The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-24

80 OSsfo xoem r19nt Ont
nsnagsd 70 Est mp aad ct dawn On the
srtSsk asd cried he walEsd mp ssd down b.
she :foos Of he hsd doa's know how soas.
vsS ssased on the trunk aid mot take Cd any
of ny elotaes. Boyd lad not taken % bis oyes-
est esas know aaous ais hat He said;
'ta want yoa 10 gss pen and paper cat and
write those Letters n once aud waus yoa TO 90
70 Tacoma tomorrow and thrssh yisscnef
vishss "a inch OF his lie vsat ron then 10
gsso xsa ylscnsr sad tell her that you were
Evtng With her husband
':issid: Why do you want - 70 DO tha&
1e,ar
':He teen said: .Ars you not going % write
th,sse letsersr
II rose ur, raised my hand and swose would
nss lie stood Still biting bis lips sos mo-
1'tn; and then spsang 70 the bureau and said:
eu;r '' ' : = '
',ree pistol vas loaded. Mn Reed gave me-
soi,3s cartridge which she had got from hsf
tr,;nx and which belonged 10 the revolver with
Which Ar. Poor vss killed She told me that
iepuId ret them exchanged for . smaller cal
itssf. 4 gave them 70 . gsutlsmAn In the house
ans he got them exchanged
sThs psstos wss lying on the dressing caas.
do'nos know what part OF the pistol Boyd COS
hesd OF. l got IL swsy from him. Boyd vas
SHADING before the bureau ana was standing
uf:sssinst this little trunk I think the pistol
v,s lying ienethwisa I do not know what po-
s.tson IL was In when the nsst shot Vas fred.
Nr. Miller here tried hard 70 get witness
to;admi, that she had gotten hold OF the
pistol first and that the first two shots
hta gone through the ceiling because
Btyd bad struck her arm Mp. but she SAID
she did not know vho had hold OF the
blsndIe OF the revolver or how the shot had
bsi,n fred. Continuing, she said:
Mr.. Boyd started for the pistol drss. ana -
Qtsck - sav what be meant 60 do sprsng Tor
ths pistol. too, with both hands, and we both
e: hold OF IT. In sec n ux for the pcssession OF
10 70 pulled me towards the center OF the room
AMI n was discharged twice. ! turns1 him
sssund. got the pistol away from him aud
stsrted % run. When I heard him following
msS turned and fred. did not know that no
wa his He never said . word. But he kept
out coming toward me aud caught me and
dr$ggsd me over near the little trunk again.
vsere think the Lass shot vas fred, but don't
know how. Yes. he was drunk and had lost
sons IT his dignity. had the pistol In my
q. ut hand don't know what intended TO
do3 thought he was going 10 kill me. did
noS call for help because l was frightened Yes.
hestold the truth when he told MIA Kennedy
th:t We both hsd hot tempers: thas he teassd
ms aud msdc me very angry. Yes, have hot
temper. Al the close OF our last struggle felt
. dizziness coming over me and lost conscious
neys. Yes, I used 10 suffer from epilepsy since
! .$ave been . woman. was doctored for IL for
thsee years.
lido not recollecs being taken to tbs Jail
ki5,w EDWARD Cudihes and have known him
silsce I vas little girl knew him in Lead
wife. do not remember converting with any
orss 1t police hsadQuartera do not remember
snv one In the room. When came 70 myself
rssoilest finding myself In . strange place with
. s,t of people around me. Who they were or
Wat they were don't know.
did not go man named Baxter. reporter,
inishs room that night
attorney Miller produced . copy Of the
PS,sr-IxTELLIGEScER Of December 3, and
wts about TO read from the paper when
Attorney Piles objected. Judge Humes
s,;stained the objection, saying that the
witness had said she did not remember
wnat she did at police headquarters.
attorney Miller asked witness if at that
time she did not say to Mr.. Baxter: II
Killed HIM, and done It willfuIlyW and
slSe replied: II do not know, SIR"
Mrs. Boyd said that she wrote to Boyd
naarly every day. She also did consider
aFie teicgraphing. probably three or four
times per day. The kilograms did not cost
anything as Boyd had a telegraph frank.
Taere were great many letters. and the
letters already introduced we're but small
portion Of them.
Attorney Miller asked witness II in any
o. her letters demand Of marriage was
made to Boyd. but an objection to this
Question was sustained.
Dn redress examination by Attorney
pllcs the witness testified that she did not
remember saying anything while she had
hsr arms around Boyd's neck after he was
dead.
Mr. Piles then took up the same copy of
tlis Posr-fSTEILisENcxR and proceeded TO
AK her II she recollected stating several
things she was there reported a. having
sid when she was arrested. blu. this was
r,sled out as ii had been when Mr.. Miller
Il: ed TO do the same thing. After narrat-
iitg the circumstances attending the de-
delivery OF her child while IN Jail. the long
osieal to which the dcfendent had been
subjected was concluded and she took her
scat.
Just 1t this time Mrs. Christensen. the
mother Of Mrs. Boyd. was seized with a
fasnting spell. and was assisted from the
room. Mrs. Boyd's testimony and the ad-
m.rable manner in which il had been
given had evidently strengthened her case
wonderfully. and the faces Of Mr.. Piles
AID Mr. Martin showed their satisfaction.
Ntver tor an instant had she hesi.ated for
scply. and a straighter story. or one with
MORE apparent candor. was never told in
thse witness chair.
sheriff Woolery WAS the next witness.
IIp testified that he had observed Mrs.
Bayd frequently when she was in the
cssInty Jail. and he was of the opinion that
side Was insane. lie believed her insane
OK account of her language and actions.
LII, had asked Fred Gaseh. chairman OF
the board of county commissioners, for a
ws'rnan In guard the defendant. because
hs tWoolery) believed the defendant was
oiaxy and would make away with herself
sbr. A. NJ. Burns testified that he had
bsSn physician for twenty-five years.
liz had had considerable experience with
inssnc persons and for four years had To
examine as county physician OF Kings
ocSuty, New York. al! insane patients
Committed. lie had examined probably
be:~een son and 5000 insane persons.
d.: the evidence adduced aid the condi.
tiCin y, the time of the shooting he would
consider defendant insane. In the hrs;
plSce she was subject TO eDiieptlc fits.
w;ich in itself is a predlsposing eause OF
| III ani.y: second. the first stages OF preg.
NANCY were productive Of insanity aud
| ago the condition and excitemen; az the
| tiffc woa.d also be calculated ~ produce
| Insanity. There Was an insanity produced
| fr,:r pregnancy. The nervousness arising
| fr,sm the condition would a. times produce
| in.aai,y as the whole nervous system was
| changed a, times OF pregnancy. The in
sa1ity OF pregnancy is = condition ia prex,
nkncy itself A pregnant woman is sub.