, 1877-08-08

been, md ikc grew very muc', excited over Ills
remark.
said that he had t'ccn cnEarrd In the practice Of
medicine fns scvcntccn ycnra, and held shc chair
Of mental and ncryous diseases In the Cniverst
ty Of Chicago. lie first met thc atrusctl about
times, at the instance Of acu. Stiles. VII
Pixies tast III, and conduct, and
arrfec,l Ct tho conclusion that. although not
=. "the insane temperament" Thi. Wa, ~ :
rule, hereditary The prominent charactcristtrs
were loss ot wit1-power for the purpose of s:lf-
control. and un1nc ncryr,ns txcttnhi!itv. Wit
tmpractieah1c type, that his father waa some- as
what similar in hts wayst hnd that ono OF nfs
brothers had been in an lnsnne asylum, a. astn
orc OF his cousins by the fathers silc Further.
sssy!lums At Taunton. atass.s Elark1ell's 1:iand.
". T., and other places To sum up, Witness
considered tlat the accused was OF un*otIntl
mind. The Witness wM unable 70 define
Professors Of chronology and tp!ritnais1n. rikc
was well real in the Bible, and laid capctia1
stress on The MosaIc law. l1e declared that he
was perfectly sumo when he committed tho liofl-
}cltle, and had mover been otherwise. As tn his
Incarceration In the Insane Asylum, he PLACED
himself Ia the light Of martyr for tic truths
rake. fle utterly repudlatci any fiea of plead
!ne insanity a: ,,efen,e: and ,, ,ald he wanted M to
Tint the nccu'ei sustained fall whcn young,
AMI that he believed that sntne time Afterwards
m apnartton appeared on hts lcft shoulder and
asked him where he hatl been wltls unconscious
Whatever It was, suggested that while uncon-
scious his spirit actually left Ills body
In tho, year 1874 l'c owned aome tim
bcr land at BtnQhanson, n. ". md Tiers
for no earthly reasun 10 far ~ known. AZ to
r.kc'h coulncss Immediately after the murtictt
that WIS nothing new tn sticl, cuecs. Probably,
Judging by his 0Wn standard of right and wrong
lie would try tD rHrry out wltat lie called hEs
principles. W1tnrss did not bctfcvc that at the
time Of tho homicide the accused was insane,
but did l,cltcye that he was subject to these
peculiar conditions whlcl. he lad tried to cx.
by iIttle things, OF by belief that some wrong
had t}cen done to him, although siteh wrong In
point Of fnct, might 1cve. hayrhccn cummittcd.
In .cross.cxaminntton BY Col. talletie, Dr..
views on my subject without l,cinR actually t1,-
sane. Fur instance, kloptnmablac or disso1Vtc
person need not necessarily he insane. Tic fact
lint Pike held ra'ltrn1 and extreme views on
insanity. The ra,lital yicwa Of a Communist as
to the tlivtst"n Of .prprcrty BY no n,eana evl-
denec'l unao,lnl n'ln.l. Witness did not consld-
cr tho poem. or tho drama prfma facic evitlcnse
persstcnly devote hltnsc1f,t to the neglect Of IFS
hllsaess. 10 preparing s1ch tncoheycnt rub
blsh was not of actually sound mind.
lie thought that ffkc should be shut up I'll
for ho was liable to return Of these insane yo1-
dtttons at any moment. Pike was Of M utl-
sound, unstable mind, and should be kept lock-
cl up.
Gen. Stiles offered in evidcncc
4 swoHN CERTIFICATE, ..
s!Rned by ". ". Jodding. Superintendent Of
eteet that ". 9. Pike was eon}nsai i tlerr he Il,
1870. Tho prosecution admitted that Pike was
was discharged from there in March Of the lat
ter year.
Counsel on both sides then agreed to make
70 arguments, and to let the eass 80 to the jury
to the jurY, to which both sides consented.
THEE INSTRUCTIONS
eonsisted simply Of SCI. asl, Chap 50, Of the
Revised Statutes, page a9i, ns folluws:
nnatc Or tn.spe psssot.. x,thoa. !nefa Inter.
n.slcmeanor with which l,o mny be charged: pro-
vflcd. tho act 70 charged a. .crtmtna! ahall haze
upon tho trial OF lssrson charged with crime It
thaII appear from TIC eyidencu that The act was
cemn,ted charged, hut that at tin timc Of com.
hitting the sare the pctsnn 20 charged YVES lunatic
and by thelr seriict shall further 1n waethst suc
nnac1 "a o. a.any M and IL es.e s@ tsc ury .t1
Ind such persnn has nut permanently and entirely
recovered from such lunacy " lnsantty, tho canrt
Hospital for Tic insane, at tl1cra kept in xafcty
until llo shall hayo fly and permanently recovered
shai ani by teIr vcrdIct sat snch person as' ', en-
t!rely and permanently recovered from such tunacy
Or inaau.ty. hc shall s'c discharged from custody
The Jury then retired to col,sier their ycr-
Il}ct, and were abscnt about thrcc-qunrtcrB Of
m hour. This accused was then sent for, AMI
tic Jury returned
VERDICT
as follows, tho wor,1s, "Wr, the Jury, lnd tho
..s@& A..kt t.ts..
lhe cotnncnecnt on ination by Ic,. Stiles and
by agreement The verdict therefore reads:
VIC, TIC Jury. nnd tbs defendant not guilty. but
nc n,l that tltc defendant William &. Pike did,
Jones ae charged In thu Indictment, but at that
lsmo the defendant VISA insane, and still continues
10 bc lnsane.
slr, Pike was therefore remandesl In custody,
md within few days i.c will be sent to the FL
r,lE FOLLOWING CHOICE FLOWERS or nnrronIo
1rc collected fran Mrs. rkc's hook, i.ctatc,l
" lier willis cnsranccd, and written down by |
sir. Pike himself:
rhy blanehea resrc,.,on through Gods white 70. |
%Ith she rceonat.s rcansncy's extreme
,h!t1asaess; ~ air slerc: neaullcss spark.
Conceive" 'lark. unsaacrabIu dark.
! solid blackncrs, black solIlity..
! aen.u pr0fonndtc.f. profound density;
JnscnlptuTed daFk9fts. act In Ftchieousness,
/
Ind lhouRh feiictoas conjuuctlons foil
ind's dream Ut light; t1lIsltats Ills vast turmoil
u tmnlcinurlaf. tnalrhlcss magnitude,
mmodcrate iabota embassies eMducl.
Slth full p1cncpottna Arn,adas winged
YIN MccfeAt light, lest neither navIus Hinged
s.ilh hf1st ling baar1Ich lltvinfttcs Hnlarlne,f,
' ILL ntrTtcd shields fmpasatoncd space IL cram
nted.
vlns. footed Cavalry. With lightning piiumea,'
on;po:o tho van In whitcst thunder wonbed,
y tIol's atui!rhtlnrss their hands unfit
'annattnn absolute LynTcc. fruit strft.
ohceaia ~ b0utl.shsf!s In their 1cxrWar.a suaf,ls
cpfespa1'nR artillery, s,teass, and swards.
unhanpily want Of spare torhids a publication
Tue "holc poem. but thu aboyu viii iurnjsi,
'lap,c. Notle but the hardened skeptie ean
cny Tint the lust sta1.za clearly pronhrsirs lie
resent war in Eastern Europe, md Ehp "yunn
'Atvh ,col,rcals bo!nballcItsh III fts .srcartnost
1lar! !" undoubtedly refers to Turkey arsl thc
'fpvd1 G't!, syste; The .pIenlpteae Armada"
= 1'ay. b!,t tl,e un'araucl Disinitics j admtt %
nG siP,taMa.!oa aa mist te trrated asa
rohah!y +, refers to tho two pIcccs ol sannou