Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1897-04-15


Mr.. Logue was about attempting to
show that these words came from Simon
Shaw, but Judge Ludlow, much to the
surprise of Mr.. Logue, and everybody
else, refused to permit the words to be
connected with the prisoner.
Mr.. Logue attempted to explain his
position to the Court when Judge Lud-
low said "Pve given you the benefit of
the words. but they came from behind
him, and there say it has got to STOP"
Mr.. Logue suggested that the message
might be voice from heaven, and Judge
Westcott thought that it might be voice
crying for vengeance from the soul,
The trial became suddenly interesting.
The interest was brought about by the
appearance of Noah Hand as witness
for the prosecution. He was star wit
ness indeed, but not for the State. In
fact, under cross-examination, Judge
Westcott began Shaw's story of defense.
Hand said he was at Shaw's house a
little while after the tragedy. He asked
Shaw if he was not sorry he had killed
Carlisle. Shaw said he had not killed the
self. Hand then asked Shaw if he would
not give all he had in this world to be out
OF this, and Mr.. Shaw said that he would
not give anything as he did not do it.
Then Mr.. Logue quietly dropped the
gentleman, and he was kindly taken in
hand by Mr.. Westcott.
Constable Whilden Reeves did not add
materially to the States case, simply de-
failing what Shaw had said when placed
under arrest, it being largely what Noah
Hand had previously testified.
Mr.. Logue then asked Mr., Reeves to
identify the clothing worn by Stultz Car
isle. Judge Westcott offered to admit
the clothing but Mr.. Logue insisted that
the articles should be identified.
This caused Mr.. Westcott to say it was
for spectacular effect, and it was evident
that the State desired to display the blood
to the jury. The blood stained garments
were then produced and remained a
,ghastly heap before the jury upon the
! floor.
| The gun and iron knuckles taken from
young Carlisle's clothing were identified.
and County Physician Thompson was
called.
| He said that his examination of the
body of Carlisle showed that death was
due from shot wound in the breast.
Ihe wound was clean cut hole, and the
entire charge of the shell had passed
through the right part of the heart.
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under the skin of the back. There was
also sharp cut on the top of the head
which was clean cut. and continued to the
bone. This wound was made before
death.
Upon cross-eXamination the County
Physician said that the gun must have
been extremely close to the body to have
produced such clean cut wound. The
wound in the head might have resulted
from falling upon the sharp edge of a
stove that was standing in the she'd.
The County Physician further said that
he had experimental with having fired
gun to board, and found that the muz-
zle of gun must be held very close in
order to prevent the spreading of the
load.
The physician then produced life
sized chart Of human body, and ex-
planned in detail the course of the wound,
which was two inches downward.
DIR. Thompson further said that it
would be absolutely impossible for a
man who hadreceived the wound given
Carlisle, to have risen to his feet after
ward. throw up his hands and fall to the
shed floor.
DIR. j. Howard Willets and DR.. Ed
Sharp both testified to having made
.post-mortem upon Carlisle's body after
County Physician Thompson had per-
formed the same function. DR., Willets
agreed with DR.. Thompson in his testi-
mony excepting that DR.. Willets thought
that such a wound as received by Car
Isle might have been made by gun
held from three to five feet from the
body.
DIR. Sharp was convinced the clean cut
wound was only possible with the muzzle
OF the gun having been held almost in
absolute contact with the body.
With few offers of articles in evidence
Mr.. Logue rested the case for the State.
For the Defense.
Mr.. Trenchard, for the defense, said
that he desired to call two or three wit
nesses before the opening was made.
First was sworn Benjamin f. Lee, for
twenty-five years Clerk of the New Jer-
sey supreme Court. He said that pre-
vious to this last quarter of session he |
had lived in Port Elizabeth, and had a |
HE long acquaintance with Simon Shaw,
and knew nothing rejecting upon the
good citizenship of the defendant,
City Surveyor Dubois was called to
prove map of the locality, and Emerson
B. Garrison to prove six photographs of
the scene of the crime.
Mr.. Trenchard then most elaborately
opened the case for the defense IT. MOS