The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-06

nfst time ~ ever was In my oar. ena seoRed IN
his pocketkook
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q. Do you wish TO know how far yos can nlees
hims q. l wish 70 know how much msney - h.
sV Wu;sm 1. Kehum-I have the iron ssr u.sd n
the once by DR.. West. tBar pfo0uosd: sennssse.
Hammer also pToducedl q waose sa.nsS -
giveAt to him; did not iend u to him; don't bngw
how 1t got into DR.. Vests once; the Ron 81 = .
.jornal' Of some description; do not rsc0Snue
oss-examined-Have known Dr. wes for ssv-
eral years; We were very friendly; he visl,ss ~
the hammer until saw 1t In Dr. Vests once sf@
john W. Cuuep.-saw DR.. West on the steps
konting hts once door on Tuesday, December 3
1872; we shock hands; We TALKED about the LAS
ualties" OF the day 1.-THE casual nappenlnss OF the
the house; said he did not admit any one MP thcre
the twelve o'clock whistle blew and remarked
that must COUP to the WEDDING; yne n ! got 70
the church Dr. NV west was there's nk NJ
John Laws lcoloredl.-i remember the time
epoch" disappeared; was waiter = hotel;
waited on him both days; he WAS coming End
sjB eS,aS sWssson- haa,a conversation WITH Dr.
iDecember 4, 1872 he came in with biask :slouch
sa Sn ID sssss L was the &
look ss as Il you had been on raid he said nothing,
s afraid % gas ssor wos explode ne
was leaxing; Laws asked him how he made
ne sas 9s up a at s
and said 'fThe hands ofthat clock move much last
er than they do at my ONCE " said, IKE, suppose
some one should go for' you some night when you
are out late, and say, Your money or your life
what would you dos' ne said, 'Tney could have
john g. Pennewill-I had q conversation with
West Monday evening, December q; ! was sitting
In the reading room OF hotel when West came 10
pants; said, e1ke, you have something thunder
Ing nasty on your pants; what is It 7" he said his
aos lew n days 9es after West had made the
confession, went In the Jail to see him, by his re-
quest and he then told me 1t was Cooch's' blood ON
Cross examnation-west told me at the jail; 1t
was on Monday night we had the conversation.
OPENING FOR THE DEFENCE.
At four O'Clock the prosecution rested the case,
and Mr.. Salisbury arose and addressed the jury
substan tally as foows:-
The case that now engages your attention IS no
ordinary case. The young man, the prisoner at
hopeful and bright, is here Tor your iudgmen He
has always resided here. ! do not know his rela-
tives and came into the case unexpectedly:
am not here to defend murderer. Isaac West
Is no murderer in the eyes Of God and the
law. ! shall endeavor to prove 1t to your
temen Of the Jury shall have no serious fears OF
gong before you on the testimony which the State
Itself has offered shall have no fear OF the result
iaw win take occasion to say this is no snch case
rs some writer's for newspapers have It.
The members of the press have seized hold ofrumor
and given 1t as TACT, and thus created public
opini on. Believing this jury to be honest, capable
time nd the 70 cery Of
West. ask only Justice for the sake Of JUS
tice: l ask it in behalf OF q heartbroken wife.
In hnha lf tnn hah n At rysS
I shall ask you TO pay particular attention to the
facts as elected ana to the law as laid down by the
honorable Court. You will be asked to consider
questions OF law and questions Of science.
THE OATH, GENTLEMEN,
you have taken Is the most solemn on earth. 1t is
apecullar OATH You are sworn true deliverance
to make In the case between the State OF Della
ware and Isaac G. West. according to the evidence
and the facts to be developed Let your finding be
in accordance herewith, and at night, when you
retire to your beds, you may wrap M
The drapery OF your couch around You
shall call upon the State to show that this kill
ing was done by Isaac G. West; shall call on 1t to
prove the malice, and to prove the alleged muir
derer OF sound mind and discretion. On the testi-
mony offered by the State this jury cannot convict
II they give proper weight to the testimony adj
ducedup TO this time. The State have not proved
by any Testimony, paper or writing that Isaac G.
West killed "Cooch" Turner, save from the testi-
mony cfIsaac G. West. And what said he? That he
KILLED THE NEGRO IN SELF-DEFENCE,
the God-giyen right that every man may exercise.
Ut, The second ground, Of defence ~ e Isaac G;
shall prove that Isaac G. West was not on the I'd
day OF December, 1872, OF sound mind and liscre-
that we Be able to you that asc
q. West has been for number OF years . man OF
strongly marked peculiarities and eccentricilies.
do not contend that man Of eccentricities Ii an
insane man, but do hold that q man OF eccentric
traits Of character Is more liable to become insane
show you that his actions were so marked
a. 81. 70 give "a good deal Of trouble %
II n z lat a hao owl
dences, according to medical Jurisprudence, have
been considered typical of an insane mind IL Is
to say what degree OF insanity Isaac G. West has
been laboring under; 1t is not necessary. Gentle
mn Of the you may APPLY the law 70 the
MOTHER rlt1f N
The first witness called on the part OF the de-
fence was Mrs. Nancy H. West, the mother OF the
am the mother Of Isaac @. West; his father's name
c &c was son saa % he my lex ss
fell from load Of fodder once !. and
was insensiblc for short time. and sick for long
time afterwards; he was sixteen or seventeen
TO school, and then in Dover; once Thought nv
husband was insane objected to- my husband
WAS q %ss ana IN there
chief Justice GiIpin here remarked that opinions
adduced in support Of the theory OF insanity. This
Is the law. - :.
= Examsnation continued-Up to this time nv
husband had been Of happy and cheerful DISPOSE
tion but he suddenly changed; he did not pay the
same attention TO his children; he tookivery little
notice OF them formerly he had been very afectlon.
ate; did not think he was In his right mind and
knew he wasn'ti Isaac went to Dickinson College
four years after he finished school In Dover;
NE GRADUATED AT DICKINSON:
In 1889 noticed marked change In his conduct:
he lett Dover and walked to Baltimore hundreds
he thought was sick had never written him to
that eject; he said he dreamed IL, and he
said the lady whom he boarded with dreamed
one night N the woods and another in a tent on
IN old camp ground; think IL was In August; We
pecsed 70 md yOu in bcd;' his father told him he
Thought ho must be crazy to walk 90
hr; 10 stayed home i've days; ne
nothing marked after that until last summer
some tlme saS1y In July; he seemed very simple in
ssSss d0Sn nSme Nv without his