, 1881-10-30

present sanity Of Mrs Robert, c!aimlne that
their conclusions were based on tmtGd eA'sn'l-
nations and one or two interviews; lney GoulT f
life aud her Eencral co:t..'tSt nntet a1I'l m'.a
ton Tney kns~ 9osns o. 1,,;nst hss ,Ss;r fyir
conclusions had been presented the evidence ~
attendants at the asylum, und ihat ut Dfs. MI
nourn ewE Hay: & and ar5 r G b't ses %n1
her under many and varied circumstances 1Ae}
knew OF her general life and condition OF -tllna.
fortunate woman was still insunc, and some "f
them were pronounced i'll their statement that
her ii,suaty WAS OF an ineurabl lc type Ihc cvt-
and it was urged upon the Court that the Ills
charge OF Mrs. Robert would be menace 10
tho safety Of our citizens
. MR. o-rE1ES.
in closing for the defense, spoke OF poor,
frienllcss woman on one side and power, wealth,
and influence on the other, sayin: the rrosccu-
ton was not i'll tho interest OF the pub!,s. nut
grew out OF a spirit Of ycngchnce the eocrs
for l1s TIC purpose Of Keeping her in IN equally
Oppressive pluce of confinement. Ills unuerstana-
i,,:; mt the time Of the trial WAS tnat M1s. H.
months. He bid no idea thur It conspiracy "olla
develop to keen her i'll tho asylum Us
long us she livcd-that tho & Weber; r;,hM,ere were
Would ID be their tool. il he mud argued
the matter to the jury they wonid not only h1ve
acquitted her Of murder, but OF insanity. Mr:
OItrien claimed thAt there wns not part.cle oi
evidence to show that Mrs. Robert hnd ever nafl
IN cpilcptic tit- referring to what Mrs. bcilton
said he rtdieuled the cn thut IN epiiepttc conu
be toEud in II chuir. Mrs. Benton hnd SIMPLY
carried out the Instructions OF her master IN so
swearing. As to the motive for the kill'ns. ar,
D'Bricu ativertcd to the dcccpt1on pr.!Ctlced ny
Weber, tho loss OF her husband. Children anu
home, 1nd tho branding OF her rs oacxinn1lcr
destroying her character publicly--Was not
cause enough The letter Of the law might uot
l
God. every principle Of h,l.nun naturc,
charity, and sympathy would say thelc
was 1T least very strong excuse Tor It. Ne,nt;
when put i'll jhil ana had MS, OUT. "neu tlt'
storm was over md having received gooa t1eMs -
mcut tho result was for four months Dc1ole Tug
trial She was fully restored The testimony ol
the witnesses from the asylum proved nothinR
Simply thut when ste came, she was cain.
docilc, and sane: but when she found out tnal
she was not to be Released sllnpostug that ncr
LAWYER un.l everybody else had turned nsalns1l
hcr. she bcca,nc IL little turbulent, excited, anu
noisy, Was that evidence OF insanity! She hssti
sorrows, u1ld gnyc vent to hcr Sriei- because
she gave trouble, WIS she never ~; "
shc 1yos now insa,,.:-Mrs. Benton and Dr. KY
honru. Thc reasons of the. former were So riu-
ic1io,s Us to be unworthy Of comment. WHY
uil tho hitter knew was what nt: hAd nectl to'ti
hy Others he having never attended to ncr; ana
i,Isitles Nr. U'Bricn insisted that DR.. k!bourll
had rccn contrnuictcl and itupeachcu. ne
cu,ned thar the prcporderunSe ot csinence WE
on the side of the relAtor; Ihcrc never ~ viii, mu!.i
M Hn n1,other Weber. Mrs. itnbert had "crosSed
the Kubcon OF life, and the fountains or temp.
tation and nAssion were all dried up she mao
never hurt anybody before, and no" the csttse
Of her trouble WIS remover: w: snc ~ h,.tr:
now? If so, was she hot ent!tleu u Hct 1'ocie'
Where w,ss tho danger in her: .,,.,~o ~ +hs
case at 10 O'clock Monday morning.