The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-31
MAC FARLAND VERDICT
MOST LIKELY TO-DAY
Justices Charge Only to BE Made
Before Case j. Given
to the Jury.
STATES STRESS or MOTIVE
MacFarland Not Put on the Witness
Stand and Florence Bromley
Not in Court

llNle more than TWO Gays VIII nave
been taken up with the trial of Allison VI.
Mac farlaud. charged with wife murder
J IN Newark Both the state and the de-
fence rested their cases Yesterday. Argu
ments have been made. Chief Justice
Gummere will charge the jury this morn
ing The verdict NAV I've reached before
noon to-day.
Ia their arguments MacFarland's coun-
sell Frank VI McDermit. and Prosecutor
Wilbur A Mott agreed that the prisoner
was guilty of deliberate murder or was
/ innocent There was no middle ground.
| both argued. The prosecution insisted
that MacFarland put Il bottle of cyanide
/ II potassium ia the medicine closet with
the intention that his wife should take it.
which she did on the night Of October
/ II last The motive was argued from
correspondence bet weeu MaCFaraud and
| Florence Bromley of phiIadeiphil
I In the morning the prosecutor began
the second part ~ his evidence. tuat
! introduced To- show motiv" on Mactar
lands part Letters written hy the prs
/ oner while AZ 'he police station three days
DAYS after his wfc's death and part of the
/ voluminouI correspondence between the
( defendant and Florence Bromley We're
! read and offered N evidence ono ut
these WAS the -Buuuv" letter sent to|
! Philadephin IN care of the general d"lly-
cry. II read in part
DF,PEsr Br~,l Es,e.veI vour three
lstter- hr' none since M la-' a'G u'ld
. for causing the death ~ INV VIE. huf am
not Worrying about =. n Of ,p.r-" y -
, pr"postetou- and viii como ou' al rlrN' 900
he aut ts ypu know nv lady had agreed
I to "v"r"thIns. and Nuli- 81 '.I:l' hpN"
ia""r ter I'" purpu-..y 't'r, -" uli y
los error Nhl' Il, to ur w0il b" and ~ II"
worst ~ ,au on die
Witnesses We're called 10 IDENTIFY
nGmu-r Of letter. Nj and N~- George
CroChc't. parents - tho d"ad woman,
t..> .t., Mrs Crocn,ri iG.u'ln"i lpu-
letter written Il her 10y h"r daughter
on Oc-olar l.. probably ou.y a Trvv n,.ir-
l"'nr. >n" died n" commuu ica'ion
va, all about HON" affairs D.. ton" wa-
cheerful and II VA tn'roiuc"i To- show
that there Wa- nothing IN n - lui.yat"
'ha' Mrs Martarlaud wa- IN = gloomy
-'a'" of mind
LAWYER McDarml' oo"nrd h.~ q, f"urn
~ saving that II was his pricinal Intention
no. :" put IN any c?tI"ncr nu' that ne
Wa anNious tn have tn" UIrv r"li Tn"
statement mate b Marfa,llnd. and
a. tn. prosecution had 'at,ed to introduce
~ he WORLD Andrew NlotarlVnd. uuCls
ot the prisoner. was Nr-' called lie
testified tha' h. ha. led with IA" Ma
Farltuds from 'irc 20 t,me and nd
fraIreutiy seen bottles marked "Cyanld"
of Potassium IN the yG"in - huu~"~ they
oCcuItrd. lie -ald tna' his nephew rs"
~ for o."au.uG silver and for Photographic
purposes
The defence secured the s,arrmcn;
from Prosecutor Mot and rtd Prose
Cutor- D"teCtlv. Godfrey iG"n'IIv lt
Prosecutor Mott ohl"ctod - - bong
introduced. n,i' wa oNerrulYi Ne''j-
NIT then road IN" -'a'"mynI In i Na"-
: Iarlaud asserted that no had 'p't l'S
wlt" ahoU putting 10" cvauIdr m IA"
W"dlC.H" "h"s'. n" statement tu -Ir-
3 ~IaI," was thai H" mad gone To- \Cpv ori
on rG"-tay afternoon with - son and
sIen' tho uIg.i ~ 'h- - PaG Hpiai
II" ca,u-l lhao, Ia" n"Nt morning Mn-u
- reached IN" hous" u" ~" his Tli"
wing uu ~" ned Thought some, ,u.u; va
wrong ard called the doctor. IL" wand"
was ."cIr"d IL" statement wen, ON.
. . from IN" rpyk'r-N Irrior COmpalv'-
pun'nEraruI" room. II" did ~; tuluN
II va~ Of any cor-eglen"" 2 Al ho took
!; and did not b"hev" II necessary - t"s
, tho phutngrap ph.r 'ha' h" TAD tanou n
i called NV Wife, attention 10 u
r. Hae 'ar and statement read "l'old n-"
bought som" "vanld" and pat ~ In cher"
Later | mixed It up. | W. lpnSlug toy
, a hu'tl" that haiu' been flird After
putting It IN the bottle put a lahcl on II
marked as Poison vanIdo solution
and left Il on IN" shelf - tar a. know
= no ore nUt myself Touched tho~" hoI'lr-
r | b" nrom!de meaning m" hp,t'" which
: h" r"til,"il my wlt" nrr"r rs"d ~ far a
| snow
/ rros-n'ItDr Mott began hr~ argument
# hy calling attention t" n" fo"' tIat
MaCfarlaud was not pat upon IT." wit
( n"~~ stand II" turned T. the "Bnnnv
letter. Tax" this lrtt"r. h. said Mae
! Farland : W.T.. Is dead, he's IN laii, wh.r.
h nrr his thogghts' With his cpucuhlu"
| III Philadelphia III refer tn other
| letters. Sh" wrot" him that # ~" vas
: not his wifi" py Octob"r sh" would XIII
| h"rsalf Another letter stated that sh"
70 will b- his soon and that our lonely
|, loururv is almost over. Letters from the
9 Bromiey girl show that her family did not
4 ike MaCFa-l6nd
: In January. the prosecutor went on
= Maine and do the job there" In Nav
h hs writes that he Is looking for home
Y and she replies that she will kill herself
! # he does not marry her, In September
- he writes that ne ls going To start some
y thing and on Sept"mb"r >" sne writes,
!, Better not tell me much about your
= plans but wait until it., all over ana tell
IN" then.
- In MS argument LAWYER McDermit
y asked tn. jury whv # Mactaraui wanted
I" tah" his wi'"'- If" did h" not pour "A
. few drops O; m" poison IN her bromide
If WI" knows why or how she died2- he
| ash"i Did she discern IN her own
n household -1ire evidences Of his lnfidcllty
# II Sh" did and learned what II has been
testified she never knew before. was she
seized with melancholy and did she take
the poison
:. Mr. Mort- closing remarks were brief
"He led this girl on" he said. until il
. reached y situation where II meant death
for somcbodv. We cant stand for the
killing Of our women in ESSEX county In
n that way and | ask you in the name oi
q society for verdict against this monster
~ Justice GummerS said that 1t wouc
+" be better for the jury to hear his charg,
'r with fresh minds and he adjourned court
'r until this morning.
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