Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-07-12
[he Soul Of aBrute
By RODRIGUES OTT0LENGUI.
sthor Of An artist In Crime" a Conatct Of
Evidence THE Crime Of the
Century," Etc.

yCdio Va PShoA SSA NAtuuS sh"S 40
/ sentence of my judge. Yet. now
at 1t is all over, am l guilty Of this
|ne2 1t Is an odd question to be
ked by the prisoner, is 1t noti Two
eeks ago, when placed on trial, my
Ia was "Not guilty" At that time
rould have sworn that had nothing
lido with the death of Philip Norton.
wv, strange as 1t may seem. l am my
q in doubt. / have listened atten-
|ely to the evidence as 1t has been
AVN from the witnesses, and l am
1iged to confess that the jury has
ndered just verdict even a lenient
:. Would you care to hear that evi.
ice which has almost convinced me
am guilty Of crime
(which up to the day Of my arrest l
lid have sworn that ! was innocent?
10, l will relate the most important
Its of the trial. after which. IL you
b have an interest in the recital, l
d tell you the whole truth as far as
now 1t.
khe first witness was DR.. Roberts.
testified that the deceased had been
<wned. Upon cross examination he
Snitted that careful autopsy. con-
EEted by himself and assistants. had
1elosed no marks Of violence.
krthur Hamilton gave evidence as
)ows: 81 am as much friend OF
Sprisoner as was Of the deceased.
net them both here at the lake for
y first time this summer. l would
say that the deceased was a quar-
|Some man. but he certainly had
y temper. Yes: I have seen an ex-
&Ition of it--once. He was quarrel
with the prisoner. 1t was about a
think. though some said that the
was a pretense. love affair and
being the true cause Of animosity.
Id not hear Mr.. Norton make any
ats. I heard the prisoner say. Amy
y who would wantonly injure dog
0erves no consideration from his fel-
w men, The quarrel was brief. No;
Elbows were struck. That was the
"a quarrel, so far as l know. Yes: I
|Dember Sept. 13. 1t was the day
n which we found the body Of the
hsed. The prisoner invited me to
1T in his boat. He asked me to get
&ars from the boathouse. He asked
K ne shorter pair. could not find
< l brought the longer pair. He
|<essed surprise that the oars were
ID TIE boathouse. We started to-
d Deer island. The prisoner was
ing. Yes; he told me his object In
~ng there. 1t was on account OF a
In which he had had on the night
ere. He had dreamed that his dog
~ dead on Deer island. and he wish
NO test the matter. The dog had
Ia missing for ten days remember
|M that the quarrel Of which l have
lfied began by the prisoners accus-
Mr. Norton Of having stolen or kill
his dog. The dog was valuable an
A 1t was a Laverick setter. Her
|1e was Psyche. What was the first
l3g that | noticed at Deer island?
4l. 1t was the missing pair Of oars.
~ were floating In the water and
ght In the weeds near the shore.
IA did not get out of the boat. The
Oner did and went some distance
W the bushes. Next | heard a cry.
81 he came running back. with the
"a body Of his dog in his arms. He
he had found the dog exactly
ere he had dreamed she was lying
%. He put her into the boat. and
started for the hotel landing. Did
nd the body Of Mr.. Norton? No; the
e0ner saw II first. He called my at
xtion to 1t. He said, What Is thaty
Een we rowedl closer TO 1t and found
deceased. The body was caught In
\ bushes. After taking 1t into the
% we then rowed back the way we
n come. That is all ] know"
&c was then cross examined by my
Fyer as follows:
p Was the accused surprised at find
\ the corpse? A. do not know.
4s very much excited.
p Did he assist in lifting the corpse
3 the boat? Did he shrink from
tdling IT? A. Yes; he helped me TO
the body out Of the water. He did
appear to shrink from it.
Was he surprised at finding the
y? A. cannot tell you that either.
4 jumped from the boat as soon as
ran on the beach and went in
ch Of the dog. took the oars from
u water while he was gone.
Do you think the oars might have
ted away from the boat accidental.
supposing that they had been left
the boat on the night before? A.
IL they had been left In the oar
IS. That has happened once before,
en some careless boys forgot to take
% into the boathouse,
Did they float far on that occa-
"A! A. About a mile.
Deer island is less than q mile
n the hotel. Then you think these
may have fioated from the landing
far as Deer island? A. Certainly
Why not, since that Is less than
e awayf A. Deer island is to the
thward. The current flows to the
thward.
was evident that this witness had