New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-25
WAS CARPENTER INSANE :
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.

c, cav THY WILL PROVE HIM OF
UNsoUND MIND.
The second trial of John Carpenter lot tne s,S
of his wife was continued yes.eiqh aa ontined the
a 10 the iury Della Ambrose, sister OF INC ,ui
SsSea woman, dressed in deep mourning, Ies.nen
that she had heard me os wdower before
W married her he treated her brutally ana peae
her Then she left him. The witness TeIa.eu tnr
circumstances of the tragedy she anG ne 9toIsd
~ 4 n m. on MAY o. 1854. were suddenly attackou
at tile corner of Twenty -slxth-st anu ~ n sboe
Inv Carpenter who stabbed them ooi Win 80 On
~ lor,s Enife The wife ran into hquor-stole on
- corn.r CARPENTER tried to follow, but the lionV
door was closed against him. lie then ran 10 tno
side entrance stabbed hlmsc Of Carnenter as the
murderer and at the request OF MS co"nSoi ''i''
EXPRESSION was stricken from the record; IN so,r the
Ellsworth Fanuing TESTIFIED that ne sa" .,,o
rerson stabbng Miss Ambrose, but he ala not seo
him stab his wife. Afterward he saw inc prlsoh'i
stab himself three times ..o5.ho. bo sov
Jobn Lawrence, a truckman, stated that ne , saw
Carnenter waiting at Twentyslxth-st ana III nnr
ave for two hours the afternoon Oh lle ;
WHen his vile and her sister approachei the prs
n,nr Drew knife apparently from his lett sleeve
ard attacked them The witness corioDoia.oSH he he
testimony of Miss Ambrose CrosseX,,iG;u n the
said there nothing strange OF norner RI
prisoners conduct while waiting on th9 corner s;n
DE- Hiram Barbour. connected win a inc Carne1teT
frsonentlv while in the prison. HIS demeahoi Wa va,
nuet and he answered the doctors questions inocs
gcnty question IN on pGg tbe witness NJ Was With
Srown Wr Fellows telling Inn to return 10 sing
Sing subsequently recalled for t h
bn said he had not observed that Carpenter hau
paTesls. 49,, % Tho c,no Sin O.
Prison related that while Carpenter WAS ii .no
nrson he said he had received divorce papers iIol
lis wife and said several tunes that nc "ouiu NIL
,john Mcintosh was the next witness. lie saw
living on the floor beside his VIE ana saw
him strike her twice with the KNIFE Inc "i'hoo'
the, took the knife away from him. . :.
Michael Sweeney, keeper OF the hqu99r snip -,
which Mrs Carpenter met her death, said nat sue
rushed into the saloon bleeding and SAT on a pa
nnd man entered tho side door, struck hor !hTe s9
times with something then struck h ms anu i0''
across her body, knife falling OUT Oh nus n' ~ n
The testimony of Patrick Coughlan, taken on inc
former trial in which no stated that inc pris9nei
fold him at Sing Sing that If ho had not ih1'G q
mistake with that woman at the churcn no
would have settled the matter with his WIFE, was
read by Mr.. Fellows. ,.o.ta .bo nrs
Oiieer Emmett Mcagher, who arrested the prs-
oner SAID that the latter told him he had staoDeo
lis wife because lie thought she had been uhlaiIn-
Christian Kneass opened the case for the deiehce'
md said he would show that the prisoner was ia
sane He read the testimony OF Carpenter son.
Jobn taken on the former trial, to tho euect tnaC
his father had for years acted In such way as
In cause the belief among those who knew him tnat
te was insane. 49, 4. s
Tie trial will continue at 10 a. III. to-day