The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-02

the story of the murder from the MUIR
Edward Bull, called out Mr.. Gordon,
the, murderer jumped up from his. seat
and walked slowly to the witness
chair. His voice was so weak that the
jurymen could not hear his replies and
the answers given by Bull
Mr.. Bull" asked Counsellor Gordon,
Il was forty-four last August" was
the reply.
Where were you born?"
In England. ;"
when were you married?"
Il can't tell the exact year"
Tell us about what year"
1T was about eighteen or nineteen
years ago"
Where were you married, in Lon
don?''
mo, Stratford"
10 10 who whom 2,,5 were you married?"
After you married you lived where?"
AT Stratford."
What business were you in?"
Goal and green groceries,"
after you were married you had
trouble with your wife, did you not?"
YES"
..Directly?''
About four months after we were
married she gave birth to a child"
Were you the father?"
mo. She told me he was a strange
man. who seduced her in railway car
on the way to London Fields.'
Did you ever meet with any acci-
dent?"
"Yes, / was thrown out of a cart.
can't tell just where that was"
We're you hurt?'
He then continued as follows:-"I was
insensible for half hour When / re-
covered l took my horse by the head
and led him for half mile / was sick
six or seven months and the doctor
told me l had better go to the hospital.
At the hospital they told me that 1 had
congestion of the brain. I came to
America because business was bad in
/ came here Wiliougby rented me
apartments in the rear of. the store in
Kearny. He gave me employment at 81
a week. l rendered $5 to my wife. but
her Sc and she took it. The other dollar
TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE.
In reply to the question whether he
had ever had trouble with his wife he
said, 'Yes. One night / came home be-
tween nine and ten o'clock. found the
for the key, but did not find it; When
she came home I was mad and said I
would kill her stone dead"
What did you mean by that" asked
81 meant nothing" replied Bull. II
CAME TO my mind. There was no furth-
er trouble that night. We went to bed
and were all right in the morning"
He said he had no intention of harm
ing his wife and could not recollect
which he threatened his wife to his son
John at either the Central Market or in
his back yard.
Did yoq eyer eyer attempt ,t tr5on to take your
Yes. Once" replied Bull.
..Where?'
Don't recollect.''
why did you attempt it?'
7 Sl1pnOSp If was when [ cot WOr-
ried:''
What worried you?"
my wife"
"Why did she worry you?"
"She wouldn't speak to me-
He said that when he awoke on the
day of the murder he had no intention
was in a delicate condition. That night
when 1 went home 1 unlaced my shoes
in the kitchen and then went into the
bedroom. sat on the edge of the bed
taking off my shoes, when my wife put
one leg out of bed and said, get out
of her you old sot, you're not coming
into this bed | said YES | am am. She Sae
through you She held the butcher
knife in her hand. struggled with her
and tried to. get the knife out of her
When I saw her throat cut l reached
over to the dressing table, got my razor
and cut my own throat. What happened
after that I don't know"
When crosS-eXamined by the Prose
cutor, Bull said his wife held the knife
in her right hand and he had hold of it
with his left.
when She got up" he continued,
"she pulled me back with her, but wheth
er she pulled my hand which held the
knife, / don't know"
why did you cut your own throat" !"
asked the Prosecutor.
"I thought 1 might as well die with
her"
Don't you know you lie when you say
she cut her throat with that knife?'
thundered Mr.. Winfield.
Bull trembled and replied:-'I didn't
say she did. I don't know how it was
DONE
'Didn't you say that she did it with
that knife?'' as asked the Pr9secutor, sIII, o,,
whether she drew my hand with her.
This ended the examination for the day
and Judge Lippincott ordered an adj
iournment until this morning.