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 the
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 as promptly by several citizens
as ever the Imagination of an English
tourist conceived, seemed surprisingly
favorable to Michael Donnelly, as told
by the witnesses in his trial for assault
upon Patrick j. McArdle, when Judge
MARITIME adjourned court last evening.
Reputable 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
a lawyer, capped the Climax by. produc-
ing sye ,s whIh ne ne
person just as it had been thrust from
behind. the witness into the stomach Of
Donneliy. who. at the moment, was he'd
severance.
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,
h hey Mn w yoH?" asked one ocular 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,
No: Soi7sl IVA, was not shipped from TIE fac.
shooting affair in Judge Bischoffs court
room. when Stein says he wrested 1t
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 bull
George H. Chamberlin proved to be the
Springfield man. He Is shipping clerk
at the Smith & Wesson manufactory.
He testified that he kept record of the
numbers of all revolvers shipped for the
factory.
will you look at your record and tell
us at what time revolver No. S07Sl was
shipped from the factory" asked Mr.
The calmness of the shipping clerk and
the smiling malice of the prosecutor
were in marked contrast to the pertur-
Tense, Mr.. 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 it by it's number. and
made note of it yesterday" said Judge
Mr., Brooke entered every other Legal
objection possible, and then the ship
ping, clerk answered the question with
Revolver No. sO,7SI was shipped by
me June IL, 1894 and ! then made this
minute in his book. 1t was shipped ir
Wh nay Gales BY tse ADAMS
Express Company"
sohoverling. DAILY Gales are on
Broadway, near Duane street.
Mr. Brooke tried hard, but was unable
To break the force Of this documentary
William 3. Gilbert. Receiving Clerk
the story. He testified that his firm
fTH ,,Hi e the revolvers from Springfield
'@ Ther r.. was wn,snsred consultation
between Mr.. Weeks and Judge MARITIME
court officer was called to the bench
ana then disappeared; ~
IT was whispered that a warrant hat
been issued for the arrest Of Meyer j
stein. but Mr. Weeks would neither
This completed the evidence.
1t is an axiom that IA defendant wht
has an honest defense will not resort t.
false defense,
No one believed that Mr.. Brooke hac
Either it was all mistake or else tn
od 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. He said he would talk till
O'clock. to be followed by Mr.. Weeks
and then the charge Of Judge MARITIME t.
the Jury
Witnesses Chamberlin and Gilber
went directly from the scene of the tria
70 the Grand Jury room. Assistant Dis
Probationary Lindsay had preceded
them with the stenographer's minute
OF the testimony of Assemblyman Stein
and the whole matter was laid befor
IT,. H"ard Jury.
II Is said that the testimony of Law
yer Severance viii also be carefully scru
tinized, and perhaps the Grand Jur,
VIII be asked to look into his case, a
MS testimony was directly contradictor!
or that of Patrick J, McArdle and som
other witnesses in the trial OF Don
nelly.