, 1866-04-25
questioned He vss pceoeaeie nd stood well with

questioned. BE wss pcaoeaeie nd STOOD well with
III etThe Teeord q 10 s possse AZ Court out IN saon 10
he prooedtnqr IN the case 81 Ka!ph Hop9s were
here b,oueht iuio court.) The w1,ness itou, the
= petiton vas prucea,ed 10 tae PIoha:G Court bJ
Henry Merrill atlcrtng the tnsanlfy OF Haiph Hoops.
In pursuance thezeofs Isnrt ior jury M. ts1uea.
aud jury enpannelled. Evidence was heard 10
The calte WHEN the juEr returned verdict that the
-. H'fntss eonftaued-Ms. Aopps, ths prisoner, 'vas
particularly thst NJ one should suspect him o! dis
honesty. During ms acquaintance With him 40
n t9s IN dos Rseuss
haidly rpeaE- Amer his ai1e-t saw him ee1esa
@c. i had several conversanoas with dim. Whsa
Rnph loppe was betose the County CocFt he did
rot appear 10 take auy interest In the proceedings
debts; bis bro'hef william took hlf property 10
Hsy Hy on nis debts: Me,. DOW Living "tth W. Aef-
M We Is fner sSsPsa %n IT ueDn t. M not
drink much. in lstie, years may hive sesn him
drunk once or talce. hut ho did moi neglect his
election, and be sent Tor nc when be was IN jail
" spoke 10 me aeout the oecn7cuce Of killing his
Question: What did be ssy 10 youY"
(Obj cied to hy counsel for the People upon The
ground that narration at the circumstance ot tha
altered crime could moi BE- taken - competent es1.
denec Oh behalf Of ut accnscd. The statement had
mol btru made 10 IN expert and tho witness "as
not expected to testify Is one. the objection was
Witnsss" ii " eeatmNsd.ci had eevera1 controversies
With HIM on tie matter. lie ead It Lad 10 come TO
that ,hst be was jealous Of h,s VIE, and had
together. When She promised 10 do oe..cr. lie
then appeared to justify tho act, and said It could
not be helped. Tint be ra. jealou. Of Joseph F.I-
somc other men IN the vicinity. 1hat he fbl. al
vas not right, and lad o!Icn thought 60 when Ills
children ~erc on his knee. He ssfd thai Filktns
ter Of some horse arbitration. and that upop the
blrih Of Ole Of his Children he had insulted him
2, 'essf sna Err II sas %eo
again that aIl Ind nol bctn right; that he
naa apsdden viii he1 oe1 n auons
Of ecnptutr to her, and dwelling npou the beauty
ind excellence Of ylttuous wife, that she promised
Ins % % BE- ts:a TX Il Il eoad ] mo not e hsped ana lad to
did not mention any Circumstance u relation to bis
moi right. lie sad be had told her that tne honor
and reputation Of man IVES In the keeping Of his
vile.
have known The prisoner ever s1nce be came e the
| country. Before thc act Of the killing had been
hie professional adviser for several scs.s. had
ssne Hss q NJ elsciea il bssensss. ISL haa 4:
III ,a,ss sS; sS' !; ATTENDING s5 h'S i:
On ot a.k,nr. rree,.ipe IND following my advice ii
tue tame q bs arrest haa charge sga.ns. h'm 70.
men ritn peculiar ssaete'istic.. have seen
men who would Ie perfectly friendly one day, and
ssni, hph na aaa
wne younger than The prisoner: 1Fst rosicsd ihe
change In Ralph dusipg ,4s tern et Pses.denstal
many seass bu, noticed nothing stranss in him
til perhaps, lsi7. Before ,hcn had known Ralph
eins,ely he ltsee viz hi: a. oto.hst ,h hsd
wcte good. lie ass temperate n,au. though oc.
sa.ione1i, he perhaps would take a siass;;
r. Nsi no; Saot u which
euljeci. Between 1871 end JUNG 1861 lie Was
most orthc time With hs brother or Mr. Merrill, 80
Tue proceedings to adiudicate upon tho san.y
or 1nssnlrS al Halph were had before re They
were hnd after the homicide
his nrtett be spoke Ia relation to bis deeucc 10 tht
charve. lie was then Y tail. He spoke 10 nj
ao W.
longer Il practising attorney untsi ! told him.
cs,not saI tia. be pssd me 10 tesp Ia the de!ence
would usat nc 10 acf a. ono Of his counsel md e
to1d hun why would not bad perhaps hall
q; de' eon1ss3 sssys Whom sh he him ia r. bsn spo5
Martin whom think BE- knew, mud wbo i think 81
itll Or ~. Dfsefsty aad feeomme4dea 70 MIN ~
! aeo epoEe OF M, Ac-0uas, Af- az Hdao auf
conrst, ht bad better employ, though do not re
pioy. a1 v1scd him to select only one counsel AM
let him reject his ASSOCIATES.
The Court then adjourned until one o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
Al one o'clock .hc Court convened pursuant II
adjournment ahc Court again Convened aud II
tstal OF The canse Was continaed. 49,
Hois JaInss o. htadWGu, tn reply to the tnteIn
} catories Of counsel continued Is follows:
In my conversations with the prisoncr in the 1al
tie 9s1aes Of " Mscona,, ". vsn Arm N an au
Ing been tufeet,ed 10 him by certsln paTIies 70 &C
. as counsel do not think 'hst Hops employs
re1son41. tnose shan one attorney. A some q II
l infefS7exE ne ditagtced N1th me entirely On som
| points, " hcn tEEreFted thAt ne thohld eulplo
one attorney, in The first place he spoke Of Mr. Nsi
ss;sse 5sssa: + y - ,ae;sisS r; j., T1;a IL i
. me whom be had employed. Previously be h.
Mr. Nctonas, md sena him 1p IN
i 7eeol!ee, ,hat anything vas sasd about any ulsn
c peculiar capabilities as cnmina! swTer, taous
he epoke Of certain parties a. having been teeoa
7 | mendt0 to him NJ good HNyers. l don't 1ccoue
thai be raid anything about any celebrated crlnln
eass y ~nlsa si,nss oi he e,1lemen md ns.n CO
:; about ahe Jampsri1 cs:e; il m.y: however, Ia
L been sroEtn II. though hardly Wink il.
II Dy tht Couv7-1n tpeskms about his defence: II
sns de;enea a na' q q II iesn,g SI IL tx Dc repua
2 ztsdis.
8 " n: H!py-I do not reeo'les! that I L aasis!
s iiee.
< nopp~ ,housnt William ae po.stssed M lhe e rreae
i ..boash aaIph was = nm q eSaa ea.,eess sapao
I Il.