The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-13
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The trial of De. 1saac West sor The. 1nt,r.
der Of henry Turner (Soloredli was con.
tipued ut Dover tDef.) yesterday, aud Hon.
Willard salisbury, for 5te defence. argued
THAI West B insane, and quoted from alarge
number of aauthors os, the ssibiect0f sanity
and insanity. The case will ,,roba bis go 10
the 5aFy 10y Thursday eyenin9. The Dover
correspondent OF the New York 1sa,fss says;
= NhGre are three elements I'M tho case,
powerful in Delaware, that speak strongly in
favor!ofhis acquittai: West Is a Methodist,
democrat, and white mau. while his sfc-
tim was a negro" . s.,.' - siltiyi4 u
The same correspondent says. The facts
brought out in evidence by the Statc,show
that this crime baa never been excclled in
the aevilish ingenuity displayed In its con.
eptien aud the nearly successful efforts,for
its concealment. West has proved to have
been a boy Of more than ordinary premise,
He graduated with credit In Dickinson col.
leee, and aftcrward studied lawaand nledi.
ciac, without learning much Of either. u His
distinguishing traits since manhood have
been indisJosition to work. and vanity.diHe
was always ON tho lookout for q .ssoft'
place. He tried various empicymenta: al
one time collecting curiosfties for pro-
posed museum for public exhibitioDq and
finally wound up with a Itafeat.medi-
clue shop IN Raltimore On the strength
Of his self reputed success In IS hat
city he went about the country
Boosting and obtaining credit where
he could. Eve years ago he came to Dover
on visit. He was handsome, dressed like
da,<lv, aud egotistc to a degree. He Was
regarded as Il Claude Melnotae by the vii.
laSc girls, but his aspiring thoughts scared
higher. and concentrated upon the daughter
OF Mr.. John Hay, a wealthy planter Papa
Objected, but when assured ola fsbulotlS fur.
tune that West had Inherited In South Amer
lea he reeBted. Almost before the twain were
made one the inquisitiVe papa learned That
Vests beasted possessions were castles In
the air. aud forbade him the house. In two
years money matters became desperate with
West. He Insured bis life for 81, 0E) and
removed from; Baltimore TO Dover. SHere
he sought the acquaintance of an ignorant
German who resembled him in size, and
tried to bsite him to come to ,;his
Office. Failing in this Turner was ius
weighed there and killed. The BODY
WIS skinned. and the head, hands. feet,
and other distinguishing parts Of the person
removed. The trunk Of the corpse was
covered with kerosene oil, the room satu-
rated with the same, and file was set TO the
whole. West got away in disguise. The
charred remaius were buried for his, and
the curtain fell on a complete success for the
first act of the fearful drama. But the man
could not rest with the braud of Cain upon
his soul. For two days he wandered about
ceaselesSly Then, driven by some myste.
rious impulse, he returned up the railroad
that led past Dover. When twenty miles
distant he was suspected, though his face:
was backened and he WINS disguised to ap.
pear ike an intir,n mn of sixty. He sur
rendered himSelf. and was imprisoned. To
the Attornev-G enerai be made a confession,
declaring he had done the killing i'll self-de-
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