Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-10
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Especial to Virginan Pilot0
Lawrencev!lle. Va, June ?.-Thcre
Wee about fifty persons in the court
house at S:l5 o'clock this morning,
when commemorative Attorney Bu-
ford resumed his speech for the prose
cution. in the case OF Rev. Roane Rid
dick. The prisoner seemed To mantle 81
more interest in the proceedings than
on any previous day. He eyed Mr..
Buford closely at times. with an ex-
preston OF madness about his eyes.
Mr. Buford was m good voice and his
argument was earnest ana forcciul. He
first took up The different forms OF IN
SANITY and then proceeded to review
the testimony. MIR Buiord contended
that unless IT was proven That HID
dick had Il dc.uslon that lie WAS COM
missiOned OF God to Kill Dr. Temple,
then the plea OF insanity amounted 10
nothing. lie argued from tile evidence
that there was nothing To convince
any sane mind that the contention OF
the commonwealth was ll-fOunded
The prosecutor lad great stress upon
the fact that the defense had offered
In evidence the following letter written
by RiddclI To his wife ono week before
the trial was begun. This was intro
duced in support OF the diVine-con-
mission plea.
Lawrence, Va Maich 10, l'uV'
Mr.. Dear Mr.. Turnbul: Brother r.
ID. Davis's statement Just before YOU
and he left me at the hotel that there
were certain !cSal processes ANA Pro-
ceeuiilSs INIT ndu 10 DC according 20
regular FORM III orutr 10 pc Nallu'
coup,Iu WIN INC i"c's VHal tntIe WIS was,
no iiluslon 10 my case III HeSterua!
paper. and that my mail is now
brought TO me unopened together with
-, 80, " - ~ '' ~
80 r,,onono,j H., t.rs r, rrr,,, !, =
Mose thn ntho,. ron, sc,ne ve,.v jcnr
friends a, Iorrott'e Donr, an tbasn
thince ,oa1 mo 70 infa,. ihnt nr ,rcn-
nIo is now considered out Of danger:
that The status of NV case has been
changed from n defence from the
charge of an attempt at homicide into
Il prosecution i'm Il civil suit for dam
ages; that the certain legal processes
and proceedings were to attach his
property. in other words, to take legal
steps TO prevent his putting MS prop
ertN out OF reach by executing some
instrument making it over to third
party.
SAID HE WAS SANE.
Rcasonintr rurlhcr upun these facts |
conclude tnat bcin.r entirely confident
i'm my sanity YOU were satisfied that by
The sound inductive reasoning stated
above | would reach these conclusions
OF myself, and that you ttrr1-rr-7r-r-trr---- TT,
mo at my rcuucSt because YOU wished
me to have time to reach sUuh conclu-
sion. ana meant TO intimate to me that
il would be well for me to SCI them
GOWN in writing. so as To bc available
in proving my rationallly, Il fact that
DR.. Temples lawyers VIII now try to
shake, in order 10 impeach my evil
dence in the civil trial, ana rule out
my testimony on the ground that they
Woulu Try 10 es'"p'lsh mat am l'isahe'
ana theIclVIe "ut Il c"ll'ettht "1'"eSa;
i Ahier lurthei ti i'at me OBJECT you hin
III we" III p''nsihs 'Fotler WILSON 10
see ii't W'n ma W quts''oil!hS me
ne hilsHt NC III d p>a't'oi 70 DC It
ar,tv and ,borah, s,,,a,.I n.t. ~
sn.tS; anu - !"uteIS iuaru 'salist inc
poSSloi'''S 20 NY s'.,i'onI pe'HS p"I
Ien GU. On me "-n''t 'iI"1 1 am INSANE
iuI ny ,,;u .i i'u''t 'n's 'hat me
opJect oi i'.ii ii"i - iit.e"reu Nls.I was
10 Pi ~ " III! hdhils
sucn 10y ,.'io 20 'iI'nS NE Vl me
ra't,9 ~. n,onufarturn sHn,o -, ~ ~
sHtnet 81 49, INliehce
ma ooui" pu l'''e 'N '''''p.c isatIlst me
nave IeaSheu tuS volc'uSlph py pro-
cesses Oh inuur,!Ne 't% ',.S 10 my
own mlno Clearly eslaDhshlng the tact
OF my SANITY ana KNOWING? the extreme
Importance 10 my case OF stablishins
my sanity, ana thereby prevent the eX-