Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-06-17

for them. But not for the man who had
committed the crime. He had no mer-
cy on Susie Terrell when he held her
head pressed against his breast and sent
the fatal bullet crashing through her
brain.
! Mr.. Brown also read the instructions
of the court, one of which was that ev-
cry man was presumed to be sane, and
that his insanity must be proven by the
defense to the satisfaction of the jury.
If man, although laboring under par
tial insanity, had knowledge of the char
acter and consequences of his act, and
knew right from wrong. and had strength
of mind to resist such partial insanity
does not absolve him
Mr.. Brown took up the testimony OF
witness Weuner and ridiCuled it; he
said he had never heard more frivolous
| and iuconsequeutial testimony, and yet
upon it the defense asked the jury to pre-
sumo the prisoner TO be insane. The
testimony of the several witnesses was
taken up, to show that it was frivolous
aud Of no value. Then evidence of the
States witnesses as to the prisoner s
sanity was reviewed, to show that men
who had daily intercourse with him had
never noticed any signs of insanity in
him.
Counsel for the defense had said that
love aad hate could not exist i'll the
same breast at the same time. But the
green eyed monster, jealousy, so near
akin to love, had seized this man and
furnished the motive. Counsel for de-
Tense had said that if the jury believed
Susie Terrell to be pure, then they must
believe the letters he had written were a
delusion. But counsel had forgotten
that there was such thing as lie /!
Those letters were no deluSion-they
were foul, malignant lies.
Mr.. Brown then took up the actions
Of the prisoner from the very beginning,
to show that all his actions were part of
planned, lucid scheme 10 force
by fair means or foul 4 marriage with
Miss Terrell; that it was not the work of
disordered mind, but of a schemcr.
He was the lover i'll the disguise of the
slandcrer. 1t was jealousy that moved
him
The story of the shooting was again
gone over to show how we'll the prisoner
had planned his dreadful deed and
reasoned out his methods.
The prisoner is not insane now; was
not insane when he committed the deed.
He asked the jury now to be true to
their State, their county, their homes
and their fresides. Let not sympathy
turn them from their duty. Counsel
would ask you to forget the scene Of
the 2Ist OF January and think only Of
the prisoner on trial for his life today.
Stand by your State, which has earned
a reputation of Furnishing the guilty and
unfolding the laws, because jurics
within her borders have not been afraid
to do their duty.
The speaker referred to the trial of
John Brown and his accomplices third
of a century ago. It might have been
said of those prisoners that they were
guilty Of delusion that they could come
down here and STAY our citizens for
their own reasons. Because the whole
world, except the South, sympathized
with those men it might have becnthought
they would escape. But twelve men,
good aud true, sat in that jury box and
did their duty. On one occasion Lord
Nelson had said that England had e1-
pected every man to do his duty. To-
day he expected the jury as citizens Of
Jefferson county and Of West Virginia
to do their duty.
Mr.. Brown, in voice whose earnest
ness impressed every person in the ROOM
said that having gone carefully over the
evidence as he believed it, having care
fully followed step by step tile vile plot,
having studied the whole matter from
its inception to the present time, he saw
but one way in which the thing could
end-and that was with the gallowS and
the rope
As lie finished the sentence storm Of
applause greeted him and loud voice
cried out: Right Take him out
Take him OUT" The court officials
sprang to their feet and loudly called
for order, which was soon restored.
1t was a sign, though, that BODIED no
good for the prisoner, and at the dem
onstratiou his face flushed fiery
led.
As Mr. Brown finished his speech in an
eloquent and thrilling outburst cheer
Of applause swelled out from the audi
ence and an irresistible wave Of APP
prevail swept over the room that the Of
fccrs could scarcely restrain.
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