, 1866-04-25
Qbtfa9> Qrlbnne.
the HOpps MURDER.

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THE INCHTENG CAUSES OF THE
MTKDEN-JEALOU AND ITS
EKOUEDS-TESTIm ImONY OF
MEDICAL n EN-NuAT
is INSANITY
Yesterday morning ut niue o'clock, pnrtu1nt to
the announcement Of the court on Monday altes-
noon, the t,tal Of William nopps. charged upon the
Indictment Of the GRIND 1nrs With the murder Of
Mar1hs. his wife, op the erculng Of June 30th, 1902
wns continued IN the Recorders Court room Of
Chicago. before Hon. John II. Wilson, Chlei Jus
t,ce Of The soper1or Court to Q! III. city.
night had bccn kept al the Rrieg- Houee under the
clarrc Of DEPUTY sheriff Merrill. were conducted
ns az sna III
wa'h tcat By the side Of biz counsel and innedi-
atcly taeng lhc jury. Ile va dressed as On .he
pres3on- Gay. and manifested the came great inter
cet In the psuceeolnrs as bcIore.
0FESlNo By THE PEor1E.
Charles L. Reed, ESQ., States Attorney. IN open.
lie e,npal M CO.. code co ot I'll s;ate deninc @ tse crime
Of MURDER and At acme Hide length dwclt upon the
auty devoIy1rc upon the Jury, in trying Cause in
hands, Il, attcr hearing M ias evidence ct he ut
nettes ana the instructions which would he given
them bf the court. they arrived At the conclusion
thet the prisones vas, at the time Of killing bis
wife, t6ne and IN possession of the power 10 dif-
ttnrutsh between right Rnd WRONG, they would dnd
him guilty Of tie crime charged IN the Indictment.
when The court would Eass sentence Of dcs,h upon
hin. The deieucc xhicu would be zet ur was that
OF insanity. thesc would be no contradiction to
the allegation OF the act Of killing. that woald
b. the tanS or any o. tae accused which must
In colc1ustUn, The couu-el narrated the clrr1m-
.tanee. Of The homicide substantially as published
In The T1llprsE q ycttcr,1as.
1tpFN MN
VIII Dexter, Esq. opened tue case for the prit-
oner. he said that Il any a1moni'ions were need
Cd 70 r. r. wiz H.. Tic ronS e. apa
cvcn's which base tr2ntptrcd eince The first af of
The nccused, and from tic little circle touched by
tt Hen: @ gearre e. Asn,csre. shs rsepeeted 9aase s
fh< world ! the hand Of dath; thsee OF the prison
err children have blso received The rnmmon. Of the
lived the allotted yc1rs Of man, aud VINO held Lite
by the fEntlest tenure OF ALL sli renatned to ask
al their hsuds eecond consideration Of his case.
niohe[ a ,s eoaatss ,om En
nomical, indu-sriour, and commencing humbiy
isy had acquired one Of the nnc.t farms in the conn
~. lie wtut Gown - Lee County. married = Wtfe
aud returned 70 bis owu hn9fe, was stnl inSthel
rsuep red tn th:s osids goods; he had Vtfe len
der aud ut c:lt na:a, children whom he could looa
un0n With love and pride. WAS ont o! debt and pos
scssed Of al that could make him happy and con
tented
Despite ull, on the soth OF June 1885,. the prtsone
al the har struck that lOrlnS WOMAN a mortal blow
and terminated her iffc+ .......
Al uct 70 moue1spn. csn only nnd ite true cxpla
pa1on tn uliud inflicted With a disorder a. mo1-
s;.ous aud unuruat =. the sct a:scIt. 1ne defence
would prove by 1nost ah13daut evidence th.t tbs
1,r1sourt afflicted sfth deln.ion as to hi.
We's cuAstity. m opinion moi having particle o.
fornds' ion IL tact. snd hat lmpelleo by loat de!u
minlou OF such de]u.iou that his mind acted IRON
Murt 81 grounue, fxl-e facts. mere iuagiu,r1s ap<
not from the motives and re-entnente Of Eat!ons
n,a1,. u sueh were The fact-2s reason IL thH oasH
of accoun,abiIitr-:hc prisoner is no mese respon
s!hc than thai long .fadestn: and 1nsst excellen
WOMAN who RES hts Wife. On .ihls subject hii
com ufipatIpns dleJotnicd and unreal Our position
4 That II The detnslop the efficient c7uee thl
psisoneE must be excused.
could snch IN ncslon have resulted ftom aneh
but 1nsanis}, could the spascausni actions Of th'
ptsen' in rrI4tton To The dreadful deed, bis cool
ssss a1d seem,as % na,a en- pS I me I p'o
caufully weigh The evidence they would hear, aut
l.,e11niur npon ;ner verdict, 70 that IN after III
lion N ihc p1emises vl.h single 1ee1suQl feeling
t.; tso y ,he ,,s s'st path o. dssy IL
Il u ezaet .atio. i' to ,he ss i4epreschael ss
conauci oi his viii, OF BY ,be tender and toach,n
Incidents OF rer life and DEATH they world DC mi
ppon their yerniet whether there ~ more cyidcne
fM The accused thau aealn-t him. bat whether The
ale eatt>Qed beyond hcQkunablt douDf fHat ii
pthnnet. at the time Of committing the deed, vi
espc.
Ev1pExcx OF MART aorqs.
Nay agB ss H. Of th
called hy The Safes Attorney as wines for Il
: s: ,'e ssss@ sss ~ ~ esss;x cam; l, II Ne
Stale. On tbe 3Dih Of June, 1Sta, I lived 1t E1
Wheeling. In this county. with my father az
mother. Ay mothers name WIS Martha Qopn.
4 4by0 0tr II.
in The morning Of The 31st uf june, 1872. l wHs
lone on The evening OF the a)th 81 June. 1852.
The @i, md cane home she1c be wss M wssht. NE
abon: stx O'Clock tn The evening. Ilc began ta!ki1
10 her In the way he always did wien be h1d bet
loos It, IL lo,ice at him an1 Kept On Wasting. {
then. whch che went oct 10 gct some ~atcr, tr7t
to take tue tub irUm her: he also look bold Of Il
awas, sac tpoks 70 h,m and did III I coa
10 quiet him. lie began talking 10 me, a.
ea:*d uy 1so'hes III k'naz Of naMes-
''Mothcr am so,1y." She tad 10 him. 81 l DOR
want 10 hcaF any OF yor 'otie. = and she lett hi
sncrJ Than ever, because che would not ll.ten
4iuu, anu followed her. ] Iraw hun T.. into the ut
tn: room n, wnsfe he Eot = 1nf,e Ms mother "
Kitchen where MT mother Nas. AID With the In
elAbed her IN inc abdomen. She was nt she II,
tssna,nf ~ ito1' E, @ Of !hs stoss WIS 2sescnt ,h
Cscss er..minasson-f rts!da at rAwpax. a
have hscd snese itsts over ;~o scsss: Ercvio
except one winter Nnen Nas ~ school about
miles srem home. mn not the oide., child.
Oldest Ei.ser d,rtl In February, 1851 think :
was about i"enty-thFte yeaft Of a,.e, Two otl
Ct my sirierr ditd al PAWpaw Of typhoid fever
sepsSms'ss ana .>esenoef ia.i. One war a"'
litecn. One oI ny si-,e.s vas always In tn dele:
healsh. Af1eE my n,othts'n death she =,
Called mother q 3D. md nd- 81, lie nlv
called lcr such ne'ne< when ile Ind tasu drinki
1os, should think ten years before lisa, t,mc.
sathrs pretended 10 be jealous nj ttynes cg epo q
who ~err somewhat near n.lshh0r.- rur3 T..
eslled 10 rec n'y mother, md only came WHEN
ss, q no @ 1a , Ma h1 aa ,n ons o. them
wen, ou,. She stlended meedne regularly,
Lind 10 n. children. lie d once whpp:d d. nv a, cid
si-'er, uun once suorc hard at me; but thel
h.d t'cen drinking and MS retT much intoz1ca
before he dia 50 she wa. very healthy won
she at. ntcd personally 10 the u,attcrt Of tue da
md came tnto The city about twice year % lr.
bci:c,e, atoui three hundred acres, aud, nj
ttsnr, We rad - many as tixty co~t. We b.
]aEsc tatnily living nj nome. and eeneral.y A
a:one. Ibeic wns never the slightest shadow
ground for the sntpec7ons OF my fasner regard
D1y A>ntl.cEr conduit
At3hrfct Decentralization the night oFthe n
der my tniher did NOT cali nc arg mean name4,
abnst 4 NV mother 10 nc. -
lg TIE Juv-Wn TIN mr father had been drtu:
lie al"t!- EErtepded 10 be teaion. Of my NUT
though Wien -oher lc uas E,nd 10 her. Sir IA
never Qua.,clltd with u, Hothsr oD o,her subj.
SOM t1r'es al'rr be had nrea drinking hc ~
l'rp my n,ssl'.t up and talk 10 ncr, nsk!ne be
o"u taat s!ir had l.ctn actin. tntan. am c..
ny 's'hcs y, nas Under :,s ,n:lueuee Of liquor on
night ot ihe murder. When mJ Ethrs kep1
hr Hf1ut1n hn
Cunic~s, aud s7y ,hat hr "ont trr 10 retorul
On onc occosipn ny mother lhousni be had d
iuT tytsntsH. On the n.Eht Of the klllfu.. he
20. 20 much under the influence OF quor as /
tccu linn bciose.
TESTIMONY OF rArrA.S !Axrs.
tFtGiafn .ferats eseorss. said In JUNO 1866, I
guest on the l., Of JnIy on tue 1'ody Of Nj
saw Mlss Mary &ionps at tht time.
Ey1HEACE or DE AEEcLEn-
fsGne4s ,Ht'3FeT, xtooT7', sgid: an phys!
ha1s .s,,s sn rD!tS,sn t,nc1 u s and sm .nd
l1rec ,nerr rtuce 1854. ] hBve st.t.n Martha II
~ hct lifs attended hcr a. ply >ic1au ::hen
WEE G' n hep On th' es s.t 81
Thcrr was wound IN aer abdomen, tnroa:h !
Iro;rnded large mas. Of tp'scfs., she died
ion AZ a physician, from her symptoms befoY
DIED and from the resnit Of 1,ost aaoraem esat
lion INSIDE.
10 kee Sir. Hoppe. ouce snw him when he
hetn thrown Gu, Of wagon mar the cenfer Of
Wheeling. Uc uss fcnse.cs4 for fbort time,
thought be WIS rutfeftnp from eoncussit
the hs1iu. lie camplatucd Of biz SHOULDER, It.
whcn we carried him rack to ho1sc IN tile Il,
and undrcxsed him. found that nc had sust
no rious injury, That occurrence WIS !
cs1c'ly four weeks before Mas- eslied to =
Mr. Hops wheu ehc Mas stabbed.
A, Ibis 3unctnsa Inc States Attorney annoI
that The people could rest ttelr care.
TIE DEFENCE
The nsst witnees called tos the prisoner vas
Jn1nrs b. Urndatn. Judge Of The Circuit {
who testified a. follows.
EVIDENCE OF IEnGE EHAU~EtL.
know the prisoner. 1ctt knew him as
N be camc In tie country, should think
thirty yeaIs ago. Qe Va. then Ut Nhccllut.
wss unmarried, and alsr knew him, i,efo
went on 10 h.s farm, nnd whcn be was Irving
hit younger brother, Nalph, In . thanty I
woojr, on the Aux f1ai1cs river. l lived
on The Aux ptalDcs river, Dc1r Buffalo CFeel
rear the log house of the Hoops b,othess.
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