The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
MAY ARREST STEIN.
Testimony Showing Rank Perjury
in the Donnelly Trial
The Revolver He Exhibited Was Not
Shipped Until June is.
That Was Eight Weeks After tho
Noted Court Shooting Affair.

The story Of the shooting affair in the
cham Der Of the Court Of Common Pleas
April "A, in which deadly revolvers were
pulled US promptly by several citizens
as ever tine Imagination of an English
tourist conceived, seemed surprisingly
favorable to Michael Donnelly, as told
by the witnesses in his trial for assault
upon Patrick ]. McArdle, when Judge
MARITIME adjourned court last evening.
Repu able witnesses had testified posi-
lively that the first shot was fired from
behind Donnelly. and from the direction
where the McArdles. father and son. and
Friedman, the private secretary, were.
1t had been testified that Donnelly was
wounded in the back of the arm.
Then Meyer Stein. eX-Assemblyman and
2 lawyer, capped the climax by produc-
ing revolver, which, he declared he
wrested from the hand of an unknown
person just as 1t had been thrust from
behind the witness into the stomach OF
Donnelly, who, at the moment, was held
in the tight grasp Of his lawyer. Mr..
People In court fingered after the ad-
journment to poster the popular Barlow
s. Weeks, the prosecutor in the trial,
on the apparent weakness of his case.
you've got the wrong man on trial,
haven't you?" asked one jocular friend
Mr. Weeks only gazed at the Meyer
Stein pistol and smiled confidently.
This morning 1t was said that a mys-
Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield to
knock the case for the defense skyhigh
by testifying that the Meyer Stein pistol.
tory till June l6-eight weeks after the
shooting affair in Judge Blschoff's court
room, when Stein says he wrested it
from an assassin.
Dr.. Edward Van Dusen Gazzan was
called this morning By Mr. Weeks in
rebuttal Of the testimony that Donnelly
had been wounded in the vendetta. The
evening after the ARRAY. and found a
superficial abrasion the size of a quar-
ter, which he did not believe was a bull
q George H. Chamberlln proved to be the
1T the the Smith & Wesson manufactory.
He testified that he kept a record Of the
numbers of all revolvers shipped for the
will you look at your record and tell
us at what time revolver No. SO,7Sl was
shipped from the factory?' asked Mr..
The camness of the shipping clerk and
the smiling malice of the prosecutor
were in marked contrast to the pertur-
tense, MIR. Brooke.
He objected on the ground that Stein
had not identified the revolver by its
number and it had been in the posses
sion of the prosecutor since yesterday
II recognized IL by its number, and
made, note of 1t yesterday said Judge
Mr.. Brooke entered every other legal
objection possible, and then the ship
pins, clerk answered the question with
MS RRsiys on No. the sd s8Sk was shipped by
me June It, 1894. and l then made this
minute in his book. 1t. was shipped In
Mth Gses By t G.ee ADAMS
Express Company"
,schoverling, DAILY & Gales are on
Broadway. near Duane street.
y Mr. Brooke tried hard, but was unable
TO break the force of this documentary
.Will!smr 5. Gilbert, Receiving Clerk
the story. He testified that his firm
June y.
between Mr.. Weeks and Judge MARITIME
court officer was called to the bench
and then disappeared.
heat 1T was vas, whispered that a warrant had
Stein, but Mr.. Weeks would neither
This completed the evidence.
has an honest defense will not resort t
false defense.
Nc, one believed that Mr. Brooke hat
Cd lawyer, had been victimized by hi
client and his friends.
AT 1890 Mr.. Brooke began the fina
speech by which he hoped to save Don
nelly nelly, He said he would talk till
and then the charge of Judge MARITIME t,
the Jury.
Witnesses Chamberlin and Gilber
went directly from the scene of the tr!a
to the Grand Jury room. Assistant Dis
probationary Lindsay had preceded
them with the stenogra piers minute
Il oil he testimony of Assemblyman Stein
AID the whole matter was laid befor
n ~" m Iury
1t is said that the testimony of Law
ger v-.dnce will also be carefully scru
unized and perhaps the Grand Jur!
VIII be asked TO look into his case, a.
MS testimony was directly contradictor!
OF that of Patrick j. McArdle and SOM