New-York tribune., 1903-02-07
RUSHING YOUNG TRIAL.
Eleven Witnesses Heard-Prisoner Hired
Buggy.

ri, +,o, rroper of William Hooper Young. a
cusei of the murder of Mrs Anna Fuhtzef' star'cu
with rush yesterday before Justice Herrick III
the Supreme Court. the prosecution making ns
o,,- aad-oss a nd eleven witnesses for the people
tesifvnp after the jury box had been filled Young
most of the time manifested no interest IN 'he VS.
tnouv against him and lay with his mead ana
hands resting on a table. His general appearance
however. was better than on the hrst oaN ne ap-
peared in court.
out of a special panel of one hundred talesmen
the two necessary to complete the jury were
chosen. The jury is composed of the followlhs'
Thomas II. Magee. servants, NO l44 East lhIN
second-st: Charles K1ikawa. express. No. soS East
Saventv-tbird-st. Clifford l.. Miller building ma
terials sixty hrst-st and Jerome
ave: Loyal Farragut, clerk. No 1i5 Liberts-s'''
William c. Littlewood clerk. No. al Broad"aE'
John J. Reynolds. cheese importer. No. Si Green
vich-st; John L. Heartt. secretary, No. liz
Broadway: Samuel Warren. clerk. No 90 Frank
lin-st Melvin L. Morris real estate. No 80 Greene
ST. ]. Remsen Eckerson. real estate broker NO VO
West One hundred thirty y-frst-st.: George w.
Wells. clerk. No 11s Broadway. and Michael Ou'i-
ningham real estate. No 107 Columbus-ave
Before Assistant District Attorney Clarke began
TO speak two county detectives carried into court
the trunk found in Chicago which contained some
of the clothing worn by Mrs. Pulitzer at the time
of her disappearance. Young. using his counsel
overcoat as a pillow, placed his head on the lape
and closed his eyes. When ordered 20 face she
jury his lawyer raised his head for him.
The Assistant District Attorney assured the Jury
that no effort would be made to arouse rehsiou'
prejudice against the defendant.
I'VE don't care he said, what his name Is
and that he is the grandson of Brigham Young
We don't care If he IS q Mormon or not. The re-
ligious question has nothing TO do with the case
That phase was introduced by the counsel Tor the
defence but it has nothing to do with the case
Daniel f Powell the first witness. first saw the
body Of Mrs. Pulitzer in the Morris Canal on sep
tember IS. A map of the canal was put !"
Gence. and Powell pointed out the place Where 'he
body was found. The map also showed the car
tracks and the road along which the body must
have been taken.
Henry G. Griffith the undertaken who prepared
Mrs. Pulitzer's body for burial. told OF carrying
the body from the bank of the canal to the morgue.
He identified q weight and leather strap 1ounu'
and described the wounds the body. FRANK -
Newkirk. embalme corroborated Mr. Grlfhth.
Young took no apparent interest in the testimony.
He was lying with his head on his counsels coat
every now and then moving uneasily as II in pam.
Peter Nielsen the fifteen-year-old brother OF h Iie
murdered woman tolo Of the ,t1 ei He He
broke down and wept when Nj Clarke sh9msd s ean n
his pa sister wear skirt and waist taken from the
trunk Young is alleged to have expressed 10 ohi-
Edward LgndsTen oo9metye To- o tbs fngPseT Pen of Road
it being driven across the Hackensack Brose; t Ia
describe the man. The carriage was then going
towarl the canal He ssw it d;4sfon agaR n,s e was
unable swear TO the trunk Mr. Clarke sho"eu
him .z.;s,3
lanes B I<vnch a policeman of this city. festlneu
that he saw a man. assisted by the belboy of tne
house carry trunk from the Clarence apartInenI M
house and put In a buggy al about S5o p III. 9Ii
September Il. The trunk looked like the one III
court. a,,hla
in Hoboken where the buggy was hired ldenIliiee
Young positively as the man who hired 1t ABOUT
o. m. on September l.. =, 1-a,,,-,,
When the Assistant District Attorney toId I olaS @
to hold up his head that the witness mgm5 T1and T
him, Young took no notice Of the S9mnnSnuc % St:bi,c "
was necessary for his lawyer to take MN loIctoi4
by the chin and lift his head from the table
Moore said Young returned the rig on the iolio%-
ing day and said ii had been at stable a night
in Fifty-ninth-st New York. Moore identined az
one of his employers business cards a caro- foEnd
in the trunk to Chicago ,r., "a
When Moore dismissed, justice hefrlch du
iourned court until Monday.