81 or 2S minutes after 10
O'Clock. He could not say how long he
was there, but would guess ten minutes.
The defendant asked him to take a
drink with him and he did so.
E. j. Doheney, testified that he was
working for Chambers the night OF the
10Th of April nnd snw tue drf1udput III
the saloon at 1880 O'Clock. Young, he
said, told him he had been drinking and
wanted to lie down. The witness told
him he could go down to his house with
his brother. The witness told @ long
story about Young going to the house.
Doheney went home about 2 o'clock,
found Young asleep, woke him up, told
him that there had been an accident
for which he was blamed. Young got
up and dressed. At the request of the
witness he started out to give himself
up. They met Officer Bosqui who ar
rested Young.
Doheney denied that Dung said what
Officer Bosqui said he did that the burn
ing waa an accident.
James Doheney, brother of the pre-
cedipg witness, testified about as he did.
He said Young went with him to his
house on Turner street. They got there
about a quarter to eleven, and Young
remained there until about 2 o'clock
Then his brother and Young left, Young
going to give himself up.
Mr.. Dupuy asked very few questions
OF these witnesses, and had curious
information in his voice which indicated
that he did not consider 1t necessary to
do so.
Emma Chase, a Turner-street siren,
testified with reference to one of the
witnesses for the prosecution. Lulu
Dorman, that she had a conversation
with the girl, in which Lulu Dorman
said she had to tell the Story she was
telling about the way the accident hap
pened to protect herself.
A smile went around when the wit
ness was turned into character witness
and testified that Lulu Dorman's repu-
tation for truth and veracity ia bad. A
| still broader smile came when Daley
Payne was recalled as a character wit
ness and said she would not believe Lulu
Dorman under oath.
George Palmer, another member OF
the half-world, also gave Lulu Dorman
q bad reputation for truth and veracity.
At this point court took an adjourn
ment until Monday morning at 8 o'clock.