, 1862-12-22
Ar4aA OF VIM Hopp for the mur.
der Of his Wife,
THIRD DAY.

ming the room Was denseIy crowded will
spectators, the interest experienced In tn
case by tue public scanning to increase as th
tr1ai progresses. AL day long they sat on til
wooden benches in listening attitudes an,
With anxious faces, showing far more feeling
and unmeasurab1J closer attention": +,
the proceedings than was eyinced bv th
prisoner himself Indeed Hopp appears en-
tlrely devoid Of any impressibiity. he sit
feefect and 1mmorab1e during the sessions o
inc court, apparently the coolest and least in
terested person in the room, and if it wer
possible that such could be the case. we sbou1,
say that he absolutely enjoyed the skirmish
es' IN which the counsel are frequently Gu
gagcd-
MORNING SESSION.
Almost the entire session Of the morning
vas taken up with the arguments Of counse
IN relation to the admissibility Of the book d
records of the County Court sought to be in
troduced BY the defense, to prove the proceed
ang had IN the Investigation relative to the in
sanltyof Hopp. The prosecution: raised ths
point, that, no evidence as to insanity in ths
family OF the prisoner could beintroduced, ,un
less ithad occurred in the direct line of de-
scent. Various authorities we're. cited by
both sides, and 4 vast amount Of law was
read The court finally decided that the testt.
1nony was admissible as it vas 0l5ehe essence II
| the'defensc in this case. Tie: :e4aihination in
chief Of Judge Bradwen CpendinF9 which the
court adjourned on Friday mighty was then
rendered g.
JUDGE BRADWELL's TESTIMONY.
Judge Bradwell read from the records Of the
@ Con9ty c9,1Ft tfe proceedings the petitions Of
Hopp of fhe paisonel efS
the ths,da finding Of the jury declaring Ralph Hopp
Q1Do you know the relations existing between
=, Ihere was considerable feeling between them
bis brother purpose of gettns s1 moag Ksep
from II him At the time Of the petition, objections
to the spgs t%s4 Of MesIn
,ao,,, money, :, and consequently his intere4Ets E
mspt; an 5snh A. ssn the til Raph Aepp ern
tions were such to leave but little pnht IF hia
insanity: have seen VIM. Hopp often since that,
e: a9e. ~ Mr a9pp sent for ne after he was in jail
gave me their whole history and canscsMsevarsi a9
nmes repeating them; spoke Of his wife, and said
nal ,nas N tne GO community reputation and character
had ruined his character; had doue fhinns si,c M
onght not to have done. aud justified his action to-
rn0f3{Jrf- ha cn11 Il =
tIlat-it was ali he couiI A. ~ eoau 1t mast come to
Q,-What Waa his annesranco and
did he say pertaining to that enbect a5d nf 5
Ale sa; his Wia had sdo a,nS M,FoaS OF The action
to the housethat be was Jealous Of 1r and M tSae
It must come to that: be was pe1eeT cno aI taa1 ad
wrong Il annther t;nna he. he ,a.4 ms 4a4 zone any
indiyiduaa Of whom he was icanns h fn1es 3onr
litte hnunsss rnS s a4 Ta1 On hs knees Dear
Il have nfcn . :. u "as az flSnt
her that such thines were rona I ~ Mls and fola
demonstrated with her, and she had am9tt. taat Haa
- H;i le SG; ~ 1 @ s.lonia pe lna1e right. "
E-i lad MI nnnbsr s.a Of eonTeFsat;o,s Has with H.;
Ala rane3tcdfT ~ aa1,a5 lnat Is material
was jealous[ouite nnmhef ~ tba4a M:tom IL! i!e
one Of those came to the house at tie time one ea of
health Of the child, PROPOSED faast h;t.5 ane
ing to himself. S"-N s'"e' n'snts Insult.
Q.-Do you remember his mentioning horac
A. He spoke Of this case. md za;a n hos
to Filkins as arbitrator F;ns naM oeen leit
friend when be was not and b. pttrhnfnE r. e. PC m
his trouble with lg wife 10 sa;5 4h. 1n1s TO
comiortahie and nice We cnnl b1 1ai tasa, low
wife lad onlv heeM trnn ~ ,na nav along my
aone:" He would repeat his statements manT NJ nv
'a con az aea sure taat 1t was so, that he
could say tn lin cnM,3 n 5caoasy, an4 notans
wss ,hst IS s1d b lovsa s whsd told 60 es and
was to be true 10 him r aan n3ca ~ ne akked Of hcE
good wife He had jain.awa: n;;pb,a sne %asa
her OF her duty, quoting Daesa1es 81 Srr;rt,6a - -
her, and showing her what IN ornament irtnone ~
by The Cou79-Did be gav anvthinc tcn5;nr~ ~
show how he regarded the sct he had 1omm;t45z -
Ale appeaTed nerfact1V coo1 eho14 - sa:9
had 10 that and of tic ria hc said he Wante
ed what was right should be done. ~ 1 De "an'-
thouglte: ~ ''nueet LIS
A.-0utwardly be appeared eon1 lint b;s .,,oo
would sparkle and he W0ula 20 on in Decn1iar,ysv
until he had got through his subicct md thnm \
any remark was made to hin, ha srn1iI rar"t = -
Bat Il the subject was changed he would talk dif:
CJosS-fzam;ued.-A,n rs xc,rz of oro. hon, :.
l;a E;nElaRa; came here when was about year old;
land; rst knew hin ibe aV ~ csInn sae e !o9m Eng
70 or 80 years lived there afewyears and then
moved to knfialo Creek: Hopp came there while
We nSed ut this place. about twenty five years ago:
in =, vna1a su un ~ Ina @ our farm was about
RaIpI Houo 1iyea and wnEte ne e5 4oaotS Mnam and
t1me should think William was about TWENTY-FIVE
years Of age; should think Ralph WAS the youne-
est; moved from Wheeling about 1874; have
hFed IN Chicago about eight years, practising law:
Adjourned till 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
5rnez RnADwElL's TESTIMONY RECOVERED.
20 years 1'soi1 a Some 1s Or
was one q the party, and fjadged be VAS intokE, @
IN ve, 9 n ltpsafa sf hG,v g5srins
like;2 he was very noisy and boisterous: have
lin tue worse for iiGnor. v' ins;s W. w1en t9ouSht
few daya after his incarcsrat;n, @ Ss" @ nt u Jall
talk with him "a frieni waa 4ai "as ~ sSns @ ior TO
several tirr1es that AR How, 5ns; X y! sns ailo1
sent for so mitch a. causs as ~ sIf riemS