The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-30
NON COMPOS MENTIS.
This is the Defense in the McFar-
lane Case.
THE DEFENDANT ON THE STAND.
Shows Wonderful Ability in Failing to
Remember Anything About the
Dreadful Butchery.

Shows a Wonderful Ability in Failing to
Remember Anything About the
Dreadful Butchery.
When the mail left Tuesday afternoon
Peter Domgaard was on the stand. Con-
hnuing, he testified as follows :uThe crowd
rushed out at the back door because they
knew Farley. / jumped behind the door
for fear of getting shot. Hansen said,
''Get from behind the door, you cowardly
s. of a b." to me. After struggle be-
tween Hansen and Golding, Golding threw
Hansen down and went out first was
not one of the hunting party spoken Of l
heard McFarlane's voice outside; don't
what was said. 1 saw Hansen with the
ball in his hand. don't know whether he
threw it or not.
At this iuncture the prosecution rested.
a little sooner than was expected, and the
defense asked for recess till yesterday
morning, after introducing one witness.
THE THEORY OF THE DEFENSE.
Mr.. King outlined the theory of the de-
Tense. They would show, he said, the de
PENDANT for two or three years had from
excessive drinking became diseased in
mind and body. He drank two or three
pints of alcohol a day and had
They would show that Mr.. Golding made
an assault upon him and that he and Han
sen followed him up, and through the con-
dition of his mind he fired the fatal shot.
LUTHER FUTILE.
live in Manti. Have lived there many
years. was at Coolidge's saloon on the
evening of the day. When | came from
the poStoffce / saw dead man on the side
walk and hat was lying beside it. When
] went to pick up the hat saw cue ball
on the sidewalk. l picked it up with the
hat. If a man had thrown 1t from the pool
table it would have lodged about where ii
was found. ! heard two shots fired Just
before that. Several OF US ran after the
shot Marker did not lay the ball on the
table. 1t was l.
MRS. WILLIAM CARTER.
i live at Joseph City. l am acquainted
with defendant at my home. He was treat
ing diphtheria as doctor.
Q-What was his habit of drinking?
A.-During my acquaintance with him
for two months, in September and Octo
Der Of 1883, he drank good deal of liquor
He would drink about three pints a day
part of the time alcohol and part of tn,
time whisky.
To Mr.. Evans-He would reduce tn,
alcohol with water, but he used about tire,
pints of alcohol. Sometimes l would thinl
he was insane. He was stupid from tn,
use of liquor. He came out and paid me {
visit last August. | haven't seen hin
drink any for over year. He used alec
hol in the treatment of the disease.
WILLIAM CARTER.
am the husband of the last witness.
became acquainted with McFarlane over ;
year ago. He was at our place about tw,
months most of the time. He was Their
as a diphtheria doctor. He drank ter
rible sight of liquor. He drank at leas
three piuts day. 1t was sometimes alec
hol and some was homemade whisky
They have a distillery in that part of the
country. He would reduce the alcoho
about one-half. Part of this two months
he couldn't get any. When the distiller,
stopped he was worse than when he had il
he was at my house last fall for two o.
three weeks. After he had been Their,
eight or nine days he got some LIQUOR
When he was up and around he was a
himself most of the time He could judg
between right and wrong as he interprete,
it. l tasted of the valleytan Some of i
was strong and some of it tasted d it'll
smoky. His mind was Illustrated about hi
difficulty
Immediately on the opening OF court yes
terday morning the defense called
FARLEY M'FARLANE.
am twenty-nine years old. 1 have
wife and two children. For the last two o
three years have been nursing in dipt
liberia cases. The field of my practice ha
been in Sanpete and Sewer. For the las
six or seven years | have drank consider
able liquor. | can't state the extent of il
use. j usually drink brandy or whiskey
When i am working drink alcohol. gen
orally reduce 1t. have not been in goo
health for two or three years. 1t was weal
spells had; some folks would tell me j
was fits, but some said it wasn't. would b
nervous and Shaky, and sometimes chilly
My head would feel like shadow, lcan'
remember how long these spells would las,
have experienced those sensations durinj
my confinement. Not SO much so as for
merly. l remember the day of the killing
knew Golding and Hansen. i have hear,
talk Of them lately. ] saw the men VIII
were said to be them. i have dream ik
recollection Of seeing two such men.
can't exactly recollect what happened
don't exactly remember of having any diff
Guilty with them. 1t seems that met Their
and talked to them 1t seems they wer
mad at me and after me and were going I
hurt me and got into some trouble. | car
not remember distinctly the nature of tn
trouble. / can't remember when or wher
the trouble occurred. 1t seems that it wa
at Coolidge's saloon in Manti. / canno
describe the nature of the difficulty an
more particularly than / have done.
Cross-examined by MIR. Evansl hav
been treating diphtheria about eight years
] have been In southern Utah most of thi
time i haven't been steady at it. Part @
the time have worked in the canon, log
ging. That was either three or four year
ago. / have not had a great deal of educs
ton. l went to school at Ephraim when
was little boy. / learned to read an
write myself since ] was sever
teen or eighteen years old.
have studied some medical works.
have read some homeopathic works.