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THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
Witness at the Reid Murder
Trial Reveals the Motive
For the Crime.
TRYING TO PROVE INSANITY
Members Of the Accused's
Family Testify to His
Queer Actions.

der of Andrew Henry. in Hoboken, on
May Il. progressed so rapidly yesterday
in the Oyer and Terniner Court, that
when the court adjourned for the day al
four o'clock, the State had rested, and
LAWYER ST. Lawrence had made the open
ing address. for the defence. Former
Judge William T. Hoffman, who is com
Quoting the cross-examination of the
States witnesses, did not waste much
time with them. The defence, as Nh. st.
Lawrence stated to the jury in his open
ing. is insanity. The defence has Sub
poenaed about fifty witnesses ard 1t is
proposed to show them that Reid has
been unbalanced for years.
The testimony taken yesterday as to the
details of the shooting, outside and in
side Of the saloon, was entirely %corrobor-
ative. All the eye witnesses of the
tragedy testified to the same facts with
but little if any variation. All agreed that
Reid requested his victim to go out of the
saloon for a moment. shot him when they
got, outside, and then put two more bull
lets into him when Henry staggered back
through the screen doors, and fell pros
trate on the floor. The evidence as to the
panic in the saloon when Reid waved his
revolver around in a seni-cfrcle and
threatened to shoot anybody who inter
fered with him, was corroborative.
The only witness who threw any light
on the motive for the murder was Mrs.
Marie Seamont. who was the last witness
called by the State. Her evidence showed
that there was a woman in the case. but
the identity of the woman was not clearly
established.
Frederick Bayha, who was one Of the
men in the saloon, told the same story
That the previous witnesses had told.
william Wessling, of No. 1875 Garden
Etreet. also told the same story. with the
slight variation that he had heard only
pne shot fired.
Ibid Reid look wild71 asked Judge
Hoffms4n on REORGANIZATION.
sNo;s' replied the witness. ''he was just
Hourishing the revolver around
Stephen Wade, sr., who lives in the
rear of Woldhnan's saloon, testified that
Reid lived on the same floor. On the
evening of May "a, Wade and Reid came
out of their respective doors simultane-
ously.
II told him. said the witness. ito go
down stars first as I had rheumatism.
and could not go as fast as he could.
Reid said no that he would wait for me
to go down first. When we got out to the
street Reid offered me ten cents. and
told me to go into Woltmanfs and get a
drink. Then he said. No I won't get you
into any trouble and he put the ten
cents back into his pocket. I said, LET
US go into Martin Guilfoyle's, we will get
into no trouble there. We went in and
had two drinks. When we came out I
told him I was going into Woltman's.
I owed John a dollar and I wanted to pay
him.. Reid sat on a stoop and I went in.
In a minute or two Reid came in and took
Henry out. Then I heard the shooting.
When Reid was pointing his revolver
around I said. Bill don't shoot me- and
I dropped down at the end of the bar"
The remainder of Wade's testimony
corroborated that of the previous wit
nesses.
Allison Mather, the man who was
drinking with Henry, told the same story
as the other witnesses. but Judge Hoff-
man got him mixed up on cross-examina-
tion. He testified tina Henry was stand
ing about two feet from the door and
Reid went in about five feet before he
asked Henry if he would kindly go OUT
side with him for a NUT
did he say kindly?" asked Judge
Hoffman.
tsWell, no. he didn't say that"
.sThen why do you swear that he did,"
You testified that Reid pointed the
revolver at Henry's breast. How could
he do that if he was behind Henry?"
Henry was standing sideways"
tYou say that Reid shut the door after
him; they were swinging doors, weren't
they?"
.swell, he let go of the doors"
sYou testified that you saw Reid fire
the third shot; how could you see 1t
when you were crouched down behind the
bar?,
II peeked over the barr
This style of examination was kept up
for some time and when the witness was
allowed to leave the stand he was wiping
the perspiration from his brow.
Frederick La Chappelle, who lives at
mo. 476 Boulevard n has a stable in
Newark street, heard the shots fired and
went to the front door. He saw Reid
chasing Leo Loeffler down the street.
Loeffler shouted:-"Look out, Fred; he's
going to shoot" The witness went back
into the stable and got a bale stick. He
pursued Reid and hit him on the arm
with the bale stick. Then he seized
Reid and in the struggle they both fell.
While he was trying to hold Reid the
police came and Policeman Borrone be-
gan to club the witness. Loeffler, Frank
Rabold and the witness held Reid un-
til the police took charge of him.
On cross-examination. the witness said
that Loeffler, when he first saw him, was
running for all he was worth, and Reid
was running fast, too.
Frank Rabold, Of No. 81 Jefferson
street. proved to be a too willing witness
and Justice Lippincott was obliged to
"call him down" several times. He tes-
titled that he knew Reid and was an in
innate friend of Henry. He met Loeffler
Mand La Chappelle and they told him that
Reid was after shooting Henry" A
crowd was chasing Reid, the witness tes-
titled but nobody dared to go near him.
Il ask that that be stricken OUT said
Judge Hoffman.
Justice Lippincott ordered it stricken
out and directed the witness to give d.
frain from giving his conclusions. The
witness testified that he. hit Reid every
time he could get a shot at him.
Officers Haw and Borrone testified
about the arrest of Reid and the diff
Guilty they had in getting him ava from
the crowd.
Leo Loeffler testified that he took the
revolver away from Reid and gaye 1t to
Detective Daniel Fenton.
Captain Patrick Hayes was the next
witness called. HI testified that he had
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