The evening world., 1889-10-17

raine, the nineteen-year-old burglar. Of the
brutal butchery OF Christian w. Luca Aug. 22,
in the latter's home.
The story OF the awful crime was told by
May, the sorrowing widow; Meta, lie faithful
servant; Policemen Kennedy and Cassidy, and
three reighbors in High street.
Can't. John W. Eason, Inspector Mackellar
and Detectives Kearney and Noonan related the
confessions of the young murderer after his
capture, and then the prosecution rested. hav-
ing con, u,ncd only three hours in weaving the
web Of evidence about Charles Mcilyains.
dence the confess, on OF the killing OF Luca mazda
by. Nickname while III jail.
of McIlvalnc, outlining the defense, He styled
McIlvaine that idlot boy" Mr.. Curtis related
lad dropped a bean into his ear; thathis q xious
mother temple to get the bean ont of the ear
80 that the lad was subjected to a most horrible
surgical operation. since which time he had
He aid: "Charies McIlvaine's father is en-
honest, upright and esteemed ships carpenter;
their dau -hters are married to honest, respect
able, respected men.
This boy has always been demented. His
was not arrested ayd punished for that, a crime
""f am aware that public clamor and a united
press demand the blood of this idiot boy: but
You of insanity would not release him.. 1t would
consiGn him to an institution where he would be
safely kept and could harm 20 one. l don't want
Inn turned loose on the world.
~ shall show, you that the words and the sem
timCntS which these officers put N his mouth as
lis conEeHsion would be wholly unintelligibIe
to his brain. and when am done think that
You viii agree with me that IT IL our duty to pro-
During this recital a sallow-faced. elderly
woman sat in the audience. supported by two
young women. She was in u duZed state, evil
IDENTIFY, AID her suppUl tiers were weeping. They
At the close of hi address Judge, Curtis aid:
~ WI first call the mother" and Mary Ann
OF her weeping daughters.
A. the younE woman passed by the chair Of her
brother, she bent and kissed his untroubled
Mrs. McIlvaine said she was the wife. OF Peter
% issI SSipS a ship e1 "a Z. wbGm; that nsfs f iS,n had thir-
JanS Ha1Fs and VA born imp in Fahil ESSsE E.r sal? said
in lis cara big. hard bean, like . stone.
le could get it out at his mouth. couldn't at
it out and fent tor, DR.. Norton and he tried to
lay to St. Wnc emit Hospital and am an operation
VAS performed. After that two other opera
THE bean was never gotten out, and the boy
was always queer after that.
Then Judge Curtis brought, out that a few
months. before the birth or Charles Mrs. Nc
li!yaine had been in n shipwreck, and that the
clild,s Queerness might have been a prenatal
but, after the operations Charles was
was Wild aud, hysterlcal. He imagined horrors
The faithful mother related many incidents of
the strange behavior of her boy. He would get
out of bed IN midwinter aud insist on going
on the roof, saving that some one wanted him
up there. Once she gave him a watch when
hNd be nnged to another ron who had died.
and the lad pounded i TO pieces with a hammer
and he was always meddling with the clock.
Did you ever hear of Quinlan-this bravo,
Whose name is associated with ChRrles'sH" asked
All, Tom Qui"lan is the ruin of my boy!'
exclaimed the mother.
And this young wife?'
Oh, tir. she was Just. a nice, respectable
yolNg Girl-our neighbor-bnt very young. He
was always, Il steady boy; always at home at
m ma ~ he left us in August when he got
District Attorney Ridgway was very, consid-
orute OF TINS poor mother, and asked. only q few
tone. To, him she said that her son had had bad
spelis and acted queerly mp to the time OF his
SaNin% her aud gettlng married, he never
was away from home but once, and then for only
Mr.. AlcIlveine was much prostrated, at the
SSIpnci9si3n of her testimony. and was led trem-
Then Agnes r.. Neville, one of McIlvaine's
listers, took the stand. She is a bright, kindly:
Two children. She was Intelligent and careful
NJ her statements, but she, trembled like an
% ~bFen lear. aud Sobbed and wept constantly
PPean incident, and toll Of the Oddities Of her
ptother, which had always beon attributed. to
Iii ihS iact that that bean-a large red one, with a
tSStaer from some foreign port-had never, Deen
Eakeh out Of his head. She snid he had always
Seeccihl SIMPLE, but was very peculiar after the
aimee he came to her house in. a fright, She
SSu not dare to let him return home. and kept
niEht During the night he rayed IKE