New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-14
~ BROOKLYN COURTS.
A CHILD on THE WITNESSES STAND IN TIE
TRIAL OF FURMAN.
y WON'T GO TO HEAVEN" SHE SAID. WHEN
ASKED IF SHE KNEW WHAT WOULD BE-
COVE OF MER IT SIZE DID NOT
TELL THE TRUTH.

COME or HER If SHE DID NOT
TELL THE TRUTH
James Furman the colorei who may go TO
prison for the balance u his He 90 charge Of a.
sauii In The second degree. faced jury In the
County Cour, Yesterday /, is not the Ars. time
the man has been fl the hands u the low. and 20
that very fic; he hts danger q going 20 prison
',r The rest q Ms .ife haol,uAl criminal OF
conviction OF the present charge
Furrnan on May D. 1850. sent Sing Sing
for FOUR years and SIX months on conviction % as
saut in the second degree: ~ November -. lss9.
Judge Keuna sen, him 20 prison for one year with
a fine - go for assault and again on Mag D. 1893
Justice Goc,ting imposed similar sentence for petit
larceny Furmsn cu, MS way out Of a prison van
.n.e ami escaped from the psnlientiary on another
occasion.
The frs, witness called after recess was George
scalefersten. who lives on the Eastern Parkway
on December s. the witness sad be was having A
l,,ie celebration IN his apartments In the same
house occupied BY Furman. The Defendant came In
with a man named Tom Brown. Furman got
mad atou, something and when the witness told
him - 10 ou, be lowered his head and buted schie
ferste!n Then h. ca, him In the cheek with a knife
you had llquor IN the house that nght?' asked
counsel IN examination
Sure" was the wltness's reply.
How much
The witness all not know.
'Dl you Rave twenty p.nts?" asked counsel
NO: We might have had ten p!n,s or so. had
ne share but I wasn't drunk
Blu, you were sent 20 jail The next morning for
being drunk" asked counsel
Il was | had beer but wasn't drunk"
The witness denied that ~ had any weapon in his
possession or made any threat against Furman
"Furman had a knife. though" he added Il guess
he dil l didn't see II. for was kind OF DIZZY But
f,l, II when he cut me-
How did Furman come to cut you?' asked the
Court.
Il dunno, JUST told them 10 get out. and-bang
He butted on the nose.
Annie Sch!efcrsteln. the little daughter Of the
complaining witness cOrrooOiated her father stoiy
with some details which were drawn out on cross
examination -
'D1 you know what will become OF you II you
don't tell the truth here. counsel asked
Il won't 20 to Heaven" was the reply.
is that the answer you made when sworn before
NO. Sir. I said | would land In prison. then, II
| didn't tell tn truth But | asked my teacher
The glil admitted that she had been sent 10 a
training school Ia Llvngston-st. for stealing =.
Another woman accused me- OF ing from her'
but she didn't md nothing by me, she ADDED
WAS YOUR father drunk asked counsel
We'll ne had some In him. but he didn't stagger
Later Annie said that she did remember her
father pursuing her mother down the stars win d
knife But he didn't do II all the time she ad-
mitied that there trouble before that ana that
in consequence Mrs Schieferstein had LEFT her nus
band FOR time. .,
She had not been drinking herself on the night IN
question as she never touched anything She saw
distinctly the knife in Furman's hand
WAS your husband drunk asked counsel
He had a little but ne was not drunk. no, SIT
The case will be continued to-day