The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-04-23
IL BiokIea Faroe.

/. Inc hlcklel tAl ~ " fhhlhEtpH Doe app
sorbed the pablo attention dis Neel yea 10
has added noting essential 10 lhe previous
stock II knowledge % 70 he tragedy and rs
causes, Tie prosecution closed their case
on Friday Of lasl week, without adding any
thing 70 The olium against the prisoner for
his conduct 10 the affair and the defense
have occupied The week since Ia putting 90
their eide, aud are not yet through, Nor
does this sggrayalG the circumstances Of
Keys aduteFous intercourse with Mrs
siekles,-perhaps Il was not possible 10 add
TO the force Of the main facts, on the one
point or the other, which the testimony only
re-produecs with great milutim Of detail
Mr, sioklea hcquiual Is asked and expected
BY bis counsel on two Hounds-lst, that the
man who dishonors q wife, forieils his life %
the husband-that il Is juslihable 10 slay
seducer and adutorer and, ?, that the agony
Of Nj sickles induced By the foul discovery
affected bis mind ~ degree which made
him temporarily insane aud irresponsible
Judged Ly the cool eye of reason neither
paint 70 establisbedi yet by combining The
haltioIee Of each, tie jury will doubtless ac-
qgit themselves 10 aequiung the prisoner
Such continues 10 be public expectation, but
q disagreement on the subject rs quito o.
likely
Mr., siokles' counsel established, Friday,
two useful points for their case, ,iz,--thul
Mr. Keys friends changed the locs on that
house Of sin, after biz death, 90 that the key
found 10 bis pocket should not appear to III
IL, and that, many years ago, on ihe occasion
o. the death Of friend Mr. sleklcs had q
terrible paroysm Of E'ef amounting 20
something akin TO insanity and resembling
that state Of mind described by Robert J.,
Walker and others as possessing him aaer
the discovery Of his wlgh guilt
Mr., sicklc,' counsel offered tbc written
confession Of MIS-. sig,les as evidence Il
was ruled out by the court, otlr- bcHg lsaa
a'.R m mo cg'0f room, The following a.
marks about Ills "oouftssiou," aye from
sources which command rospgoti
- The counsel Of Mr.. Sicklcs offered,
Friday 20 give IN evidence the written
confession Of Mrs, Sicklcs. Nhcihrr Il was
written with or without the consent Of Mn
IL had come into his possession, aud his per-
mittiGg Il 20 be- made public as part Of the
testimony 10 his case, is'u1t only dscrcdita-
bic 10 him, but proves more coucusiycy
. than anything that has yet trHnsprcd, that
he is wanting 10 the better feelings and iu-
stncts OF q man. That Mrs, Sichles Noluu-
tarily INDUCED herself 10 all the revolving re-
Nelations which make mp her statement, is
past belief We have never met with 40
ltl In. sFa I..tI Il
OF pcn9al exposure under wanton aud un-
feeling compglsion.- Philadelphia journal.
To- 4 par, Of Mrs. sicllcs' confession"
which has been offered in this case, We do not
print, because il Is altogether too disgusting
20 be laid before oul readers. The document,
which seems 10 us on the face o. IL 10 have
been prepared for the NIetehcd Voman's ,jg.
nature, il signal evidence VI The moral sen.
slbility Of the man who could oak such u hu-
initiation from one thut had been his wEr. or
allow i TO be publishedP-N J. EraiHy
assurance Of Mr.. Sickle, of never G,ils
him. lie requested the Geographic 70.
Reporter on Saturday. 70 tell the country
lhit he---eepN regrets, for many reasons.
/. but particularly for ting sIkr Of hfv r4Iifri
"Who must one day read the record az her
mothers shame, that the confession of Mira,
Sicklcs was published. The. publication
was contrary 10 his wishes and il il had
% been within his power, hc would have sun
"presscd IT, Cooler i'm pudrrcc than this.
one would not desire 10 see in the most me-
comphshcd criminal lawyer In o. prisoner
On trial for acapital oiIcusc il becomes aeirs.
ally sublime. The counsel Of Mr.. Sic, hes en-.
dcatorcd 10 introduce Mrs, Sieklcs' comics.
Mon Gs evidence, which was OF course t!.r nri
5f NtT. t'is'1srs =r--!l srrs,r7r,yrr ~,
tcrwards introduced hy the defense WAS In
support OF the siatcmcnN OF TIM confession.
which was intended 20 have and vii! have 10.
ciIcs, upon the jury. More than that. there
can be 40 room for doubt with an, iut,lIigeii
man who reads that confession. thut,it VS.
dictated hy Sichics himself lie propouud,d
the questions TO which i,s disgusting state.
mcnis ore the obvious replies. q is sulstan.
tally the work Of lawyer driviur ont n,
witness in support of his own case. The
preiensc OF Mr. Sicklcs, now that the prcs,
! and the country have expressed universal
disgust with TINS confession, that bis delicate
aenAbiIiy is shocked by It's publication, Is
I prcposterous If he had got Il admitted as
evidence II would have been public OF course,
and he did his best by his counsel 20 accom-.
|plsh That He should have though, sooner
of-the future shame of his child.
/ Mr.. SietlcS Is on trial before a Washing .
ton jury, but he has no anxiety about their
ycruiu. The real trial which awaken, his .
anxiety is going on before the public. and il /
is their verdict tina. he wishes most TO propi- |
tiatc. 1t is the sympathy Of the people to .
which he makes his daily appeal through the .
correspondents Of the press and through the
agent Of the telegraph. And thus for his an.
peal has been badly and bunglingly managed.
and he stands worsen every respect ia. public
estimation than before the trial commenced.
--SpriH2deld Rep
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