, 1880-12-28
JOEL HENRY WELLS.
Beginning Of the Examination as
to His Sanity.
4 Number OF Persons Who Do1i0yo lie
Is of Sound Mind.
Some Intimationa Of What tho Prosecution
Intend TO Show.

ClkkCu VIZ 1UF HtNElEk yGALCtuuY luUTIll0K H91Qr0
Judge Norm.
Tho dcntt nf b.r. W. q. Holmes, tho nou,tnnl
rc'ator. was suggtsted by Mr. Osborne, mud by
leave ut tho Court tho nnlno Of tho petitioner
himself WINS substituted.
Mr.. Gibbs asked whether tho cnSo was 70 bo
tried by a Jury.
Tho Judge said that II was worry unusual pro-
occdln9 to havo e tury In such a matter, and ho
had not expected to hate ono.
Mr. U5bbs professcd himself satisfied, and Mr..
Osborne proceeded to road tho petition, tho pHr-
tfculaTs OF which havo already bcen published.
1Io said that In June last Mr. Wells wcut 10
Alcne Grove, Wis, to attend to sotuo business,
md was engaged there Until month ngo. whom
he moved to Chicago IN order 10 start IN tho bok-
Rolling trado, In which ho was engaged when mr.
rostnd. lie supposed TINT the object Of tho In
vestlgauon WAS to find out tho condition OF tho
petitioners mind at tho present TING.
Tho Arst witneas called on behalf Of tho petit
toner Wns -
IT. ". ulLLEsr1E,
who teatlflod TINT ho was bookcopcr for ". G.
Holmes s Co., and was acquainted with Mr..
Wells, having transacted business With him,
selling him books, since last August Mr. Wells
bought tho books and sold tho,n, proving worry
successful salesman; Ia fact. "bcatins all other
sollors hollow" Ifo was able to earn very
good living. f1o knew 0f Mr. Wells having
bcon IN HI Insane asylum, but there wns no In
dlcnsion II bin manner Of Insanity. lie had n
Wftnoss bad cnnvcrsed With the prisoner upon
q variety 9f topics. and there was nothing
strange ln elther hIs sonyersat,on or tnnnner,
sound.
IN eross.examtnatton. witness said that Mr.
tract With Einrper l3ros. which mals him SOLO
Sgs9t 5St % s G. og hS ss If XII, a9k
public was $40. lie had aoId nb1ut fftecn OF
thom: "0ussts of tho Hearth" . book q
5 Es +. e. e. dn nsS he sos .od tMsny Il It d' WINS supplied
Mr. Wells suggested TO hls co,1nsc that this
ovidence had bctier 10 stopped, rs It would da,u-
ave tho trade.
Nh. 1osEr1r F. 1rox,
q lawyer ot Elkhorn. Wis. sni!i that he Ind met
MI M Tss sa 'ss ,%s Il o "s sw yen
81 sr. Wells wife, i.1,t1 q atotior case wiicru de-
ehar u ad psam affeseS 9o T o. oHeF H. s 2
Wltacs. oPlnsS va ti,st s sr. wo's' mind wns
yG:y c!cer IN a'' business matters: Mo had very
t., to the 1 easS nuisr eal,sidIeration; n.
wurd. Witness did not think that 10 showed
rantcd., W6sn he cumo from tho nsyiu1n le
found that many articles Of fnr,lture md zig
kcep81kc8 OF hls had bgen dspnBGd OF by hlH
wtai ,l ,loy had paid for tholn, ha could not get
at Ttasss RHs nasf % s aon ssas' o sa Sss s s e
Charitable Funds" Tho lecture wns exteln-
Eorasy and lastcd ~ hes and contained moth
reasoning was good: tile statements regarding
S f a If ss t ths
but, II truo, wore not Irrational.
MR., JAMES q, EFEKEST.
connected With tho Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st.
Paul ltatlroRd. eatt that he lind known Mr. Wolls
forn number ii Of ycars. 1io saw uo evidences or
MIR. a. woopAnp, 51,,.
the ylilngo q Aliens Grove, VIII, sa!d ihat Ia
ant during tho past four years and believed him
to DO dano.
hai ntimatcd 10 witness ,has bis wife was aiis is
chasto.
]. ~ OLIVER,
attorney, of ChtcaGo, boIIcvati tho defendant aano
llc said Mr. Wes told hlul q etUry cC1cufnfnXh
oH1'dIe s,, Of yaiuablo family pspers, witch, he
the sop ss; a nit Hinah ho hsso aa er
sot foE EN- l. h9 telling ths slery ~ Mss
upon his forohcad iii: Wciis sa!l also tint Mrs.
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Al this point recess wua had Until D. H.,
when tho stand was takan by
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