Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-14
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A II remarkable Murder Trial.

The trial of Charles w. Slickaey for the
murder of Mon'gI gImsry T. Oampau at Der.
YER, waich ended Oh Friday With veid ct cf
"0ot gully. on account of Insanity" takes rank
among the remarkable criminal prosecu i,ps
10 our history. S:ickuey. who WIS born 10 Hi
nols. Is thirty 1eVen years of age iotelIig,pt
strictly onriRht. with disp osition which every
where bIogs him frisnds, a. d his whole lite.
apart fron this lrsgedY, seems to have been al
G's' absolutely blsmelets. He lived 10 Chicsg3
'or maty years. Went iato the army from there
sheo mare lad, and fsw years ago entered
hsiVsrd College, and graduated ther, 10 1876,
During the trial there were many EXPRESSIONS
OF esteem tor him by army associates, aud
his collegs classmates made no purse 10 help
N set the expenses. In 1865 be married 40
goorsot German woman, beneath him 10 al
r!spec!s aud from this union came lhs trouble.
The pair went 10 Denver after Siickney grsdust.
ed and there the WCm Was s,duoed By Osn
pau, who was mao of considerable wealth.
oha utassed her fault, and Stickoey cast her
OF std trought suit against Csup,u.
The suit was settled by Csmpau's giving
cotes for $40 600. Afterwards the woman told
story 10 The tfsct that she was overcome bp
forcs and got S.icSney to tske her back, and
!hen CsmDsu refused 10 pay the notes. L.st
May. S;ickney and bis wife went to Denver to
collect the $4,000. ard suit Was begun for it.
There was trouble 10 the progress of this
Going home one day ont Of money &C d deprees-
cd, l'koey foutd letter from bis wife saying
that everybody believed them black ms aers,
aud that sho bad concluded TO run away with
their little girl, aid Immediately the itiured
man sarrad Gu. with a pistol to shoot the Sc
10 4 md l,r l.
hruse aud fred four shoIs &C him. Two of n.
bulie:s ruok the saduc sud killed him, and
one Of the Others hi! Mrs. Devraux, youog
ride who Was boarding at the same hJu,e, spd
she fell dead in her husbands arms. S.ickney
wss then arrested.
At the trial. which lasted eighteen days, there
W. uh bounded sYmr athy for the sccl ID, and
everything possible WAS done to get his release
I'm leDt lawyers conducted the defe1ca and
unfairly came to testify to Stickney's coed char.
,cter Congressman FsIw III making journey
from Washington for the purpose. His sister,
Mrs. Powers, came from London aud was With
him constantly, as was his BROTHER Joseph L.
>ucsney. o. Providence K I.sppeared that
tbtrs deii led ant OF il ,nity in the Stick.
ney family, nnG the experts sestif, ing generally
agreed that the prisoner himself was insane
de hsd euileptc attacks during the trial. end
1t one time. when the prosecuting attorney said
'na' Ao "an = ptiLy W Gl3 Hife's lnnoellIy, Do.
came unmsnagebe and frothed At the mouth.
But be seemed very anxious to avoid any ap-
vesranoe which might BE- mistaken fur acting,
aud althol 81 evidently suffering the aharpest
mental palu. generally maintained his compoi-
ure, and only broke d Jwn upon hearip the tes
tlmony Of Devraux about the shooting OF his
wife, when he sobbed like child. 1t MAS an
orally thought tnst he could not be colvlc.ed,
and his atq 4ltt,l is welcomed upon every hand.
The whereabouts OF tbs unfhithful wife are not
known. but it is 'uorossd that she i. j. the vi.
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