The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-01
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BULLS TRIAL BEGUN
Crowds Throng the Court
Room to Witness the Pro-
Ceedings.
PROSECUTOR WINFIELD'S OPENING
Witnesses Testify That He Threat
ened His Wife's Life Little
JohnnY's Cries.

the Court of Oyer and Terminer The
court room was crowded and the pro-
ceedingS were SO frequently disturbed by
the noise that constables were placed at
all the entrances and in the aisles with
instructions to allow no one to move
about The case was not opened until
eleven o'clock, the attention of the
Court at the opening being taken up
with the drawing of a jury in another
case. At ten o'clock Bull was brought
in from the County Jail by Constable
Locke and placed inside the railing The
murderer displayed no emotion whatever
and watched the work of drawing the
jury which will decide his fate with ap-
parent indifference, He was attired in
a suit of black clothes, and wore black
and white plaid scarf, which hid his en-
tire neck and throat The children of
the accused man occupied the front seat
on the north side of the court room.
They watched the proceedings with in
terest and wept when the scene in their
mothers bedroom on the night of the
murder was recalled.
THE JURY.
The jurors selected are:-Charles Booth.
Patrick Healey, William Meakin, Lyman
D. Brown, James Provers, William
Piercy, John A. oliver, Ernest Hermann,
Bernard Shea, George Blaisch, David Mil
Ter and George H. Jones. In his ad-
dress to the jury, Prosecutor Winfield
said Edward Bull stands indicted for
the murder of his wife. He came to this
country a year ago last April, and his
brother-in-law gave him work in his fac
tory and turned over the butcher shop to
his wife, who was to conduct it, He
was in an excellent way to support his
family, but he got it into his head that
his wife was not true to him and made
threats to end her life. He denied these
threats when they were brought to him;
but on the night in question he nerved
himself up to the ordeal He went out
after supper and went to a beer saloon
and returned about ten o'clock. He en-
tered with his can of beer from the rear
to the kitchen, and sat down and drank
the beer. He went out again, and was
seen at half-past eleven o'clock going
away toward another saloon. He came
back again, entered the kitchen, went
to the front bedroom there began to
quarrel with his wife. With brutality he
accused her of being unfaithful to him,
and then seized her, and with a razor
in his hand pushed her back in the bed
The noise awoke little John, who rush
ed into the bedroom. His mother called
to him to strike a light, and by the
light of match saw her trying to rise
from the bed.
CUTS HER THROAT.
He saw this man with the razor
cut every blood vessel in her throat
Then turning to his little daughter he
said, kiss me, Sally?' but the little lad
with bravery pulled her away and said,
no don't, Sally Then this man threw
himself across his wife's body and cut
his own throat with the same razor.
These are the facts in a nutshell When
Chief Turnhill found this razor (showing
the jury white handled razor) it was
dripping with blood and the blood is on
it yet. These two impliments (showing
a heavy screwdriver and small butch
er's knife) were found between the mat
tresses of the bed. Their connection with
the case we hope to establish later. Tn
less these jurymen put their foot down
upon the numbering of women in this
country, the country will be deserted by
women"
I1SHIy Il. WtiiOWpy, DTOJnef-ln-lOW OF
Bull was called. He testified that he has
known Bull for eighteen years, and that
he had first met him in Stratford, Eng
and He had come to this country ten
years ago and engaged in business in
Kearny. Bull and his family came over
a year ago last April.
BULLS JEALOUSY.
Il gave Bull work in my factory"
said Willowby, driving a cart, and Mrs
Bull was given charge of the butcher
shop. A few weeks before the murder
the little boy told me that his father
had threatened to kill his mother, be-
cause he said she was unfaithful to him
/ called Bull into the office and asked
him about the threats. He denied them
but the lad corrected him saying, Yes,
father you did say So On the night of
the murder / was awakened by noises
emanating from the room in which Bull
and his wife slept. I heard Mrs. Bull
say, Harry, for Gods sake get up, Ned
is numbering me- When 1 went down
stairs I saw Mrs. Bull lying on the bed
with a frightful cash in her throat.
"Blood was spattered about the bed.
called for light and one was brought
from upstairs Bull was lying across his
wife's body and as l entered the room
he tried to get off the bed, but l held
him saying, Ned, what have you done?,
He muttered something which I could
not understand. 1 was the first person
to enter the room. Mrs. Willowby and the
two children, Sally and John, stood in
the doorway looking Mortified. / sent
John to call doctor. While held Bull
/ did not notice that his throat was cut
because he wore a heavy woolen scarf
Mrs. Bull to all appearance was dead
JOHNNY'S CRIES.
Mrs. Willowby testified that Mrs Bull
ate supper with her on the night of the
murder. They had can of beer. About
ten O'clock Mrs. Bull went down stairs,
and Mrs. Willowby lay down, but could
not sleep, on account of rheumatism.
Somewhere about eleven O'clock she
continued, Il heard little Johnny cry
sAunty, Aunty! pa is numbering mamma.
/ cried to my husband, Harry, for Gods
sake, So down quick! My husband
Jumped out of bed and ran down stairs.
When / went down saw the razor
(Which was shown by the Prosecutor9
lying among Mrs. Bulls clothes which
were at the head of the bed. I did not
touch the razor saw the razor before
when Bull was shaving himself with It.
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