Middletown transcript., 1873-06-14


over the above period. Some Of them sen.
their children TO West. and some were
pupil. Of his school. They all believed
that West was a sane man come thought
him above the ordinary average Of men 10
point Of intellect.
The State nlso brought those who went
to college with him, and said that many
Of the scholars were relic hunters. Mr..
B ,nnc,t, who was n schoolmate Of Vests
brought collection Of his own curiosties
into court, which contained about the same
~ Vests box. but not so many. Several
witnesses said that West showed no signs
Of insanity until after his interview with
DR.. Davidson. on the Saturday after his
arrest. II was shown 10 Davidson's evil
dence that on that day they convcrsed
urou the subject Of Vests mind. and the
effects Of the gas upon him. After this
interview Yves, showed signs Of insanity.
The witnesses were all examined and
the counsel proceeded to make their argu-
ments
A, ~ o'clock the Court took a recess
until halfpnst 2 Then Mr.. Bates. the
Attorney -Gencral's deputy. began the ar
gunent on the part of the State.
Mr.. Bates, referring to Vests state
ments. said il he killed Turner in self.de-
fence. why did he not acknowledge it a,
the outset. instead Of trying in every way
10 ds6gurc the body so that it could no,
be recognized. and even set fire to the
building to conceal the crime
lie said the pleas Of seli-defcncc and in.
sanity were inconsistent with each other
that Vests plans were so successful that
even his brothers came to hi, funeral But
where tho schemes Of the devil end ih,
Justice Of Gad begins. and the fire having
bcca pu. ou, in the building iha, nigh
WAS the only thing that defeated the wide.
laid plans of West
Had that house been destroyed by fir,
West woald no, to-day have been pris
oncr in this court. bu, have allowed hi
own epi,arh TO appear on the tombston,
iha, would have been placed above Tur
ncrs grave Every act Of West goes I,
show the ingenuity Of his dcvili>h plans
and gives no sensible scmblance Of insan
ity
The cour, adjourned while Mr. Bate
was speaking He had spoken for owe
three hours.
Down. JrSE :.
George II Bates, ESP resumed hi
argument, lie rapidly reviewed the sail
rnt points Of the evidence. which he ha,
before commented upon in detail, and the,
addressed himself to the cnnrmty Of III
crime aud the necessity imposed upon Ii
jury to require Of the oilculI speed
cxpiltlnn
At the conclusion Of Mr. Bacs's re
marks half hour after court convened
Hon Willard Salisbury, counsel for West
commenced the argument for tho defense
3 In substance he said that since God CON
inaudcI his servant 10 write the law y
Mt Sinai II, muu had been more perse
cltei than the prisoner at the bar Tll
pruscca;iln have mistaken the nature G
, the defense, The prisoner adults nlill
! ing, neither the confession said to hay
been made hy him nor the killing II
| pleads mo, guilty 10 every branch Of III
e indictment And now consider uudt
= what difficulties criminal labors in ,b
: State. II he be convicted there is no r,
Il ,ircss-no court Of nppculs-nn writ
4 error can be availrl of. while. on the o.l
t er hand suit Of So may he rrcon,ile,
G ell 4 mans life i. of less value in De
A aware than 50 The only appeal
/ criminal cases is n reference Of the matt,
9 to the euur, that convicted for new tria
= il i, secs tit TO gran, il
y The alleged confession made by We
i, was not confession; !, was only stat
# ment Of words put into his mon,a. n,
). then written ou, by another The Sta
!. has no, shown the body was ,ha, ef Goot
|. Turner except by this declaration. NJ
Is withou, this the State has not proved Il
!. corpus deficit. Yves, need never ha
u opened his lips n, one could have 10
r whether the body was that Of Coach tn
;: ner or the body Of II subject which he mig
rs have procured from Philadelphia No ]
re ry would then have been invited to I
!; Isaac G. West on tho charge of murde
|, lie lied dcyli,hly." we ARE told. May
is be did. He tied about everything exec
e. what would hang him. Laughter T
n, alleged confession is an impnaoDt pub
i, falsehooi not intentional, perhaps. hul
30 falsehood nevertheless IL the jury q
u. asked 10 believe that West killed the mn
5. they must be suffered to accept his exp
i nation Of that killing. They are to
id Isaac {, West for murder with NAL
ed afore,hough,, not for cutting of a nsgr
IS limbs.
rh MIR. Salisbury then argued tha, no IN
II, ice was proved. and none could have ,
IN listed. since West did not know Turr
si, two hours before the homicide occurr,
II. Mr.. Salisbury spoke five hours aud a-ha
IT. DovER. JuNE 0.
nd Court met mt II o'clock. when Hon. "
in lard Salisbury, counsel for the defen
he continued bis argument, commenced
IA, Saturday
lid The defence occupied the entire day
Is. quoting from many different au,hori,
in the law bearing on the subjects Of san
he and insanity. What is known a. We,
"mnseum" was brough, into Court
1 r. If r.. Al