, 1879-04-12

| "iVc viii show" saws Mr. ntorrs, I" lit ulnt
came with the know iedgo OF the acquaintance"
ut Is matter Of immntcr'a!tty how no oe-
Ssas %sSsr' acquainted "'S" ''' *''e' 'o'S'' -.
VII Will bo ,natartal," s2d' Sr. ssorrs, !:
| ri don't see t.s mn.erial'*Y," observes tho:
"Wo think il MATERIAL" coutcnls MI Tr1de. !
."1'hat y for Tie Court to Decide" says ny
Her. Ionor 4 yop have any authorities would
"The limo will conc for that rcjoins NJ. :.
storrs. -. IL:
immatcr1aE," rules tito Court.
GREAT MORAL DISCUSSION:
"Supoose," says Str. Storrs, " TINT the fact
should turn out to bs tint Mrs. stoscns mat1o
the acquaintance under IN ASSUMED name WITH
the gentleman merely BY meeting him upon tho :.
streetcar; that TINT acquaintance ripcuct into
correspondence, and that oil the circumstances
| the beginnEtsG of the acquaintance md the corr
! sespondcnce which followed is-wero communal
Gated to The husband; would tho lnaancf In
which the acquaintance began, the unusual
| nianncr for married woman. have any elect
upon the mind Ut tho husbu1Ml y =
THAT IA q question:" says tho Court, "ma
| will lure to diacuss, sir, hereafter"
Yes, know; but se emit discuss 1t here
] alter Until we t1nre q fou,Matton laid for It
first, urges Mr.. Stosrs.
II submtt," suggests afr. Mills, "tllat tho
foundation sll2nd su laid at the other end 10
sduw ttiat he klew Of ti1ese fa,ts.''
"We will undertake." says The ready Skorrs.
to show that he knew these facts. mako
tint pso'',lse. make 1t III tho good faith will.
wl1c! lnako a'l enaa5cmcnta Z WI. the Court"
you SUI you Will undertake to prove these
things you will do SO. but the question Is
wi'ehsr when proved they OF themselves will
"supposc," urgued Nr. BtorEs, "thus hus-
bantl this tnornit: heard that ls wife Ind Ycs-
tcrdav or the day 'eforc pickea uu m acQualut-
at'ee ln street-sar whom sho never met before
respondenee w1tli him: would such a tact NJ
that tcu to excite Or rxerriac my Influence over
the equilibrium Of thu husoa'al's mind or tenn
peri Whether It would tend or not to do thnt+
Of course, nlst he submitted 10 the jury, md
thu effect md strength ot the TENDENCY would
depcH! upon tho ncarnrss OF the discoyeey to
any calalnity which might thereafter happen"
" The affection OF The mtll1,r says tl,n Court
philosoptl!calEy, 'may bu very different from
tie affection Of insanity, In tho language Of our
"Ycs, SIR" h,tcrjc.s Mr. storrs sit mar
be.''
1.-THE effect" replies the Court, may he to
excite visibility or excite anger"
case d hut S|Sd would i'S 10; IN nais % %hn.baai
very cheerful"
This causes much e1n'llng.
mo" assc.,ta the Court.
~ would nssutne," continued sir. storrs "it
would not Affect lila Visible faculties ut ali. (
would ASSUME ttlat he woufd rise right up Ia
wrath, anI should b. very near tic mark when
assume TINT, II there was enough manhood In
him to be fit ~ be called q nun, to be worthy,
either salvation Or eternai punishment In the
future, that such discovery as that would
, remarknble.-ln all tile moro positive md de-
,iv ernnder ma stronger the man, ,he
coycry OF such circumstance. Tie !act
tl'at wliu had 4 correspondence, Innocent on its
face, with M old acquaintance, would not move
anlan probably TO any ra4o; bnt the fact tl'ar
the wife picked up ncquaintnnres on the street
cars, aud ticn Entered Into q correspondence
With them, would throw, IL sccms to ME, a flood
u light q, the motives, Or wnnt q motives, the
sps.nsh!lity, of tho hisb,nd thus situated, for
:, the pct which very soon afterwards followed"
~ have already said" replirs tho Court,
"that It might tend to anrer Or saGe.h
/, ut would tend TO anger" insists Mr. storrs
"couIdn't tend to any ll!iHg else unless tho ,pasl
r was rnade Of dough. .rhat's certain. 1t might
tend 10 at.oIuts detlsium. It not tnly bns
tended to absolute detlrium heretofore, but IL
r las made absolute ucllriilm: mud there ase no
more ttaefc records anywhere IN History than
tlIc frantic slcllrium TINT lns cufne from Just
It arcs circumstances. where. reason has been
utterly dethroned. uul moral responsibility was
d thing alIat could not 'bo recoglttzed...tt not
Sy h4 @ a ept d Ss: t. ssn IL ss The sss (
II iure. md lust 80 long ~ women live and suttc!.
70 md men live and arv deludcu Just so long will
ID II do it ln the FUTURE"
II understand you to snY,' remnrks thu
Court, thas you propose to show what wab
In communicated to Mr.. Stevens. II It becomes
= important, Dr of any tnterest to Stevens, you
can afterwards establish the faet you now uro'
10 pose tu ask" ::
10 Yea" says Mr.. Tr1de, ~ hut the statc's At.
=. toruey may astack the abatement Of tho prls'
oncr, mud We arc how trYlns to coF!oborase ne
- itrh
barrei. We will shaw TINT these ,etters-hrat
tho mcctltlg the flirting with tho handkerchief
he the tussing down. believe, Of flower, the
ii greetings, tic moonlight drives, the boat-rdes
is arat in iii optu boat, tlsen cushioned extend!nt
to fur s'eyoud midnight, then the walk
Is, IN tt park, more correspontence coMlnl
ut thls titnot !. lctleTs bc!llE lnterc!lanEel
Iron. thu w1fc to tue man upon ihe stan,a, nnt
from hlln to tor, nnd these facts, IFocecdti't
day oy uay, werc gathered by person ,wl't
e da1, ,e iay of % the honicidc,-tlnt m Is What ",
rs expect 10 provc, ntl Will prove. Now, as
iut.nlatcd little ~titu agt', We ought to hh7'
tAd uat books here. Thu taw Is Eooh dea
no l'cttcr when bound than when vested In cloth
"Yee" reto5ts t t1e 4 Court, " bostor than In th'
"Ycs." continued sfr Trude, "hut I canno
state ltts that It Is competent nccordtnE to tn
decisions In thu H!ek1ua, the Cole, the Peasce
at<, tltlecd, every other case where th!s que,
tion hua ese.' N passed upon-wtlS1a I VI \;
other Waj-taat everything that was calculated
nearly Or remotely, tu tie oyerthruw Ut III
mind Is rompcteat testimony; that Is 70 actui1n
for hia conduct at the tulu Of the houlicld6."
ALI. IN a YANGLE.
II still insist, says Mfr. Stills, " that the on
question Is this: Was this mAsa's mind afyectc
tu thu na tellling tU n state Of diaeasc,-tha
:, H. state Of the liscAse of iusan!ty' And sui
init t1lat they begin at tho wrong end to prop