Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-16
LYNCnBURG. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 16. |,
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From the Washington States.
Trial ofHon Daniel T.. Sicklos,
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.


! The court met At 10 Goa. m. aud tho prisoner
| appenreda ut half past ten. The same throng was
| present ason previous days.
MIR. Carlisle proceeded To discuss the question of
the ndnissibility of tho confession of Mrs. Sekles
as evidence lie Thought those who had spoken
Tor the defence did not speak as to the purpose of
this confession in unison. lIo understood it to bo
offered as evidence Of tho state of tho prisoners
mind. ltwas to TINT idea that the prosecution
had addressed their arguments. lie trusted that
the Court would consider il to the particular pur-
pose for which it was admissible. 1t twas adm,ra-
Bile rhetoric for the defence to state that the priso
ner had quafed fguratye cup Of madness, but
1T was not argument in law: and they had referred
to II case in kernan's Reports, IN. " where n
question bad been admitted showing the status Of
mans mind ns produced by liquor. lilo conten-
dcd that /, must he reduced ton single !act--this
question oi insani; aud it must be proved that ut
the 'inc ot the commission Of the act that the pri-
soncr was insane. This evidence proposed to ho
offered was SIMPLY II confession equivalent To nm
swers Tor hill of divorce lie objected to it, on
the ground that it was the work Of the prisoners
wife
Mr.. e. cited the case OF Egglcston, tried in this
court where the court refused to admit the dccla-
ration Of his wife. All dying declarations of u
wife could he admitted in II case where she was
murdered, ifgi,en under apprchcnsionS that she
was dvlng-the prosecution assuming that size
vito he'n. could not appear in court. But in n
case like this, the wife could not be permitted 10
contribute one grain OF sand to building up n do
fence for her husband
Mr.. Graham here cited c,cra ca,cs sustaining
his views as presented yesterday
Mr.. Carlisle said hc had not seen those cases,
hn went On 10 contend that declaration Ola
wife lring part ol hushnnd--could not le
admitted any more than one Wrtten by the hus.
bard.
The Judge was here absent then for Few min
uicS.
Mr.. Carlisle. resuming. wishing that he could
borrow that figure oi speech IN WHICH, the counsel
for the defence had clo1ucntv portrayed tho
unity and relation of husband mud wife. the better
to illustrate tho force of this latter argument. lie
cited thu ease Of Hewitt vs.. Brown. (tied &. {:
Distr,'' of Columbia whore the deposition of the
wife oI Hewitt was ruled out.
lie proceeded then to consider the references Of
f'rcd Yesterday by Mr. Graham. The principal
iact TINT occurred was eighteen hours niter this
paper was s.ned. and il hu been stated that the
prisoner aWnre Of his wlles inidclity before
he arrived AT his house. short time before the pa
per sigaed. Ii was for his Ilouur to decide
whether il part of the res qestn.
Mr.. Carlisle closed with Il most eloquent rcio.
ration ou tho two classes ot mun-,he uprl.dt anl
the evil lie would like 10 know when thaFo in.
purirS woultl stop. A particular inct was to
prove particular question Of insanity.
1t being twelve o'clock the Jury took n recess
In few minutes they returned. and the court
gave its decision on tho ndmlssiblliry of tho con-
fession If Mrs Sickles TO Mr. Sirkcs ms c,lence
1t ruled out on tho ground that wife could not
give the evidence in tho particular case.
Miss G.. NJ. Ridcely called Testified that she
had hvcI in this city sx Years, and had known
Mr.. ard Mrs. Sickles since January; visited Mrs
Sicklcs very often. and very intimate with
her. was there at Tuesdays receptions, and stad
there all naht some times dined there; was nj II
hop mt Wizards Hotel Thursday night before
Keys DEATH SAW latter there, aud he converscd
with Mrs Scklcs in the earl part Of the evening
| knew Key; That night noticed change in Mr.
Scklc-, which was marked the next day. friday:
on Saturday noticed it more particularly his
look was wild, distracted one.
The witness was here much affected
On Saturday after eat my dinner went into
the library and read; Mr.. s. did not eat. nfter
reading went in Mrs. Sickles' room aud saw her
! there, and Mr.. :. was walking violently up and
down the room; she was writing. aud asked me To
sign paper which | did. Mrs. SickeS remained
in the room with me, and she laid on the floor,
with her head on chair; she laid there all night.
| heard Mr. Sickles sobbing and giving utterance
to the most nnearthly excnmntions; they seemed
to come from his feet; can't better express it;
saw Mr. :. Oh Sunday morning ia great grief,
sDbbing and crying; seen him while in the break.
fast ro,m ho seemed in great grief all the time
Mr.. Bnitorworth was in Mr.. Sickles' house ON
Sunday, when | saw him.
Mr. Onld cruss-exapined the witness, but moth
ing new elected
Miss Bridget Duffy. (recaed.) Saw Mr.. Key
comm; through the park on Sunday morning,
with lady and gentleman; he went up the Ave
nue.; him again outside the park. walking
with the lady and gentleman, and saw him
a white handkerchief; only saw him wave it on
one OCCASION. saw Mr.. Sicklcs' dog come out Of
the park as Mr.. Key came by the second time
waving his handkerchief when he waved his
handkerchief the dog fnwned on him, and he
waived again after the dog went AWAY.
By Mr.. Carlisle think this was between IL
O'Clock that he passed up the Avenue the first
tme: it was about 20 minntes before | saw him
60 back in the park. towards Club House, it was
near an hour before saw him again, directly in
front of Mr. Sickles house, that was the last time
1 saw him; he went then through the park; after
seeing Key, went from the kitchen up stairs,
and saw Slckles the stairs wiping his hands
with towel; think Mr.. Woodbridge was in the
study at the time; think Butterworth also
there; did not notice Sickes sobbing on the steps
the time he had the towel
The witness restated some Of tho evidence in
chief adduced yesterday regarding Mr.. Sckles'
condition, and described his appearance as yester-
day.
This witness subjected to long and te-
dous cross-examinatiOn, but nothing new outside
! fixing the time was elected
Um ". Mann, called-Resdes at Buffalo, n.
Y; is lawyer; was in Washington at Keys de-
eease has been hero since the l4,h of February;
remained here until the Cd Of March; knew Key
three or four years, not intimately: saw him Sun
day, not lar from o'clock, in the square opposite
| the Presidents house; he had entered the park
| bv what he should call the southwest gate. lie
! came up to the monument and met Key walking
alone; itncss turned his head after saluting him,
| and saw him going out of tho same corner of the
park which witness entered; saw him twirling his
| handkerchief in his hand; saw dog. Witness
| here showed diagram, which he made last