The morning call., 1894-01-20
HIS LAST STORY.
McNulty Tells the Tale of
His Trial.
. ATTORNEY WILSON BLAMED.
he Compelled the Plea of In
sanity.
GROSS NEGLECT is CHARGED.
Carroll Cook Addresses Letter to
Governor Markham in Behalf
of His Client.
ATTORNEY WILSON BLAMED
GROSS NEGLECT is CHARGED.

by a CALL reporter, and made request
10 be allowed to state through the press
his own version of the trial and the treat
,ment which he had received from the at
torney who had conducted his case, j. n.
+. Wilson.
j.; Governor Markham and the public In
general" he began, shave been entirely
misinformed about me; it has been repre-
scented that 1 pleaded insanity Of my own
free will. 1t is that which has caused all
the efforts in my behalf to fallto the ground,
and why [ am now only a few days from
:the grave.
= LET me just tell you my version of the
whole affair in few words" he contin-
.ued. mir. Wilson, the attorney, came to
me and asked me to give him the case,
saying that he did not want cent for his
services. Well. accepted him, and few
days afterward had to pay him SIC. Alto
gether be received 5000 from me, the
receipts for which | saw with ny own
eyes. Wilson told ME that my only chance
TO get off was to plead insanity. told him
was as sane as any'other man, and per-
feetly willing to admit the killing; but
hnaliy he prevailed upon me to accept his
advice. GU see. l had nothing at all to
90 with 1t. was tool in his hands, and
now Governor Markham accuses me of
perjury,
: ''At the trial nearly all the witnesses for
the prosecution came from the same part
OF the country as Collins did. and were
pTeludlced against me from the first.
:. When went up for sentence Mr.. Will
son made motion for new trial The
District Attorney asked for a weeks con-
tlnuanee, which Judge Murphy granted.
" hen / went ND again Wilson told me
That no new trial would be granted me.
whereas In reality be had never even made an
argument for one He told me he would get
= Communication for me from Governor Markham,
who was good friend Of lis. This communal
uon-I was 10 get inside of three months and
: he promised to get me out of prison In about
-.hVe years would not consent to this propo-
. sltlon. My sentence was postponed aud finally
i accepted the Communication.
Nineteen months afterward Wilson came to
Jhe Broadway jail 10 see me, and when 1 asked
how much longer was TO wait he answered
OF, everything is getting along nicely, we NAV
rear any day. Then he fought shy of me for
.leng time.
= One day Mr.. Sullivan, tie special counsel
Tor the prosecution. came to see me-. He said
he was very sorry for me, and asked what VIII
son was doing for me. l told him about the
:commutation and he advised me not to take IT,
but 10 Send Mr.. Wilson 10 his Office and he
would get me a new trial. IL FAM he added
. IN take the case to the Attorney Geueral' A
lew days afterward l saw Mr.. Sullivan again
ana asked him if he had seen MIR. Wilson. he
replied that he had only seen him for few
minutes, but was TOO busy at the time TO breach
The subjecG 10 him. Then L Sent friend TO see
AIR. y lis0n and ask him. for Gods sake TO 60
and see MIR. Sullivan ana have something done
1orme. Wilson replied 20 my friend: Let Sui
llFan mind his own business and leave my
clients aloue.'
: "A long time elapsed, and one day Wilson
came 10 see me again. l asked him what he
was going TO do for me. He said the same old
%0fds, Get you commute then asked
him If that was the best he could DO for me-
he answered, Yes; get you sent up for the
term of your natural llfe.'
sIlRn | fold HIM how Mr. Sullivan had fotya
more interest In me and how be had expressed
his Willingness TO get Ele new trial.
Wilson answered: TO - with Sullivan
j know my own business best. Leave me
alone Then got angry with him and up
braided him for never having inquired into the
details of my case. Finally he told me to get in
aud tell him all about it. After all that time
mind you Well, after he had heard IL be said
lie guessed it was best TO get me new trial in
stead Of a Communication.
After that interview he left me alone for
eight long months. My old mother told me
she had sent him 500 upon his request for $50.
He never acknowledged the receipt OF it and so
she asked me 10 write him. He never even re-
piled TO my letter. One day Wilson came again.
. said to him: Mr. Wilson, is my money not
as good as that OF a rich man?' He answered,
Il guess So Then SAID l, why did you not
answer my mothers letterP Il forgot he
sa!o. why dld you not answer mine?'
:. as ked. l did, be said, about three months
afleTWaTd' Then l reminded Mr.. Wilson that
:: ~hen he took the case he said he did not want
a cent for doing so. he laughed aud asked me
ii / thought he was working for nothing. l
told him bout the 5000 my woman had paid
him and OF which l had seen the receipt; but
he claimed to have received only $500 Then
i told him was dead broke, except for 500
Sell told him he could take it, AT first he
did not want TO, but finally said he would see
what could be done and wonld let me know in
q lew days AS matter of fact he kept away
from me as before.
- MIR Cook then heard of my case and offered
: 10 help me. said was poor man without
qaNr nENrsf "a hnlr s-lN ~.
h2d 'treated me. Mr.. Cook went 10 the Supreme
: Court and then told ME that Wilson had done
a5solqlely pothing, and that the case would
Fave gone by default. There were no minutes
Of the Superior Court trial there, and on this
re would base his case for new trial. Then
W llson came TO see me again. He complained
that L had taken new attorney, and when 1
&. was denied new trial he dropped out of the
.cdso altogether.
''Since the original trial one of the Jurors has
owned TO having pronounced me guilty because
he had pressing business engagement and
mat lie would sooner hang thousand iurjes
tlaD pronounce that verdict on ME again. Mr.
Cook told me 10 write out a complete Statement
OF tile case and be would forward IL to Gov
ernOr Markham This did, and when came
10 the place where was on the stand / added
Il swOre to this through Mr.. Wilson's instruc.
tons: he told NE TO swear 10 It,"
McNulty stated that the last time Wilson
went TO see him lie had tapped his breast
pocket, saying: 81 have letter from the
Governor asking what is 70 be done about you
j am going 10 Sacramento 10 see him"
AS yet nothing has bFen heaId from him.
During The interview the prisoner, although
his eyes betrayed great restlessness, appeared
quiet and resigned.
When asked how he felt at his awful proxim-
. ity 10 death, he replied:
Il am not afraid of it. / believe In the Justice
eI my maker. and if had not been so terribly
misTepresented here ! should not have been
forced TO seek his presence. But l am not
afraid"
The following letter was mailed last evening
q by Carroll Cook, attorney for McNulty, to the
Governor:
JANUARY 10. 1894.
Hon u. II. MdTkhonl GoUeTRoT Sacramento,
Cdt-STR; was sorry to see by your letter to
me the result OF your consid Grafton OF the app
cation made Tor a communication OF the sentence OF
John McNuity. Your letter, although addressed
10 me. take 20 be an open letter since the copy
which l received from you is cut from Sacra-
.mento newspaper and was published before its re-
ceipt by me. consequently MAKE this open reply
thereto.
BY your letter ] see that you place more reli-
ahce upon the unverifed assertions OF Mr.. j. n f.
Wilson than you do upon the sworn statements of
the. witnesses and OF the defendant, You seem 10
lay great stress upon those parts of Mr.. Wilson's
letter to you which you quote. OF course IL is
your privilege to give credence TO whom you
please, but IL seems to me, in the light of recent
events and accusations, that. were questions of
veracity between Mr.. Wilson ana those whose am
davits have been presented TO you in McNuty's
behalf to be decided by The general public the
unverifed statements of McNuIty and such wit
nesses would find more credence than the state
under oath of j. N il. Wilson.