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body was discovered were introduce
ed in court, the defendant pucker-
ed bis mouth and seemed as if he
was desirous of leaving the room
while the money was beiug passed
from juror to juror for identifica-
tion. The bile, two of $40 demon
iDation and another of SO denomi-
nation, were covered with blood and
they were repeatedly referred to as
money which Sidney had stated he
had received from his alleged &C.
complice in the crime and had been
taken from the dead man.
Policeman McDermott related the
two confessions Sidney Sloane % made
to him. In the first one the accus-
ed said another man killed James
Sloane, robbed him of $500 and
gave him $50. In the second, ac-
cording to McDermott, young
Sloane admitted his guilt and de-
scribed his Efforts to wipe out the
bloodstains and get the body from
the house. ~ III q.
The testimony of today was sub
stantive of the insanity plea. Wit
nesses. followed in rapid succession.
who told of Sidney Sloan's excen-
trlcities and indiscretions, border
ing on insanity, of which he had
been guilty in his early youth. The
strong features introduced by the
defense 10 its Efforts to prove Sidney
S!osne's mental arrangement were:
Rev. Mr.. Roberts testified that
Sidney imagined himself goddess,
and be ran naked through the
Sloane residence, in tbs presence
of three women visitors and the
! witness. He said Sidney had my
thology read TO him at his home
when he was about ten years of age;
that from observations while at
school and at home. he had formed
the opinion that SIDNEY was insane.
Mics May o. B 'yds,op. Biz fo,-
mer scbooltt acher, said Siipev
would sit sucking a thumb and
dreaming, and was not broken of
the habit even when the witness tied
the thumb with string; that he
was deficient in his learning, and
was only advanced half year after
spending one year in her class.
Mis- Minnie Kilner, who taught
Sloane in kindergarten, says he
would be tardy an hour or two
hours, and when reprimapded
would not realize he was late She
never knew of another child like
Sid aey Sloane in ber IS years. ex-
perlsuce In conducting a kindergal
ten. :t
Professor B. F. Boone said Sid.
ney would steal small articles OF
wearing apparel from other stud
ents, and the latter were com PEELED
to lock their doors.
Boston, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Hetty
G cen, who is making her residence
here because it Is cheaper to board
In Boston than to keep house in
Bellows Falls, Vermont, predicts a
revolution because of the action oi
the trusts.
| It would hardly be expected tina,
the richest woman in the Uuited
States would be trust. buster, yet
Mrs. Green is against trusts. She
thinks them as lnlquitous as are
lawyers.
"There is going to be revolution
in this country" said Mrs. Green.
People are going TO revolt against
expressions of trusts. There will
be deIuge and these streets will
run with blood.
people are gradually finding out
about trusts. When they realiz-
bow they are running the chances
O. neople there will be an outbreak
When correspondent asked Mr..
Gr-en for the loan of her phntograph
she wanted securely and asked ii
he had wa ch. The reporter
watch, when submitted, was shifted
at by the wealshiast woman in the
world, and she then .inq uired If 1he
reporter bad any, money. Finally
she lent the picture without sc,