Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-10-15

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lily. Thinks twelve months confinement
might bring man down to Coyner's pny-
steal condition. The demonstration made
by Coyner in the Courtroom, Saturday
evening. was not such as he ever MADE
when alone with me. This demonstration
was; that when the court officer went to
Coyner at adjournment on Saturday even
ing, c. threw his arm around tbs oficer's
neck and said, II amt afraid of any G.
d-n man.
THE PRISONER BREAKS THE WINDOWS
OF HIS CELL.
When the court met after recess to-day
Mr.. Logan Turner, the Jailor. was put on
the stand again, to state something that
had occurred an hour before:
He said that when be and Deputy Sher-
iff, Baxter Slower. took the prisoner back
to jail during tie recess, to-day, the pris-
oner took basket up and commenced
breaking the cell windows, and then went
to another window and commenced
kicking it. The jailor and deputy
sheriff had to stop him. Prisoner had
made no outbreak like this until the jailOr
had testified in his case to-day. Prisoner,
after he was stopped from breaking the
windows, said to them if they would let
him alone he would behave himself.
THE coat of the witness, as he sat in
The witness chair, showed rent of some
six inches in the back. made by Coyner.
PRISONERS REBUTrINa TESTIMONY.
Geo. W. Koiner.-Testi6ed that he met
Frank Bell on the Fair Grounds ion day
OF killing, and after 1t had occurred.
That Bell told him that some time before,
be had gottenso on his horse to 60 TO Staun-
ton to see al out getting Coyner put into
the Asylum; it was because Coyner had
threatened his (Bell's) brother. Bell sal d
that, in view of he killing of Brown, he
was sorry he had not taken the step when
he thought of doing it, but he met Mr..
Hugh Hamilton and he advised him not
to, saying he would see Coyner about it,
Bell said to witness there was no doubt
Coyner was crazy.
killing of Brown. Coyner's manner led
me to think that he was insane. He said
81 had to shoot that man; he
shot at me in my own orchard"
STATEMENTS FROM PRISONERS
COUNSEL.
Mr.. Braxton, of counsel for Coyner,
asked to be sworn, in view of the state
ment made by the witness Parker that
Coyner had told him he had been advised
not to have his hair cut. On being sworn
Mr.. Braxton testified that he had not CIV
en- any such advice to Coyner; on the con-
trary he had advised Coyner to have his
hair cut.
Mr.. G. M. Cochran. counsellor Coyner,
made the statement that he had never seen
the prisoner until he was brought into
court, at this trial, and had given no ad-
vice, directly or Indirectly, concerning his
personal appearance.
DR.. Shelton recalled -Said. in explain
ing hie former evidence, that he did not
intend to say that the prisoner did not un-
derstaud what he heard said around him
In the court room. He thought the pris-
oner did hear and comprehend, it but could
not intelligently appreciate it. Witness
had heard all the evidence up to this point.
including that of the jailor about what
had occurred in Jail, butt did not alter
al all his conviction of the insanity of the
prisoner. Il
Dr.fWcSr e-called.-Had heard all the
evidence up to this point and saw no oc-
casion to modify his opinion of the insan-
ity of the prisoner. He is an insane man.
Prisoners pulse was from 90 to ITO while
his temperature was normal This in
creased pulse was the result Of mental ex-
element. as there was no fever and nc
disease of the heart that would account
for it. A normal pulse is from 6S to II.
The flow of saliva was more than nor
mal-another indication of insanity. Ere
quentlY visited the prisoner cell unex-
pectedly to him; but found him the same
at all times. The prisoner might have &C
ted precisely as TAILOR Turner has stated
that he does act, and yet be insane-such
behavior in the insane is not unusual.
DR.. Robt. S. Hamilton had heard all the
evidence up to Jhis point and saw no reason
to modify his former evidence as to the
insanity OF the prisoner. Witness thought
the firing of the gun of Brown the night
before his death, gave fatal direction to
Coyner's insane feelings. Witness thought
the outbreak of Coyner In Jail during the
recess of the court, to-day, was no evil
dence of sanity, but rather the other way.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Prina1s Bowles, (col.), recalled.-Knew
Chap Loving, the colored witness who
had previously testified to Coyner's sanity,
and had heard him say while at work at
Coyner's, that q. was crazy and he would
not work there.
Eualine Ayers, col.-Conffmed the state
ments of BoWles, the last witness.
Here the taking of testimony closed and
the case was given to the jury.
The counsel on both sides agreed to sub
NIT the issue to the jury without argu-
ment.
Judge Stout then instructed the jury
that If they found the prisoner sane now
they were to say SO and no more;
and if they found him insane now. they
were to investigate as to whether
he was insane at the time of the killing,
Oct. Is, 1885.
THE VERDICT.
The jury, after an absence of about four
hours, returned with the following YER
dict:
1--WE, the jury, find that the prisoner,
T. ]. s. Coyner. is now insane. and we,
the jury, further find that the prisoner,
T. J. S. Coyner, was sane at the time of
thA aIleopd Offoncn nv him commit oil IN