New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-14
PART II.
PAGES II TO ID.
THEY NEVER SAW PARADISE
FIVE EXPERTS SAY HE HAS EPILEroi'


TWO ALSO MENTION pAIEsIs-THEiR STATE
MENTs CONTRovERTED-THE MoTIcN FL"
NEW TRIAL For DIR. BUCHANAN.
Charles w. Brooke counsel for DR.. Robert We
Buchanan made much before Recorder smy'h SeS'e'
day OF the Illness OF one Of the Jurors VINO iouue
buchanan guilty Of murder In the first deefee ,o'
poisoning hi, wife, This Juror was iiartwg NJ
Paradise No. 9. lie became I'll at the Asi"r House.
whittier the Jury had been taken for dinner. Ane
verdict had already been agreed on
Mr. Brooke, W. J. O'sulivan and Chnres ~
DavIscn arp, arcd before Recorder ,my;h I'D fart ..
Gene raj sions TO move for an arrest Oh Junenens
ana for a new triLl. Numerous exceptions "heh ia
the rih were referred TO. but the Paradise incidsns
WAS ,Ir Broohes strongest card. The lawyer oe-
clarcd that tho Juror Lad s and insane decisions ana
WAS uncousc,cu, at times while In the Astor HOUSE.
Mr. Brooke read the affidavit OF Dr. stewart VINO
attended the lick man In IRIS the ah'ah' 10
clorcd that he found Faradise UNCONSCIOUS OH tho
H., or and had him removed TO bedroom np''ars hs
gave the patient brandy and morphine The Juror
soon began to call hi, wife. and shrieked: Il dio
net poison the woman. Buchanan did. lie told me
% last sunday BY 10 O'Clock Iaradisc WE
rational but lightheaded
Thomas r. Birrett night watchman AT the HS'o'
House. made aihdavit that Paradise was III eo"'u
SONS and II took several to hold him. barless
declared that some Of the jurors roamed ABOUT the
man at the hotel corroborated Barrett lno nouns
F. Frunceyile juror No. IL, repeated compNn~
made BY Pan JdIsc In the trial
Mr. Brooke also read an AFFIDAVIT, by John II. "eisn'
ieye,cr at No. 37l Greenwich st., VINO SAN Una. u"
or about MAY 3 man, who saic he was f"'aa''o'
came TO his store while the Buchanan case WINS oens
discussed The visitor aid that he had not voteo "
| find the defendant guilty at ALL and wonid give q"
| affidavit which would make a new trial necessary.
IN. afddayi,s were read OF five physicians, VINO nsa
never sen Paradise. but who believed from 'ie Az
,onn,s OF Dr. stewart Barrett. Scott ana "eish' tas
he lad EPILEPSY. paresis. or BOTH lhese eHpe's'
were DIS, Allan McLrne hamilton Charles L. D'Ne.
IardOn Carter Gray, "iliiaih '""''' ~
| GrarmJ NJ. Hammond. ,,o,.,s e.
| District Attorney Ncoll scored these phs 81
| no .vcr,.st words lie said their attack "aS 'n-
| human: called them no'oriety-loVins "oo'oiS'
,bev degraded and prosiituted expert ~s'i"o'S ""~
| smoke of that Hamilton and that pe''er e"'
| hammond lie read aihdtvits from Dts |a,o'
| Mac Donald. A. +. Mcdonald, Allen strr' Cna''O
schram and X. l.. Pritclard, WHO nal eAa'''h.' l :.
d,.e ard declared that he had NJ tant OF epiiepsy :"
| .sis hut had suffered from hyseria ana nervous
| nro.,ration Drs schram and Pritciard are Ias
| Jurors family physicians and know all about im'
| Mr. Nicoll utterly demolished tae testimony OF
| Welsh. whom he called rjtrer. On Nay . ra,s-
disc was I'm Louisville, as was proven oy MS wv" "
| aov,, nv those of joel A. Krau,. who played cards
NTH him there and Pai;ldises employer Mr. schran'.
| and by letters received from HIN by Mr. Nicoi aiA
| ,v Mrs ParaGise. Welsh Is N old frenf OF bu,nir
ans and was examined by Assistant strict
ushorpe with a view being called as wi'hes' 10
the trial. ~ .,ou. rrar.ev,,,e and
Ioranise swora tna Paradise of more thhI' w
| ,yeruQ. Intelligence. and wa, ritioiii uuine A..
| ,r,i rxcrpt for the hour two spoken oi. a.:
Z,cou read aidavits from Barrett ana sco't
they didn't know jurors from the cour, ohSn, ny
!, might hay" been the officers who We're roaming
about the hotel. IL, :, x.o,, uoror VIZ
AZ one point Mr. Brooke said " Your noh,r, ", W.
do not contend epileptc Is necessary io' ~,
ellicsnt Napoleop subject 10 epiiep'r nus anu
| he certainly was Intelligent . -.
marked the Recorder. dryly. Mr.. Ncoh didht 10
tieve the statement about Napoleon -. .,.,
Counsel will hand In brief, this week. ana 'nea
Recorder smyth will consider the case