The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-13

room"
"Do you remember going into the bedroom and
getting the gun on that day, while Charley aud his
idther were drinking the ciderY'
DO you remember coming TO the bedroom door
with the gun and shooting Mr. Randall and Charley -
Yes. remember II, and did 1t wlfuy. but
cant say what made me do 4; I'D boon kind OF up
side down IN my head, like"
Charley says he was ju't raising his glass to his
lips 70 take drink OF cider; DO you remember
ing him do that -
Yes, think do but I'm not sure"
WHAT BUCkHoUT THINKS OF MS CONDUCT.
We then repeated what Charley said bout not
wanting to appear against Bnckhout, and IT again
affected him deeply The tears came In his eyes, and
ne sld, with much feeling;
It was foul dastardly act, and ! ought to be
hung for Il but don't sec what made inc do It,"
-" think can tell what made yUu do IL " We re.
Piled. Buckhout looked at us in astonishment, and
We sadi
you had no friends that all the word was against
you; that yon had been unfairly treated by every
body mat the Randalls and your wife were plotting
agumst YOU; and that you might NJ well take ven
geat CO on them and then XIII yourself and 50 havo
an end OF It, There's big devil in every human
lie got the mastery of you. Wasn't that sou
wei, yes. | did think ~ no friends. but
didnt have anything agilnst tho Randals. We were
about Cir. tmHs, and was kind a upset. Ia drank a
good deal before that, nnc stopped sudden, and II
been queer for long time Things seemed all mixed
" VIII be observed that HuckhOut makes no lllu-
sion to hi; wife N his replies lie ev4ded all refer
onccs to her, and seemed to bestow ali his regrets
upon his other victims
why HE WAS HANDCUFFED.
"What did they put these on you for," we asked,
urusting hand through the grated door, and lay.
ine finger on his handouts a. We spoke
Because ! got rough, and tried to break my
",n.d YOU really intend to break your neck'"
Yes. l did"
You actually meant suicide. ,heni"
q Yes. wanted to be dead I have uueer uottans
come into my head. don't know what I'm about
don't IKE mis- place. This is place to make q
:" Why sof'
Because there's such racket here all the time
But suppose there was such dead silence that
You could do nothing hut think, how would It be
suppose that would be Just as bad. wish
could Wipe all this out. did It wilfuy but wish
! was the ono that WIS dead instead OF Charley's
a'her Is IL sure mat Charicys going TO get wen -
nE Is SORRY FOR CHARLEY.
- think it Is. but the doctor does not like to be
Tn Glad hes going to &c; wen. win he lose his
=" It's gone alreadv-competely gone
" I'm sorry wish could put things back where
they were Bai | can't, and I'm wiling TO suffer
Goop.nYE
At this point The sherin, who had been called
away returned, and We TOOK our leave Of the Vris.
oncr.
"Good-hye" he said. and as VIC turned 10 60 he
thrust one fctervd hand rs far as he could through
me grated door, Tor u TO shake We took his hand
in ogrs he gave Us hard grip repeated bis Good
bye. and went back into the interior gloom OF his
cob
TIVE cHLoRoFoRN STORY.
Tie story that Ructhout was chloreformcd for
The purpose " drawing mnating facts ont Of him
j. untrue. The simple truth Of the matter just
| this:
| o. On, morning Of the day Buckhout was to have
| hi- cX Ul' 70 D.. fore a Iusiice Of the Peace IL
| was ton-tt desirable to nv,stgatc the question
| o. h.s ir.ar.'r so that, il lie really were
| insane, D. might be sent 20 lunatc asy-
| lum under prorcr proceedings. For that
| purpose, and fur no other purpose what
| ever ether was administered To him. in
| the way usual IN sach cases, by DR.. Schmid,
| ~" prison ph! sician, assisted by Dr. Hodg~on
| ~ White Plains The result was that ne ply,i.
clans came 10 the assured convict on ttacre was
no trace Of insanity IN BucElou' The test Of in.
sanity Is in tn" involuntary actions Of the subject,
and tic expression OF his eve while under the inhu.
ence OF the ether and especially when lac Just re-
covering from Its effects. at witch time he Is com
pletely of his guard. 1t Is absurd to suppose that
any one would seek 20 get evidence OF a crime ont
81 the rawlings OF person under the influence OF
ether In what court OF justice would such rawlings
be admitted US testimony
BENT on SUICIDE.
| Buckhout's pretcnsions to having been inside.
down in hrs head. and his proessed lack o. memory
are evidently simulated. When we got his feelings
aroused ana his attention fixed he talked coherenty
aud confessed enough to show that he knew what he
WIS about all the time. Remorse IL beginning to
enaw his heart: be feels that his case is hope
less one, and l. giving way 20 DESPAIR; and unless
he is closely watched, the chances that he will
commit suicide.