The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30


Nichols.
Tt was Sunday morning, June %. Mr..
Smith, the night watchman, called me-"
said superintendent Charles.
A map of the buildings and rooms was
produced and described by Charles. He
described the location of the rooms oc-
cupied by the Loves
Mr. Charles said he ran to the build
ing and to the Loves room.
What did you f1nd2' asked Nichols.
Il met Mr.. Lowe in the hall of the
main floor. I said, What in the world
is the matter?' Lowe said, We have
had an accident, This old pistol has
gotten us into trouble We are both
shot I went into the room and found
Mrs. Lowe lying On the floor"
Did Mr.. Lowe follow you into the
room?''
Yes
What did you say?''
Il said to Mrs. Lowe. What is the
matter2' Mrs. Lowe said, 7 am shot
/ said, where and she said, Through the
hips Just then others came in
WAS anything said by Mrs Lowe?"
She said as we laid her on the couch,
oh, Mr.. Charles. don't let anyone think
this was anything but an accident
What did yoa do then?''
Il went to telephone for DOCTOR
Had Mr.. Lowe said anything about
Lower"
mo"
Did Lowe seem solicitous about his
own wound?"
Yes
Did he seem to think about his
wife?"
mo, he said nothing about her until
after we had called a doctor"
loves c1othing?"
Her skirts were somewhat disar-
ranged
was the furniture disarranged.
Was her hair disarranged?"
WAS Mrs. Lowe breathing heavily? ?"
Yes, and moaning"
How was Mr.. Lowe dressed?'
'He wore the clothing he usually wore
about the school"
Did you eat breakfast with Lowe
that n orning?"
Yes
Did you see anything unusual about
his clothing?''
Did you see bruises on her bodye"
"At any previous time did you see
bruises on her 2"
Yes, twice before"
What were they?'
I'VE object" said Judge Allen, and
there was some discussion as to the in
PRODUCTION of such testimony Judge
Hazen decided tosadTlit it
About one month before this occur
renee Mrs. Lowe came to the table with
her eyes blackened and two months pre-
vious she came to the table in the same
condition
A recess was taken till 1:30 o'clock
AT the close of the first days trial of
John c. Lowe, charged with numbering
his wife, Fanny Lowe. at the Reform
school on Sunday morning, June D. it
was apparent that the defense means
to make a stubborn fight against The
testimony introduced by the states wit
nesses
From the cross-examination of the
the state and the Questions put to the
jurymen, it is apparent that
the attorneys for the defense
will attempe to prove temporary
insanity on the part of Lowe at. the
time of the shooting and further try 10
raise a doubt in the minds of the jurors
as to who held the pistol when the shots
were fired.
Lowe was allowed a $1,000 bond by
Justice Wright before whom he had his
preliminary last summer. Since then
Lowe has been at his fathers home and
at the Osawatomie insane asylum At
the preliminary and While in Jail Lowe
gave evidence of derangement or lie
was feigning insanity. His father, Gran
dali Lowe, is a wealthy farmer of Linn
Osawatomie insane asylum as a private
patient and kept there for several
months. AS the state will have DR.. L,
H. Uhls, superintendent of the Osawa-
tonne asylum for q witness. 1t seems
that the state is prepared to discredit
the efforts of the defense to show that
Lowe was insane while in the Osawato-
mie asylum.
When Lowe was released from the
Osawatomie asylum he went to his
fathers home in Linn county, and Is
reported to have since been closely
watched by an attendant. The attend
ant and Loves father keep close to hin
in the court room. When Lowe moves
about the room during a short recess
they follow him. but Lowe has giver
no sign whatever of any intention on his
part to create any disturbance. Mon
day afternoon he leaned out of an oper
window and his attendant carelessl J
stood by.
The defense questioned DR.. A c. Ma
guire closely as to the positions the body
of Mrs. Lowe might have been in When
admitted that in struggle the body
might have been in almost any position
he gave as his opinion that Mrs. LOVE
was PROSTATE when the second shot lntS
her abdomen was fired.
AS an adjournment will be taken fol
New Years day. the trial will last tfii
week and probably into next week.
From the questions asked DR.. Mcguire
regarding the spots of blood on Mrs
loves dress and the questions put te
DR.. BucknaSter regarding the locations
of the spots of blood on the floor of the
rooms where the shooting occurred anc
the questions put to the experts regard
ing the course of the bullet which madt
flesh wound in loves forehead, il
seems that the defense is laying g
foundation for the temporary insanity
theory The supposition is that the de-
fense will endeavor to show that Lowe
was shot first, that the bullet graze6
his forehead and temporarily craze6
him.
To support this theory the defense viii
have the testimony of several witnesses
to the effect that Mrs. Lowe stated al
several times that the shooting was al
accident. While Mrs. Lowe was at tn,
hospital and a short time before she dice
she made a statement which was writ
ten as she dictated it and which was
sworn to by her to the effect that the
shooting was an accident. At the coro-
ner's inquest and at the preliminary
hearing the statement was not Offered