The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-09

down andpuied out the entraiis OF dead body.
win recoilest that It was supposed to be DR.. West
The head was gone the feet and hands were gone,
The people looked sU around in hopes Of andng
some place where DR.. Vests head could have been
blown, but they found instead hole Allied with
powder. Before the body could be committed to
DIR. WEST RETURNED TO TOWN ALIVE
and then the body was committed to the ground as
The District Attorney then proceeded to detail
Vests wanderings about the country, and his ap.
pearing at the railroad stations, all or which has
already been published in the HERALD.
WHY THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
IL mas been shown that this man West had an In
tense greed Tor money. You have heard this man
had an insurance on his hfe He was insured for
$4,000. West was not man Of large income.
$1,000 per year, and the premium on that insurance
would be about six hundred dollars per annum.
U When he rented his ONCE he sad ,n he
he would make or break in two weeks. You WIN
recollect his measuring Mr.. Windolph and finding
be very slight. He asked MI. Windoph time
and, again to visit his ONCE, but that
gentleman for some reason Sid :, not Of ago 60;
Mr. West, instead Of being before you to-day on
charge OF murder, would have had his virtues re-
inscription living man spending his ILL
gotten gains. 1t was almost success: so
nearly so, that his own brother came here
to attend his funeral. 1t Is always So
I shall ask you to weigh in your minds II il was
possible this killing was done in selfdeience You
lind the prisoner strong, healthy sober man, and
the murdered man was drunken negro, as coun-
sci for the other side has taken pains
to prove. portions of Vests confession
were read by Mr.. Massey, and statements
alleged to have been made by West
were compared and found to materially disagree
in certain particulars as to the manner OF the kill
ing &cl Why do these statements dlsagreef Be-
cause West found it necessary by the time he got
to Dover to get up a statement that would be more
favorable to himself. The statement or confession
made to the Cor0ner's jury was matured in his
mind.
THE THEORY OF INSANITY.
According to the laws OF this State IL must be
clearly proven to the jury that . man Is insane
From "Archlbald's Criminal Proceedings' we learn
that the law deems q man sane until the contrary
IS proven. 1t Is not "queerness,n but an
absence OF the knowledge that wrong doing
brings punishment It has never been c0ntended
that West was Incapable OF transacting business,
yet he 10 brought here before you as an insane
man. Was he incapable OF knowing what was
rlght2 Was he fnsaneY IL there is any insanity in
VESTS mind it must be partial insanity; no amount
OF "queernessO no amount OF eccentrlcity, Is in
sanity. Every man has his peculiarities but would
you call every man OF your acquaintance inSanc3
You must have the best and cearest evidence in
the world to establish insanity.
The assistant to the Attorney General went into
an analysis OF the alleged insanity Of the elder
West. He cOntended that Mr.. Vests tSr.), insanity
in 1888 was the result Of q bilious lever and the
chills.
Mr. Bates Will continue his argument tomorrow.