Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-28
YOUNG AUSTIN INSANE.
That Is tho Verdict OF The County
Board OF LanaCy.
TIE PRISONER on 1nE STAND.
Tho story of How He borrowed 'he
Pistol aud Procured the WHISKY
Iucohercnily Related.

At the hNllug OF Aiio N""hNF
iunacy last evening the examination
into the question u the sanity OF young
Austin, the ireuzied Newspaper mhh'
who attempted the sensational hold "p
Of Cashier Hawlcy Of tho ut'n
National bank on saturday last, was
concluded.
l.. :. Austln-not brothers--no reia'
lion, was the npt witness Called
he had known tho accused lew
weeks. and had only hold lew snort
conversations with him. The prisoner
eyincrd a total lack Of memory. No
oue had told the witnrss " his I'M
rerfcct condition Of mind, but THIS
was 80 apparent that he noticed It
very really, aud remarked the fact 10
Mr.. Beaver, ofthe Turkish bath house.
From what he noticed, ne formed The
opinion that the accused wa deficient
In reasoning faculties and Incapable OF
observing closely, and the act was
such ns he might have done. He an.
uears to have no memory. There was
no ground to suspect his honesty, aud
no dclusion was apparent. lie was
mentally incompetent.
Henry Dubbs became acquainted
with the accused IN Seattle, 1889. He
was theE IN the newspaper business.
He WINS . very tree talkor, but nothing
was very apparent NJ y his mental
trouble. In 1891 he SAW the accused
on the streets and he appeared strange
and devoid Of that hu0yaucy he had
previously possessed. The witness
mad met his family on suveral'Oc.
caslons. His appearance was dilapitatsi,
and he seemed 10 have been run down
by the summer OF 1891. About that
time his wife spoke 10 the witness
about selling him cigarettes. He had
very nbsgn. minded appearance; never
had any company. He had not seen
the accused since last fall, prior to be.
lug sent to Olympia, until a short time
ago, on his arrival In this city. His
general appearance l. better than II
was In 1881; not 10 reduced NJ II was
then. Mhtu iiIatkuoWn he was active
and full OF business. The witness had
not seen enough Of him recently ~
form nm opinion OF his'puscut mental
condition. From what he had known
OF the man he concluded that the net
was ont done under AN Impulse, Tor hi.
previous conduct would never nave
indicated amy such tendency. There
Sas something In hla blhnkness Of "a.
preston TINT indicated moro than or.
binary depression rv.ulliug from sim.
pie brd luck.
Louis n. kouniz, the dashlug young
salesman OF the London tailoring e..
Enlistment, who has figured c1nsplcu.
ously before the publlo the last week
for the shooting Of Charles Evans. "A
San Francisco drummer, at the corner
OF West Temple aud Filth South
streets under rOmewhat sensational
circumstances, was next placed on tn
stand. lie said he h0d known the 40.
cused ten or twelve years, lint ut Kan.
sas city, where he had met him sry,T.
nj times, aud then considered him Of
unsound mind. Met him At the CITY
Hall last Saturday, ard he told how h.
had procured the whisky and how he
attempted 20 get the money. The frst
day OF two be only responded 10 uur..
tions, and ON Monday the accused
asked whether thewitnrss yer Thought
Of suicidiug End said he had IN Seattle.
and at the same time sprnug from the
bed anu took kuifc from the lupoh
basket and rubbed On the sill. He nr.
poarvd DO bo excited, but gave the
knife TO the witness when asked for n,
lie specially referred TO prominent
man OF Kansas CITY, and salt he was
ut one time engaged 10 his daughter.
The father Of the prisoner was
especially anxious that his son should
he placed on the stand. To this Messf-.
Murphy aud Elchnor consented and
promised that they would take no up.
Que advantage Of him, and that II lie
result Of the examination substauti.
atcd IN. claims OF the defense they
would agree TO dismiss the criminal
proceedings now H. progress.
rhe Defendant took the stand and
acted strangely throughout the exam.
ination, which WAS long anl severe.
In response 10 numerous interroga.
tlons Dr0pounded by Judge Bartch and
by the physicians ~ well rs by tho at.
tornvys, much Of the life aud wandsr.
ings OF the defendant We're drawn out,
but generally In short, monosyllabic
words. The questions were necessarily
leading and wtreunliltmnlly answered
by yes or no. The story OF procuring
whisky, borrowing the pistol aud no,
ceedings In the bank, followed by the
arrest, was traced, and while the
patient had recollection on each
branch OF the subject, his answers were
often disconnected ~ TO the whole.
When asked AZ 10 counting the conse-
quences of the act or probable results,
he seemed to have never dom 20.
After drinking nearly pint OF whis-
Ky, the only thought that possessed
him was 10 possess money 90 send for
his wife, and he took that wuy 10 SECURE
II, 81 thought II ho didn't have the
money wouldn't shooe him." said
The defendant. He could no, name tho
bank, but remembered the cashier and
The fact that II was located on corner.
That wss tho ilrat drink no hal taken
since he left the institute. The ques.
uon Of the nature Of the otiense and the
moral turp!tude attaching thereto was
pressed upon, hut little was ELECTED
beyond the fact that he was now sorry
Tor the act.
When asked regarding religious
questions his face would assume a ne.
cuilAr expression, and In explaining
me letter written b. jesus Christ he
said It was enclosed to his wife aud IN.
Tended only Tor her 10 read. lie siid
ne was believer In predestination.
and Ia answer to the request to define
II, he taid, "lf a man IL going TO dienta
certain time he viii die at that time:ji
anu when the attorney. asked II that
was not iatalism he nodded assent. He
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