, 1876-01-08
tWhYLAMD.
a Day Wholly Devoted to Ar"
guinen{a.
Col. Van Arman Makes tho Opening
,spcech for the Prosecution.
Tho .prisoncr's "F'ifsN and Character
Equally 'DiscrndsseA
nop1v 70 .Mr. Barga---The Closing
Speeches To-Day.

Rnn1V 70 MT, BArEa---Ile AlO910E
pnoo,h,. To-nou.
N
THE paoerctrr,oN
cor.. VAN AMMAN.
mia trial ~ 1ronrv Davis for tho murder Of |
r,,,,tas n .Vt,vJ,n, ,7a. rcettned in tho C,lmi.
~, co,rt hoYoyo J;,aoo 1,ooera yonte rday fuo.n-
ua' oo.l1 ..s.,,. ~, 80, ~. ,~o,ort o,a
Ing An unusually iaERo cfo"a was pnenons, a"a
Tie atmosphere was moro than ordinarily op'
mi. Vim Aru,sn mnde tho opening speech for
4, ,s.Ia. W. -" IT, s,,tI ,tnt rap,,Icr. anc1,
tno psososu.u ~ 'n'n",oaaa,, sal .,asa,, - w.
% tne aolenuhss aea"o"'tasou -. .s .'so s,n ~ w.
p;.y. Thoy woro unptinoiplol, falso, troaoi-
srn,,p AMI. rensra,}v snsak,pe. muraerous IN
S..s,.1a. ,rnr .ro,o a,1,,otaa IL, tho uchoo,
utPoettsou. AH', "s.
Of cfln,ilh3ats' ana no'nlH6 "aa too oafoa!uus'
eoohrutal, for thnir depravod fatufeB. Lilo
truo ,outlAys, tlIoy generally wont armed, pre-.
,..at urotk r,,,Gna,,co mr. olf WIN rntoht Iva
T,e. ~. ca1,,,s ,.,.tna an,,. crn.
hoatiio to ahcn'. 9no Colonel fe'a'ca so.no mi
forn'nn anoedotca, bearing upon Ramp!e1b, i'll
which 10 pictured them habttually carTytnG
anna, alt.,o,,ah they teasod nothing but tham-
s,..s, r,.s ,r,,,t ,rn,.u ,,u,,;itad m tho
eets'' A"u "o.e, e 49, -. .,n,,,.
ted by shcni. Ho proceeded to picture The
urrgn oAusEhEssaass
NJ tim v,hutsna ,,n,n,nfan Tho victim, had been
t. a.. ..i...,.,.a,,,,o+t ~ tho r,,xf7o,er him.
ny tue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF tno mu1un'si n'
eolf, tue best ffload paF's nsu' ne uao w
eauso, OF quarrel Win hln-ory ,nMs ne Naa
.ralnst .who,n his iutlamed passions woro e1-
~" sss,, 49, ,,,,,.d.r,,,a rrorcnstr
ea'0o. ne'ns afuuA, 'no "'.on. .,a .ns,pao n IT,
OF laws hau coHo ~ tAo eui."'e' !uHA
no tho good nuturo OF bonevolent
N,an would tlnye como cut. uaSh
was ,mu,desouH by nature. and, his pas.
Rions hong iHlllncd by ALCOHOL. 10 EIoaKeu
"a
protested against the ontrnso committed by
Davis upon TaYorito, ono Of Wlylal,us GUS
touors. After committing tho deod of blood
ulo couduct OF Unyis III attempting To eeoapoi
Ills coEgnrdy dodge bohuu the ice Gox His
firing at tho officer, aud bis Elythg uf faise
t1nme, - John 1nrnor," ultIcrent from any name
ho l,ad hefona tlaed l,'H counting Of sl'e munoy
taksn from Atm> ~ tho sfaf'on~ ~Aeepef-aH soos0
IN roAsEss1oN Or HIS pnorEn sEssEa.
both when tho murder was coinn1lttod anu aitor
tho holrible event. Col. Van hrmaI, thou ra'
viexed tile .conduot Of tl1e prlsonor during tile
{ntal DAY, .Ho snd that no man suffering froin
dalnentia or nlauia wG,l:t nvo aotca as tue mis-
onor had done, Ilo had taaen bis Inediei"e.
gone to barber-atou gono TO Datchnlder's for
hla letsora, but otherelse indicated ielat he "sa
pot dopElyod Of hia inontnl faculties i'll ally Par"
ueular. -:
Cul. Van Armhn thon turned lia nttentlon 10
tho alleged e,tllertio iiss Of tho dcccaHed. Who
lad certified TO tho nnlady that waa ontitlod to
he conaidorsd q czpdib'e witness lie would
not atop 10 aay nuYtl,ing rclatiyo to tho women
who teetillcd IN ,raforeuco to tho lllnesB Of
who allowed cnnlnloi, gambler to room in their
uonto year after ycar; what kind of women
could mnu OF suol, character bo acquainted
witA2. ~ to, tile atory atout
TIE ElrB,
ANYBODY WHO bad ever soon pcrAon in OIL cpl
iept.u lit bud acch tho uost horlibIe npectnce
In nature. Wus IT. likely that either ono OF tho
women nho sEoro UAvia bad epilepsy would
ramnin atnnc with the pAtioAt wlillo sutIefanB
froul tl,e hi.,eous conyulsons Of tho disease
payla pretended to hare Its during t!1roe years,
and yot no living man in Chicago had over seen
him ln lt. Nobody saw him In QUO except tic
women already reforrcd to. II ho wns subject
10 auDh titB.; ha was as likely to tumble down
Ia the atraot Is airy place olse. II he had &c
fallen, At any ttno. he certainly would llayo beer
plctct up, conveyed to a stotc. and plyHIciat
Tonld 1iavo been called to attend him. TGo peo
tle Of Chicago wera humane and civilized. TheJ
Certainly would not allow . man TO kick arount
Ia tie Kuttcr without tlo aid Ut doctor. II mi
man Ia Chicago Ind seen Davis in = tit, why hat
not such wlttiesa, professional loruuprofcstionnl or
nppcarel? Aa to the eyidorce Of tic tereon calet
stIiaruuaAe Tommy how muell would it tAko t,
bring such 4 fellow to this oity to teHttfy VIVA
t1iRIt bo 71ae4le And the other parties ,YLo vor
pnrt, Of pomo show, What Ruout them They
Of cotlrsp, ,yofs more respectable than gambler
or thieves. hut they were very tooklosa fnon, an
mattsr Of truth And, then, Ito j,risouor lin
IL, lbs anpaalnnca OF All opileptlc paticuti Dill h
look 1tlo man who, for . Boriea Of years. u
10 Tho conlnas,o,i Of fho murder, nutl oven s,nc,
twiee .aeco.1llug 10 Ills say, Ind beeu suTerir
finn tho most feYoltag at all human ]laoases
bid he look LIKE = man wlloso nervous bystcr
waa broken down. common. Rlnlout ineyila
ble accompaniment Of opilepeg? Did lo &C. :.
tLc wttncrs. stnuj iiho man whose moutal facu
tieswelp obgourai-a never. falling result OF ep
iepsY7 Not al ali. On tho contrary, uo vii
naaa who. hnd bocn o1aulucd mad exhibited q
much
-NfnyE, cop1sEss, sAoAor1y. Axp pExrEn1rr.
How well ,Ue .eyatlea, tho cross-ra animation
How prone be ,,ast to syod aIl that yyaa lloyt
to h,s causo md 10 mako pron,sucne iii th,
ntrlt tend to boar faYorahly ui,an lis crin,ol Ma
tho man sas .souul bodily and moutuliy, IA
TIC fact That his p1ew l,s beat frianf. mado npoi,
by the dsfenso 10 proyo insanity. ooly arVr
Vateu,tho dreauful and dam,lnL1e na,uro Of Il
dafenso, An :lha w3lneyyca who had yae, Dny
nusha day OF tic murder swoto TINT Ao wi
both daupk and ugly. lie had yet 10 !oart. ii,
s1rnni3en1css co,lH he nin ssr1 ~ inanfitS ~