Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10
Ratland 9ailn 9erald.
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1878.
THE wALwORTH VERDICT.


TIE WALWORTH VERDICT
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", =" Wv, ....,.o+ and ohev the laws Weld
o'' q. ,...,..,, ,I,o constituted ontbori-
U'' 1'.. a1-, ,s General rnIe to ac-
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W.. ....n;-ont mon without HAS or nrein-
go, rondar thoir ,,ordiots in az
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....l ,l,, 1o,,.s. of +ho cto+o ord
'' ..r.,.a foor foror affoctio, or
r...,,.or5 ,, W. ,,,,,st oo,,foes that
Nv! s.. ..,r, Instances is violent nrn
.,..,.., Tho conviction If Frank r
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'' "a'"''' HeI' Is " "i''G "'ii'' 'io''
''o' '' '"e cases h'n'eu anu le'eLIcu 10
ana 'ue present case " ME we peIleFe
ia1t emotional INSANITY as general
proposition, ana the clam lhaI one may
be sane 1or a Htelime Win lhe eAceP-
ton OF Il second OF time III Which Il latal
shot may De flred' TO De the Shamiest OF
pFatehseS' ana Drought INTO use ohly "S
q iral'' aeIu'loh ana snare we can uh-
drrs'and no" jury whose Syhpa'hieS
nave oeen wrought uPoh' anu "he'e d
s1gh' iouha"'ioh mas oeen iaiu eau IAN
INTO the snare grasp the uoup'' anu "c
F0', we can understand tn'S' we say,
because mankind Is hatuIaily "'e'cll" u,
And are W'ilihg 10 seek Ior eAcuSes anu
Im'''"c"uon loI "i'eseu .u9ihou9 .9 u , me-
W nt'e'ne"loc'' aiSo' 'i'"' INC u '"''' ny, nv
'NeSe "tq"iIVaIS nave oee'' oo' ''''''''' i'"' y
u'N'" pace III loC"''',e' "il0'' ~ " 60
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Wv. .'+'' l'l ~ af aonrooso
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wv WY ',',,,' ;.,- ,.t,I,n,,+ ra,,ord - I,yy or
,;, .,%' ~ .'' If I.,,a,,a,. Il ,7,os nocossarv
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''' was CIV ''''N' ~ ,..,S =. -.
"'0'""' .'''e oo''' !'''7r. ~. ''''' - 80
person oI Ordinary lnVeiliAen'S' INC i'.'
'hat such doubt might nave eAlS'ei IL
'1e jurors NINA could not DC u'SPu'e0'
ana lhe matter muSt' necessarily 'ne'e
rest
IAe case OF FRANK WalWorlh' no"
cyer,doeS not rest upon the same 8ioul''s'
we nave carefully scanned Tue eF'ae''G
AS we presume our readers haVe-ano
'le conclusion seems TO us lrreslSIaole
that 1t was one OF the most WllIui' ue-
Aoerate murders OF modern IltlleS' Il
was either this, or the young man was
insane, not responsible Tor his acts ana.
therefore, innocent OF crime 1t would
be monstrous, indeed II III our olSs oe'
at ott-repeated advantageous use 81 d
trHmped up INSANITY we shoula ho'o d
really insane person accountable Ior acIS
committed by INN wheh ne was lica2-
able OF Distinguishing between IlsilV anu
wrong' ana knew not what he was ut-
ing. docs Ihls case III lact' pIesen,
me 1rst eIeillenC ol INSANITY ID II iio'
,ne most nor lDio - ~, lr'o y. o,l, ." nlon w "
nave any RECORD Iii"i,eS ,, y oonol I'm ~
MS poWerIul upPe'i " 'n0 -, " ,.I
ileaseu 70 say III Su'''''A'o' 10 ~ IN
No' OeheFe .heie " % Un ~ te,1;-,'a1 - -.
authenticated anu wen eSl"Dr'9iie" In.
stance oi a criminal sisS llis @ - ,','t,, tntha
s'u1e inc creation creation. - 4A'''l- ooIos so - tho
!''S'n. ,i'il'' ",''' n1 ,I pl,es'le los.,,o,,o
yo'y i'n mo-, man l'1 o''''''' o f NJ,
Tr,, Wv, '',:o, -, n~' -, ,,;1, t,a ~ erst ond onIy
norr;o;io -il,i"3 ~ 3ho r,arld,s hietorv With
ort stonr,inr 20 ononiro whether this