The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-11-20

Grove he bore the reputation of and
was recognized by the people as good
and industrious neighbor, peaceful,
quiet, kind, humane and inofensive
man and law abiding citizen; that for
about three years prior to the homicide
the deceased was the family physician
Of defendants family; that for about
two years prior to the homicide the de-
fendant's wife acted towards the defend-
ant in an estranged manner and showed
a growing dissatisfaction with her home
and with defendant; that the defendant
learned that the associations of his
wife with the deceased continually in.
creased in frequency; that about eigh-
teen months before the homicide the de-
fendant became suspicious of the rela.
tions between his wife and the deceased
and that during that time he repeatedly
entreated his wife to break off said
relations; that about Nov. 0, 1901, the
wife of the defendant made confession
to the defend ant of her relations with
the deceased; that she then informed
the defendant that she had frequently
had criminal relations with the deceased
number of times during about two
years before; that up to that time the
defendant had believed that his wife
had not sustained criminal relations
with the deceased; that nevertheless
after the defendant had learned from
his wife of her criminal relations with
the deceased he earnestly besought her
to no longer continue said relations and
offered to forgive her; that soon after
defendant learned of the criminal rela.
tions between the deceased and his wife
he became greatly distressed in mind,
sleeping hardly any and very irregular
ly, eating little and irregularly, he
worked in fits and starts, that he would
continually talk to himself about his
domestic troubles, frequently bursting
out in tears, restless and inconstant in
his actions; that he would often sit as if
in deep study, then suddenly startle,
would act strangely and unnaturally;
his appetite bad; would talk first on one
subject then revert to his domestic
trouble; that he was fighty in his talk;
that he would gather flowers saying re-
peatedly and frequently as he gathered
the flowers that he liked to get a
boquet for his wife; that he
was not as talkative as he had been be-
fore he heard of the criminal rela-
tlons of his wife with the 6eceased;
that his eyes frequently looked CLASSY
and that he looked wildly; that he
would frequently ask another person
what shat person would do if man
should ruin his family; that he would
forget the name of friend whose name
he knew we'll, that he would sometimes
suddenly throw up his hands and laugh
unnaturally and say l''I have to do this
way when spells come on me;" that be-
fore he learned of the relations between
the deceased and his wife his memory
was good, but after he learned of those
relations his memory became defective
and poor; that he would often talk
about his domestic trouble to himself at
night while in bed and would also
at such times frequently cry, that after
the confessions of his wife of her rela-
tions with the deceased he frequently
complained of his head, and of his
stomach, often could not eat, and was
costive; that after he heard of said rela.
tions betwe en- his wife and the deceased
he would say that be would kill DR.. Duff
if he did not leave and stay away from
Garden Grove; that he would threaten
to commit suicide; that he frequently
talked about the loss Of his manhood;
that he would say that he believed that
he had been doped by deceased and as
result his manhood had been lost; and
the next moment asked if his manhood
could be thus destroyed;- that unex-
Tpectedly he saw the deceased in Gar.
den Groye shortly before the homicide;
he then Immediately became nervous
and excited: Immediately got cartridges
and shot gun and sought and shot the
deceased; and Immediately after shoot-
ing the deceased he muttered to himself
that the deceased had ruined his falni-
ly but that he would never ruin another
family. What would you say as to the
man being sane or insaneo
The witness answered he wss certainly
insane, and that he considered that
Clark was insane at the time of The
shooting.
DR.. Doolittle was followed by DR..
Wales, of Davis City, DIR. Bone, Of
Grand River, DR.. Brown, Of Leon, and
DR.. Layton, of Leon, to all of whom