, 1865-09-30
THE WkykEoAN MURDER.
TIE Trial OF White Continned-.Testi-
mouy Of Intimate Friends
Medical Evidence,
The Prisoner Is Declared TO hare been
lnAAne When He Committed thc
Deed--The Course OF EIlg
Life--Hfa ARbIte-De-
lirtous, &c., Since
1876,
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Ttibune.1

Ihe ttA OF N nlLG Sill Co0Unne4 &ld II textfEl169
,ay by day 10 great c1tent The good people OF the
county Of Lake. They 1ock into the court room IN
atgc nnmbert, and during the naauy hours Of the
,ouns sesfdon they sill on Stand, deronr!ng every
Tcrd that the examination Of the Witnesses devel-
opes. A more orderly concourse never was viii
nessed; each seeming 10 be intsut, there Is
.carcely whisper heard among the by1tandcrs, cx-
cepttng, perhaps. IN occa4tonal soto voee upon
fho benches devoted to the ladies who occupy, AZ
lhc e1aninsllan Of NJ. Brown, who wae IN most
", va Interesting md furnish very run
fricnd N1s also produced wbose testimony have
la.rely dsawn upon. The examination OF The med
teal men, far as ii has proceeded was listened to
seems, pe.hare, 10 be solution OF great difficulties
In the opinion Of the &c. .ncc exploring man. This
branch Of the Testimony Il not now complete. two
oih psesns a9xnx TO- Be emlnsa OF OF re ne ps
which animate the looEets-on, expressions were
ueed II relation 70 he case Fueh y stha case might
evidence lot he people IL The fsci IL that the
rial has come to the turning point Of It's career,
when 1t DEVELOPS It's greatest Interest In The COM
muntty.
Patr1ck A. Brown, the Intimate friend Of the p11s-
ope7, being examined teettded o. foiowB:
1xefide In Wa1en. in tits county, and hare for
j TVS ~; At csliiornia. i have inoan prisoner
eighteen or nineteen yca1+ An taEmet, and hsve
been, except two years when was Sheriff Of the
o@ ~ bnt s se il = a ony @ tWe n1es a;
he has resided on his ta1m two different imes com
inc. to- It Int when was away, at
California, from :. which place ! returned ned i9
ues ut his house eevcrnl tirnes within month Of
That dsy; w1a there the Sabbath morning pre-
cedine her death, and On the morning Of her death.
scason preceding bis wlte's death his health was
with ny wife aa &c were both sent for; and
xesy sick, as The messenger told mo hat
slt1s md rather better th.n j antiei-
lie kiiehsn. I asked hin how be got along. lie
said he was better. He Ind becn bad. and had
thought be could no. nye until The morning. as
The stomach. and 1t had produced spasms Of the
stomach, aah he was prostrated. s,aid With him
nnta morning. about nine, ! thtnk, when hen: !
sitting out il tie woodshcd, where be
for about txo O'Clock 1hursday morning, and got
fout Of the Etoxe. with bis teet In warm water and
With pipc IN his hand, The tobacco In which be
kept 1chnng, holding Il before him until the Hight
and Fcrea. The aane operation, meantime looking
I'll the time as at something on The floor. l sud
good morning, and be answc1cd IN the usual way.
Then asked , hin what ,.a wat the IN %a'tf5 sG5;
q him man and rat At beside him. - fmS hand on BIZ
bead. think it Wzs tbe botlest head ever put my
esas esbts e. liz ~ S. ns It @ e ssai
rnter end towels. In about dhccn or twenty min
u,es he seemed to be tnsse rational. got him to
aer e III his wi vie eamc out snd ssicd ns 70 watch Elm
az she WIS eick- ] went into the bed room and IN
duced herto 70 TO bed did not slecp, although
snored scry loudly and be seemed TO sleep quietly.
lweus cut at about daylight and saw Daniel Brew
ster coming, latkare up md asked nc how be was.
/ ldeeesibcd the cate to him as briefly Is could,
requesting him not to 20 him he VIII aalcep.
BE stayed there few minutes and went under the
woodshed when Mrs White stepped out and talked
VIII h s anse Mnf and s
m. / vent 10 him and ftund be was very
cold md he eecned IanEuid. went to the side oi
and pIc.ently be fprang up and brought his righi
arm over my shoulder with hit fingers extended,
and the left hand near my throat, and cried out yeJ
ase III rieht." us an=cir wese nearing nj throat
| and something told nc to push him away. knew
he pover oF the man. 11ed up my len nm
and threw hm On TO he oea ana aHa Ed; -, %
this excitement" Said l yon want to be abont yon
work pretty eoon. and he lsid down On TO his back
and il'e seats beean to Iun down his faee md ;.
puor chIltrcn." This he repeated three times, AMI
hJr wife came In and began crying To pac;ty him
lto!d him pot to be alarmed about the children
batbed hin. / lei the house about min,
O'Clock that n,o5ninE I'D sens fos NJ vile ta Soae
pfo13ite that night. When lett ia the morning
prisoner IVES IN bed. He had got mp once but hss
returned again, complaining be wss not aols to q
| DIRK, md bad been there about ten minutes she1
| Nj. simmons. the Sheriff, came up; event on
tesreh fr he bsdy aSseqqsny Ts1t sl dew aoT,
sp out H. 70 o. s.ssa out 1 E I'D az
Wh ~ + t5a 5 III aasa Hssl NJ aS s
ssvea q ea's I'd .sfed I hm @ VET t. aied he1 ior
asked him he h4a Killed he1 md Be said be I'D
| hef to death with his hande. I asked him Il b
struck a hnrt her etterwae: He eaid .'Yes;" asG
ed what be Ettnck hef viii. he a sald, ~ toos s9G
= Did yoa break her skuui" He satd, Yes
!. lid you knock her bratns outF' He said, = fe:.
Can Can You Of deeaibel lhe p!aoe where rhe is: ~,
said be, you know where she Is. Toukoow whel
ia, slough Is" We went back nratn; but when ii
1t 5hg, s qH h.s s' ss
It" ue repeated this eevcr.l times.
asGea hin 4 sny alteration 9sfa.zed between ihs;
| he had to do it; th1nk both Of us asked him wh
| he f1d Il and bic said, ~ had 10 do It. Oh, God
how hated 10 doit; I11ied not to do it, When
taid Ibis, he eeemed TO be yerv, very nervous an
considerably excited; he looked very, feeble an
hsgeard md biz cycs looked bad; they LOOKED 70 n
b d ep 81 sseR b. hsy w,s were 9a sT,
ciasey appearance to them. / had becn fani
fu With him before this md have seen thle cxpres.
ion Of the eye before, but nsvef anie 20 ssa -
many ttmcs, hut can no. specify The ttmes. hay
noticed this appearance when be has been IN cor
a'oa ts ye 119d h hs Si S,sn1 3 tS9s%f s. sS
of o nques Liquor seemed p 6ss
nor ms here my tndlcatlon Of !. when saw h'z
IN jan. The appearance Of the eye hsse q describe
tlced ibis In him Was when he WIS sick affe- Eoln
to Dr.. Esans' room as testified 10 {by Hutchinson
and thence occasionally ever since, but not 90 mue
touched liquor. since 1853, hoverez, hare zee
! Il more frequently. lnuw have seen II when
had no liquor in him, Is well a WHEN be bad.
| knew prisoner Whcr he wxs merchant snd hay
traded With him be yas an active 1aan+ md rel
ccu1lemanly. I considered him ntst class mn
The f1rt chauEel noticed was when be was stt
commenced drinking, l thtnk, In 1851, and
thcn rrrw upou him, and about 1sos be drank
excsss and il continued to Eros upon him ETadns
,blns h be be draae la "a deep ne wond of Lie yea
taII about aimott evt1y hlu;s-aboat the obgtuo!!
that one man was under to another; to be tai
ses sai tsf 5 e ns' aaa sad
e., and get excited and nse BIZ bands with gre
Deal OF Nm. ! should eay be Mns trying to dri'
@ lisie 10 ii lin When be VA arguing lie wouid COZ
mence = subject, run On It While, and Change {
I On 10 another, and before he would &c. through,
% pontine % % to % heaven, re and ssnd and ,slE ii Il
way. Thiz he would do when be seemed to be c
cited, and he would stt NJ The table while eating
down On The table 81 way q Eesticulatlon, and :
the whole table- i used 10 leave diseusted vi
: his conversation; he would Seem to dnvs
| 20 hard could not frequently enjoy
Ton there ras much OF # md such things ~
knew nothing about and as don't know anybot
else sser DID. TIE occurred when he was ~, und
was ra'hc4 more earnest when In liquor The
were intervals Of tine when he was not 60 boi
texout, perhaps he would be 70 to-day and pe
| haps NOT 80 tomorrow. and sometime he would
70 Ion re%eaal days. The burden of bis af.co1s
wzs right and wrong tin. seemed to be biz hohb
md Md 10 o. ~ n' ns wou
events with God. Before 1854, never heard tu
views from him
! twenty-onc Scarr, ana vas living here VIII
I. prisoner came here. csme In 1874, md he,
think. m 1876, bnt an mol positive = to the yea
. intercourse, meeting at each others houses my vi
I being a. familiar Win and q frequent viaitor
them a. l. She has as good oppoTt unity ot jadgll
Of lin as had. Iw4t at his house Saturday mig
before be killed his N.ie o. Sunday morning. W6
; ] rot there be WIS m the miodle room, still
toward the north eide Of the room. lie spoke to I
a. came in, asked me how did be told me
wrs better but be had bad pretty hard time Of
e lie said he had taken Lobel1a pills l Lave tax
such pills and found them aded the stomat
, It has ! tendency TO pro.tra1e. That morning
! spoke Of an execution which hid becn served up
him: he had told mt Of good deal Of embaI1ss
he time e The kiling; be &c! claimed h1 u
I 1hur.day morning. / have seen old pegso
r smoltng, bnt l ne'es saw one do as ! Ia
4 said he did. On The last vi the head was g
: tremely hot, md when leit him extremely Co.
. Itave ecen pcrfons II feFes. but never ssw II t
e ca.c.. do not think Il be h=d been dreaming OF
1 the contemplation OF mrrdc1ing h,s w1te he won
have expressed himself in the dy Of A'my poor ch
drcn, - ~ ne did. He wonld not give that csiden
Against himself should not: had never TAU
= him, 70 In lha, remark to nc be told the truth
i hive stated to you that wheu asked him why
I killed hcr, he satd: II had 10 Kali her; she won
n | I'M ft4nra 4hef fa114 11h hen told YrrMt