The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-02
BULL In A TREMOR
The Accused Wife Murderer
Quails Before Winfield's
Cross-Examination
STORIES OF THE CHILDREN
The Dead Woman's Reputation
Aspersed- jealousy and
Misery.

| Bull murder trial yesterday in the Court
of Oyer and Terminer furnished very
| little hope to the accused man.
| The trial was resumed promptly at a
until a quarter past five, During this
time all the important witnesses, includ-
| ing Bull, were examined,
| Throughout the proceedings Bull re-
| tanned the stolid Indifference which has
| characterized him since his Incarceration
| in the County Jail. He sat in his chair
| except while on the stand, as motionless
| as a statue. Not a muscle moved, and
when the witnesses took their places on
| the stand he did not even turn his head
| He kept his eyes glued on Prosecutor
| Winfield, and watched his every move
ment. That he fears the Prosecutor was
| shown when he was placed on the wit
! ness stand. At every question that the
| Prosecutor Numbered out he trembled
and moved about uneasily in his chair.
| His replies to the questions put to him
| were slow and deliberate He waited a
| few moments before answering the ques-
| tions as though he We're preparing an
| answer.
The first witness examined was little
| John Bull. who was the first to see his
though but eleven years old. is well edu-
Gated, and he answered the questions
put to him without once breaking down.
He testified that he went to bed between
eight and nine O'Clock on the night of
the murder
We went to bed that early because
eae Gather Ttb tGa nus fe Iad assen be- dward
don't know what awoke me, but when I
did wake UP, / heard a disturbance in
| mammals bedroom. jumped out of bed,
and as l opened the door of the room, /
heard mother cry out, Strike light
Mother also cried out, No, Pm limo
cent; and then I said to father Why
don't you leave mother alone? l struck
a match and saw mother sitting up at
the foot of the bed l then ran upstairs
and my aunt gave me g lamp. The lamp
was lit downstairs, and / gave it to my
uncle. He wouldn't let me so into the
room where mother was
Upon cross-examination, he said:-
When we went to bed mother was up
on a lounge in the kitchen. I did not
THE DEADLY RAZOR s5
| Prosecutor Winfield then showed him
| the razor and asked him if he had ever
seen it before. He said he recognized
the razor as the one he had seen his
ing table in the bedroom. The screw
driver he said he had seen often In Eng
land and quite frequently here. The
butchers knife, he said, looked like one
he had seen used in the butchers shop.
Wher asked If he had ever heard his father
threaten his mother, he said:-.The day
out in the backyard. Mother came out
of the house, and, seeing her, father said
to me. She won't live long On the
in the Central Market, Newark, and he
said, Two have got to die, and will
do for somebody 4"
He also said that his father and mother
quarrelled frequently on saturday even
ngs because he woald not turn in his
weeks earnings.
Nine-year-old Edward Bull corroborated
his brothers testimony in all details.
Edward said that he. did not go to sleep
when he ment to bed me hes1d ,1 his
time heard his father leave the house.
He said he then fell asleep and did not
wake up until his brother got up. He
went into the bedroom and saw his
father asking little Sarah to kiss him.
Seeing his mother bleeding from the
wounds inflicted upon her he grabbed
| his sisters hand and, drawing her away,
said, Don't kiss a man like that" He
said he saw his father punch his mother.
She fell backward. and ne. fell on her.
He saw the white handle of the razor in
his fathers hand as he fell on the bed.
THE LITTLE GIRL.
Little Sarah was then called. and as
colt asked her what she knew of Sunday
school and the Bible before allowing her
| to go on the. stand. Bull displayed the
first signs of emotion he has shown.
| Lippincotts queries between sobs, the
| tears came to his eyes, and his head
became bowed. This only lasted a few
| moments, however. and shortly after he
| was again, in his old position. She said
her father put her to bed early. and that
! she was asleep before her mother came
| into the room. She said that when she
awoke she was at the foot Of the bed.
| She couldn't see what her mother was
doing as there was no light in the room m
and and get get a light light, and and heard her her father
say, Come here and kiss me.'
THE DEFENCE.
| Counsellor James A. Gordon then adj
dressed the jury, and made 5statement
| that four months after Bull was married,
| his wife gave birth to child.
When he made this statement, Phoebe
rose from her seat as il to speak, and
| then sat down again. The tears flowed
down her cheeks in streams, and she
leaned her head upon the shoulder of her
aunt, who was sitting beside her. After
| Mr.. Gordon concluded his address. Mrs.
Margaret Beverage testified that she was
| washed Mrs. Bulls body. She. said that
she found the screw-driver and knife on
one of the cross-pieces of the bed spring.
sad he met of on ahe spee
saw saw Mrs Mrs Bulls iiI' de dead body in the bed
sn ena f9snd eha E TnrnBhf Bf ss i tbs d aes tFGS
ing the screwdrivers knife and razor
from Mrs. Beveridge. Or. John Reed
said he called at the house between
O'Clock, and found Mrs. Bull dead and
Bull unconscious. He had Bull taken to
the Hospital. Df. Converse teStlned thaC
he made post nlortern examination of
Mrs. Bulls remains, and found small
incised wound in the finger OF the left
hand, a cut on the right side Of the face
from the mouth down, an lilcised wound
| nine and half inches from the right
| collar bone to left collar bone, severing
all the veins and muscles. with all
the veins cut" said Dr. Converse, "she
| could only have retained consciousness
about a minute, but she might have said
| strike light easily. Death was caus-
ed by hemorhage of the wound In the
| neck above the collar bone
WAS HE INSANE?
Bull was insane when he committed
| the crime and recalled saloonkeeper
| John Roche to the stand. vi
| Roche said that he had known Bull
since he BulD had come. to this country
| He said Bull came to his saloon almost
every night and always remained quiet
seldom speaking to anyone, DR.. John
| Pringle testified that he had frequently
met Bull, and although he frequently
] spoke to him he never received an an
| sWer On the Sunday before the murder
! he said he called at the Bull household
felt and he replied, 'all right, but not
forehead with his forefnger. He said
| this was the only time that Bull spoke
| to him. "On other occasions, said he,
| "Bull and walked long distances, and
although I piled him With questions he
| when found It necessary to put on
my heaviest clothes, met Bull on the
| street attired Ia very light clothing: and
i asked him why he didn't change He
made no reply In my opinion he was
| mentally detective. a...s..s4
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