Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-19
Pressing The
Insanity Plea.
., i, Koiohn Murdes Case Entirely Along These
ljres-Slrs Kaghn's Testimony - d. Beers de-
s,,caon of DEFENDANTS Appearance On The Day Of
The Shooting

or,dence IN the Roy Kaighn
-" a. case this morning was entirely
uu'' ,bs Plea Of insanity. Drs' Beer r
upon puons5Ict were called to the s'ahu
~ ,,,I -, defense TO give expert testimony
:, MAI point. Both testified mat 'hey
~ lawn the defendant a number OF
r'u wore acquainted with his habits
s,a seen him under the influence
A,'I ,,anor on various occasions They
~ listed Roy at the police station
~, o'clock on the afternoon OF the
| ing and stated that judging from
" IGNORANCE and actions then, he
~. lrsane and wholly irresponsible
FOR his acts
Mrs. Kaghn, the step-mother OF de-
.,dont testified as to a number OF oc-
VIC when Roy came home under the
,,sosrre Of some drug and committed
'o,, that led her to believe he was in
ane.
BEERS DESCRIPTION
nr w T. Beer was the first witness
called this morning. He testified that
he had known Roy Kaighn almost all
=, ,be boys life. The boys condition
@ma 70 his notice during the National
Guard enoampment beginning Sept o.
IA, during which he was under the In
epsnce Of liquor or drug most of the
limo He visited defendant about !
6,lock the afternoon of the shooting
,ccompanled by DR.. Benedict In de-
,,dblng defendants appearance at that
'S His face was congested, eyes In
famed and the pupils dilated. lie was
yery nervous. couldn't maintain any
ans nosItion for any length OF tlfnei
lent looking up and down aud wouldn
bok anyone In the face. J asked nm
vby he aid It and he said 1t was case
Of getting the gun there first ana ne dlu
ii From my Judgment he was not Oh
sound mind, ne was laborlng either uh.,
dar the influence Of liquor or drug ana
his mind was so unbalanced that ne
could not IN my judgment Distinguish
between right and wrong, and was IT.
responsible for his acts, and would
consider him insane
THE DOCTOR CROSS EXAMINED.
on cross-eyaminatlon he stated that
belladonna would dllate a persons eyes
and II would take about 20 minutes for
It TO take effect after which Il would
last for three or four days. Morphine,
he said, would contract the pupils OF
the eyes and IL defendants eyes were
not contracted he couldn't have had
any morphine In his system Cocaine
dIates the pupils, but witness did not
know the effects Of absnthe upon the
pupils Of the eye. He said he could not
tell whether defendants pupils were al
lated from the effects OF beladonna.
cocaine or whisky. Witness said that
he had never before examined a person
within two and q half hours after he
had committed a homicide, so could not
tel what effect the crime would have
upon any one.
DO you believe, doctor, that the best
rhteron for judging a person insane is
bis acts?' asked Mr., Elchnor
yes sir"
The district attorney then related the
actions Of defendant on the day Of the
shooting. his purchase Of the revolver
and everything connected with the
crime and then asked II he would con-
sdet such acts those Of an insane per-
con-
They would have been" was the re-
fy
Do you think that all persons who
commit murder are insane?"
! think there Is a stage Of insanity
u NE majority Of murders"
When they commit murder do you
ultk they are In such a frame Of mind
ual they can not distinguish between
rght and wrong2'
! don't think they could"
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.
senator Brown also put a hypothetl-
81 question to witness in which he
ccaCilbed the alleged assault upon Miss
s@les The fact Of Roy Kaighn walking
u curing the struggle then returning
WINS room, sitting up all night brood
tgNer the affair, drinking alcohol and
ssslnlhe and In that frame Of mind
,,-ES,uhg Haynes. and concluded by
sAhB Witness II he would consider
'sq an act that of an insane person.
h, would consider him insane labor
y under great stress of mind" was
us answer
DR. BENEDICT TEsTIFIEs.
w G NJ. Benedict was the next wit
~ - called. lie testified that he had
,-vNn Roy kaighn for three or four
=, He related the same experience
\, w national Guard encampment as
s ~ h .e He visited defendant AT the
=, u yau WIN DR.. Beer on the afternoon
,s WV shooting. He said the boy an
H. udzed und seemed To be under
a.. unluence Of what he had done or
~, e ufug He considered the defend
,~.Nwl uhsound mind at that time and
y. irresponsible for his actions
n. described the prisoners actions M
h., ~ '' ny ~ practically the same man
'Il as DR.. Beer.
NJ 4. denomination he stated that
a, D ".,. never before examined per
\. ,lnin two and a half hours after
Ia, "au committed a murder so colld
An. ,!uuse whether his condition was
''s 70 the crime. '''' was
hal . Pembroke testified that no
pse, ~ Roy Kaighn under tho inf1u-
sav bi, guor three or four times He
DAY ~ un between " and o'clock the
rln's 1ne shooting in front Of McGur-
vts, uahk' Roy was walking
ihs i,s.u looked as Il he were under
tsh ",iuence Of llduor. his face was
,nu,,.,us eyes blood-shot and he wss
~''''ring to himself. anu "S was
MRS. col. KAIGHN.
,vs az 80. Col. Kalghn testified tba, sbo |
ago la, 9' Xxx. YEA To Col Kaighn a year |
hot ~, Wy She had known defend. |
be Me- he was years OF age and |
inysis,. uurlng that entire perlod an
lnnrHsse isaiette fieud. Since ber
Ilrlhg :, 9 tl since defendant had been |
im s4,s, nyine she said she had seen |
he va, ca e,1- times when she thought |
Fhers ,b ,'[y. She told OF an Incident |
10 hIs ,ae. BOY came home and went |
md he ~. Shortly afterwards she |
'''0hsl heard him sobbing and |