051 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORKELLThe back part of the head is more fatal than the front. Suppose this wound did not touch the spine, which would produce death, but judging from the description, it severed a…
052 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I was in the wagon with Mr. Pace when we saw two men. I did not see them again until we reached Hickory Grove, about two miles from Mrs. Stevenson’s. At…
053 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL,21Hartwell Richards testified that he had seen the prisoner near the corner of Broadway and Mullanphy Street in St. Louis. Richards kept a boarding house and recalled that on about January 25th,…
044 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSWe had our daguerreotypes taken but left before the pictures were finished; and it was arranged that Gordon, on his return, should take one to Wentz's office at St. Charles, and…
045 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WOERRELLCaptain Couzins handed me this watch (here shown). Captain C. is a well-known police officer of St. Louis. I know this watch was Gordon's. Under a piece of black silk, there is…
046 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:14AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.At Grove Prairie, the nearest house west of it being Mrs. Stevenson’s, the feet of the corpse were lying nearly east, head west, and twirled over very much. I saw the body…
047 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLI saw a pony mare, a sorrel. "A man claimed the horse as stolen," (objected to and excluded by the court). I identify Bruff, who is now brought in.**Cross-examined:** I had never…
048 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:16XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I saw Worrell's face, two and a half or three miles off. Since then, I have seen Worrell in St. Louis jail. I recognized him, and he recognized me. This was…
040 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:8 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.At the time the act took place, and also prior to it, the murderer intended to commit the deed.I desire in this opening to be very brief, and therefore shall…
041 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLGentlemen, a bullet passed through the brain of the victim. The nature of that wound was such that he must have been summoned in an instant to eternity, without a moment's preparation.…
042 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:10 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.It is unnecessary to mention that each party is trying to convict the other. It would make no difference. Both are equally guilty. However, I know from depositions on file…
043 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLEccentricity of conduct in any man's life can never be considered an excuse for willful crime. It never has been.But I deny that the prisoner is crazy. If at previous intervals he…
035 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLTHE TRIALIn the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Union, Missouri, January 1857.Hon. John H. Stone, Judge.Edward D. Worrell had, at the May Term of 1856 in the Circuit Court of Warren County,…
036 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:4 XZ, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.On May 6, the defendants appealed to the court for a change of venue on the grounds that "the inhabitants of this entire judicial circuit are so prejudiced against these…
037 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLJanuary 19Today, the special term of the court opened for the trial of Edward D. Worrell, following a severance of the prisoners who had been jointly indicted. The prisoner was brought into…
038 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:6 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.January 20.Mr. Coalter asked for a continuance, which was refused. The following jurors were then selected, after Judge Stone had ruled that the opinion formed from rumor, in order to…
039 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLThe jury members empaneled against him were: Joseph Woodruff (foreman), Thomas B. Renick, David M. Tyree, Burrell Roland, Reuben Bledsoe, Dorsey Waters, George Woodcock, Moses V. Kean, Jeremiah Pierce, William T. O.…
032 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:TABLE OF TRIALSPAGEThe Trial of Mrs. Herman H. Hirsch for Blackmail, Atlanta, Georgia, 1918666-688The Trial of Pedro Gibert, Bernardo De Soto, Francisco Ruiz, Nicola Costa, Antonio Ferrer, Manuel Boyga, Domingo De Guzman, Juan Antonio…
030 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENxxviMost of those who returned his scrutiny were complete strangers to him, for until the present term of the court, he had never set foot in Richmond. Doubtless, many of the…
031 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:TABLE OF TRIALSThe Trial of EDWARD D. WORRELL for the Murder of BASIL H. GORDON, Union, Missouri, 1857Pages 1-162The Trial of JOHN HODGES for Treason, Baltimore, Maryland, 1815Pages 163-181The Trial of LEO M. FRANK…
033 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF EDWARD D. WORRELL FOR THE MURDER OF BASIL H. GORDON, UNION, MISSOURI, 1857THE NARRATIVEEdward D. Worrell was the only child of Dr. Edward Worrell of Dover, Delaware, a college president. He…
034 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:2 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Upon arriving at the location, they discovered blood all over the mow, which continued to a ravine about fifteen feet from the road. There, they found Gordon's body, covered with…
025 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TEN XXLJust as the principles of private law are to be found in the customs of their people, in the writings of their jurists, and in the decisions of their courts,…
027 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENxxiiiDespite the significance of the issues at stake, it was not these momentous matters that primarily attracted the attention of the legal profession. Instead, it was the personality of the judge…
028 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:xxiv PREFACE TO VOLUME TENWith considerable education and experience, and ability as a lawyer, he had the majority of the attorneys who practiced before him at a distinct disadvantage. Those whom he could not…
029 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENxxvThe case continued until nearly ten o'clock, when the attendees slowly moved towards the scene of action, and a few minutes later filled the courtroom to overflowing.At a table beside the…
020 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:xvi PREFACE TO VOLUME TENIn the foremost rank of the patriots of that day, some of their number covered their names with imperishable fame.That curious ancient privilege, viz.: benefit of clergy, of which the…
021 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENxviiThe Leisler rebellion in New York (Jacob Leisler, p. 512) was the outgrowth of the anti-Catholic wave that swept over England and her colonies during the reign of James II. Leisler’s…
022 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENThere is no reason to doubt the general accuracy of the report, although some of the statements in it should be received with much allowance. The trial, as reported, gives evidence…
023 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PREFACE TO VOLUME TENxixThe learned gentleman who had previously argued that a whale could under no circumstances be classified as a fish was equally unsuccessful in his view that a negro might be the…