The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-20
TRIAL OF CHAS. X. LANDS.
THE PR0SECUT COMBATING THE
INSANITY THEORY.

| A Nav spent IN Cra-s-ENnuiuiua the Pri--
| oner's Husiaess Msasger-Semc Of the
StrHngeet ~ the FREAKS Accounted Fer.
BRDGETON. Jan. 10.-There was moro
| than usually strong muster Of Charles X. Lam
dls's friends in the court room this morning.
The seats behind the counsel's table were occu-
ricd nv ladies, all OF whom except one were
synp 1thzers with the prisoner The single eK-
| ception was Mrs. Robinson, Carrutb's sister-in-
| law Lands rarely spoke even to his sister, Tho
sits directly behind him. lie leaned his head
uron bis hand, and his face wore It's usual ex
| preston OF apathy and uuconccrn. His thoughts
seemed far away, and the keenest observer
would certainly not have suspected that the
paie delicate man, With HIS eyes half closed.
| was being tried for his life.
The cfoss-examination OF John T.. Burk, Ian
| dis's bookkcepcr and business manager, was re-
sumcd tho Attorney General irving TO show
that the prisoners fears Of assassination had
some foundation and were not wholly the result
OF diseased Imagination. The witness said
that on one occasion Lands pointed out man
| In Nineland from whom he apprehended vlo-
lencc. Witness admitted that the prisoner had
signrd checks with full aud rational UNDER
| standing Ui the purposes for witch they were to
| BE- used. Like most Of the witnesses for the de-
fence, MIR. iIurk was sinruatly forgctful under
| crosse Examination, aud the things he failed to
remember outnumhercd the points uuon which
his recollection trrved him. II was shown. too,
that the Wis ii to hlad, lpha made by the witness
and lands was not entirely without result,
! that some business was transacted. and there
foro that the prisoners remark, What AN
| amount of business We have done to daV." WAS
| by no means ~ meaningless a. had been alleged.
uScONCEnS AS TO BUSINESS.
In Isndis's absence In Europe the witness had
! lodged some securities with safe deposit COM
! pany In Philadelphia and he wished Lands To
! have them transferred o. his own namo 50 mat
] lFtapffur- tps rtI IA RAJ for
ana this unusual unconcern the witness had at
| tibuted To- Il arrangement OF intellect. Under
close questioning he admitted that the business
was nos Of paramount importance. When
Lands expressed his Indifference to life after
leaving the elevator In the mill. he said that ns
WIFE indulged ~ levitv when he was going to
/ Europe SHE said that when he returned he
should ind his home IN a better condition than
when be quit sd Niucland. lie feared that his
domestic difficulties would injure HIM both
socially and IN his business relations. I he
| levity ~ which he spoke consisted of unguarded
conversation on the part Of his wife.
! EX Chancellor Williams here objected. saving
/ that the details of Lnndis's domestic difficulties
/ were Xccedincly painful and the defence had
| studiouslv avoided any reference to them. The
| AitoineN-,sCncral disclaimed all Intention OF
wantoniy drawing aside the curtain that COW
crcO W Landi-'s home relation. but he was COM
| yelled 10 Uutsuc the line OF eX animation.
| The objection I the defence was overruled
and the witness went on to say that L'ndis told
! ., tastrglN OF hin To the ucgnDOrs In Ninelnnd.
i lie id ne was not IN, ty at home and added
/ wonder what my ~ he has been saving atotit
/ me Ia the peopio' The witness had no dount
that Mrs. L,ndis had spoNcn disparaeingly OF
/ hcr hu.h .ui. aud tins OF lie It WIS no ment4l
] delusion on the rart Of the prisoner.
HOME rnorBrrs.
The Attorncy-Genrral asked whether the wit
! ness knew ~ any reason why Lanuis shOuli
| have been unhauny IN his home and the de-
/ fence oil leCtcd. The ATTORNEY General exclaimed
! that be wished to show that Lands was not suit
! ferinr from any hailncinatiun wnen he spoke OF
! lis unhtpriness. TINS must be the position the
! defence proposed TO take, tor certiinly thcv
could not urge that because the prisoner lived
.l1aHs IA Nata
out ana shoot man. III he witness was per-
/ uitted to testify that he knew Of re sons why
! Lands should have been unnaopy at home. and
/ DC WAS MT sun nsed 70 learn that he had been
/ go. For four or i've years before Lands went to
Euiope he used 10 get tired early In tue evening.
! and sleep soundh throughout the night. After
] his return to Nineland. he complained OF sleep
] lessncss. Tho witness advised him to consult a
physician. but he = ID Il Wet not medical treat
! meut he required. lie did not seem to take any
/ narcotic. lac VS. aver, temperate man. smoked
! littie, and h.rdIy ever drank intoxicating IL
/ qGurs. cAking Of the contemplated sepura-
| lion between himself and his wife. Ltndis COM
| uiaiued TO tue witness that MRS Lands wished
| to AXE both the children. He did not visa to
| them separated from each oths-.
STRANGE ACTS ACCOUNTED ron.
! TIE cru,s-ex animation went on TO show that
/ Landis'- behavior on tue occasion Of his house
catching IRE WAS not IN I Of an Irrational man.
] II. ouJ, e la going 10 New York attn the Wit
ness was Ia establish AN agency for the sale OF
! Il lUr. The "details Of the undertaking were
/ planned by LAndis the incoming after Lands
] II "a TODD the witness t. come INTO hi bedroom
IL he heard rusc there ia the night lie com.
| pi lined # having slcnt badly. they passed an
| entire day In New York irving TO esi ablrh an
gene, f'T the sale OF Gour, tut failed to make
! satisfactory arrangements. Tue witness wished
| to 20 to Chicago, wher~ he could buy grain for
his mill IN Nine'anu for2u cents bushel cno4per
! than, he could purchase II in PnitadelDnia 6ut
| Mi. Lands did not seem to think much of the
spccil itnn, and u " a. then that he Id he
! afraid OF being attack ed. and asked the witness
Ia stay with lin. Mr.. BlTS admitted tina. he
| thought at the time that Lands was joking, but
1t did not occ.r TO him that this was simply a
az f.slIf
| Ice more useful in Ninelanu than IN Chicago.
! With regard TO lands assertion that mis- wife
had tagen his pucketOOok. the witness said that
the pocketbook, with several railroad passes.
| really WAS lost and he Uhe witncssl had TO nav
Lands VS. telling the witness that his wife
wished TO leave him. Mn. Lands entered and
not WISH to stay ia Ninelsnd, and thought sue
ought to have gone to Europe with her hus-
band. hey were both very much excited. and
sue was at times quite violent. lie walled
! about the room nervou,ly. aud told the witness
that his wife had thrown hammer at him a
few hours previously. She did not deny the
charge.
rho examination lasted nearly all jay.
and the witucss, after being the greater part of
two DAYS On the stand, was about To stop down.
! when lie WIZ lee He'd o, the uelcnce t. testif,
| that he heard sir. Lands tell the jlller ON the
| morning alter he had been placed in the
| iridaciou jail that the rats were running over
| hlnl all night.
VERY DBAF WITNESS.
MI. Albert Pc .rsun MAS 40 deaf that Col Pot
| ter had almost II get upon the witness stand be-
side him. ana even tnen he complained that the
| counsel mumbied hi words lie II adj iV,d I'm
| Vino land more than three year.. and IA march.
! 1879. Lands called uppn nm. lie drank two
glasses OF winc-a thing he rarely did his
! Eve res .mblod that of AN animal eouued to
de- per ton HIS manner was strangely uer-
vous and excited and when he gone, the
| Witness wife remarked that his trip 70 Europe
! did not secm to have benefited his health. The
witness REPLIED to her that he SAW nothing very
| remarkable III his physiCnl Appearance, but his
| manner was that Of a man neatly on his mental
| balance. The visit was naie about seven DAYS
| before the shooting OF Carruth, aud the witness
| was not surprised when he heard OF the tragedy.
The Attorney -Genera cross-e examined Pearson
Gs to the potency OF the wine Laudls drank, and
| learned that il was q home made beverage. The
witness said he put nothing IL II 10 Save IT, It
saved itself. There WIS no alcohol ia IL, because
| lie considered that the grapes Of Nineand had
| spirit enough IN them to Obylate the necessity
! q. putting in any. He did not observe that L.n-
disc eyes were dul or w,ery.
cot. Alexander Pearson corroborlted his
| fathers testimony. aud CoItrasted Llndis's en-
terpri sing, business like manner before his de-
y rture for Europe with liS uncertain irreso-
| luts bearing after his return. Lands told the
| rs stL 4 An m IN