Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-04-15

the removal ef the lock in an audible tone In the
presence of strangers. II
CORONER WOODWARD RECALLED ..--
The witness never had in his possession any pa
Pers or cards belonging to Mr.. Key. Did not
know OF their existence till last Mohday when wit
ness heard OF the fact In Court. The inquest was
held say three and half o'clock
TESTIMONY OF REV III. A. BuLKLEY.
witness Is clergyman. and resides in West
w instead. Conn. Known Mr.. Sickles since 1898.
were associated together in the New York Uni.
versity Was in Witness class which graduated
In is39 Knew Sickles intimatelysthen, but no
thihg more Than mere acquaintance existed subse-
9uent TO that time. Had knowledge of Mr.. Sic
kles being liable to great excitement ...
Mr.. Ould objected to this evidence. ANYTHING
showing insanity in connection with the imne-
diate facts, he presumed would be evidence.
Mr.. Brady had never before heard of evidence
In regard to the mental temperament of prisoner,
part Of whose defence consisted in the allegation
OF insanity being objected to. He simply pro-
Sickles had SO far exhibited symptoms of insanity
as to make restraint necessary
Mr.. Carlisle then withdrew his objection
Witness (resuming) cited an instance of his ex-
citability. Mr.. s., an occasion in 1910. on the
death Of Prof. Du Ponte who was Mr. q patron
| or guardian, was affected by a spasm of frantic !
ing and yelling. Friends were Obliged to hold
him and restrain him by force The demonstra-
ton was one of frantic grief Thinks on that Oc-
casion he tore his hair and clothes Witness has
not been solicited to make this statement on the
part OF the defence, but did so thinking it would
be of benefit to the prisoner
Cr0ss-exanlned- know how old Mr..
Slckies was at this time II was in the year 1910
Witness and the prisoner Were Young men together
then. Witness is now 40 years old The nlanifes-
.atlon spoken OF lasted say ten minutes. Witness
Is positive that it was Of five minutes duration
saw no traces of il the day following At this
time witness was not the fellow-student of Mr.
Slckles witness graduated in 40 but friend
ana associate Of Prof. DuPonte attended his fune-
RAJ The demonstration was the most remark abe
one witness ever witnessed and he has been i'm the
ministry many years Two or three DAYS after
this demonstration Mr.. Sicklcs evinccd an unnatu
raj lightheadedness. All traces Of grief had dis
appeared, and witness thought IL unnatural that
one who, few days before, had been in such
deep grief should manifest SO much lightheadrd-
ness.
BY Brady Witness thinks this levity after the
grlef before mentioned struck his mind at the time
as showing Mr.. ;. TO be subject to great extremes
of emotion. The friendly force EMPLOYED by the
friends of MIR. >. at the graveyard was designed
| TO remove him as soon as possible from the scene
of i, gri saI.,,, ~,
lsh and scientific department, and was student
| at the time.
TESTIMONY MIR. JESSE B. UAw
Mr.. Haw testified that he knew Mr. KEY Saw
| him last the morning of the day lac was shot be-
| tween ~ and II in the morning up at Lafayette
square Saw him come out Of the square and 90
up the avenue towards Georgetown. Before he
went towards Georgetown did not notice him
looking at anything. Did not notice him using
handkerchief. Mr. Young was with witness AZ
| this time Has known MIR Key five or six years
Here the Major Hopkins - who has been
called so many times in court was placed upon
| the stand j
TESTIMONY OF MAJOR HOPKINS.
MI Hopkins testified that he is a coac hmap for
COL Freeman; has been so betune five and six
years; lives on III, between l5 and l6 Knew Mr.
| Key. saw him last on the sunday mmnin. of the
day he was shot about VI 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Was at Freenan's gate Key was in the
Square walking up and down two or three times
| Only saw him this onct; ddn 'tsee him doing any
thing. Saw him between Monday and WedncS-
| day of the preceding week. Saw him 90 in the
| Square, and wave his handkerchief two or three
times, and Mrs 5 Skles come out of her house and
| join him and walk with him down IL. and an
| hour afterwards come, up 18th street with him.
Lost sight of them on the steps of John Crews
Cross-examined.-hlajor is Witness name, and
not his title
| IL was half past one o'clock when witness sayy
| Key. Was standing at Col. Freeman's gate next
| the carriage gate. Saw him walk up and down
| the square over by the statute. No one was with
him. Thinks it was either Monday or Wednes-
day of the week previous that witness saw him in
the park before mentioned This was between 1
and O'Clock TO the best of witnesses recollection
Philip Lynch the futinan was with witness al
that time Did mt follow them. W Us standing in
the front door of Freeman's house when he saw
them go TO Gray's house. Was the box Of the
coach; so was the futman. All witness saw was
rom that position. Thinks he then drove to Judge
Wayne's, and coming back from there saw Key
and Mrs. 5. on Fifteenth street
Was on | street between Fourteenth and Fiji
| tenth, when coming back that he saw them
Knew Mrs. ). well by sight. She is middling
size and has light hair; is rather stout; couldn't
| say how tall. Is not as tall witness. Never
measured her to see if she was tall as witness
(LaughteT.] Witness thinks he is about feet 7
inches high. Her back was towards witness
Witness was one side of the street and she on the
other. Could her face distinctly. Her veil
was up so that witness could see her plainly. 1t
was pleasant day. She had black dress on,
aud a black cloak with white border. Thinks
IL might have been red and white border
Knew Mr.. Key well by sight.
They were not square from witness, on the left
hand side OF the street going up Fifteenth street.
They were between John Crews house and street
not far from the door of that house. They had got
up as far as street. They werdA square from
street. They going north Could see the
cdging Of her cloak at that distance. Saw her
cloak and her clothes. Couldn't see the edging at
that time. saw the edging on the cloak when
standing in front OF Col. Freemen's, when they
passed down. 70 the best of witnesses opinion II
was Mrs Sckles. After seeing them first drove to
Judge Waynes, and retiring from there through
] street saw them; and. to the best of witness
opinion it was Mrs. :. Knows il was her, because
he saw her come out of her house previously and
join MIR. Key. This was between . and 3 o'clock
witness thinks. To the best Of witness opinion,
it was Mrs. Sickles.
TESTIMONY MRS. NANCY BROWN
Mrs. Brown testified that she lives in Fifteenth
street. Her husband is the Presidents gardener
Knew Mr.. hey. Saw him last the "Wednesday
before he shot. Saw him going into the
house on Fifteenth street.
Mr.. Carlisle here rose to ask if the Court means
to admit rs competent evidence facts tending to |
show the previous adultery of the prisoners wife |
with the deceased The prosecution had had a |
distinct understanding with the counsel for de- !
fence that the prosecution should have an oppor-
tunty TO make an objection before evidence TO |
this point was raised. He wanted to have il set |
tied by ruling of the Court, with view TO |
taking ground on the part of the prosecution for |
the introduction of rebuttng evidence.
Mr.. Brady said that if the conduct and manage |
ment of this case depended exclusively on him. he |
would insist that Mr. hey was killed in act of |
adultery within the meaning of the law, and that |
IL had been proved by the testimony the part of
the prosecution. He would prove an aduiterous |
Intercourse between deceased and Mrs SckIes by |
a standing agreement. He claimed that where an |
adulterer hires house to meet the wife of another
they in the eye of the law living in the act Of
adultery all the time. and it is not necessary that
n A..