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Show THE MOTION DEIFIED. Jadgrj im Reruses to Grant Wm. N. Diamond t Kew Trial. A MM. 01' 1AC1.IT10NS HMD. Hit llrfentlaiil nil mil he hcnlrnccd tntll Virne Time t Heck. In Ihe Nkuh yeaUrday a ptil)" Ilaheit Ihe in balance of IhonflldavlUof Wlllliui Pool and J, L. Urecn In au urt of Ihciuotion for n new trial In Ihe Dlimondcaae; alaotheaDIJavlt of Ihe ilefenlaiit lilmmilf. At I p.m. tho motion cimooufor hearing before Judgu Zinc, when Mr, Crltchlow iroccvded with tlm crn. exftinliutloii of fJreeu. Onior W. II. Pool lelined. 1 went down to Ihn pi ico where the tragedy occiirn.l with Captain Parker, on Ihe morning of the killing. Uf courae I didn't know whit aort of an In.trii-ment In.trii-ment the wound wa. Inlllcted wltli, aul I nude liejulrie and cxamtneil DIamotid'a loot cheit, which I found uien. There wa a iplaili of blood two urlhrce feet from this cheat, auj a trail of blood from there around to thu lnch, where therw wai a big poo! of I load. Judge Xane Why lino you kept thlitoyounelf all Idle time? Dlln't joii know enough toajxak about It;- Wllueaa Tho nuralial told mu not to it myaell out of thu way to gle the IhformaMou to Pow en, and to let him fin I ine. Joaeph I., rirc-eu tcatlfled I wa. never approached by any one lu the Int.rcteof the elefi lite. I teatllleil nt Ihe coroner's luqueat. lait that I the onlylhnol havoleatllled. Ileforu the trial commenced, I tol 1 Mr. Yarlau that I wouldn't be of any value to tho Ht.te. Judgo SCano (aternly) Why dll you keep theao fact tu youm-lf ull the WltnCM I wanted lo leo what Diamond' testimony would la. Mr. Crltchlow ton havo bevn a liollcenuin at Katiaai CltT Wlliiea-Ye, ilr. Mr. Crltchlow And uu havo fro-qtiently fro-qtiently tiatlfled In crlmtuil ciioi? Wllueea-Yia, air. Mr. Crltchlow then Introduced aome counter nflldivlti, Tho flret waa that of United Htate Attorney nrlau, who ttatvd that prior lo tho trial (Ireen came lo Mm ami aekrd If ho would bu needid oauwltneaa byncertaln diy. Mr. Varlan told him that he didn't know, hut If (Ireen atnented hlmaclf It woullbuat hlipcrll. (Ireen nlsololl the afllant that he waiuuuliuajrtant wltnee.. Mr. Crltchlow-then oftercd" hi. own atlldavlt, aeltlng forth that ou Monday la.t Ureeu atatul to him that when he found Iho hammer, It was lu luch a ixnltlou that Hcoll could not lim o used Next came the atlldavlt of U. L. IlelU, whq itati-d that when hu went Into Iho warkahop Immediately utter Hcott had been .truck Iho wound had not commenced to blewl, but thohlood canieln great qiiantil ahortly after ward, lie did not ecu the hammer ou tbe bench at that time, an I lu a cou-veraatlon cou-veraatlon vltl! (Irran, recently, tho laltcr.tated that when lie found Iho hammer II wa not where Hcott could haveuanllt, Urec-nnUoiUteitlhathe hadketthumattirtn lilnuolf, but It had leak.! out lu some way. Mr. IletU alao averrut tliat (irien' repuln-tlon repuln-tlon for truth aud leraclly waa not guoil. Mr.llortoti at.it. it In lilnanidavlt that on the mornlngof Ihu killing heaaw no hammer ou thu work beiioh, tmt after ward., while working wllh (in en In the taateru arl of the city he found Hcott' hammer concealed In On-eu'i tool clu-it. Mr. Crltchlow madu a brief argument agalnat tho motion fur n new trial. In which he urged that tho elefonm liml not exerclaeel duu ellllgeuco and that the facta aet futlhlu the allldavit, If true, ahould not disturb the lludlugof thujury. JuJge Powers replleel and cxplalne.1 how It wai that tlie defenaufall-Nl to learn of Pool'aleatlmoui! Thatwllnean wi compelled tu U.tlfy on tho lUnd that he elld not mako kuown to tho de feliso what hu he had le-cn bccatlio hi. iurloroltlcerlold him nottodow. That tiatliiiouy. however, waa eolmportaul that It might have changed tho verdhl If It had liec-u Intrmiuccd at thu trial, riieevllencu lu regard to tho hammer wa alao an lmrtaut lln'i In lint thaln, unit thutiitlmonyof Ureeu and Pool together wai of vital Importance. Al II waa, It wa. audi H clow queatlon that Ihe Jury atajed uut all night and finally ugreuelu.ju a oomprouilacd ler diet. Judgo McOahtn cln.nl with lila nrguoient In support of Iho motlon.aiid Judge anennuuuuccd that he would taku thu matter uuder consideration until thli morning. The rao camo up at te ll o'clock this morning nrcirdlng to arrangement, whou Judge Zaun ill tiled the motion for a nuw trial, but granted ucfendaut's counael tellihijstotlloablll uf ixcep. Hon.. ill. Honor promlae-d that ho would not aa aentemu until mxt weik, till thu return homo of Judge l'owen, who I leaving thu city for a few doyi. |