The evening world., 1901-04-24
Drug Clerk Tells How
He Had Witnessed a
ScuHle Between the
WO Brother Sim
Law.
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BOSTON. hrr!l - Walter u. Titus.
drug clerk. told before a ere w,l.d
courtroom ,o-day Sow he had witnessed
scu!he between chlr!.s K Eastman.
Harvard instructor uul Rirhart II.
GroSan. j-. his brothcr-,n- a, East
Cambridge
The s,ruESl. was followed by the
shooting Of Grosin whlch El.,mnr
Sla ms vas accidental and which IN.
Stat" /. endeavor.ns 30 prove was de-
,b.ratc.
Th, drug clerks Testimony Is the
Yates trump card
Ttu- was cool un!c- c,o-z-ex.ml-la; 81
nd nasss.i through II 10 The .Fs:ar,!5n
~ the prosecution. During q 1r!.' re-
esss Mrs Eastman left hcr sat anl
wen; ove- Z. tbs saiv.ry Gag Her hrs
sand. the prisoner. arose aud engaged y
conversation. smiling a; the lt,;!c wun-
an as he talked
Miss Snr-n :t!ns'iey ;ol5N,i Ti,u. ~
the -innc She testified tha; she Ms
sitting on tie plazza o! her aomc on
Henry street on jay T. abou; 80 . clio K
In the afternoon. She heard nistoi sro:s
ard Sroans a succession y. "oha," and
an exclamation which 81" though, VAS
Don't"
Three other witnessed cc,rnsoru;rI
the young woman and Mrs Lows c
Tnayer. who followed introduced AIrs.
Easman's name mt" the trial .or III.
Erst time.
Mrs Thayer WAS sitting on ihs flGz=r
Of her home on Henry stree; wh.r >hc
heard a CRY .. murder
As she looked In the rec;ion
whence the sound came Mrs Eastman.
much excited. cam. running ~ Henry
street toward ne witness house. Mrs
Eastman wanted somebody to 20 and
set u doctor.
Assistant observation-disclosures Sandcrson,
outlining the States case. SAID
There will lee evidence tending TO
show that previous 10 July tn. d.
iendan, had formed "A purpose to XIII
Grogan.
we have reached conclusion that
the defendants claim tina; h. acct
d".ally sh3, GroEar with the old re-
volver cannu; h. true
''oIe OF the States witnesses viii ,cs-
tify that Groran. dying. said East.
man has murdered me. AID he did II
purposciy.
When found. Gfoghns Waite hardlcd
revolver had Ave empty shells in 1t and
the Eastman back handled revolver had
Ave empty shells tn IL, n. old-sa.h-
Toned revolver had t"r empty shells in
it, The other caambcis wcr" empty.
The weapon carried ny the Instructor
to tho house had one loaded cartridge
In II. /; was the on.y nrcnrm Win !,
loaded cartridge In It a, tie Tine
..'rhc bulk, that .il rrct .;rg.tl.s
body WAS II bullet from j, .,...ctlInre re-
volver; tn" problem FOR YOU TO oc:cr- I
rniEs Is whether IL cam. from the old
Hm.iirc t.volvcr or on. III the centre
firr TrvoireTs.
The bullet in Organs body CORE
spends exactly IN all THESE pat.lculars
with the c,ntre-:!rc bullets and In only
one of the points mentioned with n.
rim-iire bullets. Another point IL thaj
!. Is Impossible Ia LOAD a rrHtre-iIrc bul. /
larger in diameter tnnn the intcri6.
6ilme:cr Of III" shells.
I'VE shall establish the proposition
that the defendants iVsrrlnnt 81 acct
dental shooting c,npn, lee true ard thaI
the shooting must have been done wi;h
IL ceNtre-iir. revolver.
THE Commonwealth holds that what
ever show OF friendship thcr" may have
been. there was on the tart Of k:as
man toward GroGan an und.rcurrcm' oil
lpStiutS. tItt u" HI'iiEsiI HAlfl tnFS nal
nothing IN common; that they I'D not
walk In the sam. social plarr. And
ther" viii h" evidence 10 show that "r..
rlouS In July I the defendant had
formed purpose "a XIII Groyan"
Tn" rractic" ~ Handwriting men Hr-
cuscd OF a capital nfY.n-e when they arc
taken from place In place. l. one which
g almost invariably observed here. Shrr-
III Fairburn. however. has muic an cx.
reptibh IN N" "t-- of Eastman. The de-
enter. tn" dock and leaves II
without other rcstra.ni than * IMPLIED
lbs.
mo law exists the Sheriff saws.
compelling me to handcun this man
see no reason for degrading him be-
Tore he IL found guilty