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questions relative to his hotel register
and 20 who the guests were in the
house or the night of May II. lie was
unable to say who was there.
SEVERAL WITNESSES QUESTIONED.
Al the afternoon session a number of
witnesses were examined. Mrs. Miller
and Sergeant Kunkc were recalled and
briefly questioned. Fred Gates, Louis
Marshall and G. ~. Roberts. the three
nurses at the State insane hospital. who
testified atthe hearing to determine whcth-
CT Williams should he tried. were called
to the stand and practically repeated the
testimony given at the first hearing.
speaking of tho peculiar actions of Will
liams and mentioning the fact that he
drank from the cuspidorcs. Amos CaIy
was also questioned and told OF peculiar
actions on the part of Williams.
DIR. w. ID. BERRY.
DR.. w. -. Berry testified in detail in re-
gard to the examinations he has made Of
Williams. He said that Williams seemed
to be very suspicious and did not answer
questions readily. At one time when Will
''e' '"h ~ Ftl't IN ulh IIog
wear his shoes because they were hvp-
noticed. At another time Williams pick
ed imaginary objects from his trousers.
SHERIFF HORTON.
Sheriff Horton was called in rebuttal.
He said when Williams first came to the
Jail he talked freely Of his case and Of
other matters but later refused to talk
Il hnlit ftn nttj.r rTIa cka,;fF -a;l H.
had nover heard any of the strange stories
about Williams which had been testified to
and that so far as he knew Williams
never made any disturbance at the Jail.
When court opened Friday the exam
nation of Sheriff Horton was resumed
He said that lie was at the Jail much of
tho time and that he saw Williams fire.
lucntly while he was there. lie never
knew anything about the occurrences tcs-
titled TO by Mr.. Kotchum and no reporu
of such things was ever made to him.
DIR. BERRY.
The examination Of DR.. w. u. Berry,
an expert on insanity, occupied the great
er part OF the morning, hypothetical ques-
tons constituting the inquiry. One ques-
ton which Attorney Cushman asked COW
CiNu cCNtIdA tNptWIlttcH 6TcetS ana ~
minutes were occupied in reading it. The
question covered the testimony in the en-
tire case and asked the witness what his
opinion as TO Williams's sanity was. as
suming that all tho facts stated in the
question were true.
Acknowledgement Fits made sweeping
objections to the question and after an
extended argument it was modified some
what. The witness said that ASSUMING
all the statements to be true he should say
that the man was in an abnormal mental
condition.
"Wha do you means by that?" was
asked.
'Dcranged," was the reply.
MRS. LENA RUSSELL.
Mrs. Lena Russell. who was a prisoner
at the Jail while Williams was confined
there. testified that for two or three DAYS
at n time Williams would refuse to cat.
lie frequently said he saw strange things
inc she had heard him walking in his
cell throughout the night.
During the crOss-cxamination Mrs. Rus.
sell said Mr.. ketchum called on her and
asked her what she remembered about the
case previous to being called as a witness.
Ibid you not say once that if the man
was guilty he ought to be punished but
that you did not think him guilty?' asked
Attorney Fits. having reference to vii.
liams.
The answer was in the affirmative.
DIR. BERRY RECALLED.
Or. Berry was recalled at the close OF
Mrs. Russells testimony. He said that
Williams had a normal physical condition
but that he had characteristics of degen-
cracy about the ears, indicating remnants
of the " species. according to the OAR
winian theory. The defense rested at the
close of DR.. Berry's testimony.
REBUTTAL.
Considerable evidence in rebuttal was
introduced during the afternoon. Turnkey
Quinn said that Williams appeared sane
enough at the Jail and although the wit
ness had conversed with him frequently
there were never any statements made
relative to hearing voices or seeing spirits.
T.. d. Harpin. former warden at the
State prison, testified hat Williams had
no Authorizations at the prison and ap-
peared to be sane. At ono time he asked
for permission to see Mary Rogers hung.
Guard Mccormick Of the prison staff cor
roborated the evidence given by Harpin.
J.. ii. Grover, night Waterman at tho
State insane hospital. said that Williams
made no disturbance at hat institution
during the nights he was confined there
with one exception. and that was nothing
serious.
DIR. w. J.. WATSON, OF the staff at the
state insane hospital, testified that VIII
liams was capable of understanding right
from wrong and said that he WIS not
insane.