The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26

I wish l could get from my mind the picture of this demon slipping stealth iIy along, gun in hand, on the dawn of a beautiful fall morning. when inc little city was waking and arousing to the work of another day, the picture of him there in murderous hate shoot ing down the wife of his bosom ana firing a load of shot into the body oi that tottering old man as he stumbled away and tried to run.
 Ruling of Judge SOmerviIle.
 MT. Stallings cited Parsons case, Slst Alabama, by Judge Somervilie, as giv- ing the new rule for insanity in fixing responsibility. That opinion in fact had given a new rule of the law to the civilized world. Assisted as Judge someryille had been by that eminent sneciaIist pr. Bryce, to successfully enfer the plea of insanity and escape inc consequences of a prisoners crime under this opinion, these entries are 10 he submitted to the jury First, nc must be of diseased mind so as to be idiotic and insane at the time or the commission of the crime; second, II such be the case, did he know right from wrong applied to the particular act third. if he did have such knowl- edpe he may not be legally responsible: (a0 if by reason of the duFess or ms disease had lost the power to resist its impulses: (b) if the alleged crime is SO connected with the cause and ef- feet of insanity that 1t was not the product of 1t solely, declaring that the burden was on the defense to prove that the prisoner was suffering from such disease and in such a manner as the law would hold him guiltless or the crime. t,,s failed to do. Mere ecceutricity would not excuse any one from the penaity of such a terrible crime. They must prove the diseased brain. Ills irlchu" on the other side had proved that theIe was such a disease as paranoi III the books and when they had onnc that they seemed to think that the fight was won. They had failed 10 show that the prisoner was suiIeFlHs from paranola. .,.- ..,- ing, of the murder Mir Stalllngs TOT, lowed Thompson after the qudIrel with his father-in-la wheh ne VEL Wens away 10 get the gun and he descrlped Thompson as he came back and dld thfs terrible work, leaving the two per sons who were nearest and dearest to him wcltering in their own blood. Evidence Is Recalled.
 lSe recalled the evidence Of Mir. MIX o1 who first appeared upon the scene and whom lAOHiBoRh otN'N' ON rn,rs. I'll not shoot you. l have done what I wanted to do When he was arrested. he sees Crosby on the street on hls way to jau and thinking of inc children at aomt he says, Co back and look after the children"
 To another witness he said. Please look after my hogs
 To other witnesses he tells of the money he has in the two banks of the city, and how 1t must be expended.
 ''Is there any insanity, any thing of d diseased mind in any word he says?' asked MT. Stallings. Every thing he said. everything he dld was the word or the act of sane man. An, my friends, I am believer in the Hard shell doctrine. that what is to be will be. Do you know what these words were. what these little acts were? They were evidences of tho hand Of providence pointing tho murderer and fixing his guilt. for they pointed to him (ContIRued on Page EightD