Evening journal., 1896-02-14

He Says That Pisa ChOked Brown-Da-
clares That No Unnecessary Force Was
Used to Get the italian Under Control.
The Dead Man walked Into the Bath
room and Then Fell.
Honors did not rest easy In the Court
Of Oyer and Terminer yesterday after
noon. 1t Is true that the defense sue
ceedsd la preventing the state from
putting Robert Kenyon on the stand to
testify against Lynch, Brown and swan,
and yet. az the same tins Messrs Hayes
and Ward who conducted tho cross
examinations, utterly failed to break
down the testimony Of NAPLES and
Coroner's Physician Walker The former
told q story which differed In some
essential features from that told by
Oakes. but both Attorney General
White and his deputy knew OF that
variance before they put him on the
stand, DR.. Walker was as solf-posseased
under his loDg and tedious cross
examination IS though he were merely
going through a quiz at the hands OF
some old college classmates.
Court reconvened at 2 80. There was
no falling of In the attendance or the
intense interest manifested
Chief Justice Lore--"Mr. Ward, we
don't want to hurry you. but we request
that you make your questions as concise
rs possible.
Mr.. Ward-"Yes. your honor"
NAPLES Resumes His Story.
David NJ. Wsples resumed his place on
hand aRain
Mr. Wsrd-"Pisa had neither OF biz
hands at Browns throat at any time"
mo, sir"
"Did Plsa's body make any sound
when It fell upon the floor after the
asylum trip was given himg' Yes. sir
The noise was Just like any human
body falling plumb on the floor After
Pisa fell Brown Jumped on him With his
knees Ia the pit Of his stomach. His left
hand grasped Pisa's throat. He remained
there until DR.. Clayton yelled to them
70 get off didn't see anybody else Oh
his stomach. Swan had not done any
thing to Pisa up to the time thst he
walked up and kicked him In the left
side. Browns feet were not In the way,
| for they we're on the right side Of Pisa's
body He jumped up and down on him
three or four times l did not
I testify before tho coroner's Jury
that Brown only jumped up
and down on Pisa's stomach a time or
two. did not see Swan down on Pisa's
body. Clayton came out Of the bathroom
before the fall, to the best of my recol
lection, but 1 can't say positively
Lynch came In Just az Clayton jumped uD
and yelled to the others to get of Pisa
Lynch and Clayton did not come IA
together The frst time that Brown
surged On his stomach PlsRs legs DIRE v
up and Strengthened out aud after that,
be neither moved nor said anything.
Lynch and Brown took Pisa into the
bathroom. Swan kicked Pisa In the side
once Just as Dr. Clayton yelled to them
to get of. l saw Pisa for a second sfeef
Dr. Clayton threw water In his face. He
was on that side OF the bathtub next the
door. did not see Pisa put Ia the bath
tub. He must have bsen put Ia the
bsthtub, for he hadn't the use of himself
to get in. ! am not positive that Swan
kicked him twice. but do know that he
kicked him once. l did not see Brown
kick him at all, either going down the
corridor or elsewhere. l did not say
before the coroner's jury that he did
kick him three OF four Times while going
along the corridor
4 Il SAW DlOWu huu 0Htu III Nuu yhlu
between and Q o'clock on that Sa urday
morning. Swan heard me make that
remark to Brown about using human
beings as hickory sticks and oak logs,
aud he was also near enough to hear
Browns reply Lynch was not there
NAPLES Under Cross-Ex animation.
Walter h Hayes then took NAPLES
and oss-examined him In bsLalf Of his
own clients, Brown and Swan. He asked
hi IA how long II wss from the time that
Pisa fell to the time that he was taken
iuto the bRth-room2 NAPLES replied
that 1t was from FIVE to ten minutes. Mr..
Hayes tried to pin him down to q more
precise statement OF time but Wsples
refused to bs pinned.
20 ,kes and Brown were both there,
but Brown did the tripping. | said
They tripped him. but / meant that
Brown did It Oakes had hold OF his
hand Mr.. Lynch was not there until
after Pisa hsd been thrown down. l did
not say before the coroner's jary that
Lynch did not come until the body had
been carried into the bath room
Mr. Hayes HAS anyone Instructed
you how TO answer these qusstions2"
mo, sir"
Wapies Declined to Answer.
"Were you not under bail for appear
ance st the Octobsr term OF the Court
Of General Sessions OF Sussex county for
stealing a msre2'
Mr.. Cooper objected aud this court
ruled that NAPLES need not answer IN
less he wanted to.
The witness declined TO answer unless
he could state all ths circumstances
connected with his possession OF the
mare.
Mr.. Hayes showed witness paper aud
asked him il certain signature were
his WSples said that he could not say,
as his eyts were falling and he did not
have his glasses with him
Mr. Hayes-"Did you have on your
glasses on October 81 mo, sir; didn'r G
need them to see what was going on.
"Wss or was not Piss's left side nearer
to you than his right sids2' Yes. IL
was In a sense. but his right side was
almost as near
Objected to witness Kenyon.
He left the stand at 30 Mr. Cooper
called cut the name of Robert e. Kenyon
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