The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-19

would be used against him. | told him
that he must be careful. officer kennedy
ard Reds brother were there at the
time. Reds brother told him that ! was
a friend of his and advised him TO make
a statement. He consented, but on condi-
ton that his brother and Officer Kennedy
Reid made a statement that / took down
in writing and repeated to him word for
word. l told him that If there was any
errors. to correct them"
Judge Hoffman objected to the state
ment being admitted in evidence. He said
that Captain Hayes had not adopted the
proper method of Obtaining a statement
from a prisoner. and had not given him
the proper caution. The prisoner, Judge
Hoffman maintained. was under duress,
ard the Captain had not repeated the
Kennedy had gone away. Justice LIP
pincott sustained Judge Hoffman's con-
~tention, and excluded the statement.
August Schroeder. a saloonkeepef, at.
No. So Willow avenue, testified that Reid
was in his place three or four times on
the day of the tragedy. He asked the
ried. The witness said he did not. Then
Reid asked him if he had seen a dark
haired woman going into Henry's house:
Il told him J. did not, said the wit
ness. .'as | only pay attention to MY own
business, and didn't notice everything
that is going on"
testified to the CHARACTER of Reds
wounds. When he madeft the autopsy he
found one bullet in The abdomen which
had severed several OF the intestlnes An
Pie and fractured the skull, and the third
had entered the left side of Henry's face.
Mrs. Marie seamont was the most in
teresting witness of the day. She was
plainly but neatly dressed and had a
pleasant appearance
Where do you live?7 asked Prosecutor
I'm the County JAIL replied the wit
ness.
II mean where did you live before you
were sent to the County Jail as a wit
AT No. rs Garden street, Hoboken.a
The witness testified that she was en-
mar named Moore, who lived at No. 1858
Newark street, in the rear of Woltnnan's
saloon. She went there about Christmas
and remained until the beginning of
"Ileid boarded in the house, she said.
II had several conversations With him:
The first time he spoke to me he. asked
me if believed. in fortune %tellers. said
no. Then he told me that he had trouble
With a woman and that Henry was the
cause Of ii. lie told me the same thing
two or three days afterward. He said
he would fix Henry, and that when he
knew me better he would tell me more.
The third time / had a conversation with
him he said that Henry took a woman
away from him because Henry had more
money than he hac. and he said that
other men gave the woman money, too.
one Gay ia the IdteF part OIL JdIldI9s d
woman who said her lame was Ander-
son, called to see Reid, but he was out.
She told me that Reid was the father of
her child, and asked me TO tell him that
she would call again the next day at II
o'clock. When Reid came home | told him
what the woman said. He denied that he
was her child's father, and said that Hen
ry was, and he could prove it by a doc
tor. He took a revolver out of the drawer,
and said that he would not do the wom-
an any harm but would fix Andrew Hen
ry. The woman came the next day., but
Reid was not at home.
81 was standing at the hall door of the
saloon at the time the shooting occurred.
/ saw Reid and Henry come out, and l
saw Reid shoot Henry. Reid turned to
me and said, Marie, now yoar eyes are
opened; if you don't keep your mouth
shut / will give O one, too Mrs. An
derson had light hair, black eyes and wore
a black dress"
AT the conclusion of Mrs. Seamont's. tes-
tilnony the State rested, and Mr.. st. Law
renee opened for the defence. He said
the defence would prove that Reid had
been of unsound mind for years. He be-
came worse when his mother died. and
his mental condition became still further
aggravated at his brothers death. The
Court took a recess until this morning and
the jury were escorted to the Hotel
Washington, where they spent the night.