New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-15

the jury; Then think yOnr Homer will ALLOW me to de-
Mr. Reed then went into an exhaustive review of tho
prisoners hc, pi cturng him good Chris'ian y"th
de referred TO the testimony OF Mr. Sort as !" to
the former who was eighteen years OF age STRUCK Ihe
old man In the back lie Reed would admit that ~ VIZ
In the back though the testimony was that u was III lne
NJ Davdge~Don't 20 back on that
Mr. Reed not understanding the remark. was about 10
proceed with his argument, when the prisoner sarSas,
cally cried OUT "Davidge ntented 1t for pun Keeu
but You need microscope TO see II"
Mr. Reed-That striking Of his father In the PACK was
not from depravty but from drsease for which ne was
not responsible That was the only instance Of violence
on the part Of the prisoner down TO the incident OF ras
ing the axe on his sister.
The prsoner-And that does not happen to be trhe'
Mr. Reed-I do not believe that he remembers H.
The prisoner-No, nor any body else. ,o,,.
Mr. Reed-Even his sister when she testined lnat
he raised an axe at her was charged by HIM. Wnie sue
was on the stand as being in substance lar, ny was
that Because At that time. memory had srayed away
aud left HIM tor the moment IL came kindly PACK again
any act Of violence his part except that one incident
with his father down to this incident with ms sister,
when he was over thirty-sin years OF age DOES any
blaneess irraproachable life become bad violent, i'm
moral, corrupt depravcd unless from disease here zap
is against our experience. ard the eI-
Ree to- MS going TO Ee oneida Communy his father
forced him into that sink of inquy For what purpose
that ms would go To hell II bo did not become member
of the Oneida Community.
not GET ont OF IT Tor six years.
Mr. Reed went on 10 quote from the testimony OF no-
bard who knew the prisoner 1T the Oneida Community,
aud who said when anything said which he che
prisoner did not iRc would rile hIm, and he would
gestcuIac wildly talk In a mysterious manner and sit
for bonrs alone Mr. Reed argued that this OF
the cGmmoGest forms and evidences Of insanity TUG
He also argued that there had been no evidence
Of immortality on the prisoners part while he was
In the Oneida Community. except his own
admission that he had beon three times Immoral !;
AMI that under the circumstances. no sane man nd ne
a lawyer w0nld have Iuadc that admission IL had
of him. like 4 rocket
The prisoner strike ont square every time. Hoho
people lac. but do not, always tell the TRUTH tell the
truth whether It Is Tor me or against Tue.
Mr. Reed then proceeded TO read, and comment npon,
he LETT the Oneida Community sixteen years ago, IN
which he says: 81 caue to NewNOrk In obedience to
what believe to be the will Of God; with
the Bible for text book and the Holy Ghost for my
schoolnaster can puIsuo my studies !:
will do all that in me lice extend the sovereignty Of
Jesus Christ by placing at his dispo ,al powerful daily
paper. | claim that ! am a member or
Jesus Christ Co., the very abest and strongest firm In
that claim Inspiration" such expressions as these he
claimed to be unnisakale evidence of insanity. lie
went to tat since tue prisoner shot the res
dent he Dad daily declared that the power OF Go1 was
around him aud would protect him from harm. Was
that n new idea In his mindi Was II manufactured Tor
his case No; he wrote 1t ,ixtcen years ago re-
could get al West Point Yale College,, quoted nv.
Reed. Could any sane man write thati \ better edu-
cation ia that pool O hell than IN the highest nstl
rhe Court them at 1890, took a recess for half an
hour.
After the Mr.. Reed proceeded with his argyll
ment reading the letter written by the prisoner 10 the
Oneida Community At the time he separated himself
from IT, and calling the jurys attention to the express
SION made use OF In the document that he
was "dr1ven by God" What man would
make of that expression Could any twelve ntelii-
and unprejudced men read that letter aud say tha
the man sane who wrote il suppose II had been
presented to the gentlemen composing the Jury when the
man was not trial any crime and their opinion had
been asAcd would moi every Of them nave said that
the 20 have written sucb letter Inev
tably they would nave sad and II they would say 80
under such circumstance, then they must do 80 now.
Mr. Reed, passing on Ia ro'leW OF tue expert tesu
mony commented on the fact that the Government
pcrs had disagreed on The very vital point as to whether
the prisoner mad been feSning not II the cxpers d
fercd ON so WAL point as tha What "A lHet opnlou
worth to whether there was arrangement IN the brain
uo H. does not need an expert 10 sttsiy hlan that
the prisoner Il insane, a poor wandering ungtic.
Visit the States prisons OF this country and b0u cannot
has one eye II YOU can, then IL ia net the eye OF
criminal but the eye OF wreck along the pathway Of
the poor creatures there aud you VIII rarely hnd
one uat has the eye that he has. Nature never gave
To any human being. such appearance Of the eye
only come rom diseasedsease tnat IL creeping
vla0n II mad not shot any body, II ne had not com
mitted any crime and he brought before you and
- Oh he's poor unfortunate crazy man. Every man
would say that. 1t you would II under such cIrcum-
70 saw il. IL needs expert TO prove
nat he IA insane to-day Brain sone gone! goneI Rea
NM iutn an asylum, within twentyrour months
he win "A miserable, drveng idiot 20 laugh from the
nrsouerl II cannot 10 9th rwlHc. Ihty Tell you that
Inc Is smart, keen, cunning The impression has gone
abroad that Ol tine keenest men Oh the face OF
I'M, parti-a narve vi kccnncs5 and Intelligence tel
van that he total intellectual, mental wreck every
other snbect except this All the faculties OF reason
mai are left To centred IN the one idea that
the agent God Aud whenever any thing touches hs
case ike applying match to powder magazine.
ne zoe. off ne eXpIOdrs ike rocket ne cannot talk
II you turn him rom that one subject (that
he Is the agent OF the Almighty he Il failure and
subject would have found aim On tue verge OF imbe-
ciliiy No man but an insane man could dwell tor two
non Of MI Porjrr fhe doctors admit that ON the sub
cct their insanity the insane are wonders No sane
man can taik ike them, act IKE them appear Ike
them. Did Or Gray tax wit.hm any other subject
No. Fairness ought 10 nave induced hih when he had
mis- man under ms hand FOR tue purpose OF tapping MN
and lctin out his e-bnod drop ny drop, TO talk with
INN some other theme than that II he mad lie
yuuid have seen that hc was a rum.
Nh Reed 10 argue that after all, the matter Of
the prisoners sanity was only guess or an opinion Of
the doctors, and TINT after what the public had
learned OF the value or such opinions when the
President was lying T"unded anu aymg no nsn
would he a mOustiOsty aud an atrOcty lie also quoted
from the letter OF The prlsOners father written IN 1873
ourp Ito NY miud ne is III subject for unatic asy
uu." And ne asked whether this iaher did not know
Mr. Reed then proceeded TO review the testimony Of
the Witnesses who had considered Tue prisoner insane
furWr IN come vtun with the appearance Vi the pris
c,ii th mr. IN Ter their olths say that they nad
no fr reasonaDie doubt his sanity the time he shot
the President IL seemed 10 be Incredible and i'm Ossihe
MIR Reed then rUcceded to comment upon tHe
met that Detective McEliresh had been summoned
by the prosecution but not examined and that Bailey
Une DISTINCT Attorneys stcuOgrapher who had taRen
down uterances of the prisoner mad destroyed his
These facts gave ground for grave suspicion that
NcElfrrsh's testimony aud Baeys notes would have
spoken in thunder tones IN behalf 81 this man.
Mr.. DAVGDGE's REMARKS ANIMADNERTRp UPON.
Mr.. D4yidgc said, continued M Reed, that tue pris
Oner's family ought to have deserted him rs wretch
that they should cast him aside AZ rotten branch.
That preston does credit to your heart address
ing himself - MIR. Davdge Here Is Mrs Scovic, who
told Dr. Rice five years ago that her brother IN
sane II she had by brother. broken he
she would unworthy the name Of n sister Shame
such proc amatou. You he jury would dcspise her;
human nature would revolt at such feeling.
4 .i.ter hnsnrt brother, whom she Oe!cved,