, 1877-08-08
Testimony Sufficiently Establish
Ing Ills Past and Present
Insanity.
The Court Edited by Some Of the
Defendants Poetry..-His
Many Wives.
Tho Prosecution Admit tits Insanity,
md lie Is Ordered scnt to
M Asylum.

Court yesterday morning before Judge Farwcl1
There was but light attendance OF spectators
and tue female element, generally 50 prominent
at f,urticr-trEals. was entirely wanting at tl,.
openlug Of the proceedings.
COLI yALLRTrE
opened briefly for tho prosecution, detailing tho
circumstances Of the homicide. Tie salti thai
the prosecution had traced rikeFs life back 70,
thirty years with a View to discover whether he
Tas sane or not. The prosecution had traced
him into two insane ay1ums, aud Ind
found that he had committed a
number Of acts which no sane
man would perform. II tls defense Of In.
sanity was relied on, 1t would be for the Jury to
sny whether ths man, being sane. hal gone on
frum crime to crime until he reached tho
elimination Of murderer, or whether ho was
insane at tho time OF the homicide, aud II the
insanity still exists. Insanity was 10 uftan
pleaded In order to shield tho guilty from the
consequences Of evil acts that It bchooved tho
jury to net with great care and to weigh we'll
tue evidence given before them.
GEN. I. N. sT1LEs,
senfor counsel for the dotcnsc, told how tho
body Of Jones WIS found lying on the floor of
Ills Office on Fourth avenue with bullet
ho1c in his bump OF amatiycncss, and
how Pike walked Into the Arrory
anl gave himself up. Counsel clnfmcl That
Plka believed TINT Joncs Ind scduccd his wife.
and that no power on Garth could make him
think differently. The sons Of tic OLD Hebrew
Patriarch slew tho man who Ind sctl,tced their
sister, and when asked why they did 80, replied,
"allall he deal with our sister as with all lar
lotW What would any member Of the jury do
from his wife's shoulders the tobo OF virtue and
left thereon the black maptlc Of sllumca Pike
believed tEat llis wito Ind committed adultery
with Jones, but he loved her yet with
could not 10 called ~ witness, Ind liz sneak
cr would not attatk her. I'Itsc read fn tho
Hlb!e, lie that co,ntnlttcth adultery with his
@ @neiallor's wife sfnll surely be put to dcath."
inn!', and this higher law, rs he considered IL,
he followed. Thrn he coi,formcd to tho law Of
the land oy going t. tho police station and giy-
Ing himself up. a leading Characteristic Of tho
not lie even to sayo his life from tho gnl1ows.
Counsel believed, and proposed to show, that
IN the question of his relations to Ills vile,
md l.cr relatona to him, Pike. waa insane.
could converse on different subjects quietly
enough for hours. lie claImctl to be snnet thai,
thc majority Of men, aud counsel would never
be aolc to pn,ye BY his client himself TINT he
with him to advance aueh q proposition. TIlo
speaker would prove that brother Of tho ac-
cused lad been confined lt IN .asy1um Every
one knew that points u Resemblance fin personal
aol for generations, and It was rcasonah1c
enough to hold the same belief In so9unl TO
peealiarities vt thc mind. Tho dcfcnse would
shSw taat ln ls5o tle nscuscd wes confined m IN
,nani!ested ho1aictdal tendencies. Dr..
Juwel, who was considered by hls
n'sl msdIcsl II, brethren as standing at the
nSad 81 h!s profession III the treatment Of mcn.
teyeraf times In order to Investigate his con-
llt!on. Pike WIS Informed what Dr.. Jewell and
other pfiyslclans wcrc there fur, and stroyc in
esvsy IVY WY y To- ,pfess, upon then that 10 wa4
what these 1ne.litni nlcn Ind TO say, and would
no doubt decide the casc upnu the evidence. for
IT "as not 0ne TO be won or lost by elonuence or
argument. There was common belief tlnt in.
mllruer casesf but this Has not borne out hy the
iaets, fof In over twenty rascs Of homtettlu tried
by the prcscnt States Attorney, this was tho
hfst atnc that insanity hnl lNci, plbadet.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY,
e1-Capta!n 0f Police Etattnncd at the Arnory,
was tlla nrst witness sworn. liz sail that abuut
o'c!0ek IN the afternoon Of the 18th of March
TINT hc hal shot mil killed i. S. Joncs il,
lolise on Fourth avenue. Witness asked how
1c knew tho lnaM VIA dead, alnl Pike answered
hat ho was Intercollegiate, and know tLs mau
aiIn. lkc produced tho revolver which he ha,i
uacl, and witness detailed NJ, oili.pr to ro ovnr
q Fourth avenue and SEQ II the story was true
THIS officer found joncs lying dead there, and 20
cI,orteit.
ln nrrosa,cxarn1natton witness aald TINT Pike
told hin he had shut Jones IN the "otlcnttfng
Eart," and pointed to the back Of hts head in
cry, and Witness believed ti,at hc was fasa,,e,
When lle caMc into tho AFmorJ witness did uot
teileye hc hatl kflcd nnyhtnIy, but supposed he
wna Slfrttunatst win had lad q trance, and
Imagined that lle Ind killed snuc one.
oFF1cKH MICHAEL. KtHru
testified substantially tu the satac effect AZ tho
prcstouS witness III teganl to thc tpf1lt,ct uf
rike II thu poll @ station. Pike said ho hau
and that he lad givrn hin two SLOTS
although ono was enough. Witness dc.
seribc.i tho finding ot tho body on thr
second @ hoor Of thy Rc!Ig!o,rn'losopheal Build,
assk ., q Il thu man had fallen iron, hls chair
when he was shut. There was q rot Of btool
Gn 1, tne 9ask at Tho head about as tig as half
so,af' 10Y ~ There waa n" appearance. u srcond
onnt' 1Hf Iur1,ituru wAa not disturbed.
In rcp'y to tien. Stiles, Witness saiu That two
rnahocss f3 o! the rcvolyes lad bean tired iii,
! tiHe seemed cool 10 hts manner, 10 1u,lrtl Id
.nat WI witacss had doubts a. to whether tic story
Clefk Of thg @ South side poliro Court, was mrs.
eas,ln.a ens nnsa ks m Wt.ns.. asrs9s te; preliminary
entity q not guilty, and ho rppiisa. nv ca%
hlal twice.'' 'o''s' III" s"ot
ln cross-examtnatton wItncss taid that PHI.
eal! something about Ills hnytng shot Jones
about hls Wtlc. lie seemed cool aud moi cxr1t.d
CouATY-rtysIC!AGN HOLDER
testaed that Ae MsaIlc a pust-taurtom eY,mlr..
tton Of the body Ut Stevens i. Johcs, Fnnn1
Two gun,ehot wounds, one at the base Of tt,a
brain, which WIS tue fatal wount1, AnI .1,o,h"e
10 the ncshy part u the shoulder. Tl,o wn,,.,1
IN nthe brain was IN the most dangerous nisrs
and death must Layc bcen instantaneous. es'
!, Witness believed that phrenn!oE1sts snoko n,
the part Of the brain whe1c the bullet enfcrei
= being the seat OF atnatiycHcss. His proicss
son d!d not recnEHtze such definitions trhr
Hound WAS slightly below Tho bump tndicutesi
perhaIa half an Inch below It. Witness hai
tegn Plkc a number Ut time suso tho homicide
ho prosecution rcstcl their case At this
polht, aud tho defense called
Mn. I. y. FRATT1
lawyer OF thk city, who had known Pike Ill
~ Lie. stnrc ls48 ile bal only seen PIKE
isHsGc.. r. Pkg always had aou,s hobby or other.
ta ne xas q pl1fcuologtst with system, school
is1sneft is1n preacher, aud Lecturer. Two years ago
tlke told witness that he lad received letter
.5on .s an old friend reading, "frientl, dead of
a!l7e. con,e and eee your friend" Witness vJs