Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-16

IF ] were to have my way at this
j~uncture, and I don't say that N.Y.
judgment Is better than anybady
else's, l should follow the same course
of procedure In this trial as was fol
lowed in the last one, but I fear
cannot.
IL am going to prove the defendant
| guiltless of the crime charged against
him, and, gentlemen of the jury, lei
me ssu you you r going to have
a full explanation of all the cir
oumstances connected with the crime
and that Furthermore you are going
to have both sides of the case, nc
matter what the conditions of the
circumstances are now.
you are going to have a life his
tory of both Mr.. and Mrs. MacFar-
land from the time that they first
became acquainted to the time OF
her death, and you will have the
full story of Mr.. McFarland's rela-
tons with Miss Bromley from the
time they first became acquainted to
the present.
"And / wish strongly to emphasize
the fact that we are not trying any
moral issue here; that we are not
trying the defendant for any other
crime; that we are not trying Miss
Bromley because she may have fall
len or that an indictment for immor-
rality Is any part of this trial. All
testimony brought in this case, as in
other murder cases shall be consid-
cred only as it appertains to the
murder"
Traces MacFarland Couple.
After saying that he would not
burden the Jury with any long itin-
erary of the tale of the wanderings
of MacFarland, Mr.. McDermit
promptly did so, and traced the cou-
pie from Maine all over the country
until they finally settled In Newark.
The gist of the tale was tina Mac
Farland had moved each time in
spite of his wife's strong objections
and wishes to get back to Maine.
The story of MacFarland's rela-
tons with Miss Bromley was taken
up from the time when "Bunny's'
mother, who had known him as q
neighbor, introduced her daughter to
him, asking that he obtain a position
as stenographer for her. Being con-
nected with a Philadelphia novelty
house at the time, he was able to
do SO.
Mr.. McDermit did not deny the ex
istence Of love between the two, ana
admitted hat the question of Mac
Farland's divorce was <often dis
cussed between them. All the pas
sages in the famous letters, which.
have been interpreted to refer to Mrs
Netherlands death, were
for, he said.
II will show you, gentlemen OF the
Jury, that the meaning of these al
lusions has been distorted; that these
illusions refer only to divorce and
that anyone who says they do not
lies"
Here the lawyers voice rose to a
shrek, and he paused to mop his
forehead.
Handled Cyanide Freely.
Half an hour of the address was
here devoted to proving Mrs. Mac
Farland's perfect familiarity with the
cyanide, and her accessibility to 1t
at. all times. MacFarland had all.
WAYS been in the photographing
business, the lawyer said, and had
always handled this poison freely. AS
he was often assisted in it by his
wife, she too vas very well acquaint-
ed with its dangers and its proper
ties.
Taking up the story of the married
life of the couple again, the attorney
drew a charming picture of a gentle
husband acceding to every demand of
a wife who cared nothing for his sue
cess. and who was a constant hampe.
to him. whenever, and ii WAS often,
she wanted to return to her mother.
defendant sold or mortgaged his fur
niture and gave her the entire pro-
ceeds for her trip. often as much as
three or four hundred dollars
Coming to the circumstances sur
rounding the murder, Mr.. McDermit
said that MacFarland had engaged
rooms that very night in the Saint
Paurs Hotel, New York, and had re-
at 10 o'clock with his sol.
Robert.
Il shall show you, gentlemen of the
jury" continued Mr.. McDermit, "thc
whole circumstances Of their married
life. coming down to the date of her
death.
wife Makes Discovery.
II shall show you that she though,
her watch and chain and jewelry
were intact until that fatal night
that she did then what she had eve
done before in her life. She ransacked
the letters of the bureau of the bed
room of MacFarland's room In the
morning when Mcfarland returned,
in making an examination, he found
the pawn tickets that had been taken
ont showing that the goods were losi.
And she found three long letters from
Atlantic City written by Miss Brom-
ley.
Then, ii was the first time that she
ever believed-that night after she
had written her letter home 70 Maine
1t Yves the first time she ever knew
in her life that he was patrpe to her
while they had "a ked Of divorce.