St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-07-24

But if you had the evidence IN tnis case
before you your impressions would have
been different. The real explanation IS
the witnesses didn't know the cause that
made the man act so. He had a wife
who quarrellcd with him; she had the
first word and the last word. He had
deprecated property. He had taxes to
collect and he used the money when he
collected them. He hated his vile, but
was it insanity? Was it insanity Ia
years ago when he threatened to Kill his
wife?
Now we come to when Harley dies
Mrs Bruce said Way had an ugly look
at the dead boys side. Mr.. Bates tells
Won that this was because he was in
sane. But Way had been in an ugl con-
dition Tor many years. Mrs. Bruce tells
you she saw him weeping and then that
a look OF hate was on his face. HIS
troubles all came over him-his loss OF
property-and he thought OF his wife as
the cause Of it all. The look of hate was
for her After the burial he told his wife
this expense must be stopped il the doors
had to be locked. He drove her out Of
the house with profanity and later
threatened TO make mince meat OF her.
About one year ago Mrs. Gray heard
him tell her, II wish could spill your
hearts blood"
When the lister tried to synpathize
with him he said: 81 buried 500 in the
cemetery" The love OF his child was
connected with the thought of money.
His wife went visiting and he was
worrying because he feared she was GO
ing to leave him. His wife comes back,
and then comes the worst period in his
life. There were three days Of house
cleaning. He refused to board a guest
saying. Not another team will put up
while that - bitch stays here These
three days of house cleaning were just
before the tragedy 1t was a state of
despair, but it wasn't insanity. Loss Of
temper is not insanity. If it was, there
would be no use for courts OF justice.
Now we come to the Goth of May. The
day before this he told her 81 hoped you
would come back in a coffin" On that
day Judge Gleason visited her. Judge
GLEASON did not know what he knows
now. He spent three hours with Way
and heard the whole story; he heard
Way lay all the blame of the affair to his
wife; saw him get angry heard him say
that the wife could never have the
daughter Dora. A week ago he was
engaged for the defense and tells you
on the witness stand that it never
occurred to him but what Way was all
right during the interview. Is that testi-
mony of some weight? Did Gleason tell
you that Way told him the cause Of all
the trouble was fortune teller He laid
all his troubles to his wife.
Now we come very close to the time OF
the act. What sort o! man was 1T
that took that club ? Are you to con-
slider him as it he had your education,
your ideals of life ? You are to remem-
Der how he felt towards his wife, how he
felt about his property. You are to
remember that there was no world to
him except in that little valley. If life
was ruined for him there, it was ruined
for him everywhere. The beginning OF
the end was at hand. The index to a
mans mind is twothings-what you can
see and what you can hear. There are
several men who have testified to both.
OnS man Sdlu way ulu hoI dPPNoi o1
excited as several days before. Every
witness accounts for his appearance on
the ground of anger except Henry Hott'
man, who thinks he was insane. Not
one who saw him after the tragedy
thought he was insane.
The husband and wife did not make
any contract for separation. Yet he
didn't want any more OF her. He haC
said that "My wife has started a lawsuit
that Jesus Christ will have to settle.
Did this mean that no one on earrf
could settle the case, as Mr.. Dunnett
would have you believe 1t meant thai
the black cloud of malice was gathering
He was desperate and he did not know
what to do. He did not know wha
was to happen, but there is no doubt a
all but that the anger and hatred in hi
mind was ready for combustion.
necessary he was ready to put an end t.
her and then to himself. He said to him
self, well all 60 down together"
There were number of witnesses wht
saw Way before and after the murder
That rarely happens in the history o
crime. Plummer Drown saw Way lean
ing against the barn door just before tn
murder. He told Drown how he jus
blowed up Hoffman about the fence
lust at that time Mrs. Bruce drove III
and Immediately he started for tie house
He went through the woodshed ant
through the muse into the office. H
then passed back into the sitting room
where he waited until his wife cam
4 l,n 4D too
of the stairs and asked her where sh
was going. She said she was eoin
away, she supposed for good, and h
said "all right" He spoke in such ton
that no alarm was created. Then w
know what followed. 1t would be ust
less for me to repeat it. They say thi
was the act of a maniac. How shoul
he have appeared to have us think h
was insane? If he was frenzied the
would say he was insane. Now that h
is calm they tell you he is insane.
everything he says shows that he kne'
what he was doing they say an insar
man is cunning. 1t is hard to find wha
the test of insanity is.
How did the club come there? Mr.
Orcutt never saw the club before. If /
brought it in with him and then seize
) the club and killed her, what does
mean? Could man do anything thu
, showed sanity which this man failed t
| show? He prepared the thing for he
} he disarmed her suspicious by his plea
: ant tone, and when she said, Don
5 Marsh" he said II will kill you befo
t you leave the house." If this is nsanit
} | don't know what sanity is. The
I WAS no incoherence. passion or frenz