, 1862-12-20
q@rfaI of william Hopp for the MHrle
OF his Vile.
SECOND DAY.

The prosecution having rested their case
previous to the adjournment Of the Court on
evening, after simply contentIng
themselves with proof Of the act itself, the
crime having been admitted by the defense,
at The opening Of the Court yesterday morn
Ing the defense commenced by RECALLING
Hopp, daughter Of IL: accused. She testi-
fed as follows:
TESTIMONY OF AAH1 8oFe.
There are ten children living, seven girls and
three boys the oldest girl is z years Of the
she is as large as am, and in poor health; has
been sick for two or three years. don't know what
is the matter; feared CONSUMPTION; she bag pain
in the lungs and chest; is very bashful before
strangers: stays about the house and in the sit
ting room With the family. except when strangers
cr @ ied se lad twiicinss % Of her limbs, '' but Is
better now: these never occurred before mothers
death. Q-Are you sure she never had them be-
!o5c? Tlle doctor to- eald they were symptoms Of St.
VIXEN she Wae about fourteen.
TESTIMONY oF AloNZ0 HAwKs.
Hive in Wheeling, one and d quarter miles from /!
Hops: have known Hopy fourteen years was
returning home one tlay and received letter from
Mr. Hopp, went to Ills house and found some |
ncighboss there: Uopp was in the room with
passagrs from the B:tle; this was about eleven
years ago: he said that he had been to Chicago
and stopped At the Sherman House all night; they
pcrsons raped at the door; and he thoHght the
Masons had come to kill him; and they brought a
bsa. ard also the triangle, the signal Of death b.
was Mrs. Wincl1ell'a: they went through thu
ceremony Of killing him: at first be thought
be would scrcam; 1ut as he had not revealed
Masonic sccrets. he kept silent; Mrs.
Winchell lvcH near him: be then came home;
in his letter to lir stated lie had revealed the
crcts of Meeonry and expected the Maeons at his
h,,pzo 3tAf tn Kill him and wished
roa,.ti ana he1n defend him: went, and carried
rife: zcIlainrd there two hours: asked him to 50
after PROMISED to protect him from every be
accompanied me; he appeared to b. under the III
fuc,:cc Of liquor; hs staggered and stumbled as
man would while in liquor; hiseyes were wildand
sharp: he stayed at my father that night and wcst
hon'. the next day: got to Hopp shonsc ut about
midnight: left there about clock; it was not
very dark night: Hopp drank 10 liquor while with
| NE. this occurred the day before Christmas; L sat
! up I'll that night: Hnpl, laid down;
1yoss neutrality-suspicious. but at'e i, of ae5ena !
ab=tained from liquor and during that time he ap-
pea5cd very natural: on the night ! vent to his
house, I JUDGED from smelling his breath that he
had been drinking. I supposed he was attacked
| with tcliEium tremens; did not prevent him from
drinking that 1i@ht and at the time his wife was
gone he Sustained from liquor, but ut other times
QDo yon know that when Hopp wife left him he
/ did not sec him drink: saw him often. but
think at other times he drank daily and kept it in
the house, as every time hare becn there he has
Il e1t has ~ esfn en m a. s 1 ea rsa Men haxs n
seen him staggering with liquor from fonr to 81 <
times within three or Eouryears: lie can take much
| lian0r without showing It. except that he be-
comes talkative; he is sociable and :.ooa-hnmorcd.
but rather pro!ane, have never seen him in q con
di1ion in which he could not talk understandlngly
| and traneact business. when he does not 6taFsc1
lean tell that he has been drinking fy his proian
ty and manner Of conversation; he is not quarrel
s M II tf ste gsnsE d.rks sst
| ter than ever knew before; he drank when frs
knew him sixteen years ago. did not drink llart
1hcN az more recently: first noted the increase
, three or four years ago.
,, 81 a .7u,ui-Have his habits of intempcranc,
been growing npon him since you fret knew him
; ThcT hare
EVA wYDsEm's TESTIMONY.
I1ivcd with Mre. Hopp sevcn years ago: live'
, there over two years, now live in Bntfalo GroEe
have known Hopp to abuse his wife frc4uent1
with words aud blows: when lie WAS intoIicatc,
he would call her a Cd id b-ll: he wonld con
tinuc this for day or tSo. and on one occasion 70
aweek; have heard him ab4se her IN the noInn: I,
wond talk loud and fast at such tIEacs4 when viz
+ itors were in the house he would cease hut whe,
and polite to ncighbors when they called; at othc
r. | times he svon1d follow her while she was abon
her work in thu house. when she went for wood
and ia other places; have seen Hopp 50 drunk a
:: TO be perceptib1c ono Of more tilnes in month
at times when he was ahnsing his wife and ncigf
M9a f as f nopa
,
At this Stage Of the proceedings the Coul
adjourned to Two o'clock T. NJ,
= AFTERNOON SESSION.
d = Cross Eren;inafioa Of Eva Hidaicg-Whs
II tctter Sometimes he scoided her when he VI
d not in liquor. When sober lie did not accuse h
~ ofanything wrong: ONCE heard him tell her tn
is Never heard him say anything against her Witt
"a while was there. -....-...-
D. Lived at uopp's lonse two years; left ten yea
"A ago. On one occasion he left and stald away tv
days, and h5s wife did not know where he y
at gone: he left At u o'clock at night, vas II b
n lin Ii ut that att night in lie middle room He did \
C, drink much at that time I did not sec that
ID took anything ten years ago, aud can't teM whet
IS Neither Mrs Hopp nor knew where be was gon
a. The testimony Of this woman was Civ,
"a with the aid Of an Interpreter, and States
w. torncy Knox, after fruitless endcayor
u cross examine her, gave up the attempt FIJI
al out effecting anything.
IonS ERA1cHEILs TESTIMONY
# was ssa scssn d, days 9 + lis hoase aepp Was Z
cd what he aaid but he appeared to be nsing ang
1,c words to his wife. The second night Hopp ask
~ the witnes: to set up with him. Witacss acc
.st ming Dnring all this time H'pp sat On cha
~ where he moved to and fro, using the Wors: II
III Of language: such as b-h and other like cpithe
's act Wild like crazy MN. Mrs. Hopp was in I
a next room. Hopp said his wife was a b-h ami
ard he ou1 ki her, She ;"s haa fSnssG
SC and he would kill her. When he sat at the tai
to he was talking to himec1f. Of the food. euch
t,o marks as "Tlis is good, "IAat il good' q
III &c
D. Cross. .Erdmined.-Live in Land Grove hare
70. sided there four ycars. Mr. stampofski carnc
se- me- and aeked me to come here as witness;
IN
wife the epithets heretofore mentioned He ask
nc me what knew Of Hopp When I was the
Hopn aid not seem 4 trnt he worked S3a vs5y h;
~ keep up with him, There were four hired n
NJ They Fad liquor OIL the field. didn't see Ho
and an convinced that hs didn't lnf. tsh *
lty liquor. Don't know who the men were y
~, whom worked, never saw but one Of them sir,
49, | Drank liquor myself while at H0ppa AL
I'D men were binding On the first day, and HI
worked with them.
Priscilla Rose Was then called for the
to fence and her direct examination commend
~, by McComae. She had lived with Ho
- as servant during the winter Of 1S61-2 6
ser- was then questioned in relation to the C.
oss duct Of Hopp on certain occasion, but
= of memory rs to this transaction was 0blfy1o
She, however, fnslly rccoliccted that He
!" went to church with his family and return
IN with thcm, and further she could not t
ally She was directed TO stand aside.
.np JAMES B. BRApwE11's TESTIMONY.
ce1 Reside in Chicago, am County :Jndse, and I,
been so for over year The book containing
records Of the County Court is here in court
ates can refer to the record IN relation to the proc
ing these proceedings are August iii and 14th I
the were had at the instance Of Henry Merrill,
rom Mr.. McAllister for the prosecution objet
=, to the Introduction Of the records Of
e. County Court, on the ground Of incompe
rtu- cy; the Fact which is Sought to be shoW1
true, can be proved in another and more D
and er way. He alleged that the very man
1 was the subject Of those proceedings is
fner attending this court
most Mr.. Dexter and Mr.. AfcCounas arrncd
two the admission Of the record, and his 81
apcd 1esessea MS oeelslon on the point Until
The defense then endeavorcd to prov
lg, It Judge Bradwcll the proceedings had be
'enty him in the case Of Ralph Hopp. To thi
sub prosecution objected. The point was At,
II a. Mt considerable length The court adm
bted- Hopp, and which nccurrea nrnrfone :.
case homicide
- 49,, os 1nony: 1Ae
80 VIE, he had ID Enewn Ralph Horp for many ,
apof nIt n. he asst knew him lie was perfectly
ny de- eSua sa M ssas asAS Ralph owned threshn
well all right. and ae sensible as most men r
Ii not gusnuy xis.ea az me Hyitness fathers hous
IF ad- gan to change, and became di8srent n man
'Mfort Mna' s 19 Waa a. 1Sotmefiy nc Wond laugh 8
their has never since that time Transacted any bu
on his own account.
he has grown more quiet within few ye
94ister form ofinsanity: The witness had
'clock years. nc had frequently noticed peer
oTered strange different from other men. His