New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-02
CARPENTER FOUND GUILTY.
THE JURY OUT ONLY TWENTY MINUTES.
,ur nrrrxcr OF INSANITY INApEQUATE-CAR-

TIE OFFENCE OF INSANITY INApEQUATE-CAR-
PENTER's vINDICTIvENEss AGAINST HIS WIFE
Conrt officers assisted John Carpenter to his seat
Yesterday in the General Sessions Courtroom. lie
1rofessed TO be able to walk only with difficulty.
He listened without apparent interest TO tae pro
Ceedings aud kept his eyes for the most part hXed
on the floor. lie was closely watched; ny TWO AZ
PENDANTS. No witnesses were examined though the
LAWYERS for the defence cndeaVOred to Obtain per-
mission TO call as q witness DR.. Egan, who hau tX-
am,ued the prisoner and who was absent on Mon
day on account of sickness The Recorder refused reused
to allow him to testify, as the taking OF testimony
had been closed. Christian knears; OF haeais ~
Blake the prisoners counsel. made the closing ar
Cument for the defence, reviewing the testimony TO
Show that Carpenter was insane at the time he shot
his wife. The prisoners strange actions, his unIea-
sonable hatred of his wife and his repeated attempts
insanity Assistant District-AttOrncy Fellows
made strong argument against inc
prisoner, saving that his only disease was
wickedness. His whole history from childhood
showed that he was cruel and fl'ei with hatred OF
those about him. lie ill-trcated his VIE ana emil
dren and for years carried i'll his mind the deliberate
purpose TO kill his wife Mr. Fellows spoke at length
on the defence of insanity, saying that when man
found that he had committed crime SO openly tnaV
there was little hope OF escape from lts cohse,
ouences, he would set up the plea OF INSANITY ana
call the crime itself as the best witness OF inc u
eOundness of his mind. The Dlstrlct-Attorn, y \
ferceSt invectves did not seem to attract III any
way the notice of the prisoner. II.
Recorder Smyth, III charge an hour ana nan
i'll length, explained to the jury inc law bearing IN
the case. He said that TO constitute murder me
act must contain an element of =, o XII. IL
person were unable account of his mental condi-
ton to form an intent he could not commit muir
der III the trst degree lie must nave sur sur
ta,b m RSveeH to right S aD and 10 wrong S
as to the particular act in question inc Recorder
quoted definitions of insanity as gwen by various
Judges and said that The question for the jury to
determine not what had been at other times
the mento .onditiOn of the prisoner, but what tat
condition at the time of the commission OF inns
iho ~, retired ar twenty minutes after 3
o'clock. They returned after an absence Oh less
than twenty inmates. The foreman annouhced
that verdict had been agreed upon. The stoild
prisoner called upon to rise, and the foreman IN
response TO the clerks question sad thaG me
jury had found the prisoner guilty OF murder IN the
first degree CARPENTER was Temandcd for sentence.
The crime Of which Carpenter was convicted was
the murder OF his wife. He married the woman IN
1857 and always treated her cruelty untl they sep
aTated III 1873. Carpenter, in 1871 stabbed Mary
Lyons, whom he mstook for his VIE WINE sIle
was attending service IN q CathOlc chuich, ana
was sent 10 the state Prison, from Inch he was re-
leased few months ago. He had threatened many
times to Kill his wife. and on May 2G he I her
at 1hird-avc. and Twenty -siXth-st. She was &C
compaued by her sister, Miss Ambrose. carpenter
was aimed with a shaTpened shocmakers KNIFE,
with which he first attacked Miss Ambrose ana
then ms wife He also stabbed himself. but 1ndlng
that his wife was sull alive and had taken Tslqse
in liquor store he followed her and inflicted other
and fatal wounds. Since he has been IN prison 7 ar
pcnter has made two attempts at suicide, once by
opening his wounds with shaTpehcd spoon. ana
again by beating his head against his 1aS'ehiieS'
JEWELLERS OUTING AT CONEY ISLAND
VISITORS FROM NEw-ENGLAND ENTERTAINED AT
TIE HOTEL BRIGHTON.
A wave rolled on the beach at Concv Island yes
terday and splashcd up the steps i'll front of the
Hotel brighton and snote sharply on the ear OF
Proprietor Lansing: With three skip, and jump
the dignlfed landlord reached the dinlng- o3m
and orders flew thick and fast. 1t was, Jewellers
Day." and the New-lOrk jewellers Club escort
ing the New-England Manufacturing jewellers
Association. was approaching from me
Iron Steamboat Cygnus Cappas 9TH
Regiment band headed the procession
foTtably sand wlched between the two associations
Grand Marshal George Fem, keeping step with both
bands endeav orcd VAN to train his forces TO do the
same and ne swung his cane right vigorously In
the breeze that rued his white roSette. Residents
OF the island and the few visitors who had arrived
for the day thought that Bamums circus had come,
or that Buunels Museum had broken loose The
respectable form and mIen OF President Is. ". ELI
put such Thoughts to rout however, and people
were content to stand at respectful DISTANCE and
see the three hundred and eighty gold and diamond
handlers file into the big dmmg-rOOm and be happy
President Ellison welcomed the guests, and
President A. : Potter, of the New-Englasnd
lowed by Theodore Parker and H.. A; johnson.
Erred " Stein made speech which shook the din
ner tables and frghtened waiter; hls qualtctte
sang an accompaniment and three champagne glass
David j. Ayrcs. ex-Mayor of Keokuk, Iowa,
mounted a table and demanded order lie said:
We have loved the Jewellers Association ever since the
Mississippi began to pour Its waters into the Gull oil Mex
leo We have
Mr.. Ayres got down and the army moved out of
the room. The Providence band played in the
lobby, Cappas band IN the piazza, Dodworhs
band III the bell-shaped house. and the boys be-
gan to dance. Before the roof of the hotel was
entirely lifted off Ben Hall, of Providence, had
cut the pigeon wing, " Ben Booth had knocked q
double shuttle, Max" Stern had jumped Jim Crow
Bob johnson had cXecuteda double back -action
Jig, /" Joe y Bowden had made mash and Grand
Marshal Fem had smiled With three cheers and
several tigers for the Hotel Brighton the procession
marched back to the Cygnus and came to the city,
where the Providence boat, Massachusetts,, was
waiting for the New nglandcrs. They went home
with light hearts, but steady heads, every man
wearing a rosctte fan and cane mementos of
the occasion.
The Committee of Reception was: J. B. Bowdcn,
j. T. Scott, ID. Keller. }. w. j. PeTson, Kossuth
Marx, AdOlph Freund. Louis Kahn, G. +. Terhune.
n G. Kimbal f. J. Allen, j. W. Steele, {. e..
ChampenoiS, G. }. Fox, l.. Neresheimcr and +. A..
Bliss.