New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-17
THE COURTS.
TILE TEMpLKTON TRIAL.
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENsE-THE PLEA OF IN
SANITY.

THE TEMPLETON TRIAL
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENsE-THE PLEA OF IN
SANITY.
The trial of Duncan ID. Templeton for shoo'-
ing his wife was continued yesterday IN tne 0ou'' -
Genorol Sessions before Recorder Hacket The court
well hlled. great many irsuu VI 49, =, ,ho
plainant and prisoner being present. i"e s'o"nu "
defense "a announced by MI. Townsend was ihSan'''
and 10 proye this a great number OF WITNESSES ~
called in order to trace his life ana cha'a0'0'''
ing the last eight or ten years , 90
I,,,,s r,cbman halter testified that on the day vi
the shooting tho prisoner had purchased nat vi '
,, one that did not fit. without appearing to notice
the fact. -. =. ,ho
,1o,,w n,new testified that he was guest at the
W., sao uo.e, and met the prisoner there; Temple
ron told him that his wife had lett MN ana go"o W
Washington and he thought she was detained thero o'
her mother; he complained that MS etters hau peeh "
tnrcepted and asked the witness 10 Wre W "dsunh'o
and ascertain where she was; he was very nucn GA
It'd. said bs nother.in-aw was abandoned woman
and his wife was in imminent danger Oh oeihe uo
ha,ohod no had seen the prisoner take choral Or
vuo N Adams OF Lasalle. H., was at the West size
tel sborv b,fore tho shooting; the prisoner had tod
him OF his domestic troubles and ac'ed eNcitedS anu
talked pcoherently Samuel q. Wkihsoh testueu 'na'
no was near Mr. and Mrs. Tomplcton az the Tune INC
arrest was made just before the shootng he heard 'e
isonar aav " Ida love YOU and can't live without
20 and tld him so tho Of the prisoner was
such s 70 draw crowd and induce ridcule after they
all went away he heard the pistol hred.
Mr. Townsend then read q letter from the husbandFo
the wife IL was full of earnest proesatons OF love-
ODD o.s,r,nco, that he could not live without her.
letter was read from the vile TO the husband WHICH,
while very loving contained good many Questions as
10 bls worldly prospects These letters were put IN evil
uccv, o Ne,sou resident Of Nyack testified that he
mad known both the prisoner aud his father the pris
Oner was extremely erratic, tu OF schenes anu uelu.
sions, ana dslOinted in conyersaton there was hh
estrangement between the father aud son; he was
capricOus in temper, ana Woula Iotn iieInsnPs VI
preudices without weldchned reasons DR.. Henry
Rockwell of Portchester testified that he met the pris
oner at that place; the last time he saw hun nc was
In such state that tie witness tOlq MIN that nc was
ethcr suffering from intense mental excitement or re,
covering from a dobauch; Templeton said 1t was mentZ
catJ he always spoke very aHectionatey OF his wife.
John Henderson OF Portcheser testified to the nerV-
GU ness of the prisoner and MS aheconate remarks re-
Mr. Joan d. Henderson Of No. 75 West Twenty-thIrd-
ST. testified TO the prisoner calling az his mousse ~ u
seasonabe hours and talking about his wife, he did not
know where she was and he was looking for her; the
witness accompanied tue prisoner 10 OATS ho"en o. !"
Fourteenth-st., TO look for his wire.
nected With tho Maryland Cavalry lie then suffer
ing from severe wound IA hle hea1 sho was engaged
to him at that time ana he would DE very Jeaious
threatening TO Kill any who aid attention TO her 49,
nma Martin sister OF the prisoner tesiihed that
~ was very deyoGed and Kind 10 his wife when they
were at his fathers house; she had even seen hun sew
buttons upon her clothes ana take charge or MS chd
fhe wines took full charge OF his cld the mother
wentto Washington and left it, though fully able to take
care of II herself 30
Lou More, another sister OF the prisoner testified
that three years family council was held 10
decide whether the prisoner should be sent 10 an
insane asylum but lad not been sent he was not
thought at all dangerous She illustrated his uncertain
temper by telling how at time during cOnversaton
without any prOyOcatOn, no strnck her severe dow
upon the head The family dsapprOyed OF ms marriage
which had been made without theic knowledge.
DR. Johu b. More, the husband OF the last witness and
physician at Nyack, had thought the prisoner insane,
and had seen nothing to make him alter his opinion
Mrs Eliza Tempeton, mother OF the prisoner. tes-
titled to regard for his wife, when che termed an
excess OF kindness -, -,
At this point the case was adjourned until this
morning