The republic., 1851-08-05


his marriage, she had succeeded in persuading
him lhat Irregularities in her system required her
TO wear additional clothing.
What was his conduct on that awful night Mrs.
Boron linda him In the kitchen, weeping bitterly
and in deep sadness. Well might he be sad. He
then that for him prattling voices would fall
| upon his ear; no youthful images would grow up
around him to gladden. his heart through life; no
| future hope would upon his knee be fonded. He
Is in the kitchen, weeping bitterly, and is sad
| What striking evidence of his inconsistency. Up
stairs, according to DIR. Howard, he s attentive
and kind TO his wife; when below, and when no
eye Is upon him that of friend, he is sad, and
weeping bitterly.
He alluded TO the evidence of Browers and of
Conner to his expressions Of devotion to his wife,
and his inconsistency in proclaiming TO the same
persons, at the came time, her eternal disgrace.
Days anger and violence at his mothers house in
April, and, in the midst of it, his throwing his arms
around his wife in the most afiectionate manner,
and embracing her tenderly and fondly, was cited
as another instance of his inconsistent conduct.
He cited the evidence of the Frideys TO Day 3
conduct at their house on the night in March; his
rage, his cursing, swearing, threatening, firing
p4tol, &c, all of which admitted TO be true,
as showing conclusiveiy his inconsistency of tenn
per; at one moment harsh, violent &C., and again
quiet, gentle, and submissive as a child.
Day told Miss Browers that he was going away,
and intended 10 take his wife with him from the
city; he told others he could not live with her. He
bargained for board with idgway and never went
there TO board; he engages board at Mrs. Bright's
will not again return TO her, and the next night
he is with her again. Wroe promises him high
wages, and holds out to him the prospect of a di-
vorcs; he agrees to 1t, accepts the offer, and at
night Is IN her arms Three days before that he
told Wroe he could not live with her. Through
out his whole conduct he is consistent in his ncon-
sistency-one of the strongest marks OF delusion.
Day talks to Marsolett; his conversation is about
cymbal playing, vocal concerts, giving specimen
OF what he can do by singing song; ne talks about
things to take place in thu future, about the band.
about trip by that band to NewYork, and ofc IN
certs there What great inconsistency is here At
the time this conversation was going on with Mar
solett according to the theory Of the United Statea
he was then deliberating the murder of his wife!
He was inconsistent because within four hours af-
ter this conversation he is to his wife, whom he
loves so truly, fondly, passionately, from whose
presence he cannot keep away, dying beneath his
own hand. He was inconsistent because, from the
eighth Of April to the time of his killing her. he
was there every night, walking out with her, with
numerous and frequent opportunities, where there
was no arm TO save, no eye to see, where he could
Kill her without interference by any one II asane
man would he not have selected such an opportu-
nifty to commit the deed? He is inconsistent through
out, and this inconsistency is the strongest evidence
of delusion
Another evidence of his great Inconsistency was
his conduct on the Sunday night before the muir
der Miss Creamer testifies that on that night they
had been out walking, and home both very
sad They sat down on the door -sill and remained
there four hours without talking. During this
the wife got up and went out towards the stable;
that Day shortly after said, 81 wonder what keeps
Kate out there so long, and went out after her.
He came back crying. Miss Creamer retired to her
room, the wife followed her, and he remains upon
the pavement pacing up and down crying. On
that same night, between eight and nine O'clock,
Downer saw them on the corner of Thirteenth and
+ streets; their manner kind, affectionate,
and loving, they were cheerful she his
arm fondly, and was twirling his stick Yet few
minutes after, when they got to her fathers house
according to Miss Creamer, they sad, and she
was crying. Did they then set down on that door
sill and remain therc5 Not SO. From that time he
was not there. Mr. Fridiey states that when he
came In they were there alone, and that he
did not hear their voices in conversation after
he got In That Downer saw them true,
but that he remained there oil the time as
Miss Creamer says, cannot be true. Mary Frid-
ley says that Miss Creamer went out walking
as they, came home, and had not got back when
she, Mary Fridley, went into the house, at
ten O'Clock. In the mean time he had left her
at the door, and went down far Coombs's,
where he met Tucker, and was seen by Kirk and
others. In company with Tucker he went to Mrs.
Wilson's, and had that most extraordinary
versation, which beyond all doubt demonstrates
his insanity. No wonder the United States had
struggled so hard to keep that conversation out.
Mrs. Wilson was stranger to him, and he talked
to her about the creation oflife and denied the
stence of God; he denied that either he or she
or the insect spoken of by her derived life from
God he blasphemously said he had ascended
into the sky high enough to there was no God,
no hell, and he could prove it. He, poor mortal,
undertakes to say there is no God. 'The fool in
his heart says there is no Cod" He, poor of
the dust, says there no God and that he could
give life. And the man who said this is said by
the United States to be perfectly sane man, and
knew he was committing murder
Alter this conversation we find him back at his
wife's; and here we have the mystery why the
strong, powerful, violent rash man is found cry
ing because when he returns he can't find his wife
in the yard His mind is unhnged; he is under a
deluslon; he cries because he can't find his wife.
That man, whom fleming had paid in advance |
on Saturday night, expecting him to return to
work on Monday morning, find after twelve |
O'Clock that night pacing up and down the pave |
ment till late in the morning, and till all quiet,
and his wife and all others Of that household locked
in sleep. la this sane man Is he man who,
having to go to work at seven in the morning
who lives far on the Island-who has to sleep some
to enable him to work--who has to get his break |
fast-to stay walking up and down that pavement
all plight long? III he be q sane man, why does he |
do so? Why walk there at all? Is it that nc |
suspects that after he has gone another man will
enter that house Ii 80, then it was one of the |
strongest evidences of delusion that could possibly
exist
Crying was another evidence of delusion- cry
ing without cause. His giving way to bursts of
tears In the presence OF all parties, friends and
strangers Sears testified to his crying on several |
occasions, and particularly on the evening before |
committing the act Tanning and Miss Dougher- |
ty testify to his excaiming on that evening, "Oh.
and others testify to his tears frequent occa-
sions Would any one suppose any man sane |
who was continually, causelessy, unprovokedly, |
and on all occasions in the street bursting into
tears? Would any man do so unless he were un-
der deluson of some kind?
His former capacity and ability a workman. |
and his industrious habits, proven by several |
and his neglect of work, his absent
his stopping still, his thoughtful me-
lancholy, his wandering mind. &C., after the birth
OF the child, showed the ravages of this deusion
upon his mental faculties.
He left Hevener few days after the birth of that
child; he worked little for Rowe, a short time for |
Bender, Henning, and at Nailor's; he worked no.
where else after the birth of that child and why
Because he unable from the state of his mind |
to work steadily, well, or for any length of time
The next change in his character produced by
this delusion was his eccentric conduct Mr. Frid |
ley's evidence concerning the scene at Frdey's |
door on the night in March, when he whooped, |
hollooed. was singing improper songs, &C., and
that Day, when spoken TO by Frdley, became SILENT
when spoken to by Mrs. +. he was silent; and Mr..
Fridley's statement, that on that occasion Day had
not acted like rational man, used with effect
upon this branch of the case. Again, when they |
a his IN 4 be hara hoh hoc,