The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
CASE IS NOW
 WITH JURORS Arguments Completed at
 Evergreen. PRISONER IS INDIFFERENT Denunciation by States Attorneys
 Is Unheeded.
 ---s- Lawyers For the Defense Hope For n MistriaI or verdict That the Double Murderer is Not
 Responsible.
By will T. sheehan.

By Will T. sheehan.
 Evergreen, Jan. 25.-- (Staf corres- pondence. )-The fate of Jack Thomp- son, accused of brutal murder, is in the hands of twelve good men, and it will rot be known until tomorrow. Af- ter having been out for six hours the jury was permitted to go to sleep by Judge Richardson who sat up until midnight awaiting the agreement of the jury.
 vacant staring face, hobbling between two deputy sheriffs. was carried away early in the night, and was led to his cold and cheerless quarters in the Con- ecuh county jail, If his indifference, if his emptiness of mind is assumed,, he is torn tonight with conflicting hopes and fears.
 He will not under any verddict go free. He may be condemned 10 spend the rest of his natural life Tn an in- sane asylum. This Is the best verdict his attorneys hope for. it is possible that he may get a life sentence in the penitentiary which would be a compro- mise verdict and which would not be entirely objectionable to his attorneys, but for the murder Of John Cooper and Mrs. Belle Thompson a verdict of hang ing is expected unless mistrial re- suits and the fruitless deliberations of tonight lead some to believe that mis- trial is possible or proba1e.s
 PrisOner Pays no Heed.
 From the time before court opened when Jack Thompson fell upon his knees and laid his head upon his chair for a short prayer until he was led shuffling from the room between two deputies with his two claw-iike hands locked together with steel, he paid nc heed of ear or eye. He sat through out the day as he sat ori other days his soiled hands rubbing together and his unkenlpt hair spreading over his face and forehead. He satfthere hud' dled in his chair with the wide eyes that look so like those of q drug fieno staring right ahead. And nothing seemed to draw him out of his absorb ed indifference whether f was sssumec or real, not even ex-Congressman J F, Stailings who. in a burst of elo- uuenee denounced him as a murderous demon, shooting down helpless woTler and old men, but too cowardly to turn the gun upon himself.
 This trial has held the interest oi Evergreen's people as nothing else hat held 1t in recent years. Today during the argument there were 150 ladies pres ent. So crowded was the court room that many of these ladies sat within the railing and filled completely the ju' ry box on one side.
 600 Persons Present.
 It was estimated that the court room and 1t is a large one, contained moi less than six hundred people More peo' ple would have been present had there been room or space for them to sit anc stand. The streets of Evergreen have 4ta aH hours the court was in session, and tho ladies have taken quite as much inter est in the trial as the men.
 Notwithstanding the oVerwhetmins sentiment against the defencent gen eraI sympathy Is felt for hls brother who has come from Kentucky to helI him and who has been much of the strength of the strong defense He i' J A Thompson, d young man and chiei of police of Lebanon. Ky.
 Three Physicians Testify.
 There were but three witnesses to be examined when the court convened this morning. and all were physicians oi Evergreen. They were present to tes- tify to the. sanity of Jack Thompson and to undergo a rigid cross eXamina- ton on paranoria.
 The defendants attorneys fired their questions from behind rampant ol medical authorities. They laid their principal dependence upon SarJos En- cyclopedia of Practical Medicine. Ou' of this work tho attorneys garnered the questions asked the doctors on the stand. Each of the doctors destined that in their opinion Jack Thompson was sane.
 pr. Guy Newton first took the stand He told of the length of time he had known Thompson and Of what degree of intimacy existed between the physl- clan and the prisoner
 .'In your opinion, based upon your knowledge and acquaintance or Jack Thompson, is he of sound or uhsouhu mind?" the Solicitor asked
 He is of sound mind the witness replied. .,....,-a..,,,. cxDerience with paranoiacs and with the especial symptoms of that form oi insanity.
 That Thompson was sune and oi sound mind was testified to by pr. Hay good On his cross examination, pr Haygood gave the accepted ehuItloH of paranoia as being eharaclerlzea oS fixed, systematic and dominant delu' sions." -,- .e .a noia, showing how II ''ui" 'i'''' man?' he was asked
 "Why. yes. A man might imagine he was a political reformer' commis- stoned to go about and reiorm 'he world. roo,,,
 .'Is it not possible that paranoia' might go about from day 10 oay at' tending to his duties and yet reserve part of his reasoning poWerF pr' Hay good was asked. .u,,..,
 ''Yes, that is possible ne IePIie"' for CUTS. Dr. NJ. McCreAry a.so testNiea to th' sor,,dness of the mind of Jack Thomp- son Dr EIcCreary had known him lol several wears and he bad examined hin for a nolicv in a life insurance com, many and in which Thompson decIareC N he was free from nervous ana mehta 1 disorders. This policy was inuoduee' bnt successfully objected to by the de | fense. ..,,..s+Io,o1 nc |, He also was closely ques'lon.eu as t' ,aranoia And in reply to the ques' | tIon of inc solicitor, Dr. McCreary saie that during his acquaintance witf 1 Thomnson he had never seen nm sur, ferIng from any sort or II ueiuSio"' o. ,.. amo in his opinion man could rot nave nave | daily been engaged in the uahsactloi 1 oS bnsiness without those delusion' showing up. Those delusions must DC rnanifested in some way. He too' wal