Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-07-27

ehae nc was going 10 clean out the
whole d thing pretty soon."
DIR. A. p. Osborne told his ex-
animation of the prisoner after his
incarceration in the county Jail here
and said that he was, to Judge
from the prisoners own statement,
suffering from a drug or alcohol
mania, but that he considered the
prisoner sane in every way.
Sheriff w. w. Smallwood, who
made the arrest, told of converse
tions in the buggy as he proceeded
to Berryville with his prisoner.
He corroborated DIR. McGuire as
to the confession of Copenhaver
after his arrest, and said he adj
mitted in the buggy that he had
done it and that it was all because
of his son and his wife upholding
the son in every argument.
DIR. w. l.. Seabrook, former pas
tor of Grace Lutheran Church. but
now in charge of the Lutheran
Church at Newberry, :. c., told of
an intimate acquaintance with the
Copenhavers, and how he had
worked and exerted moral suaSion
TO relieve Copenhaver from the
curse of drink. He told of his in
generation in the Kelley Institute
at HagerStown, and of his taking
to drink after his release from that
Institution. He told of letter re-
ceived from Mrs. Copenhaver.
written before the tragedy. but re-
ceived in Newberry the Sunday
following the tragedy, although he
did not know of the killing until
Monday. The letter. MIR. Seabrook
said, told of Mr.. Copenhaver's con
dition, and said that he WAS act
ing very crazy
At the night session of Court DIR.
DeJarnette, assistant Superinten-
dent of the Western State Hospital
at StauntOn, was placed on the
stand and produced and read the
commitment papers on which Mr..
Copenhaver was admitted to the
Insane Asylum. He said Copen-
haver was first admitted to the
Asylum on September 20, 1898.
Was released on furlough Novem-
Der 10, 1898, being confined less
two months. He was returned To
the Hospital November 10, 1899,
and was furloughed December 13,
1899, after less than a months CON
finement. Was finally discharged, d,
Mrs. Copenhaver saying she be-
lieved he was all right. Was
brought back May Il. 1902, and
committed by commission sitting
in Staunton, and was furloughed
June 9, 1902. after less than a
month of treatment. He was and
is today, said the Doctor, marked
ION furlough" on the books of the
Insane Asylum. According To DIR.
DeJarnettc the treatment given
was nerve tonicS and sedatives to
settle his nerves and build up the
system and give him an appetite.
The testimony of DIR. Benjamin
Blackford, superintendent of the
Asylum at Staunton, cOrrOberated
that of DR.. DeJarnette.
The testimony of DIR. DeJarnette
seems to indicate that the plea OF
the defense will be that CopenhaveI
was insane, and had been insane,
for years. There seems to be con.
siderable difference of opinion a,
To whether man suffering from
dypsomania thirst for alcoholic
drinks) is sane or insane. COpen
haver, from all the testimony pro
duced up to this time, had showT
no signs of insanity other than il
connection with his abnormal thirs
for intoXicants.
The testimony produced thi
morning for the prosecution ten
ded to show that the mental condi
ton of Copenhaver during tn,
thirty, twenty or ten years pre-
ceding the tragedy had been con
sidered good by his neighbors
: friends and acquaintances. Th
witnesses examined along that lin
were Frank Colston, Jacob Levi
n. II. Carpenter. Charles Ritter
+ Jack Pyne and Jacob Carpenter
Each witness had been acquainte'
with Copenhaver for n number O
D years, had intercourse with hin
daily and weekly, and they neve
4 considered him other than per
1 fectly sane. Most of these wit
S nesses had business relations wit
' Copenhaver at various times.
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