Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-13

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above De was always talking Of Hattie iu all
moods OF his mind.
Hattie sent for witness two Iay- before she
was shot she and S.lby were not friends then
she asked witness what she should 10. Tie al
vised LT to become friends with SrlJy and told
her how much he was dDWucast about her. She
refused 10 be- friends with him. SeIby called a.
witnesses shop, which is near Mrs. 5lcG.nuis'-
house, on the morning he shot Hattie; hel00ked
in better health and was more lively than be-
had been. He asked witness to go 20 Hattie
and get her TO be friends with hiu witness did
not 60, witness considered ~elby at fines insane.
lt was not only when excited that MS p~ecltiaTi- /
ties were obvious, but when cool, I'm ordinary
conversation, he would commonly hv off from
the subject, and disconuecJedIy talk about
something else. On the morning of his FIRST
shooting at Hattie witness bad takena pistol
from SeIhy under the belief be vOuIdd0 her harm
with 10; he had warned Hattie TO be On her
guard with SeIby, for he believed that, on account
OF ms insanity, he would do her some burt.
Nj. Hennis saw Selby go into Mamie McGin-
ms ON the day Of the killing Of Hattie Rogers;
he atterward heard the shot, and saw smoke
coming from the shutter-tLcn saw Selby come
ont and go down the alley.
On the subject Of the woman. be believed
Seiay was quite crazy he would SIX In witnesses /
shop, which is opposite Mrs. McGinuis's, two OF
NAtN" Na--N ut % L.tler watching fNHr house ana {
jumping uP when any one left or entered he
would go up town and then return and com
mence his watch again Ee did it within a week
or three days before be killed the girl. When
any one spoke Of her In connection with some
other man, be would become excited and swear
about her and those who told him. So well was
tins known that person would tell him things
about Hattie on purpose Co teq-r him DE never
iaIied Oh such occasions % become excited. On {
ordinary -uIfa4Fe E4 tr.tIl f4fI -r.H ne un~ Z
other man the woman was q beautiful person,
ami witness believed that 10 what related 20 her. Z
DIS mad was OF no account 10 him, that lie was {
incapable OF judgment was q m0BoB3ui8c- I
be could not bear other men beside himself TO I
approach her when they did so he lost all
Judgement and reason.
Mrs. Nancy AIcGinuis, who keeps the house
ina which the girl was killed, stated that she was
lying in bed with Hattie at the time of the oc-
cuTence. The door was opened; the girls arm
was over witness. Selby said, what dill you
write that letter about me tor She said.
did not DO it, He then said. Hiss Mamie. IL
am going to kill Hattie. Hattie was at .le front
Of the bed; she sprang up, and was trying to
pass over witness, when the pistol was fred.
Witness saw him no more for two or three days,
when ] saw him on Poplar street, near 1Ir.
Brinkley's lie got in the carriage she was in,
and they drove about together. Hat died in
eight or twelve minutes after she was shot. Both
Hattie and Srlby were crazy In lOye with each
other she took morphine when be was gone 10
the amp that she smIght sleep and not think
about him. She was crazy about him when he
was away. Au hour before the shooting, Selby /
WIS in tie house crying and begging witness Co
get Hattie to be friends with him. for God Al
mighty'S sake, for he was going back 10 the
camp, and could not bear to leave her so. Two
nights before then be was crying tears were on
his face he wanted her To- De- friends with him.
Sine told him she could not forget that he had
beat and ill-used her.
Witness advised him to go and come next day
He left the house crying. lie sat zap one night
after the beating, watching her the whole night
because she was sick. For % week before she
was killed, Hattie would sometimes hug and kiss
him she would at others tel him to 90 away
ard never come back. She would sometimes
scUld him for not returning. after She bad forbid
den hin doing So ie D-Jughth RAJ pet chicken
three hours before he killed her she laughed at
him about it, but seemed pleased with &c and
kept il In her hand. Wiu-ss had often heard
Selby tell Hattie be would kiIl her before the
time NE shot her. They slept together several
times during the week before she was Killed.
Miss Smith said Sslby and Hattie had many
frivolous quarrels, In which one party was as
much TO blame as the other. Seiby had told
witness that In loved Hattie to distraction. liz
one Of their quarreis 4t witness house, ou
South street, Hattie threw q tImaler 90 him
Witness did not think Armand SclJy a man of
sound sense. be would be frantic about triiles.
and would do very foolish things she had seen
him tear up HaJtir's clothes, and then apologize.
saying he was crazy aud mad One day he
wanted her TO com to him when sire was en-
bordering she refused, and he tried To tear the
embroidery. When he could not succeed IN
doing so he sat down and cried; never saw Sci
by behave with such stlangeness before his ac-
quaiutauce with Hattie as he has done since.
Officer Morgan stated tha, he arrested Se.6y IN
Grenada, Mississippi On his arrest SrIby had
pistols in his hands he begged Go be allowed TO
90; Selby tried to nun away when lie saw tLe
officers after him he at,oTward showed the girls
isgUeueorype which he had with aim. and said
ha liked her better than be- did himself.
DIR. Dickinson said on the evening of the
killing. Seibv came 90 his Office and asked 10 see
a letter that came TO witness from Col. Walker
about hun 10 was shown him. the witness ex-
. pressed his surprise that o. young man, connected
as hs was, should hang after prostitutes he adj
vised him 90 become TecJucIIed with his father.
the girl never wrote % witness, but was once ia
his Office he had said nothing TO S-lbv about
beating the woman be did not r~ec1llect to have
ever mentioned the girls name 10 hin; before
the killing be had visited the house on South
street. and found Selbv there Col. Walkers
letter TO DR.. Dickinson was 10 ask him % re-
Quire Se,bv either TO come back 90 his command /
or 30 resign It; witness spoke 90 HIM of his duty
To- his father, and he acknowledged Ae had done
amis5 there had been au alienation between the
father and son for months. witness brought
almost reconciliation
In the conversation between witness and
Selbr. the latter expressed "a determination 10 20
b. his father; Hattie Rogers had not been iu
witness Office for weeks before when she came
It was about rcp.evyiug some OF her furniture
the witness looked upon S5lby "a, crazy. and De-
told his colonel So last May he considered him
crazy since he FIRST knew him, i'm isis. aud every
other child of Judge Seiby's family; bis Dis
obedience TO his father, his lying il cutters. his
keeping away nom home. aud tlc herIdi.aEv
faint Inherited from bis mother all led witness
tl conclude him subject TO insanity his mother
was subject to m9uom0uia, downright TayiHg
aud hysteria; in the conversation between ihe
witness and the prisoner, The latter expressed 81
determination to kiI himself witness toll him
Dc he could no: conduct himself as q gentleman.
20 DO so; all his fathers children are subject TO
iucohereuCy in conversation witness bad seen
S-Iby at times when ue could not distinguish
right from wrong. and at other times when Dee
was almost brilliant in his ideas.
Nj. Myers had known Se.ly wen. aud knew
nothing about him Indicating UEsouulHrss OF
mind he seemed as sensible as some other
folks.
This concluded the sanitation The test-
mouy we have greatly condensed This morn
ing the case viii be continued by counsel mak-
ing their speeches. During the day Selby man
Tested no particular emotion, hU, took evident
interest in the proceedings. Tie is boyish look
ing, being NOS over twenty lie has no beard
or whiskers. and has light hair and grey eyes.
His coUnteuanc- expresses no want Of inielii-
gence, but shows no sign Of cultivation it is
much of the kind often seen among the class
known as " the b'hoys
BrRroN'S SOUTHERN PlCrURE>-OId Eel
lows Hall was crowded, last evening, with o
fashionable audience. to witness trr first exll-
bidou of Burtou's panoramic views ou the Bos-
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