New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-01
WIFE MURDEREKs ON TRIAL
TIE QUESTION OF CARPENTERS SANITY.
rxprRr TESTIMONY AGAINST THr OFFENCE |
hpoIpH ADAMS pIronr A JrRy.

YxprRr TESTIMONY AGAINST fHE DEtENCE-
hpoipH ADAMS BuroRr JrRy.
Tho face Of John Carpenter. the wife murderer,
was more rcpulsive than ever when NE appeared
yesterday before Recorder Smyth on tho third day
If his trial on n charge of murder in tho frat de-
prcr His checks and forehead were bruised and
swollen and his short hair impetfeQtly concealed
from the effects Of an apparent attempt on his own
lfo lie stabbed himself severely at the time when
he killed his wife, aud since his Imprisonment IN
tho Tomhs he has tried To- open his wounds with
sharpsucd spoon lie has been kept mannclcd since
his inst attack ON himself after his cominttal to tho
TomhS. Ills hands were tas'olcd ~ lcathorn
mun. aud an iron cham hound the mu0 close To
belt around his waist. Carpenter eucccedcd early
yesterday morning III dctaching the chain, and
struck his face aud head repeatedly With the heavy
iron buckle that fastened together tho two
parts Of tho mu0 lie was found 10y tho
day guard IN weak condition and was
close by the prisoner, facing toward HIM and
watching him closely during the trial of the case.
His hands ac not bound while he is IN the court
Dr. McGlhcuddy. who test IN ed for the defence
on Saturday and declared that Carpenter was m
sane, was CrOss-cXamiucd yesterday by Assistant
District-Attoncy Fellows. He repeated has state
ment that both the physical and mental condition
OF the prisoner showed that he was irresponsible
for his acts Josephine Carpenter, a cousin of the
prisoner, and stephen Carpenter, the prisoners
Youngest son, testified to his strange actions since
his release from sing Sing. Eugene kiorwan,
keeper at the Ioombs testified that the prisoner
insisted that the witness was his cousin. though
that not the case. The prisoner also had de;
lusions as to his food. He showed enmity toward
Warden Quinn and became vioe al sight of re-
porters and Other visitors; James Gilmore a
small oT, Sat age S @%GG I' wsS 'aI many nv
whom he spoke of as "Carpente gave him
q few cents on two or tn OCCASIONS ,.''n1 NJ,
the same house with the boy, was IN her room
These occurrences took place few lays before the
murder. The crOss-eXaminatiOn by he prisoners
counsel made the hoy cry. Al last he was asked:
Do you see In the room the man who talked 10
your as
The boy looked at the lawyers and said, No,
Step down and go around the room and see if
YOU can find him, said the Recorder.
The little fellow str0lled out of the bar and
around the courtroom, looking intently at several
faces. that of Carpenters among them. When he had
isn't here" On motion of the prisoners counsel all
the testimony given by the boy was stricken element on,
called by the'defence Is. A. i. Macdonald, Of tho
Wards Island Asylum Or. w " stone tone iorIey ana
dence against the prisoners defence OF insanity
They answered long hypothetical questions, stating
that for the part prisoner was not neccssa-
Iily insane under the circumstances related. One
Of the witnesses for the prosecution, however.
thought that the described in the Hypothetical
question put by the defence might he insane. he
trial will probably be finished to-day. .
The trial of Adolph Adams. who Is charged with
the murder of his wife, Mary Adams, was begun
yesterday before Judge Gildersleeve, IN Part l. OF
the Court of General Sessions A jury was secured
without difficulty. The killing occurred on NAV
90 at No l4O Forsythe-st., n house of ill-repute.
Mrs Adams, who had boon separated from her hus-
band for several months, was an inmate OF the
house. Her husband called there and, after talk
ing with some of the other inmates. asked for his
wife. She was called downstairs and talked with
her husband for short time i'll the hallway and
the rear yard. The women living in the house
heard pistol shot and found Mrs Adams lying in
the hall suffering from pistol shot wound Ofiicer
prisoner and Officer Doke, who assisted in re-
arrestng him after attempted escape were the
first witnesses. Robert j. Hocy testified TO the
finding of a pistol which had been thrown into
basement at No. 40 DelanCey-st. Inmates of No.
40 Forsythe-st. gave evidence as to the clrouul-
stances preceding The shooting. The trial will be
continued to-day.