The daily gazette., 1878-05-11

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| SANITY THE LINE OF
| DEFENCE-THE
| OPINION OF
EXPERTS.
| NEW CASTLE, May 10 1873.
The interest in this case seems to be
| wide spread. The large assemblage of
people that filed the Court house in the
morning didn't seem to be decreased In the
least as the evening approached. The
report in yesterdays late editions gave
an account of all matters of interest nm
to ~ o'clock. The subsequent pro-
ceedings are az follows:
Nellie Thomas, sworn:-Am going on
to 13 years of age; my fathers name is
VIM. Thomas; mothers name is Sarah f..
Thomas; remember well mothers death,
1t was about month ago in our house
| in West Wilmington; wasn't there at the
time; Cmeaning that she didn't see her
mothers TIN oat cut), was at home in the
| afternoon; my sisters Rosie and Sallie
and mother were also there; father was
at home in the morning; he went to work
n little after IL o'clock in the afternoon,
leaving the three of us at home; and
Sallie went out to play; mother was lay
ing down; i remained at home; was
sweeping up stairs; father came home
exactly at five O'Clock, was ironing;
didn't speak to him for or 10 minutes;
asked him then 'if he would have an
egg, slice of toast and a cup of tea;" he
said "yes;" got them for him; he sat
down while l was getting it; mother was
lying on the lounge in the same room,
after eating his supper father went to
bed; father went up,mother went up; my
two little sisters ami myself were down
stairs; mother and father began talking
so loud that 1 could hear them; father
said mother went with another man; L
was then ON the stairs; he didn't name
IA A N rAt,lv ut oil
went back to my ironing; heard nothing
tor 10 or 20 minutes; after that heard
him say to mother "tell the TRUTH" she
said "she hadn't any truth to tell" 1
finished my ironing; IL was between or
8 o'clock; saw father and mother when /
same bed in the back room; nothing was
being then said; was getting in bed
when / heard father tell mother to "get
out of bed" she said "wbat will l get
out of bed for?" he said because she was
drunk; she came into my room, stood by
the bed and took hold of the railing for
Il minutes or two; she then went back to
fathers room, father was in bed when
mother came in my room; when she
went back father told her to 60 back into
our room; he followed her; father ac-
cused mother of buying neck laces and
watch chains for another man; didn't
name the man; mother said she never
DOuBnb any anu ntChldCtS IOT any
man; he said he knew she did; told her to
go and find them; she said she hadn't
any to find, he took her by the arm and
led her into his room and closed the
door; l followed them to their door;
papa shut the door; 1 went back to get
on my dress; heard papa ask mother if
she wanted to die IN the dark; there was
no light in the room; opened the door
!, and when | did | saw mother lying on
the floor, there was enough light from
my room to see that; heard father say
"he was going to smash mothers brains
OUT" he had pitcher; didn't strike her
| with il; he then picked mother up and
half carried and half dragged her down
, stairs; l followed ON behiud them; he
laid her on the lounge with her head to
the foot of the lounge; in the dining
room it was the same lounge she was
, lying on in the afternoon; he again
picked her up and laid her head on the
cushion of the sofa; he then went to the
cupboard to get his razors; before he
had brought mother down stairs he told
me odown and get the razors told
him l. wouldn't do it; he had before said
he was going to get his razor and cut
mothers throat; didn't tell me what he
was going TO do with the razor; when he
| went to the cupboard to get the razor |
ran to Mr.. Hawks across the street; my
, sister Rosie went with me; they both
followed me down stairs when L went
down; stad with Mr. Hawk 10 or 10
minutes, Mr.. Hawk didn't go over with
me; / went back; found no one there but
| little SuSSlc; she was uD stairs standing by
the bed she is only four years old;
mother was lying in my room right by
the door; father was standing by the
, stove, about five or six feet from mother,
he had the razor in his hand, and it look
ed as though there was blood on IL;
didn't look AT mother for was too frigh-
| 10, obs htffr thnr
, blood on the floor right near the middle
of her body. looking as though it trickled
there; when i went | tmnk she was
dead; didn't speak to her.
, | / asked father what he had done he
said, "never mind, Nellie dear, l have
Killed your mother and cut my own
throat; | would have been hung any
how father had just cut his throat.
didn't notice whether blood was coming
!. from the throat; didn't stay in that room
more than five minutes before i went
: over to Mr.. Hawks; no one up to this
time had come to our assistance; my ut
tie sisters went back to Mr.. Hawke
l when l went back; Mr.. Hawk was up
stairs but he came down; went back to
lock up the house with Mr.. Hawks son
, Edward nobody was there; looked IN
0 the room where mother was laying; fath
er wasn't there, supposed the policeman
i had taken him saw no more of mother
, | uulll bne WAS DuTltu ou tuo ioiio"ihk
Wednesday; last time l saw father was
last Friday in jall; never heard him say
= that he would take the life of my mother
Il Upon the question of whether she
knew if her mother had ever been com.
t PEELED to run from the house to escape
3 with her life, being raised by the State
Mr.. Gray objected upon the grounds thai
the State was trying to prove his charac
ter. The question was not pressed.
9 The examination continuing: There
n was some liquor in the house, in the from
9 room down stairs; didn't see father &c
d in that room when he came home; he
! couldn't get it unless / saw him; papa
:. had brought home gallon of whisky OF
r Monday; when he went TO work on Fri
a day at Il o'clock he was not drunk, ano
q was sober when he came home at five
v o'clock.
, Cross examined He was not perfectl,
q natural when he came home; his ey'
looked wild; father had been sick ON thi
day before, and was not well the morn
ing after; he was trembling, when h
went to work; when he came back at fiv'
d o'clock it seems he was worse; he wa.