Daily Republican., 1888-05-16
FOURTH EDITION
sam oa rrlnl.

~ @uH ~ @WH AWNW Il
sfiii oa Trial.
whsn court reconvensd As 10 O'Clock
this morning, Rledel was again brought
in between two tipstaves and placed In
the doSk. The Ohiet Justice. with As.
sooiste judges Houston, Grubb end
Payntar were on the bench, And the
third days proceedings In Rledrl's trial
Vas Commenced. A delay OF foity y-hss
minutes vas oooasionea In waiting for
the medical experts from Philadelphia,
Who 81 onld have Arriged At 10 O'Clock,
but rilsstd tho train, aud did not get to
ths Court Horse until 10 as O'Clock. As
soon "a they came tbs examination Of
witnesses was resumed.
JouAs TrAve's Jones was recalled and
IorosS.exsmined by Attorney General
BiRgs He said that when he called on
the prisoner ut the Oily Hall, the daT
that the shooting took place, he gave
him . rational aocount Of hov And
where he bought the pistol, and the pAI-
aculAIs OF the shooting
JAmeJ j. Toner Vas sworn, and tes-
tlltd that be 10 warden at New Castle
Ijail. His evidcnoe merely related to
the olothes brought to the jail oy the
Iprisoner.
Mrs. Sarah N. Ward testified tb,t shs
Trent IN bered the day the murder took
tplAce. she resided at No 7l5 East
a5eventh street, and on the evening be-
fore the murder SO beard come one
knccking 1t her door. Upon opening
1t she found man who wsntod To 500
ih,r next ooor neishbor, Mr. Forrest,
Ieamsier. He said he wanted Mr..
Forrest to move some furniture for bin,
STE told him that the family were out
!sLd II Mr Forrest was a. home he was
In bec. He said that he wanted the
goods hauled tbA. night or the nezt
day, but she t,ld him that sbe did not
think Mr.. Forrest could DO II, rs he
vas always busy on Saturday hauling
for the jersey people.
She told Mr.. Forrest about the man
having been there, aad she tsid she
Ithcuynt be Was q jersey man, because
he talked thick. This caused laugh
lin the court I'm, in which the prisoner
ioInsd. At Mr.. Wards request be
stood up In the dock, and she ta,d that
the man who came to her house tha'
Iuight was about hle slAe.
On ososs examination she was net
sura sbou, the time whom this man was
searohipg for Mr.. Forrest, bat thought
IL was In September. She also said
that men frequently came 10 her dooI
searchinR for Mr.. Forreet.
James T. Touer Vas recalled, ord
:. sestiaed that when Riedel was brouahi
. to the jail be seemed to be very sick
man, and 81 ffsred o great deal. 1t ws'
some time before the wound in Lis head
4 healed, And be was very careless and
:. ind tfterent about himself and his cell.
Il On cross-@xAmiuation Mr.. Big9i
L lacked: "When the prisoner was
IbrouRbt to jail did you consider him in
Iasne?"
This WAS objected to by Mr.. Ward
i but after = briei. discussion was allow
led by the court, and the witness m
a Iswered that he did not.
IL j. Barton Cheyney testified that be +
n 1.-The city editor of the Every Evening
& DO talked with the prisoner on the da.
+ Iof the shooting, after he was taken I
/ the City Hnll He told the witness tha
/, before he come In 10 wn to hay the plE
Ill tol he un6ressed his little boy And oAi
n | ried nlm upstairs 10 bed. Ho admitts,
III killing his wife and child, ard sfems
rt to think shat rs they were bis IL was L
:, lope'a butineSs. he told the witnes
), that he shot his wife first and then th
boy.
On cross-exam alton, the witneE
said ths pIisouer talked freely and gAv
-, Ihim very iutslligent and oonneote
ne account Of the affair.
Gustave Kolck was recalled, and te
= sidsd that the prisoner always bOre
h good character for peace and 500
!. iOrder
=, Erby p. Davis was re called, aud all
+. IMrp. Wachter, both OF whom gave te
n .!mory as to the prisoners good chs
r,. acter, tho fiIst named also saying tn
"a, lbs was AS good a neig hbor as he eVi
/, .llived aiongside Of
~ DR., Edwin M. Brush was sworn, BT
Testified that he is . ply siciab, 26 yea
Iui age and resides a. KirkOr.de's BO
lpitAl for the lnsapo Ia West Philad(
lphis, He has had charge o! the ma
70 department aud has been thera ain
1884 He Inns eosrge Of snms 90 or
'e' caaas, and has written several ATtiol
.n' Oh insanity and dissases OF the ueryo
III sys:etn. At the request OF Mar. Wa
W la visited the prisoner in his cell
.sl New OAstle Jail lsrt October or Eoyei
~ Ger. He notioed that be was very pa
3,e aud his pulte ~As quite rugged, bsyol
ne the natural condition.
en' At frst he seemed disinoliDed 20 tal
ttf but afterwards converssd freely 81
be told the witness his entire history.
also talKed very freely about his "
aud child Aud about the causes viii
led TO the act.
e In answer to q Hypothetical questit
l6S- such MS was laid down by tho court
'sl another case, whers insanity was
hrs defense, the witness said that rs me
10 T cal man he considered the prisone er
les unsound mind when he committed
i,W crime.
UpI He thought he was suffering fro .
N q form OF insanity known as meianch'
which would render him iriesponSi
for his actions, and lead him to 90
INIT crime OF this nature. II he ,
consulted In regard to this man,
would say that he was Of disposIt
"a 10 be affst I'D By this form OF iDsan
"a and likely to commit jnst sach al q
-. dc would be confirmed in this coDcl
ION bg tae testimony as he had hsarI
IduriDg this trial,
L. has been stown that his relaH
ii With his family we're OF the best nR,'
70 and that there WAS 10 motive for
ot c-ime; 10 this III ust be added the fur
conn ,aot tbat he endeayored u Kill himl
o. cto,s examination the witt
said that hs hal b3en Intimately a
ont, loiAled with the Insane since M
oht' llt7S In answer to question, he
in % de ueion WAS something that die
exist but which could no. DO ovarco
A delusion is an impairment OF
reason, but a PERSONS miad can ba
And lfscted, 81 d pet he may not have s
>, 206 Illusion, He had no doubt tLa' as
Ming ltime this acl was committed this
Ivan suffering from an organic trtr