The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-02
POINTS ~ LANpls's r4roR.
Ron1irr'inR that tho Vinslnnd Eliior was
khlod hy Uushiiful I'hysiciaus.

BRIDGEToN. Feb. 1.-Charlcs X. Lands
had not entered tho cour, room this morning
when the Hon. James n. Nixon resumed tho
argument In Lauda's hehllf. lie walked In a
few minutes afterward, however. Tho counsel
traced the testimony adiuced by the defence to
show that the prisoner WIS insane. Landis's
extraordinary behavior after lis return from
Eurlpe was unmistakable evidence Of mental
alteration, and his rawlings about elemental v
snirts OF tho Tyrol, and compacts made with
them, were.but the ebullitions OF a mind dis
eased. The speaker dwelt forcibIy on tho evil
dence Of medical experts, especially that Of Drs.
Ray and Buttolph, and arraigned the District
Attorney for his unguarded assertion that their
opinions had been purchased. Or. Washington
J. Dufree, one OF the most eminent surge Ia In
the land, had been impressed with Landis's
demeanor and appearance ut Cape May that he
at once pronounced him insane. and expressed
tho opinion that he would die in an asylum.
The testimony Of witnesses summoned by the
State in renuttal, the counsel continued, was
purely negative, and did not weaken n single
position assumed by the defence. These wit
nesses had testified only to not having seen GER
tain things which might have shown lands to
have been insane, but 1t did not follow that be-
cause they had not seen them the things had no
existence.
The counsel closed his argument with an sp-
peal TO the jury not 20 convict public benefac-
without the guiding hand OF the man who had
begun It.
Ex-Chnncellor Williams In opening his ad-
drcss for the prisoner drew vivid picture Of
Landis's wrecked efe his broken home, aud his
worse than mothehess children.
Before he had spoken two minutes, the pris-
oncr's long-sustained coinpos,ire had been ut
terly broken down, and holding his haudker
chief TO his eyes he aband med himself To I'M
controllabie emotion. his sister and the ladies'
who sat with her wero alao In tears.
The Chancellor dealt with tho surgical treat
f1a nff lna a nrAI 10 q 70 In
answered he said was OF what did Carruth die ?
Of the wound made by lends or by injuries
received At the hands OF the surge us2 No man
who had heard the evidence could doubt that
the victim died ~ q wound other than that OF
rle pistol pan, and after the lntter was entirely
healed. by these Subsequent injuries. he ab-
scesses lad been caused. and the course OF neg
lect and ilnprouer treatment contin Ting no
attempt was made to open them, ana the iuevi-
Table feeult was denth.
II the jury had any doubt, the Chancellor said
that these assesses were duo to other causes
than ,ha wound inflicted by lands. the inq,.iry
WIS al an end. tort was their iuty tn solve tnat
doubt IN favor Of the prisoner.
attended Carruth, he sid that though 1t wac
generally conceded that ~ the multitude II
verb was lauenilNk untrue ot the med
irM ptofes-i n. lno Ci,"t l1d Teen ren-
and TIE taH VS. cnrrHHt"i ans could
BID formed e. thc n,., col; do. vouad, IN the
~ ' suraeo ,i bad rsobci I, c m,h 0 Of Tie
pa~-rce token hv tee tall Where wie. tho
| rr.rc passing not int, ~. hraia :
u haf NOT followed ito nall. but hsd
pcretfafei ar inch and three quarters IN
aslt1cr direction. taela tnete ,e aouht tnai
| % nov wound had hern mace over within tlc nh
ocsasI WIRE .tnero l.fti~ o. ''iit DC 1rrs ~ d
! Or. Euusr and Morgan fur thsir rcprchcnsiblr
end uusricntiie treatment OF t.c wound, and
Went or 90 $50 ~ rs tr- testiIuory of lrs Cros7
Elmer. Hufc.. and others tllt tho rh"psscs could
earii, We Dean Opened aud the paiieut's III,
saved.
Too Chancellor he'd not ended hi- summing
wscn the court ld journ "a.