The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-03

gave no evidence of a damaging char
 acter to the defendant.
 Jack Dair. a professional nurse, who
 signed the certificate as a witness, had
 seen Labaddie in the city prison. had at tempted to converse with him on two oc-
 casions, but got no satisfactory results.
 He was of opinion he is insane. He said l the man was a victim of melancholia.
 superinduced by prolonged illness. Dair
 said he was not an expert on sanity or | insanity and was not graduated pro- fessional nurse.
 | Robert Gage told of going in the pa-
 trol wagon to Rodriguez's house. saw Labaddie and told him MT. Welch had sent for him. Defendant at once pre- pared to accompany him. He rode in pa
 troi wagon to police station. Labaddie did not act strangely during the ride. | Thomas McDermott, night detail at the police station, said the defendant sang and talked nearly all of one night in the prison. He was confined across the han | from 8 crazy woman.
 James Glass, timberman steyedore, l and member of the organization with l Labaddie told of the mans prolonged ill., ness and the movement of the organiza- tion to see that he got to Puget Sound where his mother lives. in order to have him benefited.
 John l.. Rodriguez, father-in-law of de- fendant. said he had opposed the mar riage of his daughter and told her she would regret it. Labaddie had been a good workman. but got sick and then failed to provide for his family and act ed as an insane person. He claimed that Labaddie had placed poison about the premises, driven nails in the walls and did other insane things.
 J. Rodriguez, brother-in-law. told of strange and violent actions of the de- fendant at their home where Labaddie and his wife had recently removed. He said Labaddie had a fit which lasted five minutes and after recovery, attempted to light his wife. This was the only fit the man had so far as he knew.
 Ladbaddie was then told by Judge Will Hams of the charge against him and in- formed him that if he desired. he could IT ake a statement. His statement was as follows:
 Two years ago l was taken sick with bronchitis, which terminated in asthma !" He told of having gotten in debt because of his prolonged illness and inability to pay his bills. My wife left me about nine months ago." he said, and went to New Orleans to the Sisters of Charity on Tulane Avenue. She came back in Mo- vember last and came to live with me Rev. Father Callaghan married us and blSlOp AltCH DleSSeu tHe TlIlb. I WdS Ilot then a Catholic, but later joined that faith I got hurt 2O6 days ago and be- came i'll. I nave worked but little since that time. I have a good wife. She Is as good a woman as lives. 1 have a bad temper. due in part to my long sickness. My wife has temper, but not so much as l. I am not insane. There never has been any insanity in my family. The poison spoken of by MT. Rodriguez was bought by me to kill reaches and rats was told 1t would not injure anything else.'
 Ladbaddie then stated that Mrs. Rod riguez is demented; that two daughters are now at the insane hospital, and that another died nearly two years ago of ths same ailment My mother lives at Pudget Sound. near Tacoma, Wash. and has no one with her." he continued. She wrote me to come to her, but owing to my illness and indebtedness could nos go. I asked Captain Welsh to get me a pass there and he promised 1t to me. When the men came after me I was told Captain Welsh<had sent for me. l felr glad, thinking I would get the ticket. In~ stead I was locked up."
 | Defendant then told of going after some flowers to place on his sister-in-law's s grave and of filling some tin cans with dirt and driving holes in the bottoms to allow the water to pass through. Dur ing his recital of his own and his moth CTS illness. Labaddie broke down.
 Judge Williams then instructed the jury and 1t was given the case. After a brief consultation they returned a verdict to the effect that Labaddie was not insane. The verdict was the general opinion of all who heard Labaddie's statement, ar@ that of the witnesses.