Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-09
From the Washington States of Tharsday Ansrn~eu
Trial of Hon Daniel 7. 6iokles.

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| From the Washington states Of Thsrsday Ansrs"eu
Trial Of Hon. Daniel =. eickles.
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tho ,ro;,..s ~ The trial sppears 70 be- ON the in
80. Thc .noce w;b;n the bar vas moro dense
rrease ~" hos hers,fore been the co.s ave
:, av.;IahIe seo, being occupied. An eo,cr dc
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IL. os ,..n;c..,ad a, r. had heen nrey;on.lv in
.;n.,od tho, h. vould seek to exnla;n nj. as.oc;n
,;on with tho d;.,rict attorney In the nro.ecuton
If Tho cose This course was. in the oninon of
N, Ca,ls,e wandered necessary nv The severe
criticisms in vnrious quarters in reference 10 his
.anno,;o, Nth the case For acme reason how.
o,or hi. Man was not followed. A the cn.e was
ononed nv tho d;stric, attorney.
.JuJge Crawford took his seat ut 10 minutes mast
10 o,ciock the iury having already taken their
,cats in tho box
A, o. minute, mast 10. Mr.. Sickles was brought
in III. appearance was that Of a man who had
cxnericnced much mental sufferfng since vester-
d,v
The nome, of the Jurors were called. and the
eleven we're found TO be present.
.Jud,c Crawford stated that after the Court nd.
;ourneJ Yesterday. one of the Jurors came To him
and cxnressed .omc fears of not being able To sit
mnartially on the case; to which the judge re-
nlcd that he could not excuse him. He felt hound
Ia ~ NJ this for the benefit OF those COncerned
The nerson referred to- Mr.. W. M. Moore. then
rose and stated that he was Yesterday IMPRESSED
With a re,r If not be;n0 able nronerlv IN r,l6l tbe
fearful responsibility resting on him Int this
morning his mind wns perfectly clear. lie was
Glad ,Lat be had the opportunity of making the
cxnlapntion
: Wright, the twelfth Juror. was then sworn
in
The Indictment wa. then read, and the district
attorney rose and addressed the iurv ma follows
Nav II ,lcase vour honor and penfleman of the
iurv The Indictment which has lust been reod 10
Won gentlemen charges Daniel f. Sickles the
nr;soner Mt the bar with the wilful murder of
pL;lin BARTON Kew / shall parrate 10 Won as
lri.ny os can tho chief incidents connected with
his tragedy. and believe the evidence will dis
,jnsc them The uurties | supp,se are well
kunwn to ynu--at least by reputation. one bein,
tho Representative in the Congress Of the United
state. o9ihe great commercial metr polls OF the I'm
ioa: the other, ono who long and b"norably filled
tn" post Of public prosecutor in this district-per-
hnp- in The hearing Of several ,f YOU. he has dis
charged the duties which has fallen to my lot.
The place where the crime charged in this in
dictment occurred. the city of Washington:
time. 9th of Feb. last. 1t was the Sabbath, that
day. which for more than eighteen hundred years
ba- been set apart in commemoration of that Di-
vine mission. which brought peace earth and
good will to men" In the soft gush Of that Sab.
ing and evening, did he commit this act Atm
tmr almost when the echoes of the church bell
were lingering in the air. the deceased all uncon-
scnus Of the tremendous woe that then stood sus-
rcnlrl over his house. was met bv the prisoner ut
the lar ON one If the public thoroughfa # the
city. II Wa soon apparent. from his movements,
thit the prisoner at the bar intended some deed
If bio ,ly revenge. All unarmei and defenceless
n, the deceased wa~. he used the feeble means
HAT were IN his power II save his life How in
eNs'ual they were even in the delaying OF the ter
iihIr late that overlook him, the evidence IN tins
ease wall show. The prisoner Mt the bur had come
to have carnal and bloody revenge; IN TACT, he was
II walking magazine; he was not only fully provl-
died. III the number ct his firearms but had also
taken care to supply himself with their different
varieties
E,eh one, gentlemen of the jury perhaps had
it, rcrnlinr excellence asa mnrderous weapon.
aud Indicate tha, he closely calculated the con
tinrcnrics IF an exper,el collision rs would seem
Ia Lc nlca,ed not only from the number and va
ricty If his firearms. but in consequence of their
tenn ,rary armory. t.wit:a grenti,yercoat on nm
inrnuvencntlv warn, day it will be seen that he
did MT reason carelesslv as regards his moving
battery, which he placed in n ready position like
a niece Of firing artillery on the field of battle.
The deceased intcrposed nothing, and had
nothing t. ipterp,se save the physical strength
which, when governed by presence of mind even,
was but feeble at the best. poor and futile
op"rA.gla>s which even when thrown with we'll
directed aim, ia but comparatively harmless. The
pte,us ordinations made by the deceased, which
however, they nigh have moved other men, in
this case. AT least. fell upon tn prisoner as a
stone. The evidence in this case, gentlemen of
the Jury, viii show to you from the first act in
tbs tragedy down to its'full frution, every sue
cc,Si,c of horror-not only that the deceased
wa uuarncd. but that the prisoner at the bar