Category: AMERICAN STATE TRIALS VOLUME 10, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
036 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
4 XZ, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.May 6 they had appealed to that court for 2 change of venueon the ground that the ‘‘inhabitants of this entire judicialeireuit are so prejudiced against these defendants that a fairtrial eannot be had in the…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 5January 19.Today the special term of the court opened for the trialof Edward D. Worrell, a severance of the prisoners jointlyindicted having been heretofore granted. The prisoner wasbrought into court attended by his father and mother, andbeing…
038 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
6 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.January 20.Mr, Coalter asked for a continuance, which was refused.The following jurors were then selected, after Jupaz Stonehad ruled that the opinion formed from rumor, in order todisqualify a juror must be of such a fixed…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 7against him: Joseph Woodruff (foreman), Thomas BE. Ren-ick, David M. Tyree, Burrell Roland, Reuben Bledsoe, Dor-sey Waters, George Woodcock, Moses V. Kean, JeremiahPierce, William T. 0. Dickinson, Jeremiah H. Williams.MB, COALTER’S OPENING SPEECH.Mr. Coalter. Gentlemen of the…
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8 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.the time the act took place; and also that previous theretothe murderer intended to commit the deed*I desire in this opening to be very brief, and therefore shallnot dwell farther upon mere definitions of law. This…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 9passed through the brain. Gentlemen, the nature of thatwound was such that he must have been summoned in an in-stant to eternity, without a moment’s preparation. Gentle-men, every man, no matter how exalted, how pure, how good,must…
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10 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.say nothing of each trying to convict the other. It wouldmake no difference. Both are equally guilty. But, I knowfrom depositions on file in this case, that the main effort indefense of this man will be…
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EDWARD D, WORRELL. 11eceentricity of conduct in any man’s life can never be con-sidered an excuse for wilful crime. It never has been.But I deny that the prisoner is crazy. If at previous in-tervals he may have exhibited such symptoms…
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12X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.our daguerreotypes taken but leftbefore the pictures were finished ;and it was arranged that Gordon,on his return, should take one toWentz's office, at St. Charles, andSheerbarth would take the other.‘We reached Huntsville, Ran-dolph County, on the evening…
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EDWARD D.WOERRELL. 13tain Couzins handed me thiswateh (here shown). CaptainC. is a well-known police officerof St. Louis. I know this watehwas Gordon’s. Under a piece ofblack silk there is secreted anold-fashioned watch paper hav-ing on it the name of Gordon'sfather,…
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14&X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Grove Prairie, the nearest housewest of it being Mrs. Stevenson’s.The feet of the corpse ‘were ly-ing nearly east, head west, andtwirled over very much. Saw thebody stripped’ and examined.There was a large cavity in hishead, about as…
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EDWARD D, WORRELL.15& pony mare, a sorrel. “A man¢laimed the horse as stolen,” (ob-jected to and excludedCover). I identify Bruff, whois now brought in.Cross-eramined. Never sawWorrell before that day. Sawhim soon after his arrest in St.Louis jail in a cell.…
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16XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.his face, two and o half or threamiles off, Have sino then seenWorrell in St. Louis jail. I recognized him, and he recognizedme. This was the first time Izaw him after he left my house,‘When I entered…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL.17going east, going towards him,eould have seen the bedy, if hehad not been eovered, at about40 yards before you came to him,Cross-examined. If ihere hadbeen no snow, the brush wouldnot have hid him. There mustIhave been one or…
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18X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.erably well.” He seamed to below-spirited. I thought I wouldnot prolong the conversation, butsaid to him, “Mr, Gordon was aeo-laborer of mine on the rail-he was a near friend ofmine; please state whether hesuffered or not after…
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EDWARD D, WORKELL. 19back part of the head is morefatal than in front. Suppose thiswound did not touch the spine,which would produce death, butjudge from the description, itsevered a diverging nerve, whichwould also produce death.William H, Pace. Hava seenthe prisoner,…
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20X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.was in the wagon with me Tdid not see them again until atHickory Grove about two milesfrom Mra, Stevenson’s. Thenthere was only two men. OneI saw before was leading a horsewithout a saddle. Saw them atthe creek,…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL,21ehase him, and did not try to buythe sorrel horse.Hartwell Richards. Have seenprisoner near corner of Broad-way and Mullanphy street, St.Louis. Kept boarding honse.About January 25th, 1856, Wor-rell came to my honse, between11 and 12 o'clock, and stayed…
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22X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.sold him again, We purchasedthe horse, saddle and bridle. Allthree horses were sold in Vin-cennes. Worrell left on the trainfor Terre Haute and Indianapo-lis. Worrell sold two of thethree horses, Bruff one. I paid$65 for the horse,…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL.23ner, Found the saddle in a bagin Mr, Gould’s granary,Cross-sxamined. The saddle,exeept natural wear and tear,was in same condition as it waswhen I had seen it last before.The horse was easily identified.Georga A. Signer. Know thehorse and saddle…
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24 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.about 26th of February last,about 11 o'clock, Couzins ar-rived about 8 o’clock in the eve-ning. Had no warrant for hisarrest; was not present when hawas arrested. We first foundhis name at Crestline, on theCleveland & Columbus…
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EDWARD D.WOREELL. 25traced this description until wegot to Pittsburg, where wo learn-ed he shaved, After this the de-seription was the same excepthis beard.Captain J. E, D. Cousins. Re-side in St. Louis; am present em-ployed by the insurance com-panies as inspector…
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26X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.we did not want them to see it.He then said he was very glad.He afterwards told_me he hadbeen expecting it. He seemed togo willingly. He could not dootherwise very well—a man hadhold of each arm. He made…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. oTthe ease made by the prosecution, and to shadow forth thegrounds of the defense.The defense will be embraced under two general heads:I. I shall consider first (on the supposition that Worrellis to be treated as a responsible…
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28 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.dence, I submit that the proof has not established the prop-osition.The indictment contains two counts, On ita face, want ofknowledge of who killed Gordon is manifest, Without knowl-edge it is framed to meet contingencies. In the…
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EDWARD D, WORRELL. 29be murder in the second degree here; or to state the case moreclearly, what is murder in the second degree in those statesmay be here only manslaughter, or justifiable or excusablehomicide, Amidst this confusion, one thing is…
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30 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.grade of offense, and of murders known to the common law,and to the eodes of Pennsylvania, and of Tennessee and NewJersey, some constitute here manslanghter—some excusableand others justifiable homicide. The residium left makesmurder in the second…
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EDWARD D. WOREKELL. 31it occurred. There is no proof establishing the fact that heknew of such design prior to the act, and participated in it.Tf he be a responsible being the evidence establishes the of-fense of larceny. The appropriation of…
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382 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,8 firm of pork packers at Washington, and one of the firmonly makes the contract with you, that contract binds everymember of the firm, because each member has made everyother member an agent to act for…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 33—implied by the law—a legal fiction—a presumption, madein the absence of kmowledge—a presumption made becauseof the absence of knowledge—a leap in the dark—a guiltyguess as to how and why a killing took place, without knowingeither the how…