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TBIAL. soolnar Martin Mordcn Mrry McFar- l.ni'-'.H afflar.ced hu-.ti.ir.cl. would occur to any man If murder were to be committed would lie go anmnd trying to peddle the Ml>' If the Mordens were men who could be hired to commit murder their evi- The Evidence All In Addresses by Counsel and Judge Verdict of the Jury. At the Sifton murder trial at Lon- They said thc injurv to the skull ! don. the latter part of the case was, might have becu caused by an axe. [together. The responsibility of the but thc blow* must have been very Jurymen Mr Johnston pressed home. liirht ones. A fall was morw con- a*"'- '" closing said: 'You have to Mr. Johnston saiii -h.i the -loctors could not admit It as tx*lna The jury could uot accept it as giv- en. and when they commenced t.i ->ii' it through. wh.it {mr'ioii of it could they believe' They rt-jitt it al- principally taken up by medical evi- donre. recalled. John Sifton. Severn! wiUieases were y.Uo brother of the late light ones. A fall waa morv con sistent. Ur. Shaw, of London, went I do it upon the evidence which I say fur- is unexampled in th history of crim- useph Sifton, and uncle of the pris- ther and said he would recognize an lnaj trmU m this country." Tin: ( it'.us CA Hiddell opened by stating that called Kdgar Mr. the Crown had not oner, was called as a Crown witness, 'axe wound and this waji not of that but gave good evi, !:>-. (or the do- kind. fence. In the lirst pl.u-e ho said that < I'r. J. I> Wilson. London, baaed flcrald Sifton did not. as far as he his evidence of a fall on the fact Morden because they did not wish to was aware, know of tho contents of . that there was blood in thu bladder produce a witness against whom Joseph Sifton's will He said ftirth- ' which meant a sudden shock. ! there was the slightest taint. The er. he had never asked for an in- 1 Provincial Analyst Kills said there defence had scored Martin Morden quest. i were no traces of strychnine in tho because he had not married a wo- In cross-examination Mr Johnston | body, there was a trace of mamma- 'man who had admitted her unfaith- got the facts about the famous but-ilian blood on the axe and also ter paper Aill. made on the night be- probably cow'* hair. though fore the tragedy, before the jury, and all about Kdgar H.uden find his do- ings with it. John Sifton had en- tered suit against Morden and gained a verdict. having proved that the butter paper will \v.,* a forgery. By John Waters. IJegistrur of Mid- dlesex, it was attempted to prove that Gerald Sifton was financially in- volved, and in such ctrcums 1 that the death of his father would would not be certain. he fulness They might as well talk of a Sifton gang as ol the Morden gang CDFATflCT DATTTI? HI? WAD (jrlMlil.01 MllLfi Uf if An. A British Garrison of Less Than 300 Held 4000 Boers at Bay. in connection with this case. The custody of Crown Attorney Even if Gerald Sifton did The lirst problem of lh<- defence t,,, K . that the alleged bargaining for was to account for tiie blood on the the will was going on tho will was ladder up which Joseph Sifton climb- j n the ed to the tr;ip door Harry Smith. ! Magee a sheep skin dealer, explained that not know the contents of the" will he s had brought sheep skjns. some of . must know that a marriage would them bloody. down that ladder seriously impair his chance* Ie- sliortly bi-fore the tragedy, and they 'spite the insinuations there was no- thing to show that Inspector Mur- testi.'led to 'ra> h.ul not conducted iiii inrestiga.- A despatcli from London says : All the accounts of the lighting at J-'ort U-il.i including those from the s.Mith African correspondents of th* newppcrs show that it was one of the nn' striking olle:. ami def.-H.-iv... engagements of the war. The. whole Unii.>h gm i there tuiuiben-il mly 3X> men. with two 15-pouu<lers and a Maxim (fun An outpost of t<j men. under Ln-uts. K ... and Lt-froy. oicupu-d the sum- mit of the hill, out of sight of the main c.unp, which was on the slope of the hill. At about midnight 6OO Bers rushed the outpost Their on- slaught was so sudden and tierce that for twenty minutes only bny- oi.ets were us.-d Overwhelming I odds soon decided the possession of j tho outpost. Lieu;. Kane fell dead houtiug : commander to withdraw hi.s ex- .' .-ii N Kand- Iil.t in tho morning AUJOIIK the killed were tienerais i >|.p-r- m.in ami SchultZ and Comiuaii'laut would leuxe their mark Allan Koutledge also aflord great relief and a preat inheri- bleeding sheep being in the burn ti,,n with the sanij honor and fair- tancc. Mr. Johnston objected. . about that time. He pointed | lUchard Irwiu and J L. Uclntosh ness that di.stinguisheu tne n:a::y he had handled in his 'ong out that there Was no evidence that swore that Gerald Sifton was left- career. There was no doubt that Sifton knew the contents of his fa- handed. This is important in eon- Joteph Sifton and Mary McFarlane ther's will. : ncction with the evidence of Herbert 'spent that Fndav night at Kdgar The I'oui't upheld tli objection. Andrew Rogers, the second lured Morden's house. Was then? true Da\id Leckic idcutmed the knife man on the Sifton Urm. denied c*r- will drawn up. auu after that au- found in the straw in tho Sifton tain interviews with Herbert, which' other will ? That was a my-t"r\ barn mow as the one he had lent had been sworn to. Rogers also do- He did not think that any man who Joseph Sifton a few days before, his nied that Gerald Sifton had choked ' had seen and heard the fwo men death. MARTIN' MORDF.N wife in his presence, as Herbert 'give evidence as to seeing Joseph had stated, nor did he hear Gerald Was recalled. Sifton had He said that Gerald s ''ton say on the morning of the tra- tuld him that the lato that if Joseph Sifton and Mary Joseph Sifton had in hi-, will left an -McFarljne were not already married, inheritance to him i Sifton). Ho he would put the old man in a place would not swear to i ,o day or "hero there were no marriages month the conversation took place.) **r. Johnston said he would waive nor anything more about it Sifton etiquette and call Mr Helluiuth. His had said to him. "Kvorythmg is wil- Lordship con-, . ...! led to me." distinctly. Th.!> he remembered Mi Helluiuth said that shortly af- ter the arrest Herbert had sent for "Why did you not tell of It when In nilu and asked him to take his cue. the box the other day" 1 " asked his Lordship. I did not think It wus necessary," aid Morden. Kdward Peters, a neighbor, said that thrro had been trouble between Joseph and Gerald Sifton. because of Joseph calling Mrs. Sifton names. He said he would have been mad. too, if Ins wife had been culled such a name Joseph Sifton was a quar- relsome man. Pr Williams. of London, said he believed the bruisce of S turn's head might to iii.ulo by a fall or a sen.-. ( blows. He discredited Herbert's statement that ten or twelve blows were poured on the head Pr Williams staled that neither Sifton's skull nor Pr McN'eill's evi dence its to the conditions he found. told auy such story as that told by Walter Herbert of the number of blows from two such powerful men delivered with intent to kill. He told precisely the same story as told by tleruld Sifton On the next day the confession of Herbert ap- peared in the press Mr Hellmuth >ii with the axe would believe them. Mrs Sifton's story was a na- tural one. for a woman woirtii ,'or- irtve anything or d > Huything for the mnn she loved It wns Impos- sible that Herbert could have in- vented his story, for he lacked im- to do *o His evidence only the more probable. agination gave no* but the only possible explanation Prof Caven had said there must havn been two blows, and one of the doctors called for the defence, after examining tho premises. s.u i foul play. It was incredible that 'li Sifton had climbed up a went to the jail and told Herbert he by ,5 scantling to knock off the .1 not act for him He asked boards. Mr. Kiddell emphatically Herbert if his confession was true, and Herbert replied: "No matter nh.it anybody says or what I may have said, the story I told you yes- t en lay is true " Mrs Mnry Sifton contradicted Her- bert's story. She swore positively th..t her husband had not chokaxl her and contradicted the evidence of Mr M" K.irlane ro;arding threats i;er- ald had said that he did not care which" of tho boys hay fork. This closed the evidence for the de- fence. ADI UI'SS FOR THK DEFF.SCK. Wen Mr Johnston rose to moke his address the court-room was denied that any pressure Was brought to bear upon Herbert, who had made his first confession to an uncle. There was no possible compensation, no inducement whi.-h would lead Herbert to admit that he had helped to kill a man Herbert had been over a year hi jail, ar.d in that time he might possibly have diminished hi.-: own and incr-ase*! Sifton's in the crime If the Uordens had helped with the made, up a story they might v.-ry well have said that Cerald had con- Pr. Itnome told much the some Juuiiued with an eager and attentive story. PF.FEXCK GIVF.S RVIDKNCE. l'i Arthur Jukis Johnson declar- ed that the theory that the skull had received a number of forcible audience. In opening, he pointed out to the jury that the life of a youm; man was at stake, not only his life blows, as doNcribed by Herbert, was er CoraK uch blows delivered on top of tho but the happiness and life of his wife. "Vou are not here to decide wheth- th. Jtaad would crack in eggshell. The i of the head been produced by impact with ground. A metallic surface like an 1S charged axe would not be likely to produce the injury. The blow which c Sifton is guilty or inno- the coi l",upoi, the evidence, and thc class of j t ' h ^niu'g before "the" absurd Such blows delivered OB cant." said the counsel, but to say. fesseil to them Mr Hiddell closed b.v dwelling upon tho responsibility of the jurors to decide the rj<e upon the evidence, and said th'n no sym- pathy should deter them from their duty They should follow tho Biblical law and render justice THE Jt'IHJK'S CHARGK. On Thursday morning Mr. Justice McMahon began hu> address to thu jury. After warning the jury of II eii duty he began to speak of the motive of the crime whi>-h. accord- ing to the Crown. WHS formed on when of the crime .tab, hncd"" "^d It i | "by evidence not very rel.able Tho ' the evidence. In thc cross-examination. Johnson admitted to Mr Kiddle the boggy Could have from the wound on as-sorted. could not bo produced the flat of an axe, us described Herbert. Dll. CAYK.VS KVII'KM '!:. I'r l " "'" """ l '""' (l a Mlen. Here his I.,.,-d,hlp com- , ","-, '-' w ~ n lh "Ti -ted very severely on th, conduct by Hriclly. tho eviilei.co of I'r Ca\oii. If these men doubts and many of them si\id that the story of Herbert was ; 1 1, '.uly incredible, suri-ly the jury have serious do,'. , the of Toronto, amounted to this death of Joseph Sifton uii^l't N.S/H due to a full or to blows was inclined to the fall theory. cries of blows Would h:i\c separat- Following ii|> the story hi; Lord- spoke of M.-rl-ei t ', e\ :.!.!. UK a bargain with the pi on tho morning of th.v t day. IT,. pointed out that both Itoger. and I...MH Lefroy was si-veruly woundi'il. and the whole force was disabled. Tho main camp WHS thus reduced to ^-'<> men. The Boem asaailed from all sides. From about 1 a m tl.r< ughout the remainder of t he night and all the following day the* little garriMoii withstood them until even in th'! evening, wln-n the out lool. so-'ii: The British had ben witiiout water for many hours. lh Boers having cut off their supplv and their ammunition was (a-> failiug. Almost, suddenly the Botr lire began to slacken, and noon after the attackers withdrew, either learning that General Bruce Hamil- ton was approaching or in sheer des- pair of socceeding Their retirement opened tin; way for the wounded According to a statement winch r. 'ached liurban fr.>u. N ' K.indlila. a Kritish uuii'ary t>urgcon who ascend- ed It.ila in the morning to ati'-tid the wounded there was immediately made a prisoner by Boern. who com- pelled him to ATTI:M. IHKIH WOUXPED. Consequently the Hrilibh wouude<t lay iinsuccort-d durinj; the day in the broiling sun without water. The attack ou Prospect seetna to been only disastrous t<> the unp was well situated for defence. .1 .ch th arri- i. nuiubored only twenty men. with il.ixiui, th>'y withstood all at- iiotwnhntiinding the da.shing ' > v of the assailants. 1 lie lat- ter withdrew without l**r piirp.i-.t-. and thei'- dead were piled around the. fort. The ntitish IOM was one killed and 12 wounded. The Boers have never hitln-i < ili>- : si:< -h reckless darmg. and their def-ut is the worst smash they have sustained. Major Shapmaa. commanding the British, seemed to bear a charmed life t!en Kitchener baa congratulated him On Saturday the IJo.-rs captured a large British convoy Gen Hamil- ton pursued them and came into action with them, but no details of the lighting have been received. though it is reported that the Boen were again punished. f the pi i.-ioiier's going to Jarne* track here tl , lotod at T7e. Mordeu and Martin Mordon. and the I I'eas. The market is steady, witn nts made by [>r M S'.-il Thin sale* of No J at 70 to 7lc. high evidence may or mry not aiTord cor- ' freight. robor That is left t,. you t.i | Harley The market is steady. No say Most of 1 quoted at 5it middle freight No was to the effect that if the blows J quoted at l$\ to 4!c . No 3 exti . were administered as dowribed the at 47Jc. and feed at 45c. skull would be crusiied. n:id that the theory of a full is more consistent. Hut if Walter Herbert struck thu Corn Market is nuiet. with price* firmer. Ollenngs No Can- adian yellow quoted at Me wast. first blow, as he sav< the medical and mixed sold at 35c west US e\i.|i-nce must be eliminated If you corn nominal at t'.lc on truck hurt* my doubt, (five the prisoner 'lie 1 R\_The market is quiet. wiU ,.f thu il.>ubt " cars quoted at j^,.. m ij a i e freight. |)l.-t...l at 11 to and 40Jc east. and the jur It w.is very j Hour The market is quiet Ninety impartial, though slightly in favor of p,., cent patents. J bid. in the prisoner JtUY FAILS TO ACKI-T buyers' bags, west, but nona offer- ing Locally and for Lower Tru- Xine for conviction, three for ac- vlnce fade prices of choice straight ,|U,.' ..!. stoo.l the mry ou the trial of rollers, in wood, are 3 to f Gerald Sifton for tho murder of his Hungarian patents. $4. bags iuclud- father, after live hours' argument hs.JJJS? Toronto> a " d !>lron K bakers'. the jury-room Mis Lordship wa-.'^ ' ,-d that the jury could never) Oatmeal I I C'ar lots on reach an agroemrnt. and d,s* -ha'-gi-d , Uack "*' re - ** tf3 ' ba S a""" $4 (M them Sit on went back t,> his cell in "rood, broken lots .'JOc per bbl to await a now tri.il at tho Spring 1>X 'J - 1 Millfefld -Urun is ortVrini; at $13 t,i 3 3O in bulk. Duddle freights, and $1 1 In car lots here Shorts sell At two minutes to live Thu: - afternoon twelve men liled into LUE STOCK Toronto. Get S. The receipts at the Western catt>o market to-day we," 7-> carloads of live stock in- eourt-room while an expectant crowd nertf ilt * IH ' ca *" '"I* sat hushed in aw,Hl silence In the doc sat Gerald Sifton. a man u very hi- dept-iided upon the word of those twelve silent men. DosiJ- him. staring wild-eyed into space, her ver\ soul reaching out to receive the lirst intimation of the verdict the P, II "''* l.-l 'attlo_l.B0 5s h WP and ,dsh.p leaned toward the, irymen ^'^ . ,^ . J~ " Gentlemen of the jury, have vou T. ann-ed upon your nrdtct?" asked * good, lively market Clerk MacBeth. ' anU - vvl " 1< - > the 'uUity 'No. my Lord.' replied the fen U'e market Was on y fair, tl- man in a low tone P 1 icc " lirm "' The crowd breathed easier the on- ' "'"* w ' ! ~ ' ul<1 " ut carlv - ly thing to b.e <va, tlio ' w ' 1 " ''' v "-" | y *- convulsive sobs of woman i! 1 '" 111 *** ""' '"' ^'"'<* t':f in black '"V Wi " ^' d Mr Jusiio- MacUauon . ,!d the ' n " lrll< '' ^"l- 1 of the .ight kind jury that every man's conscientious Wa - H m K 11 r "-l""-i M'"'" *"od to opinion must be regarded. ., ;(T wollld h ' iv '' s " ul t"- 1 '*." ,, ,, loro at f, on, t t,, M,- per n. sibiln ,s-room--n' Mr ."'Sul- "" wwo "' ""' "'US'ly livan rep:,,.,: ti;at there was i Wl ."" '""''' - ll unchanged p h.s Lordship announced that ho ' :u.dwu,. ould not kei-p the juryuion fur- "" !ch cows arc ul " 1> "niite.l With masni icent nerve Gerald Sif- ' rang.- of pri.-e to-<lay was from ton had faced the ordeal, and when ' I be :.nouucement Was made th k '" J was no chaiiKO m his expressi.-n II. , ..iiquiry for good :,in;i Tho Clown wiin. S,fto-i contradicted tho h,i\o ni "' tliem^elx.-s said 11,-rben 's - 'nii-nt was inconsistent with the fact; He found. Thov ue;e tierald '""" '""" l ''"'-I'-M" -r "tortei d tho periostimn from thc s.'.ull. A tl: " 1 s>stom we,,. ( ,j,q,i..d trial by singlo blow from an axe at right ' ' ur > llbl>il *-''" ' l ,,,,ii the n .-ills m." lowed the bility of such a bargain being i: Thc butter- paper will wns louchoit c-i to show lhat ill-.- Uorftan* had IlldllCelt!.'!!' to i; \.' produci-,1 all tho wounds found. l>r McCullum. oi Loudoi . --nid thnt the wounds were ci>ir- IV Se\ ,'l e angles would not have produced tho "'"I justices u ipod out. akull fracture A full would h.i\e Ml '' d ''" s l ' x lll ' m ' 1 ' Vl Johnston w., Sifton They K ot an Oder Tli" "."I i'i tl'" >'f S1.0OO for that will from ' >^.is .1 I ,,\er then- tcstiin,. S ,11. I'id the Sfordens no further ' ""' "" <!'" K'LV! of and o.'Tor an iiuhiceni.-nT "If |t - with a fall, or two or three blow-- money .MU M, deuce i- untrtie. there from an axe ! ,;OL COM stei Where, vou linil the n,.,i! who evidence upon which a conviction with ti dozen hard blows Ho S. "' '"- ' '' traduced ;md c.in be made ed the fall th. r.u-e,l i.ot In- \ or hand you find I II" nid^e seemed to make much of Hi Wteh*rt. of London, WM of tho ! <MTain "Morden." To hi,,, same opinion. it'"" VOW* of the perjurer and th" . suggested Kivim; th.- old "Could ;i man " Mr Johnson as',- hand of the f who ed. "who wished to conceal u crime '" i"''l' - r '" '- O gnnse the blon-' with an axe to *OO >vl:ich is in. ( i,,,- proih,.-e i md ?" wl|1> ls ' lkl '" '"'" '''' ''-irU bl I'r V. wee chnmber of iniquity ai "To sum up In a word or two." l>r HalK.ur. Mip -i int eiident of V:- ' IH '"' underneath i^lvp Walter Herbert toria hospital. 1., lulun. lai,: wri't,"i Walter 11 - omplice, and I ' on th" fa, : nut much 'ohti-inn blood ar>ouv. If an n\,- hud ' Riven ., . t |,,, i used in the mow there would 1 >' s oMoRed adi.iissiou*. Tl, \v., M , the jnrv keen bl mil. ott, thnt it is unsafe t Ti> Mr Ki,ld,!l 1 ,,t Hood ,nid, lire -A ' \ i, t on s-ich miRht. Im ,-, been spill on the chaiT ' i f upon th.r and , \>or ' s ' '"'I ' " la " Ur. I -.ibelli. I'r \-.. i -,[ wli;ii had al -.toil's ,I,-M,. t,, pn . lsr . nady keen said by other doctor*. Was "'". ''i> 1 ' his action in | "The corroborat ion you have mnn \vi ,.-u about, to die strychnine - irc.unp. pie wero somctimcM incompre! . b.ivi.Hl ' "" whlch Wlil '" '.v "ring "'" rl K ht kllllh "I 1 '-' *l'-> faithful \iifo bent forward her lace iii her hands, sobbinjc I"'' As in the solemn stillmss th. iu.Ue vrote down the formal Exporl sheep are worth Ho per Tt. tic.ii of the c,-e si,,, lost control. I.-"'""-* <u-e worth from U to :<!'- and her friends had to come to her '"* r : t iml calm-fac- " quoted nt the i -d. Sifton heard the rep,,,' I'uesdux . will, the probability of a jury. and walk'd from the court I'"' 11 '-'-'' decline. room b.,cli to hi.s cell with u smile 0,1 :i ''' ''"' "sinit.-rs" i 71, ", thick fat and light h<^ Lh 7c | .'.- Ib. f H.IL;^ to fetch the top prlc,- m u.-t i prime quality, and scale uot le'ow tO nor above J"o ]!> 1" tho I'ango of quota,- - iiiDTrnmo ma mnn Tirntn n MAKKETS Of HE WORLD tie per choice ,,. 1 ,)o t _ '.',:' Prices of Cattle. Grain. Cheese, &e IE the l.tadiiif Murli^ci. s - . 01 dmarv to lonmt.. Del S Wl.cat- Ihe,. a quiet trade with millets only who ate billing sparingly New o7-Ib | wheat is quoted ut li.V iniddlo .. .-ighl. and h. ,, niio. ' n;d wheat to . ioted .,t i;7jc Butchci - lOW fr.'it;' ' N, e\polt bnsine fc s '' No 1 . .*t . ami N M at Olc. ilunit, 1^ lowi-l So 1 ^lindiiK m hard ern at : X 1 t K'Or To!';i!o " Choi, o ho". 1 -. p,-r cwt. On 1 : is quiet ^,,ld al lie ,\y I ,,!.., per CWt. freight to Now Yi-iV I'n s,,-. s. i . -; .-, or J .Mi i. on J M :< , .. i . ,..i 7 IT, 7 on