New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
A SURPRISE IN COURT.

.....o during the course OF the trial Of Mrs.
D.. tho counsel for the accused woman
~ 10, allowed so much as a syllable to escape
," os % the line Of defence they propose to
,,nor Yesterday morning. however. Mr..
.,u IN the course Of an argument made II
nv. hAvond dispute that he intends to a great
.,, 70 answer the charges against his client
e.. s,,v,ng that Mrs Bliss was not murdered. but
:" ". che committed suicide The intimation was
D' .,,rs 70 all in court who have followed the
~. ,ror the beginning. and 1t was clear that
'..,.,,n, District-Attorney Mcintyre and his as
'.,o,es were greatly surprised.
~. u,os this all. Mr. Brooke IN his cross-ex-
.n,,a,on os Mr.. Anderson. the manager OF the
c.,,ral Hotel showed that he purposes to dis
Wv, the result Of the analytical investigation Of
~. prss's internal organs and OF the contents
:, ,,s stomach by endeavoring to prove that the
,.se, woman was a confirmed user OF ar
...,c II is understood that the defence will In
.-aarcs testimony in confirmation OF this point
80 have several witnesses ready to take the
-..,d uno will swear that Mrs. Bliss shortly be-
..,n nor death threatened in their hearing TO
,.vs her own life. Poverty is said to be the cause
D. s,scide which Mr.. Brooke will attempt TO
bring out.
LITTLE IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
,,.rt from these reveal tions on the part OF the
,.,snce. there was little in yesterdays evidence
50, was interesting or even Of apparent sub
,,,,al Importance. Nearly the whole day WIS
,vs, over to identihcations Of exhibits intro
inyd BY the prosecution. The task OF ade-
,uely identifying and tracing from hand to
,,ri these alleged discriminating articles seems
iuprminable. To a great extent this IS due 10
n, Inyariabla objection which Mr.. Brooke In
,.rposes against TIE legal admissibihty OF eacn
and every exhibit as competent evidence How
MA, is the amount Of time consumed IN TINS
way Is shown by the fact that DIT Mott the
chemist, although called 10 the stand soon aftes
o'clock had not got through the formality OF
legally recognizing FIVE exhibits by the time the
hour arrived for the court to adjourn. the arti-
ces in question were the receptacles containing
the stomach and Its contents taken from the
BODY OF Mrs Bliss by DR.. O'Hanlon at the au-
topsy AS on Friday last. Mr.. Brooke objected
70 the introduction Of these things at every point
On the ground that the chain OF evidence regard
ing them was disconnected in consequence Of the
dath NJ Coroner O'Meagher. through whose
hands they passed at one time. Again Mr.
irg Inspector McCullagh and Detectives Moore
and Sawyer regarding the personal effects be-
longing 10 Mrs Fleming and taken from the
storeroon at the Colonial Hotel. whittier they
had been consigned, on the contention that no
competent evidence had been adduced before
the Jury 70 prove the defendants ownership OF
the property.
THE DEFENDANTS DEMEANOR.
Mrs Jennings bearing yesterday was not so
calm and self-possessed az heretofore. Two or
three times she was observed 10 be agitated
and III at ease. and once-when Mr.. Brooke spoke
OF her mother as a suicide-the defendant wiped
tears from her eyes with her handkerchief Cor
oner Hoeber has been constant attendant at
the trial. and as II Is known that he is not there
as possible witness or in any official charac-
Ter. simple curiosity has been the motive at
tributed for the Coroners regular presence In the
court Statements 10 this effect have found
their way into the newspapers. to the resent
ment OF Dr. HOeber Yesterday he handed to
the reporters a carefully worded letter refutng
the nsnuatio1 OF curiosity. and stating that
only his interest in psychology and medico-legal
Qrestons attracted MIN TO the trial.
Dr. Hoeber ended his communication with the
assertion that he had resolved TO spend mucn
time In the courtroom as possible. because Of a
conviction that what he heard there would be OF
advantage to him in the performance of his
duties as Coroner 1t was. however. a somewhat
remarkable circumstance that soon after hand
Ing this letter full OF such worthy resolutions.
to the press representatives. the little Coroner
dozed peacefully off TO sleep for something ike
half an hour. and was awakened by his neigh
h0r ui,h - Col la
be Vas on the verge Of topping from his chair.
Mr.. ANDERSON AGAIN EXAMINED.
Charles A. Anderson. the manager Of the Colo
Nal Hotel, was called 10 the chair upon the open
ing Of the court for redirect examination MI NIL
Nf' who examined him, attempted TO OBTAIN
ron the witness some stronger testimony than
ne gave on the previous day concerning the accu-
"y 81 a list o. articles belonging to Mrs. Elem
ils and removed TO the hotels storerooms from
ner apartments on September 3. lie adhered.
however, 10 his original statement that the list
was prepared by Acting Inspector McCullagh.
unseen by the witness and that It was afterward
presented to him for Endorsement. and he signed
without verifying its accuracy.
Mr. Miller n his examination ELECTED from the
"Hness that he had seen Police Detective Moore
land
@ier few preliminary questions concerning
~sresence OF Mrs. Haight In the defendants
IVA the night after the latter's arrest. Mr.
'"oSe in his examination reverted 70 the cigar
w incident and asked Mr.. Anderson 20 describe
the jury the contents OF the box. Mr.. Ander-
va said it was a small. square box that would
A'a about fifty cigars Inside yellow
.acket. about two inches long and one inch wide
1.-THE bottom OF the box was a substance OF the
'pearance Of lampblack. while also scattered
:" The bottom Of the box were about a dozen
"se pellets like quinine pills. In addition. there
vas little earthenware mug. something like a
WINS toy. That was all the witness could recol-
'ect regarding the contents Of the box which
w, vas afterward taken charge OF BY Detective
Moore.
WAS the cup clean or dirty? A.-Ciean.
s,xss-M mere was the box found In the first IN
s'ahce? Al don't know.
s.S-had you ever seen the box before? A.-No,