Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07

the court room. Judge Cate, the EN-
phatic speaking, shrewd, Oobserving
Stevens Point attorney, made the adj
dress to the jury in which the line of
defense that is to be pursued was re-
vealed.
Acquittal will be asked ON the
grounds that portions Of the most i'm
are untrue; that important links are
missing in the chain the state has
sought to weld, and that in at least one
OF two instances complete alibis will
be presented.
In outlining the case of the defense
Judge Cate said it would be shown that
instead Of putting forth an effort to
produce all of the evidence that might
shed light on the Mead murder the
prosecution had suppressed testimony.
He said that although the three de
PENDANTS were joined in the case,
there was not an atom of evidence con-
Meeting them in the commission of the
crime.
He said the man seen by Mr.. Brown
and Mrs. Porter at the door of Mead's
bank was Mead himself; that Mrs.
Brown desired to testify in a manner
unfayOrable to Bronson and that it
would be shown that she was preju-
diced against him. 1--WE will show
YOU he said, where Mr.. Bronson was
at that very time, by the testimony Of
men who cannot be impeached."
He went on to say that Bronson was
at the caucus when Mrs Brown claim
ed to have seen him, and it would be So
proven. 1t is true, he said, that Mrs.
Guyant heard Bronson say that he
would hate to kill man, but that this
remark was inspired by an account OF
a murder that had just been related to
him.
Judge Cate said that MAYORS testi-
mony would be disposed of by produc-
ing men who would swear that Nay
lOr's character was such as to render
his evidence unworthy of any credence
whatever He said that, as indicating
the absence of a motive on the part of
Bronson and the existence of warm
friendship between him and Mead, Il
letter written by the banker and speak
ing in terms of praise regarding Bronson
would be offered in evidence. 1t would
be demonstrated that on the day of the
murder Mead was short of money, so
much so that in order to pay man
from whom he had agreed to take a lot
of notes, he borrowed about $500 frora
Bronson.
Kenney Sherman was scored be the
Judge, who said it would be proven
that Sherman was not at the Fulton
livery barn at all OH the night of the
murder; that Sherman would be shown
up rs one of the most noted all-around
liars that ever infested society, and
that he had made diverse and utterly
inconsistent statements about what he
claims to have seen on the night of
the murder He said this witness would
be impeached and demonstrated to be
practically a tramp, and a man with
out credit anywhere.
With regard to Prior Judge Cate
said testimony could be presented
showing that about midnight on OctO-
Der {, 1882, he was at the fire engine
house, and that he was attending to his
duties as night Waterman throughout
phasis that if it We're proved absolutely
that Prior got team directly after the
shots were fired, as described by
Sherman, and drove out Of town, the
conclusion would be irresistible that
Prior knew something about the crime.
He said the defense would endeavor to
show that the people who saw Prior in
! lola were mistaken as to the time and
| that nobody saw him there earlier than
! 10 o'clock on October s.
Judge Cate concluded this morning
his opening address to the jury. He
attacked the testimony Of Sheriff An
drew Williams and said the defense
would undertake to prove that no inter
view as described by Williams between
Prior and Alfred Lea ever took place
He declared that the sheriff had talked
with SO many people about the case
that he could not remember accurately
what occurred.
Judge Cate told the jury that Will
Jams statement was the most astound
ing revelation made in the course Of
the trial and that no other evidence ap
preached it in importance, because il
true it sealed the fate of Prior beyond
redemption.
Among the points which the judge
said the defense would establish was
that Tab Prior never owned a gun, ant
in this connection DR.. RounSevflle was
criticised sharuly. Rounseville, wht
lives in Chicago, was referred to az
this Importation and Judge Cat
said that the gun used by Prior on thu
hunting trip which the doctor tolt
about was owned by Rounseville him
self. who also furnished the ammuni
ton: that no such marks as thos'
Rounseville claimed to have seen on tn
. plaster in Mead's room ever existed
and that the testimony of this witness
so far as it had any material bearin;
. on the case would be shown to be un
true.
: The manner in which the defend
ants have been prosec uted was stigma
tised as unjust and oppressive in tn
. highest degree and Judge Cate asserte'
that Hanscomb was the tool Of tn
: prosecution if he was anybody's too
= though he had evidently failed to Civ
!. the testimony that was expected Q
2 him.
e District Attorney Goldberg says tina
e the outcome of the case against tn
principals will not affect one way Or tn
other the cases against the men charge
with hoincr accessories He saws IT ha