The herald., 1897-01-22
| TRYING TO SAVE HIS NICK
The Wife Murderer Told
His Troubles to All
He WOULD ALSO WEEP COPIOOlY
BartheIman Was Very Popular
With His LandIadies
HORSE WHIPPING IN COURT
The Outcome of a Contested Guardian.
ship Matter
An Orange County Judge Who Forgot He Was
Stakeholder
Chinese Who Were Bound to Find
The Outcome of a Contested Guardian.
ship Matter
An Orange County Judge Who Forgot He Was
Stakeholder
Chinese Who Were Bound to Find a
Robber-A Female Smuggler Sem
fenced to San Diego Jail.
Collins Goes Free.


The attorney and a large number of
friends of John T. Barthelman are do
ing their best to prove that the wife
murderer is off his base" A great
swarm of witnesses say they thought
for months that he was of unsound mind
and base their conclusions on the fact
that the defendant was eternally and
forever talking about his wife and baby
and on every possible occasion when
these tender subjects would come up
he would weep copiously. 1t was noted
in the examination of these witnesses
that they would all have held Barthel-
man responsible had he killed any OF
their imme diate friends or destroyed
any of their valued property, and none
Of them would say that he was ever SO
far out of his head that he did not know
right from wrong
The crowd in the court room of de-
partment one was not as great as the
day before but the number of women
was about equal and they exhibited the
same absorbing interest in the proceed
| ings they have manifested from the
first, and 10y frequent smiles indicated
their ncredulity in the stories of the
! Defendants consuming love for his wife
and child.
The days proceedings were opened
by the reading of another deposition to
support the claim that the whole Bar
thelman family is more or less afflicted
with emotional insanity. This deposl-
tion was made by Annie Bartheman,
who has lived in Chicago six years and
| a half and does not speak a word of
| English. She is a sister to the defend
ant. After telling all about the names
| and ages of her brothers and sisters with
| particulars of the death of her parents,
| deponent proceeded to contradict the
| sta atements made by her relatives in the
! depositions read yesterday. For one
! thing she threw 2 new light on the story
! Of her fathers hanging her 9-year-old
! brother. AS a matter of fact. the old
man did not hang the boy. but only put
a rope around him and took it off again.
70 the interrogatory, Did your father
ever destroy any of your sisters prop
erty?" Annie answered, My sister never
! had no property" This Contradicts the
| trunk story. Deponent said her father
| would get very crazy for few days
! and be all right again next week, but
! said nothing about the particular kind
of drink the old man liked best. When
asked why members Of the family did
not take steps to put the old man in an
| asylum. deponent replied that there are
| no insane asylums in Germany and
| every family must take care of its own
| crdZies
Then began a series of local witnesses
| who were put on the stand to prove that
! Barthelman was crazy. The first was
| William Baskwell, a clerk. Who has lived
! mere since 1855, and has known the de-
si1 itb
! time the two had been chums. Their
/ close cOmpanionShip enabled witness to
make a study of Barthelman. who to him
frequently seemed to be out Of his head.
| Defendant had often told his troubles
TO witness and invariably cried when
doing 50. Defendant had told witness
about Mrs, Barthelman's skipping out
and taking all her household Goods, and
| he seemed much affected thereat. Bar
thelman had reproved his Wife for gad-
! ding about when she ought to he at home
taking care of the baby. Whenever de-
fendant would speak of his wife he
would cry and his eyes would grow
heavy. with dark rings under them.
When defendant received a kind word
from his wife he would seem happy. De-
fendant cried and cried. lie took on so
that witness said TO him: You had bet
ter stop that. or youll drive yOurse elf
crazy to which defendant replied 'T'l
certain that at times Barthelmau was
not responsible.
This witness and the following ones
were cross examined by LIE Cpmpto Da-
Wis associate counsel for the prosecution.
You say you think chat at times he
was not responsible.' asked the attor~
nay,
''Yes sir"
DO you think that if at that time he
mad drawn a pistol and shot you down,
that he would have been responsible?"
u don't think he would
What led you to believe that he was
not responsible?"
He was so often crying and his eyes
looked CLASSY
do you think If man who cried and
had CLASSY eyes would come along and
shoot you down, that YOU would think
be was not responsible2'
Witness indicated that he would hold
| such a person responsible. He also aI-
mitted that if during the period spoken
Of Barthelman had made a contract
with him he would hold him 10 it a 70
sponslble Witness thought Barthclman
was half-crazy. but believed everything
he said as reasonable. 1t was not de-
PENDANTS words 50 much as his actions
that seemed 20 witness to indicate in
sanity. on redirect examination witness
said that Barthelmau always carried q
I revolver.
Mrs Mary Weeks of no. 50714 DoWney
, avenue was the next witness introduced
by Attorney +. +. Davis for the defense
Mrs Weeks knew BaYthelman about
seven months previous % November .
the day of the murder He lodged at
her house from the preceding April q
the time he had shot his Wife Witnes"
saw much Of defendant during that time
/ and was kept well informed about hi.
troubles Barthelm2n had talked to hel
/ | repeatedly about his wife and baby anc
how Mrs Barthelman had suddenly lei
i him, taking nearly eVeryt thing they had
Il have not always done right myself.
, the defendant had said 70 witness. "bu
few of us 90" He would talk by the houl
about his troubles and would become
greatly excited and would put his hanC
to his head and complain of headache
Barthelman would frequently complain
. of not being able to sleep and his eye!
t looked sunken. All these things had lee
witness TO believe that Barthelman wa!