The Washington times., 1906-04-05
INSANITY PRISONERS PLEA.

Dement, was on trial for but one OF
the several offenses connected with his
treatment of the girl and her child.
This was the charge of assault upon the
former. Campbell Darlington. who rep
resented the defendant. declared in open
court ne believed his client to be insane.
and at the proper time he would take
steps to have the question of Dement'S
sanity tudieially investigated and de-
termlned. Mr.. Darlington said all the
brutal and revolving circumstances OF
the case merely served to strengthen
his conviction that the man was not
in his right mind. The lawyer said he
would not undertake TO defend the
prisoner upon any other theory.
No evidence was introduced in the de-
fendant's behalf. and ne was suffered to
make no statement. Judge Kimbaii an
nounced his purpose 20 infiict the heav-
lest penalty permitted by the law, whieh
is variOUsly interpreted 10 be one or
two years in Jail. Mr.. Darlington then
made a motion for arrest OF judgment
and for a new trial. which will defer for
four days the imposition or the sem
/ tence.
In the meantime. the other charges
against Dement, arr being Investigated
| by the grand jury.
Told of Her Wrongs.
Mrs. Dement, or Fannie Smith. as
she has been brought TO realize is her
real name. was the principal witness
against the defendant. She told the
story OF her wrongs that she told last
week 10 a representative OF The Times
and that was printed In fun in The
/ Times on that day. She was not permit
| ted. however. 10 go into the full detail
Of the woes she suffered. The informa-
/ tion filed against Dement, was based
upon the beating TO which she had
been subjected by him on last Thursday
evening and night
Frank came home that day about $50
( o'clock said the witness He had
kept me locked up IN the kitchen. one
[ of the two rooms we rented at Mrs.
/ wallace's house. on Eighth street There
were double locks on all the doors,
which It was impossible for me TO open
. or force. The windows were covered
with curtains. which he had placed
there to prevent me being seen from
the outside and to keep me from talk
ing TO any one else
''He had placed a plumb rule, used
/ IN his trade. against the door. and
when he came IN he said this had been
moved, and showed that 1 had been out
or else had permitted someone else to
come In.
1T is not so. Frank I told him
! There has been nobody here but my
| self and my child
He would not believe me. I knew
from his manner and words that was
| in for a beating. and l begged him, on
my knees. to let me of. While kneit
/ to him he struck me and knocked me
over. When 1 put up my hands. he
| spit IN my face
He spit in your face. madam ?''
| asked Judge KimbaIL
Not once only, but many times,
judge"
Proceed, please"
He beat me from that time on until
| after , O'Clock the next morning
heard the clock strike that hour. Once
he kicked me around the room.
| 1T was in the morning. about $50
| o'clock that 1 managed 70 get away
He had left the lock open. He was in
the kitchen ] took my chance to. and
\ rushed downstairs and opened one of
the doors. 1t happened to be the room
/ of Mrs. Tracy, and she protected me-
| Later in that day 1 went 20 the police
and district attorney an dtold my story
That evening Frank was arrested"
Showed Her License.
The woman told this horrible story
quite simply. but with an impressive
ness all the greater on that account.
She was questioned briefly by Mr.. Car
rington, who merely elected the fact
that she had never been regularly mar
ried to Dement,
He had a license" she said. "and
Ahowed II to me. He said ii was ell
ght-shat we were married-and 1
lieved and trusted him.
VMrs. Wallace, I'm whose home the
woman was a prisoner, was the next
witness. She said Mrs Dement, had
never made any complaint as TO her
treatment, and that she believed she
was satisfied. She described the bruises
on the woman's face after her escape.
This was hardly necessary, however,
1 for today, week after the occurrence
] the bruises are still there.
! Mrs. Maggie Tracy, in whose room
! Mrs. Dement, had been received and
| where she was protected, described thai
| dramatic occurrence
| she came into my room like A wild
| creature" said Mrs. Tracy. Il never
| saw anyone who so excited my syua-
4 pathy.> She looked like a hunted dog
| Please let me come in she said. He'll
kill me; he'll kill me- l kept her there
| and tried to comfort her until we could
| send for the police"
| Mrs Tracy also described the precau-
| tions that had been taken by Dement,
| to prevent his prisoner from Escaping
or communicating in any way with the
outside world. The locks on the doors.
the nailed windows. curtained with
cloth. the fear Dement, had inspired in
his hapless victim that prevented her