Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-02
A Jary fluds Dr. Leach. the slayer ol
10 A. Martin. Of Jrsennd
Mind.
stay IN rssss IL she morei- Federal oeas,
wofh Charged with Establishment.
Caass rfied.

1856, OF Tho district court of Cuman0hr
county, aud the Jury asaoAsrd tho punish,
ment ~ fourteen years IN the peniiuntia.
~, An appeal weH taken, aud, pendinu
this appeal, tho defendant was brought ~
Waco and confined IA iail, About ton
days ago tho case WAS affirmed Mrs
Mel, Leach, vile Vt defendant, went TO
Austin, aud, through tho Influence 81
friends and petition uumrrbualy
signed, Gov Ireland lened a etay Ia iha
proceedings, Meanwhile Or Leach Was
kept 10 the iali, and bis faithful wife went
to work W prove that ho was insanu, An
nlildavit charging De- Ltaoh with nean
itj wan nled before County Judge EyauR
by Sheriff w, r llarrls, aud the cas-. was
Tried thlh morning. Hon George Clark
represented the defendant, aud County
Attorney j w Taylor appeared for the
stale, Witnesses were examined aud do
posed as tolowa
Mrp. Me- Leach, wife OF defendant,
said sho married Or, Leach, September
~, 1917 IN Washington city The iirht
appearance " insanity was a few years
after they were married Dr. LcAoh'a
father while they were living IN West
Virginia, adyl6ed her 10 have him CON
iintd in tho asylum, Size did not want
him confined aud they removed 20 Texuf,
aud lived IN hrath county y was hero
whore he began his nral rRginga, and be
came violent al tlmeR, lie has a ilfnthnd
second cousin who afo insane, The
doctor n thirtyfour or ihlfiy.iyo years
old lle has suffered from ono severe
attack Of lnaaniiy einob HIS onnyotOu
Dt II w brown had Reon Or Leach
ia the jail, aud drFt met him In February
Of thie year, Boz ~ very weak ia health
thought hts mind WAS entirely nnAal
ancod had econ him two or three iimes,
and be was rot the Same either times
thought he should have been under con.
ilnnment and treatment Tor the last Hev,
eral yrarnl thought he ~ not ronponFl.
blU being
Or u W. Park thought the defendant
was undoubtedly OF unHonDd mind, and
believed that II was necessary that tho Do.
tondanl bo placed under restraint.
Or. ID, II, Wallace, superintendent { I
tho lunato asylum NJ Terrell, said he
knew deieudnntl said be- waa Of un-
sound mind, and should be placed under
restraint "t'fom the history Of the case
I would not have discharged him from
treatment ~ any time within the past
Hovon years. thu cause " hla hRAultY "
rather m evolution in his constitution,
arising from mn hereditary iaint.n
Tbs Jury then retired aud IN few min
uies returned verdict 70 tho effect that
defendant was ~ nnAound mind, and
recommended that ho DO placed under
rohtralnt, Gov. Ireland viii now bu asked
u stay the proceedings ~ tho courts,
and Dr., Leach will DO cent 20 The
ahylum az Terrell II Or. Leach N 10.
ul.t a.. a.. i.ssl AZ "A .s.N fs.p
do0ed by governor At ANY time between
now nbd the time tho fourteen years ehall
have expired, be- VIII hnya 10 serve the
halancg ~ the time IN the pnnlten-
tiafy But n " nor probable that he
viii have 70 furyo one day In stats pfiHph,
~ thtrn viii h0 slt0Bg Influences
brought 10 bear on either Gov, Iceland,
Gov Ross. on some nih0f governor, To
have him parloned, Tho man IN d wreck
the worry picture VI d crazy man, ana hN
IL suffering from consumption, which VIII
fuonof ut lRtNr carry him on Since me-
confinement ~ tho Waco lail, Dr Ieacn
has given the Giiicerg liitl0 ~ no trouble,
lie Ia addicted to Tho uFo ~
morphine aud hha used u 10
such 6n caioni that when he u from un.
der th0 iDngence ~ Tie drug ho ~ almost
Wild l.uaCh rs the father ~ three chil
dron, 0nu boy and two little RlHl, Dur
Ing tho hearing Of The testimony mis-
norhlnR The littlo son sat on his ia hgr'h
kuee, aud Leach seemed ~ II be- did not
know whHt Was going 0nt an OF bis timu
was taken 40 In taking to ana eafesHipg
hls boy The question now arises wleth N
tho district court Oi Comanphe county
will aanetiop the proceedings held here
to-day, There n some doubt on tblA
point. Friends ~ Leach say u bo ~ car.
rlod back ~ G0manchn county 20 he
acntenoud there, he viii certainly be
mObbed.
Byron McBosn, for many years q
merchant here, recently omigrated 60
Washington territory. Writing IRON
Seattle To friend, Mr., Mokeon says
uli any OF my old Waco friends or 49,
quaiDtances hre contemplating n move
tel them not 10 come ~ Washington Tor.
rit0ry expecting ~ fDd anything cheap"
IIe says wild numbered lands sell from
0s0 " $50 per acre improved lands
from 500 70 sl00j city lots IN Seattle
sell for $4,000 70 8b000i residence
lots, one mile from business con.
TOR, $500 10 $500 Servants get from
el6 up 10 e25l cooks, e2t 70 800 per
month, Everything 10 out ~ The reach Oi
poor man, and, while all kinds " wages
arc good, tho cost Of living balances that
item. MIR, McKeen fayB ba viii either
settle al tho mouth ~ hayet river, w,
r., or 70 70 British Columbia. lie
thinks there are moro good openings and
opportunities ia Texas than In tho new
Northwest.
Ths United States district and circuit
court adjourned to-day for mo term.
The statistics Of Tho court are ~ follows 6
Clyil cases tried, circuit COnri, sB eriml-
nal cases, district court, equity cases,
circuit court, Gases disposed u 81,
The court VAS IN session Only fourteen
days.
Fred Kingsbury Of this city, charged
with Ombtlyiement 10 FAlls comfy, went
W MARLIN today waved eKhinlnaliDn ana
gave bond ~ await tbe action Of Tho
grand jury,
nor n0uebf eoidh hf any Irritation " ne
throat, take ijr Baifs Cough nyfup' 700
pe4t atldn OIL lhh great pain guff, Is sold w