Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-16

knew The prisoner on the plantation, that he
va. subject 70 tita, and that ho had the rep
utatlon OF being a crazy man.
w. l.. Smith gave similar testimony.
J. Finney knew the pdsonet on the plan.
lAtlon. He behaved there ike a man that
wanted good sense. He would tell the steers
"Ree" when he meant "haN." When he
WAs sowing peas be would SOW them In the
corn rows Instead OF between them.
Robert Hunter. Witness knew the prls.
oner In Caroline county, Va, Afterwards al
when Nichols bad a At; three Or four men
were counning him, he rose up, neyerthe.
less, and made a curious noise. Witness
had known him on the plantation az a man
OF no sensej had heard him complain Of
headache before he had the hh and since.
He was always "odd when by himself,
studying like he had no sense,0 He was
good-natured. The witness teslinsd that
the prisoner was annoyed too by the chill
dren, who called him "craEy Ned" (This
statement Judge DIN ruled out as Irrelevant,
and Mr.. Miller eIcepted.) Witness bad
known him to behave curiously towards his
brother. ..f H.-- ny .
Judge DIN. Was Nicholas younger or
olderf Witness. "He were" Jndge DIN.
Were WHAT Witness. don't know.
prisoner on the plantation. His conduct
was strange or craEy-llke. When he was
sent out TO get the oxen TO be hitched up,
be would drive up the oxen and stop, never
hitch up the oxen. He was never employed
on any work which required sense, only 10
the cornAsld. Witness worked with pril-
onor on Virginia avenue on new engine
house, under contract by Charles King. The
day before the homicide he was carrying the
bod a. witness was, and when sent for rcd
brick he would get salmon brick and when
witness was coming down the ladder he hal.
loed 70 prisoner At the foot 70 stop, but
prisoner would como up, and he had 70 &c
back. .0.
Dr.. snodgrsss asked question which
Judge DIN overruled. F..,a-- "
Or. 8. Your honor must be magnanlmoui
In the examination Of these people. The
tell their stories In a peculiar way, and w
must get the facts az best We can.
Judge 0lln. know that. have as mucl
\ experience with these people and AZ nucl
sympathy a. most OF the men who claim y
be their peculiar friends, but the law mus
DO enforced. .#.....
Witness know that on Tuesday before th
homicide Nichols had fall on the ladde
with his hod, and struck his head, tn
next day he complaiped o. Il. VIII.
| AhAtchhOu WltutA1 bouAhlo ~
quAiuted In 1866 in this city, and at ono tim
witness went into copartnershlp with hin
In small grocery. Witness put In e0o, al
they employed clerk but all the none
sunk. Witnessed refused TO put In NOR
money, but accused continued TO put Il
money. Witness dissolved the partnorahi
because he had no sense. He was deacon Q
the church, and was constantly bringing
eases that turned out TO DO nothing, an
witness told the deacon he was q man Of n
sense. Another thing was, when he had
shop he would lock the front door and leav
the back door open and go on to the hotel.
John Moore; Witness knew him on th
plantation; know he had ITS there.5
DR.. Bnodgrass offered to provo that he ha
been refused by the recruiting Officers on ~
count Of his want OF sense, but IL was oil
Jected to. .r......' .-.rr .l,f.., d.
Jackson Pumphreyi Witness carries o
BODYBUILDING employed priaoner a. labor
In September last, ard before. aslT .IL .
Bome discussion here ensued on aquestlo
but before decision, the court adjourn'
until this morning. ra nFr .nrs5gHI