The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-27

killed, was shot by Smith with q revolver,
FIVE times, either ~ which 10 thought would
have produced death. Such was the adj
vanccd age IA years. Of the deceas d.
Divine services were just about to begin.
A Mr.. Foley was " tn Mr.. Carson, who
asked Smith not TO shoot, and held him for
a moment. but Smith wa. bent on killing
Judge Carson. After shooting all the loads
out Of his revolver hut one, (which failed
IN fre), Smith walked deliberately across
the street where his carpenter shop vas
situated, hut was halted and arrested, asd
token to Stanford to jail. There wassome
proof that Carson, who was town assessor
Of Crab Orchard. went 10 Smiths shop to
get a list Of his taxable property, rome
months before he killing, and that Smith
greatly abused him. There was also some
prof thats certain woman who lived near
Crab Orchard, was visited nov and then by
both Smith aud Carson, privately. Some
proof was also given that Smith sometimes
drank liquor, but not tn excess. His char
acter was proven by all the witnesses to
have been that Of quiet, peaceable, unof.
fensive man, one who rarely ever said
word to any one even on business. That
he had great impediment In his speech,
and did not like tn talk. At the close u
the statements as to the killing, etc, the
Commonwealth re-ted her case in chief.
The defense then introduced their witnesses
tn prove the plea Of insanity. The sister
Of Smith, with whom he lived, the niece II
Smith and the brother. swore that Smith
acted strangely for several months before
the killing. That hi- health was bad, had
but little appetite. was restless and lost
much sleep. That he imagined there were
several men after him TO kill him. That
there was a combinat on Of men 10 ruin his
character aud break him up in business.
That on one occasion he told his sister, a
maiden lady Of fifty years Of age, one night
at home, that there were three men around
the house who had come to harm him.
or some one else. went for the town marshal
and another person, TO look for the three
men. The marshal and another came, ex-
amined the premises. and told Smith no
body was there, and that II he was afraid to
stay there, to 20 and stay all night with one
II them. Smith accepted the invitation,
and went and s,sid all night with a Mr..
DeBord. Other witnesses, among them
Col. W. q. welch, a Mr.. Myers and Others,
testified to acts Of mononsnis, or insanity.
The defense introduced two physicians,
who had heard all, or nearly all Of the
evidence, and after defining the various
species Of insanity, said that, IL the evidence
was true, rs detailed BY the witnesses. then,
in their opinion as medical men, the man
John Smith was Of unsound mind. Other
witness .aid that in their opinion, Smith
was insane. The foregoing are the main
details u the evidence in the defense.
After this, the Commonwealth introduced
rebulting evidence to show that Smith was
a sane man. These were not medical men,
however, but were men who had known
Smith for years. Many Of them said they
believed Smith to be Of sound mind, from
conversations they had with him on certain
occasions. One other physician testified
for the prosecution, but his evidence differed
but little from that Of the other two ply.
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