Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-19
THE DEFENSE CLOSES
10 tts Trial Of James Hutt. tts
Slayer Of Dukes.
MORE EVIDENCE THAT NE WAS INSANE.
The Mother Breaking Do~a Uads tss
Weight Of Sorrow and Anxiety. q
and Her Conditioa . ."t
Critical One.

ulED VI tuC lutcfCst ANtu wv
Mutt trial this morning but the manage.
| msnt in admitting sightsesrs had % i'm
proved that there was no crowding, aud the
court room filled up gradually anj com
tortably. When the prisoner Was brought
in he looked better than Yesterday and
night Miss LirIie Mutt IL still prostratsd
by illness and unable TO attend. Nm. Mutt
and her sister. Mrs. Stephen Mutt came
in early and seated themselves immsai-
a,tly behind the prisoner. DR.. Smith
Fuller was the first witness called
and said he was one Of the school
beard In 1850 and that the prisoner Was In
Miss Philips room. He did not reach that
room BY regular grade bat was put there
at the request Of bis father and becauss he
was known by the board not to b very
bright.
tice he had treated many diseasea OF the
bk'n. He had heard the Hypothetical
1ues. on and
WeA> Z fhisk che Prisoner Insane
when h committed The deed. 10
he'd no control over his passioas. II be
lieye he had no power to resist revengtns
the wrong done his family. | don't think
be was capable OF knowing much about re-
verge when he did H. Grief, trouble
and m 1,ety bad dcthroned his reason, re-
gard him as a monomaniac,'
Dr. II. '. Beatty thought James Nstt VAS
rssne at the time OF the shooting. Tbs
srgravstion stated In the Hypothetical
lsH 80 ha n MI lnsinn ~hirh ran0AA
the shooting OF Dutes. II would show
itself in the case Of taxing the life OF soms
particular individual, and would occur
when he met the exciting cause Of It.
Dr.. J. w. Kirker, . prscticins phyt.
clan for twenty-five ysan, ssltsve1
the prisoner insane At the time he con.
mitied the deed. Anger, revenge and
mind so as to take away Ito control
Though O mans mind may be ordiuAnly
sound, an intellect something below ths
average
M.J Re CsssroIled By ImpalsA.
| would classify tba case - emotional -
sanity. The fact that the pr..easr, ,.sftae
the act, desired TO be taken Immediately ~ !
iail, expressed sorrow that any one eise
should be injured and desired 70 know
what the people thought VI the deed, might
modify o,inion as TO the extent OF inssnity
but would not destroy tho belief that tbe
man was insane. He was . monomAo1oo
abou, one particular individual" --
Dr. Jsmes Christy thought Mutt was iq-s
sane, but didn't think the act one OF eud.
den emotion. The impulse 10 kill kfeW
stronger and stronger until It exploded 10
the k,llirg Of Dukes.
Mr. Brown arose and addressed the court,
stating that the letters would now bc resd.
Their Chsrsrbr made them impropsr, he
ssij, for ladies 10 hear, and he asked that
the females should retire. An interval
was then given for that purpose. The ist
tiers that have given the DusesSuu case
such q fearful prominence were then pro-
ductd by tho defense. Nuts lips twitch-
90 n.rvously and his Fingers worked spss-
nod d!cslly as he noticed the
authors Of All Hts Family TssusSss.
Senator Voorhees, spoke to the court aud
then called James up snd he wO led from
tie court room, H. being evident that hs
could not stand the reading Of the docu'
mens. The letters were then read. They
were the same letters produced t the
rukss trial. and their reading TO day vas
listened 10 with breaihless silence and cree
ted q profound sensation. At the eonciu-
sion the doom ssIs opened and the ladies
admitted.
Mr.. Patterson addressed the Judge. stat
ng ihat lie thought the letters and papers
Which young Mutt had read aud kept In
his trunk should be produced and read 70
the Jury. The Judge said he couldn't CON.
pei the defense TO produce them. Mr..
Brown ,sid the defense had no objection.
senator VOORHEES, arose and said that the
letters received by Mrs Mutt from oil over
the country had not been introduced 10
the hypOtbcticsl csse but were pertinent
TO The trisl. Pending the discussion - 70
the admission ofthe letters and papers tbs
codrt took o reccss.
when court resumed the "Union-
,Isd isrn S'.nd'' ;a IN M.. ns ';p:p' su;p.p ....i.
mony rs containing The report OF the
Dukss uisl and comments thereon. which
James had kept In his trunk snd frs-
uutntiy read, was produced and the court
decided 10 admit In evidences such portions
81 +, sch ride desired, sftsr which II wn ~
oe given The jury. The prosscution o6iscssd
30 tie Psper beirs placed at the disposal
u tae jury 10 Il contained mattsr pertain.
~ 10 another trial. Judge Stove over.
ruled tb. Objection and said they were not
trying any other case and
Wssldst % He CssIl nsI0 t.
The STANDARD vas then handed the court
s,epogrsphsr 20 bs used when needed.
Senator Voorhees, stated that the dsfsoo0
was clo'ed.
Ryids noe In rebuttal wss commenced By
the prosecution with Thomas r. Bssls %
the stand. The witness said he knew Huts
f6r many years and up 70 the time be shot
Dukes they wrre boys tosetbef They
went To the same school sDd plsye1 W
setber. He thought he wa not - bright -
didn't talk much. spd hsd Q peculiar vsy.
George Tito said he went 70 sehed
with Mutt and they had sevsral sobooi-boy
conversations together. He vs. peculieS
boy but be did not consider thst be I'D
sny symptoms Of insanity. He bad INST
him on the street slnss his fsthers death
Q number OF tmss- Sometimes be would
Charles Pisrsr. schoolmsts-Alvsys CO.
sidsrsd him slow, but never bad any csuss
TO think be was Of unsound mind.
Eddie Springer Pisrsf-Tbought hin
peculiar. but not OF IN unsound mind.
John Bsatty ssid bs would ooovssss en-
harp on one subject 10, Psshsps aI moets:
every time be would talk 10 bin; ne 30
troubl.. TSs ar't % 70 70 wsst; tSssse.
ond 70 run pooI-foon and The tAiss 70
JseoS Anesli couldn't ~ hs ~ nss'
tally insane, bat thought him fssSss nishsy
~ " ns Always nsl ssos 1sSs1.
and thousht be vss going 10 10 svssytbssg
hs INTENDED 10 %; hs w. funny heA q
Exipg Burehsli aid BE- hsd eee!ssss-
Gon V{th JsmSs After bis faihsrs dssth,
in which b spoke Of wrsakinG vseesaoe
upon Duksa He sdyissd bin ess - eesy
out bis intsptoas, - be would cegtsiniy
ret himself into tsoabls. He ~ u %
Vios vss good, and vould beas u ID nis1.
lave seen bomsthing about hin vhsee
convinced ne that hs ~ of unseaoo
mind.
Tbe esurt then adjourned until tonns.
,o.; 1ss trial .ili EsSessly .es .s . Co. CO..
/ IL 10 tbought thst by 1ooe te-ocsfeS
bu,tsi testinooy. In De opis55e psos-
| isspt Issysn The 49, y se1sS -
ban tbs prosscutsoa. Ma Hssf y ss,s.
ne marked &sns q dsstsssoso efv(etlfy.
| che sits vith hss lee bafis6 - - k1e41
Sod sith bsf bety noying elgaY, st.s.