Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-04-16
THE SICKLES TRIAL.
ELEVENTH DAY.


comes intensified from day to day The pris-
oner looks less careworn than heretofore.
Jacob Wagner, the locksmith, was recalled
No one spoke to me but the colored man. l
heard Mr. Pendleton' name mentioned. This
gentleman, (pointing to Mr.. Lee Jones, law
yer who sits by the prosecuting counsel is
the man l took to be Mr.. Pendleton. Mr..
Jones gave nod of assent.
CToSS-Erdmtned The colored man sent for
me; l went in by the back-door; the front
door was locked this was about week after
MIR. Keys death; the gentlemen l spoke of
were up stairs John Gray, the colored man.
the gentlemen told me to take it off; saw
two gentlemen look around the lower part of
the house, and then go up stairs.
John NJ. Seeley was next examined. The
immediate connection between the back gate
of my house and that of 1888 Fifteenth street.
is close; they are about forty-five rect apart !;
saw the lock taken off saw the opening Of
the back door, and heard the order given to
take of, the lock of the front door, because the
key was lost, as l thought Mr. Charles Lee
Jones and Mr.. Pendleton were present; one Of
them directed the locksmith to remove the lock
from the front door; | know a gentleman
named Poole he went with me into the back
yard
Cioss-Eramined by Mr. Oud. That was the
first time had been in that house after Mr.
Keys death it was between the 9th and 9Th
OF March; l do not know of any one else be-
ing there from Keys death to that time don't
know which gentleman gave directions about
replacing the lock with new one; these gen
tlemen staid some twenty-five minutes.
Louis Pool was next examined. | know
the house, 1888 Fifteenth street, and saw the
; lock taken off; Messrs. Pendleton, Jones, See
ley, the colored man, and myself, were present;
Pendleton ordered the new lock in place of the
old one.
CrosS-EraRined.- Cannot recolIect the iden-
tical language used by Pendleton
Messrs Jones and Pendleton went up stairs
and examined that portion of the house l had
never been in that house before.
Questionable you know that others had
beens
Witness-No sir; 1 knew that Key went
there, and knew that Mrs
District Attorney, interrupting-I didn't
ask you about that. Laughter My ques-
ton had reference to the time subsequent to
Mr.. Keys death.
Winess.-Mr. Seeley and did not go there
with Jones and Pendleton; we went on our
own account Mr.. Pendieton's remark was
made IN our presence.
1toetce O'cIock.-Mr. Woodward, the coroner
was replaced, and examined by Mr.. Brady
Question.-Had you at any time in your
possession, papers, cards, or any thing of the
kind, belonging to Mr. Key2
Witness-No; last Monday, in court gen
tleman asked me if was aware that Dr. Mil
Ter had taken some papers out 81 Mr. Keys
pocket; that was the last | heard of it, / was
not told of other things being found
Rev. {. II. A. Buckley am a clergyman
and reside in Westchester CT. MIR. Sickles
was IN our class in the University.
Question-Do you know the liability of Mr..
Sicbles to intense and sudden excitement?
Witness-Yes, Sir.
The District Attorney objected to proof of
excitement unless it went to the. extent of in
sanity.
Mr.. Brady did not propose to prove excite
ment. He proposed in addressing the jury to
speak about insanity in its various forms.
Some men are lunatic for few days. some for
years, End some are incurably insane, and he
believed any man of intelligence can express
an opinion on the different phases of insanity.
lie wanted to prove that Mr.. Sickles, on an
occasion greatly decorating to his feelings, had
become positively insane and had to be placed
under restraint.
Mr. Carlisle, in that view, withdrew his OBJ
lection.
Mr.. Brady to witness-State what you know
of the tendency of Mr.. Sickness mind to be-
come disordered on being subjected to great
emotion.
Witness-The incident which am about to
state occurred, 1 think, in the year 1910, on the
occasion of the death of Prof De Ponte in
New York. He was a kind of patron and
guardian of Mr.. Sickles, or rather l might say
that Mr.. Sickles was regarded by lis students
as his protege. In the cemetery where Prot.
DE Ponte was buried, Immediately after the
body was lowered into the ground, SIR. Sickles
broke out into spasms of passionate grief, and,
with frantic energy, raved and tore down the
graveyard, striking, and rolling, and, l might
even say yelling, SO much so, that it was
impossible for us, who were his friends, to
nullity in any measure by words. We were
obliged to take hold of him, and, by friendly
force, restrain him; and thus, ultimately we
took him out Of the cemetery. The demon
stration that he made might be called frantic
grief My impression is, that he tore his
clothes and his hair; l can not swear posi-
lively; the other facts are very indelibly i'm
pressed on my mind The statement now
made has not been solicited at all it was
suggested IN my mind as a piece of testi-
mony that would be benefit to Mr.. Sickles
who was unconscious of anything strange
having taken place on that occasion. We
were about the same age am now forty
years old. | saw Mr.. Sickles two or three
days afterward; did not notice anything ex-
traordinary or unusual in his appearance
might say he appeared to be rather light head
ed too much so under the circumstances his
light medicines seemed unnatural in contrast
with the grief he had shown two days before I;
the first manifestation was the most remark
able one l ever saw | have been in the minis
try for several years and | have never seen
anything like it.
Major Hopkins examined. The last time l
saw Mr.. Key was on Sunday morning; he
was shot about halfpast one was standing
at Freeman's gate; l saw him on the Monday
or Wednesday before the shooting he walked
past me five or six times; | saw him wave his
handkerchief five or six times Mrs. Sickles
came out, and joined him on the corner of H
street and Madison place; saw them go up
Fifteenth street and lost sight of them on the
steps of John Gray's house.
CroSs-Erdmned by Mr. Cit was either
Monday or Wednesday that / saw them, be-
tween / and 2 O'clock; Philip Lynch, the foot
man of Col Freeman, was with me at the
time we did not follow the parties; we were
on the box of the coach when we first saw him
wave his handkerchief
saw Mrs. S. with her veil up, and distinct
ly recognized her 1t was pleasant day, and
the usual number of people were on the street.
She had on a black dress and dark cloak, Dor
dered with red and white
Cross-Erdmiaed By Mr.. Ould, particularly as
to his locality when he saw the parties, when
it appeared he was a square off at the time
he took notice of her dress
Mrs. Nancy A. Brown, a middle-aged lady,
was next placed on the stand; / live in Fiji
teenth street; my husband is the priests gar
dener; / knew Mr.. Key l saw him on the
Wednesday before he was shot.
Queston-Whep did you see him
Wimess.-I saw him going into house on