, 1865-09-29
the wAuxEeAN MURDER.
The Crime Admitted-The Defence
Insantty-Intoxtcax1o cax1on-Dellriu,n
Trcmenz-Tcstlmony of the
Prisoners Children
and Othefu.
Especial Despatch to the Chteaeo Tribpnr,

T. WACEEaAs, Lake Co., Sent. 28
nj The case Tor ihe prosecution having beeu ns
8 up, considerably mntr Interest seems to be dey
'f oped IN The progress Of The White tzial, As =
na'e aeen seen, The States Attorney content
" himself in presenting p1fna Eacse cs.e. n,ne}
be1ore The jury simple narrative of the fscta II
e hsre been heretofore more than once publishe
b. showing the Last sight Of the numbered woman
the company Of her husband and Alayef, his inpr
onDenf md confession, and the finding Of the bo,
With tts surroundings. Tue case being 30 let, Il
defence come ont with their special piea of fIusanIt
hence the inIerst becomes more general among u
: nechbors Of The prisoner, and The snucty OF 4
ian1y 1n attendance npon Court becomes more +
the eldest danFhicr Of the prisoner, would be Il
first per*on called on the rtsnd this morning, the,
quite m Increase in the attendance ! Re v fadif
Appearing zmopg the hyetanders.
1he Court convened At $50, uhen Nj. Upto,
ofoounsel 70. the prisoner. opened biz case. hip
course when. rs he look his seat sttil IN the cet
" Of the court room bis daughter burst into eart
Ihe prisoner hinseI shis morning presented
hme s1nce the opening OF the Court, exhibiting
enough interest IN matters surrounding him i
hpsed into stolidity, and a. the pFoceed,nrs drae
ged alonS be became the Same Silent and pat,en
waller Is before
commenced BY the announcement That the commfe
sion Of the homicide IL not denied but counsel fo
ths prisoner tntef,nse lhe plca Of tnsanitJ. 70 q
medtatey preceding the Killing lhe prisoner by IA
son Of contempla:ed financial embarrassment. be-
I'D system cnfseSied by the e1eeseise use s q H.
toxicattng fiquos~. A dehauch ensuing tno weeks
iefote ths homicide, he haa been prevented from
n1s followed upon the sabbath by an excl
t. Isd c~si,3,,, ~ Weakened n state Of mind. Thls
ind child I'LL over the conutry kecptur I'M hnne ~
tnrions rate Of speed, and Ia msandc1ipF courss
1Oinne ne enstse day, except when he would stop
Cnnef some tree Ano gaze nt the fr1uament afoyt
With loud mutteztngs as though be we're communi.
Gaang Ntta an unfesn power; A. III other evidence
On On the esid might before the Killing, Lid ieFf M
hia bed for The ba1D.Jard. where be sxs
canned cs,n14 he be had been praying, upon Ills
q pnhsaihy condition 81 2ans, .heRp hpaahse stiine
pS nc aES eal9E TPSn 4bssDt n1enda Shortly
hs im ased snd W6e hss'g Gesp :, r.. r.
bedside was assaulted by him. period Of weak.
ness followed until about noon, when be an
no0ncsd n!s coming departure tom the world At
placed fo1Nn1d the hand or the clock. be shorty
si1er setting It baes, md subsequently biddIn.
AL saien To- 70 ~ ni,y IN 1he name Of the Father son
ing him after time, and being last seen BY ihose
around her At home, at a well near ths southwest
The Counsel said little further, other than to cx
hor the jury to ktr7cfness Of attention. promising
however, 4 Development OF the downfall Of Tie
rsone. bis ehs1scses and The fact that few years
oeiofe ne had becn attacked with inEarity deve|-
optnc Itself In ravtng and In nocturnal excursions
in a stale ofnudity, DC.
! Nn. Mary Lloyd being sworn, testified tn sub-
| stance as follows:
| zetide at Buffalo since the occurrence spoken Of
am daughter Of the defendant / wps s]HaTs HI
honc On The farn except Whcu at scaool nnti} ths,
csent since CAN remember, 1r.collect the matter
Of the killing ses! distinctly. rcnember iude-
why fa$1,n
him 20 mitch That he sometimes wept on occount 0f
II. ! tenembcr, also That my, rather acted yesy
md Keeping whiting ior pesp; hsI m e hons a.
until mother would call upou him 10 rerve Us; on
sn; q ss he;e +. oestoDt be weud tak Himself
boz. ! don't think Ii would amount 10
e1faf deal, but be wss keeping us waiting,
lhis vas for sseek or SO. perhapa longer. befofe
time alter, until the death Of my mother. / re-
member SATURDAY night being called bY mother.
sasmg the xanted me to come down st.irs imme..
and I threw something over me and went down;
mother % goi down before me-, and though, be was
think father ,s crying and she Wa poa5 1:
eamphor apd ribbed him viii ii, I he vas M lisht- H.
elbows on The table his bands beiore hie iare. Te
~as then ooctoscd. In the morning he sat there
b be:o,s he Hsehep stove with Nj. Brown, and 1t
long time bat wnte1 cruel end little cnstsrd oc-
c7kioEal!y. On Sunday morning At breASfasl he
fncnfsn ars II 81 he esl lncohsrenty about bis
his matters A. quickly Is he could and leart, and
he spoke o1 what he was eoin 10 do there. Nj.
a e se woa1a 1ata11E ss liz .hPpt Pf0%!ss aas
AliGI btessktsst be got up end went to the yard,
~ %%ak.n: Up up and down seeming no! TO Know what
ard md back acaln. and upon each occxsIon or
r.ach1nE the we'll be drew tezh bucket Of Watcr.
.1need 1is mouth nd rstuqed 70 The otrhard PC
horse when one ho!se WAS fixed he orderrd two
to BE- put p, md when the change waa made
eSans, r1e s .de ,0es hose ain shs
drove OF tntionsly in the direction contrary to The
driving .ey as ind tnrned b. the Like shoqe I'D
brought up n the house. afes calling my arnt's
m Naukeean, which i seven miles from nhere he
don't reeolleet anything particuiae that occurred
ue wen. ipto the neld Tuesday, moi for long,
1e nc a'R ss c,a. and npon n,ss ,h
IN Monday be Nas IN .he field part Of The time, md
member anything be did In the bonse OF any rnpor-
tancs that dsr. On Tuesday he laid on The roia
Pcuas PSa1ss al! DAY. az 1n %eanssasy We'd Rht he Ia the
Who BY ! came down stair. and everything
seemed to be in confusion; no one was diessei,
aer Aotse. 1enehs Was Salns s sseF md StaE oE
ward, End told me father had gone o. In the
night from he'd, and they could moi hnd him. Nj
bis fHende. and wheu my brother returned. father
came out Of lie bsrn house drra4ed IN u few Old
Globe a hs bag, bag fssstsd out from Eubeth and very
where be had been aud he said he had been pIny-
tus ILL fset were na1bei znd he snt b. the ka,eh-
had seni for H. Blown. Father Eeni On ,slSins. %
md and mother beard him u te were 10 The next
re- 5oo@ spssHsitns, ssst, I'd every now and then
iof, BE- could 1ot "A have as' lnean oesn seh. f.
went IN The e., rom onss 2, wig snd tod lin NJ
or nc further than to tell me TO 60 to bed This |
mu.i have been stler midnight. Thnrrdsy. which /
10 breakfast; be vas SICK went into he he room. %
took no notice Of mt, md did not speak TO hin
very pale md weak. AfteT be had been up sone !,
time in the pa,lor he had the lounge carried nom
the will to the centre Of tho room for him 10 die
seemed 10 be very weak. and every lime he walked
from The lounga he rns helped BY mother, and he !!
told us be W.s going to DE II 1wo oc,oek. sud he
was before dinner. Re 1rled each OF u II we
knew such and snch pcrrons, relatives and neigh
bo.s. aDd thcn aiter Kissing us he told each one
When did this heiooSed paie nd III md he seem.
bid o. GOOD bye ater dnntr lhe did not sit downt
The tahleE be seemed to grow stronger: he dressed
himseH partially p1tting on pair of osershoes
wh.u be WIS railor. nnd he went nut. He walked
rome lime In the yard TOO and Gro, and then mother
MeM 10 the door and asked him II she might walk
ward the orchard, be having his arm around her
waist. Just teiore dinner on this day,
a and m %1hs1 ss q Ses c ncne in dc
somettt past two and callcd his attention to It,
Int NLen VIC left the room he put ii back to nbout
.ant, he uas troubled with d;vpepsis and fed upon
Eruel and custa1d, and when TOO weak to work by
.eason OF ;he diet, he took spirits to give him
pou1cd out The liquor tbs. Ha. in The house
could tn when be DRINK, foF his eyes were then a.
a7ioa-I WIS eighteen years Of age
Last March. s8th- ! have been constantly at home,
school; othcss7re, while al school, have boarded
.I Vt Lone. u .sw athes in jail after the acah of
mother &. ha,,f d'd ,not II 'hs pessnes Of NJ Sim
Don, ~ mu7dcIrd: say ltiied." / could i; not
la,r sa'd IT. for ms teelnes would not ha ve iei ms
this trial. by Judge Turner, Of tue Comfy Court
Nm to ea5
he esmc sia ~, 70 ses Tn.t wsz TIC reason ao came
that have eecn father erer drunk have eeen
him We Nqnor, md et1ssgez. hat he would then 80
wv aHN W0tN- AE LUNA 4uUf rs 4 &uNulaH1-
have heard him fpcak croes 10 mother sometimes:
nfsef heard him twear at her, nor ca1l her d--d
~h. nor filthy b-h. pre-
snsne he may have sworn 1t her, the same is at
othert- never beard mother complain Of iii usace
at The hands Of 1ather but after her death heard
floating futnore- ! never knew him TO strike or
fhteaten 10 strike her. and must hare known OF
these thinEt II they hsd occurred. He would .omt-
times be coee 10 her md then regret II, and tel
her 20. though he wonfd not allow but be was in i
ihe right in the neccssity Tor 1ashncss. lie ie ut ;
Times taiintfEe and likely 10 hare hls way, calling
my one Mho does not agrec With him an lcno1a-