The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-07
PROVING HIM INSANE
.Greene's Defense Based on
Theory of insanity.
HIS NEIGHBORS TESTIFY
Prisoner Had Fits in Sight of
lurymen.

OL IOrly-llllS men ndG Deen exhausted II
the effort TO get a satisfactory jury
Quite a number of witnesses were exam
med by the time of adjournment, 5ut
none Of the expert testimony which vii
be used for the purpose of proving tht
condition Of Greene's mind as to insanity
was used. That phase Of the case vii
not be reached before Monday. There
were quite a number of spectators pres
ent during the trial In the afternoon a
bevy Of yound ladies from Lewis acad-
envy called and were given prominent
seats inside the railing in order TO wit
ness the progress of the first murder trial
they had ever seen.
Just after the adjournment of court for
the day Greene took one Of the hard hts
about which so much has been said dur
ing the trial, and a great number OF
people crowded about him, expressing the
deepest sympathy for the unfortunate
sufferer. The fit occurred jest outside the
door on the steps leading from the north
ern steps of the court house, while Jailor
Dodd was taking the prisoner back &c
jail Some of the jurymen saw ii, but
did not stop TO look at the victims in
convuIsions. Greene had six or sight
hard spells before he was able to be re-
moved to the jail.
The defense was very much disappoint-
ed in the nature Of some of the testimony
given by its own witnesses, inasinuch as
it tried to prove an existing condition
of family quarrels in the Greene home
before the tragedy, and an alleged inu-
macy between the murdered womaa and
Mcdowell None of the ladies so cues
toned knew anything on which ID base
a suspicion of wrong in Mrs. Greene.
The first witness called by the state
was R. S. Boyle, the conductor in charge
of the train on which Mr.. and Ms
Greene went TO Furley the morning of the
tragedy. County Attorney Amidon ques-
toned the witness as follows:
Mr. Boyle, please state if you saw that
man pointing to Greene on your train
the morning this trouble occurred.
Yes, sir.
How and where did you set him?
began collecting fares in the smok-
ing car, and 1 passed through the smok-
ing car and into the chair car, where l
first saw him.
What was he doing?
He tried to pass me.
What did you do?
was collecting fare from a lady and
I showed my leg across the aisle 10 keep
him from passing me, as l wanted TO
collect his fare.
What did ne do then, Mr. Boyle?
He made a motion as 1 thought TO
strike me. but instead of dong that he
put his hand in his pocket after the
ticket.
What next occurred?
asked a lady near by for htr ticket,
and he said That is my wife. I said
''Well, you only gave me one ticket
Where is the other?" ''Oh, he said, she
has her own ticket"
Did the wife say anything?
Yes. She said: You had better look
out for that man"
When you got to Furley what occurred?
Greene was first to get off, stepping
from the rear of the smoking car, which
was next to where his wife STEPPED from
the chair car. He stepped ba X as she
stepped off, as If giving her the way.
How did he act then?
He stepped very rapidly up behind her
and placed a revolver to her head.
Could she see hon?
No, sir.
What did Greene do then?
He put the pistol close to her head and
shot. She fell forward on her face on
the platform.
Then what did he do?
He tried TO shoot himself in the temple.
but the revolver would not go off The
trigger did not seem to work, and ne
seemed to have a good deal OF trouble
with it. He then put the muzzle OF the
revolver in his mouth. but it fell out
again.
There wasn't anything TO prevent him
from keeping it in his mouth, was there2
No, sir.
The witness was then cross-queestioned
by Judge .Balderston. attorney for the
defendant.
When did you first discover Greene in
ne smoking car?
Somewhere between Wichita and kechi.
How was ne acting; any way strangs
n out Of the ordinary?
No. sir: nothing unusually strange that
could see.
Didn't see anything peculiar about the
appearance Of his eyes2
NJ, sir.
You say he acted as though he was
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Did vou see nira have any conversation
r.-7 his vie an the train toat morning.
\, sir
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