The New York herald., 1870-11-14

The Daugherty-Van Horn Murder Case.
The young man, Lieutenant Daugherty, of New
port Barracks who shot Van Horn, the slanderer OF
his slst er at Kokomo Ind, last winter Is now on
trial at Upton, Ind. From the Testimony taken on
the third day Of the trial we extract the following
1t viii be seen from the testimony Of DR.. Wooen
that an attempt VIII be made TO show that Daugh-
erty was laborlng under temporary insanity at the
time of the commission Of the MURDER
The friends and associates OF Lieutenant Daugh-
erty in the army testified to his good character and
that he was brave officer and good TO his soldiers
The evidence Of Mr.. Daugherty, the father OF the
aeiendant, and the mother, Mrs Daagherty, as also
q ON Miss Frank Daugherty his sister; Bridget
summed up in the following brief way:-Lieurenant
Daagnsrty @ v e. on ms way home was met at Indian
fhe funeral OF I and met nm N the
slanderng his sister. No questions were asked as
to the nature of the sander by Daugherty. They
went to Kokomc on the midnight train, and after a
time the family retired. The next morning the
Lieutenant and his father took walk TO their farm
some distance from Kokomo, and returned about
noon and found Aaron Lindsay at Mr.. Daugherty's.
The Lieutenant sat by the stove ana dried his ieet
tthere was q little snow on the ground) and after
dinner Mr.. Lindsay proposed some two or three
times that they should walk up town. Up to this
time the SANDER referred to by his mother the night
father in their walk TO the farm, nor Dy any OF the
family at the mousse. Just before starting the Lieu
tenant went into the Kitchen where hls mother, his
sister Frank and the hired girl were and said to his
mother, "Mother, what Was that Van Horn said
about FrankY"
had a negro young one. On hearing this Lieu
tenant Daugherty suddenly changed color, his lace
becoming lvd Or purple His eyes became changed,
asked, "Are you sure he said this? Mrs. Daugnerty
replied, Il suppose there can be no doubt OF it.n
Thereupon lie started out OF the house. MIR. Lindsay
going with him. AT the door the 1ather asked II he
should accompany them, to which Daugherty made
no reply; but MIR. Lindsay invited HIM to do So Tue
ia walked distance
entered the door OF the Sherman House Just
as Dangnery Van Horn and
my sister, and must retract or take the
consequences" Van Horn told him, 81 guess not.n
sister; you must retract, give your author take
the consequences" Van Horn assumed defiant
sister, and you cannot make me retract il, and you
need not come clustering about me that way, young
man, Daugherty suddenly reached for his pistol.
Van Horn seized mold upon him and rushed him
back upon some barrels; the pistol went OFF, firing
into the 1oor when they became separated. Daugh-
erty passing from the place where he up towards
the counter. Van Horn, running around the screen
and meeting him In another part OF the room seized
In the scuffie Daugherty shot him twice, the third
shot proving to be the fatal one.
DIR. G. v. Woollen was called TO the stand and tes.
titled as fOll0ws:-Am q graduate OF the Bellevue
Hospital College; have been Intimately associated
with Lieutenant Daugherty since spring OF 1860,
except short time when he was absent In differ
ent command; he spoke in the highest terms of his
character; with the exception perhaps, or his
brother. he knew him better than any other lvi ng
man; was surgeon In the Twenty-sevenLh Indiana;
treated him professionally in the winter OF 1861 at
one time he had an attack Of congestion, seeming
TO lmplicate the brain and nervous system; at the
time observed In him u tendency to Violence; had
disease would ordinarily be termed malarlal con-
gestion. We meet 1t in different 1orms attacking
different organs his attacking the brain and
spinal cord. With short neck, large BRAIN and
an active nervous temperament, as lie has, disease
oil that kind would develop congestion OF the brain
and nervous centres more than OF other organs. In
the army Lieutenant Daugherty often complained of
vertigo from turning around and performing some
OF the evolutions made in drilling tnat required free
anu rapid changing Of the position of the body.
That 1t gave him dizziness. THIS Is caused by a Too
free rush OF blood to tho brain.
r. S.-Daugherty was acquitted. Upon the rem
dition or the verdict, Mrs. Van Horn attempted to
shoot Daugherty