The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-02
for is years and his general: reputation
for moral character was bad
VIC. COZAD.

ship for 40 years, farmer, testified he
had known Hayden II years, lived 2
miles from him, had clerked two sales,
for him, the last one in December, and
he always acted naturally. Saw him at
my place about 10 o'clock on Jan. 8,
1904. He appeared natural and talked
Of business matters. would say that
the defendant was Of sound mind. He
kept his farm in good shape.
ED GRIFFIN,
a farmer residing in Woodland town
ship, testified he had known John Hay
den 10 or II years, saw him occasionally,
talked with him. Saw him on Jan. 8,
1904, in the forenoon on the road. There
was man named Lowe with me and
talked about Hayden selling some
mules. He acted naturally. l would
say he was of sound mind.
WIN. BLAIR.
a farmer residing in Morgan township,
testified to knowing him Is years, saw
him frequently and at his sale on Dec.
31st, saw him conducting his sale and he
acted natural, and again the next day,
when the hay was measured, and he
figured it. Saw him about 11:3O o'clock
the day of the shooting. was hauling
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appeared in good humor and l would
say he was of sound mind.
10. PETTY,
of Morgan township, testified as to
talking with Hayden at various times
and was at his sale Dec. 31st. He ap-
peared natural to me and was attending
to the sale, and saw him the next day
and we measured the hay. He figured
it. Saw him on Jan. 8, 1904, in his field.
He said he had told Bracewell to take
the cattle out and he had not done so
and he was going to take them up.
would say he was a sane man.
! r. F. DURHAM,
farmer residing in Morgan township,
testified he had known Hayden 10 or II
years, and saw him frequently, talked
with him and had business transactions
with him. Sold him some hogs in
November. He appeared to me as a
sane man, and was all right the day of
his sale. Could not see any difference
in him than when first knew him.
! GRAFTON BAKER,
a farmer of Morgan township, testified
to knowing John Hayden for six months.
Had conversation with him on Oct. 16,
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much better the past year than it had
ever been in his life.
A. A. SNOW,
testified as to conversation with Hay
den in November or December 1903 in
which he said his health had been
better since he came from Oklahoma
than it was before. That he went there
for his health but it was better here
than there.
4 At the conclusion Of Mr.. Shows testi-
mony at 6 o'clock, court adjourned until
1880 o'clock.
i When court was convened Thursday
evening at 1880 the only witness ex-
amined was
I FRANCIS PECK,
who had previously testified in the case
and but one question was asked him,
that being as to whether no said for
Bracewell to sect him" when the mon
came together at the hay stack. The
i witness denied saying anything of this
, kind. o.,
Z. On account of the attorneys not being
ready to proceed with the expert medi-
cal testimony court then adjourned
until Friday morning at 8 O'clock.
! Court was called promptly at 8 o'clock
1 Friday morning and
DIR. A. BROWN,
was called for further cross-examina-
/ tion and testified there were two kinds
Of epilepsy, petit and grand NAL. He
did not think they were forms of in
sanity. During the attack a persons
mind would be blank and he could not
recall what happened during the attack.
The following hypothetical question
was pronounced by the state to the ex-
perts who testified on behalf of the
state:
Assuming as claimed by defendant,
that he is a man as years of age, whose
father was excitable and would go to
talking and become so excited in dis
cussing the slavery question just before
the late civil war, that he would throw
off his coat and vest and tear the sleeve
of his shirt and would talk until ex-
hausted, and would at times sit with his
head down in his hands and then all at
once laugh without apparent cause and
/ get up and go out, and who was subse-
quently accepted as soldier in the
U. S. army, and was killed in battle, and
who, during his married life supported
by his daily labor himself, wife and
cullureu WHOSE mOuuef was nervous
and at times excitable, was married
twice, and by the first marriage was the
mother Of three children, and by the
second marriage five children, and died
at the age OF 80 years at her home of
illness lasting for several months, the
last three weeks of which she was con-
fined to her bed, and is said to be of I'M
sound mind for some time prior to her
death; whose Oldest brother was excit-
able, and attended Sunday School and
church frequently and belonged to a
Bible class, and was enthusiastic and
was excitable on religion, and is said to
have died of some nervous disorder at
the age of ID years, and whose younger
brother became insane at the age Of 80
years, was adjudged insane and has
been confined in an insane asylum for Ia
years and is now in an insane asylum,