Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03
THE HUTCHINSON CASE
Taking Of Testimony is Proceeding al Very
Sloa Rate.
CONTINUANCE TAKEN UNTIL MONDAY


at noon today until MluuA8 W'i"''N'
and 1, looks q. though J., VIII be- Tuca-
day or wednesd,y bstorf she case VIII
reach the jury
The defense j. making cv'-y rh'r' u.
prove that the defendant j. of nnsoshd
mind. and the prosecution j. cpui'Iy Ac-
,lve In trying q slow the fnliicy 'i
the insanity nlet. on the wlin'sse'
thus far examined By ihe defense rave
been convinced In their Own minds or
Mrs. Hutchinson uns0un1 mental con.
dillon. though whit eject this KIND OF
testimony viii hass on the minds ~ The
iufors. In vlsw u the populations uf
the defendant, j. matter % CONJECTURE
.niy. The case has hcci. In some re-
spscts. q most remarkable one The de-
findani has idmi.teii theft afior ;heii'
hut claims u vas Tor certain our
pose-to teach thl Mathis people a les
con. and 20 warn thgru - w. moro car,
fui about the ilrka m thslr doors. 10
DO this she Admired havlna sntorcd ne
house. la The absence uf tre family, ana
took valuable thl1gl bclnnsiug Co NC
lnmaffs, and Afterwards ctnN futli"
and broke the window H. max" u ap-
pear as though burEiirs had been there
80 return the stlitn gods before leAN-
ing the city, shi7n would have hesn
before nUw mad she not been afsesiel,
The defendant has Impressed NUM-
her "a being a ru1niu{ tfiitl, tl'Ntt
thief. There 10 no dau3 ing thtt ehe "
at present q physical wreck. Tnis. taNsn
together with .hs fact that she = q Voc
man. will. "a IL thpufhL have come -
feet on the Jurors IN appealing ~ their
axmu4thlfa
After the New" rcpor, closed ycs;er-
day, Miss Celia swsnson was called by
the defense. and her testimony was
much on the same line 40 ihii given
by Mrs Rachael Slcssi Witness was a
frequent called on Mrs. Hutchinson, ana
from her actions II led her 20 wonder
n che altitude ha not Affected her Mfs
Hutchinson was always nervous and
acted queefiy. she often expressed q
wish that she Ncfs dead. and had ire.
qusn,iy told witness she hoped rnnic one
would rob the Mathis fam.ly.
Joseph obsfndoffsr tsa'incd that the
defendant had been nurse at ala house
on two different occasions. Ahe was a
good nurse. but at times dli thinEs
that Impressed him aa being very ruesr.
Mrs. r. G. Martin was next called.
/. She said her occupation was that OF q
trained nurse. Fac absence 10 a pupil
IN Mrs. Hutchinaon'a eyes had is'l her o.
believe that she was lnAane, Mrs
Iiutchlr r1n'a strange habits had also
caused witness to think that she wah
unnt 90 be nurse.
Captain i.saveii. Of Fort DOUGLAS. faii
that defendant was an yiiiei.n, nurse,
but she always impressed him ~ be-
Ing a strange person.
A, the CONCLUSION of tho witnefn
testimony. court adjourned until ihl'
morning.
TopAy'a PRocEEDiNus.
Today's proceedings began by the r.
calling OF Captain Lsavsli. who ;es
tined to Mrs. Hntchlnson's nervous an
hysteflcai condition ON various Occh
slons when at his house. lie also pro
ducsd a gold ring which Mrs. Hutchln
son had stolen from him. and which III
admitted having pawnei IN three az
f.rsnt occasions. lie allowed Mr.. VA
Cot 90 retain the rink until after III
trial. on that gentleman dlving him
receipt for u.
ldentirsd u number " articles she htl
taken from different parties ANON
thea. was "a lhils story book. tskei
from the house of Mira. iistiha Carte
In August ~ this year Drfendnng "a
mited having taken IL. The book va
present ffom MIS- Garter O. he
daughter 4 leaf had been torn uul
anu W An' h'NA i'h' H' '"''"'"h so
tcrlpilon appears;
To v. ". H.. from n. ". W.
A little thing with lots of love.
Xmas, 1897.
pr. T. II. Beatty said that he hrs
became acquainted with ,hs dsfeniau
Ia December, 1887, She came 60 his VI
nee seeklnE employment - an umef
Eency nurse. he noticed her phyticl
and mental condition IN a general va
only. lie met her again several month
later IN ptpfssscnil way. ara froi
whas he then saw he came q the con
clusion that she was " a highly nrryuu
temperament ana unnt 20 perform m
duties Of nurse. She manifested an ut
stability In various ways, AMI both HI
actions and appearance "sfs Firnns
and peculiar,
Dr. Beatty was then examined on N
vaious phases - insiHiiy. as wei !
the causes and effects ~ same. lie sal
ln answer 10 Nj. cflirhlow thht "a Mel
10 maniac might steal things NJ Nnlt
and be most cunning tnh aklllful
covering up. and vice vtrHt. rhs IN
pulse 80 burn or steal wac 4 Hympln
VI insanity In some people.
Df beatty was cr0-s-rNHmlnrl 10y VI
Van cot, and said that 4 person cnu
be- perfectly sans and di wat NJ
Hutchinson had done. lie was not pr
pared Go say that kltpiimanii alive
showed i'aelf IN the maHAr~ 10 hal WI
the defendant. Many pCtslns we
sylzed with an Impulse 10 Kn1ek chi
on monuments. etc. a. Keep them ~
show their friends, YET such p#rfnl
nearly always Nsre IN a sound state
mind,
Dr. Beatty wAa on the stand nj Il
noon hour, when an adj lufumenf So
taken until 10 o'clock Monday norma