The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-25

he did not sleep nor eat except at long
,nterlals ior seyera. days and nlsh..s,
his hands; his whole appearance and demS0nor
changed; from being very cheerful and merry
absent minded. low spirited. deeply melancholy.
solitary in his habits stunned his kinSmen and
his best friends and when approached would en-.
gage in conversation only on the one subject OF
his wie's desertion and Infdelity. often breaking
out in EXPLANATIONS OF intense grief aud at times
weeping bitterly and at one time IA ling upon his
in a par0xysm OF tears imploring her 10
abandon the life she was leading aud
in the appearance and conduct OF Chance after
his wife returned to the brothel in April, 1885,
was so great as to attract general attention and
plate his confinement. The room al his fathers
house. which he had occupied with her. he could
not be induced to enter again after she lett. lie
neglected his business, and that which he at
tempted to transact was done without method and
apparently without intelligence. He declared
when asked why he did not give her up and stay
away from her, he answered by saying that he YVES
a powerleSs to stay away from Eer as child
just born was to walk, and that he was utterly
miserable whenever sne was out of his sight.
Ills name is Thomas Chesley Hance. His grand
mother was at times insane, and at all times &c
centric and peculiar. Her sister may be described
in the same way. aud one OF her brothers. bril-
number of YEAR and died ravine lunatic. The
descent OF the defendant from the ChesleyS Il
through his father. Captain Meryin b.
the Brooke family ard il was shown tina this
Grandmother in that line was of unSound
mind TO greater or lesser extent according as
circumstances excited or sOothed her, and other
members OF that family are also shown 10 have
been at times disOrdered in their minds and ex
ceedingly eccentric in their conduct The jury
very properly declined the responsibility of pro-
nOuncing him sane
The morning hour of my second day in AnnapO-
lis TO begin with voorhees, speech. The hall
was packed with crowd that would have COM
pressed n walking stick. Men were perched upon
the railing. men filled the windows. and still
other men seemed to cling TO the ceiling. The in
fuence an orator exertS over an audience i won
derful. The prisoner. not a bad looking Young
man. who sat listeSs and Indifferent through the
trial. manifesting scarcely no interest in the pro-
ceedingS never raising his eyes from the hoOr
where they rested during the examination OF wit
nesses and the speeches OF other counsel bursted
into tears under Voorhees,. sObbing audibly and
the audience with i'm. - -
The Judge. a benevolent-faced OLD party, but n
Judge. remained Tor some time StOcally writing.
| imagined that he was saying To himself: Il
stand for the law and can not be softened by de-
clamatiOn. The Justice am charged TO admins
ter is remOrseless. and no speech can turn il
aside" But presently his attention was riYeted
that he was connected b. strong chord with
common humanity
Voorhees, spoke three hours. The verdict, mot
guilty" was not announced until next morning.
Jar 1UBPES.