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he influence Of the rrovocation remained It

the influence Of the nrovocation remained II
rendered the defendant so FIR insane ms to rr-
licvc his act Of all criminnlitv suroosing il tn
have h'cn Immediately and directly prompted
nv it, ard that in his Wow Tho case was one
. OF rardonahlc or cxcusahlc uue7rndrres NJ
mind; it being perfectly immntcrin' how y
man becomes insane whether from disease Of
the mind or body or nrovocation. the mi.
vilccos Of accountabiliv attaching rs much
in the one c1Sr MS the other.
Upon these points he continued. d" what
an atrocious verdict that would he to DECLARE
on the oath Of n Jury that when Phil)in
Barton Kcv met his death he was in tho
| peace Of God and this communitv. Will, the
! inct is that he was on the mission Of an
a1ultcrcr and that Daniel T.. Sicklcq. tho
wronc'd and betrayed husband. whom ne
slew him undcr this nrororation, instead Of
Welding to instincts which hc could not 20
sist was temntcd and set on by the devil.
That is the finding which this prosecution
ask you to record against tho defendant.
This Is no frurativc language hocaus, unlces
the devil set him on he committed no crime.
II he was SGT on hv the instincts which his
Maker had invested him h. vicldcd to tho
contrn' Of tine highest of all Influences and
IN influence which he could not resist II
he had m other crime TO answer for NJ thp
great Judgment seat, his atoncmont would bc
light indeed
The Court here adjourned till Monday.
when Mr. Graham was expected to occupy
two hours more in tho conclusion of his
address.
WAsuIvcToH. Anril II.
JUDGE Crawford took his seat on the bench
at 10 90. The general Jury Panel was called.
the jurors having been instructed to att-n1
to-day. and tho Judge dismissed them till
Monday next. About 2Omiuuto, afterwards
Sicklos was conducted into Court and took
his scat in the dock. some Of his counsel.
and Mr.. Emmanuel B. Hart, having seats
near him Tho jury having haon called.
Mr.. Graham resumed his argument.
The dofcnso would show. nv one or two
servants Of the houso. TINT Mr. Kov and Ms
Sicklos were heard in their adute'ous int, -.
course in the library. and that. on ono occa-
sion. Mr.. Kov was known to have stli1 MS
late ms O'Clock in the morning. while Mr..
Sickles was absent in Now York. The de-
fensa would also show that Mr.. Kcv, like MI
men who r. IN in this way. was in the
habit of carrying weapons
WAsH1NGroy. April 10.
Judge Crawford took his seat on the bench
Mt II A. NJ. and Mr. Sickles was hronrht in
Hnd r'ace in the dock INN ediatelv nftor.-
The Rev. DR. PAYNE, 'ot the Episcopal church |
on La'avatt' Square. occunind Il scat amonr |
the prisoners counsel. and Rev. Mr. Haley |
also occupied n seat near tho prisoner Mr. |
WooldriGn. who has figured 50 consncuouslv |
in the raso. occupied n seat next to Mr. |
Sickles' father.
WASHINGTON. April IS.
The interest in the SicIlos tragedy seems
to hn rs deep and intense in this community
to-day as it was tho dav Of the Homicide. l.
is the sole tonic Of Or, vcrsation wherever men
meet-or women either When the evil
doncc of r. !. Walker was given. and
whom Mr.. Sicklos' emotions 81 completely |
ovcrrowernd him MS to render his |
removal from the Court Room necessary.
there was hardly n dry eve in Court and
certainly not heart una pcte1 hv il. This
scene. tho confession Of the f,ithless wife
and the Il srrirtions given of the agonios
which Mr.. Scklos suffered when tho nrpall-
ing truth forced itself unon his mind, have
won for him the sympathies of the whole
Tho moment the doors were opened this
the crowd poured in and filled up
the snace allowed to the audience Judge
Crawford took his seat NJ 20 when the
Court was duly onenod Mr. Carlisle rro-
onnded II argue against the admes-
c;arIo. ~. Nv Co-,;., L"'.rs, ,', Mt
1,dao i,d n,.,o1 ,,.'a,, e,' .i t'". .nr
and had made mn his ie ;nd IN ' tbo noin h
sin bo NJ Cor,islc 'r",IJ NV, n"+ ' haro DIV IH.
cborroi Lis drtr r,I,, Ala no rot o,,,,aso tt,o
ofr,r II e,rrct hin, tlo, iborc ,rlg ,,o4 W.,
tiro concord IN tho Minds If tLo Crrr.o1 c,,
the defense, rs f. tho rnrno.c for which tbo
evidence was offered and for which If was
od,niss,bo Tbc corrsol vbo ofr,.od i
proposed it for one purpose. and tho counsel
who succeeded him offered it for another. 1t
was offered as caring on the state Of the nrs-
onor's mind and not ms PROVING the facts stat
cd in it. His colleague Mr. Graham showed
that he meant to maintain that the clct an
roalcd to was fact which ought to be- le-
callv arncnlod to for the ascertainment of the