Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-19
the views SO frequently heretofore e1-

the views SO frequently heretofore ex
pressed in these columns. OF All effor
made IN the Legislature of this Stat
last Winter for the disposition of person
acquitted of the charge of murder OIL
the ground of insanity. the Enterprise o
yesterday has the following:
| At tine last session of the Leyi slatur,
judge Beatty Trained an amendment t,
| the Criminal Practice Act OF the State
| which We regret lid not become a ..lw
| Among other changes was one provitiin.
that. when IL person Was acquitted OF tn,
charge of murder on the srunnd Of iii.
sanity. he should be confined III II luna,i,
| asylum for lite. The bill passed both
Houses, but WAS vetoed by Governed
B.adley. Naturally k1nd-heai,ed, the
Governor could not understand why AL
Insane person should be- punished for
committing u crime for which he was
not moral, responsible. HIS Lxcellency
overlooked the fact that laws are made
for the protection vi the sane. The i'll
SANE are objects Of charity, and when
they are dangerous either to themselves
or Others. they should be placed where
they can do NO harm to either. A luna
tic who Commits one murder should
never be allowed to commit another. and
the Jury who return HIM unshackIed to
society, become in n measure Responsible
for whatever crimes he may commit
thereafter. The purpose of law is to
protect society. and the maa who ell
dangers its peace should be locked up
in prison If sane, and in an asylum II
insane.
The WISCONSIN MuRDEREss.-As special
to the Chicago Times gives the following
sketch Of Mrs. Lamb, the Wisconsin
who poisoned her children
and three others:
The neighbors testify to the good
character Of the defendant, and that she
was Il kind mother, good neishbor, and
an exemplary member of the Methodist
Church; that she WAS eccentric: CON-
planned of difficulty in her head aud
pra,n disease. Something seemed wrong
about her mind since the Indian mass;l-
ere at New Tim, Mimi, where she lived.
rs evidenced by her rolling eyeballs,
vacant look and inchorence. DR.. Bow
ker, of West Charleston, Vermont, testi-
fed that % years ago defendant,
then Charlotte Sharpe, had severe and
protracted epileptic fits and uterine
disease, at Morgan, VT. and imagined
she heard Christ's voice, commanding
her to kill Mr.. Lloyd. She afterwards
imagined she was Christ. Then he
thought her mind weak and unsound.
DR.. 5. C. johnson, of Hudson, testified !
al, when she acknowledged poisoning |
ler two children, Mrs. Gilman and Gar
and, and s,id she was commanded by |
IN awful voice to do it; that she did not |
want to do it, and put it off. Bat the
'oice, constantly with her, gave her no |
,eace. and when she tried to pray it up
,raided her for not obeying, and tor
nented her with being no Christian, aud
aid she had no right to pray unless she
'beyed; and after poisoning one child
he had peace a short time. when the
Dice returned aud commanded her to
POISON another; then came pence little
1hile again; then the voice command 4
er to poison Mrs. Gilman. after which
be was commanded to poison Garland.
The carried strychnine to his house. and
hen refused to obey the voice, put the
,,ison in the stove and went home. The
dice gave her no peace, day or night.
,rIand was q nei ghbor. Il wiIio Ser. and
'anted her to look at his house during
be harvest. She did So. One day be
lme in. complaining of pain i'll TIE
tomach. She thought the opportunity
iviu-ly provided. and gave hun poison
4 pain-killer. She said she had to do
/. The voice gave her no pelce until
he did it. Any one so commanded
lust She denied killing her husband.
nd an analysis failed to find poison i'll
er husbands stomach. She said be
ad complained of his heart, Was taken !
OK in the tiel |, and she went to him.
Il said he saw Jesus. She held his
Fad on her lap until dead. DR.. john
IN testified that epilepsy and uterine
seast. rendered her liable to ms unity
ON slight canse; that he thought her q
sane now, and from the testimony. his
vn examination and her own apparent
ok of motive for the four homiciGeS, he 4
fought her insane when the poison was
OF er medical witnesses
e to be sworn. The case excites ill.,
nse interest. There is considerable C
cling against the prisoner. il
A Double MURDAR.- Augusta, Ga.