Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-03
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PAVL|N|C JUST|F|ES
HIS ACT BEFORE JURY.
While on Witness Stand lie Says He
! Would Do Same Thing Again
Under Like Conditions.
INSANE, ASSERT TWO PHYSICIANS
Lawyer. FER the Defense Depends on
The Accused Who at Firs. object.
ed to Tes.Ifylns-No Sorrow Elk,
pressed because He. is sure He
Did the Right Thin.

consigning Julian Pavlinlc to the
very institution that caused him to
shoot his wife rather than to see
her again incarccrate therein, or will
1t send him to the gallows or hold
him guiltless?
Probably all of the men that left
the courthouse at twenty minutes
to 2 o'clock last evening were de.
batting the above questions. The
solution of one of the most peculiar
murder cases Elizabeth City county
has ever known is being widely dis.
cussed.
II the statements of the two physi-
Clans that testified for the defense
are worthy of consideration the Jury
can send Pavlinic to an insane asy.
ium-the very institution that he
has declared on various occasions
that he would rather face death than
enter. Then 1t must be considered,
TOO, that Pavlinic shot his wife sew
en- times because he felt that he
would rather see her dead than to
again have her become an inmate
of the hospital in Williamsburg.
Tells Story on Witness Stand.
IF you would hang me one hun
dred times" declared the prisoner on
the witness stand yesterday after
noon" and my wife were living and
had to either enter the insane asy.
lum or be killed | would kill her"
: And yet the defense for the strange
murderer is endeavoring to force the
jury to the conclusion that Pavlinic
is an insane man.
The strong testimony of two
physicians say the man is suffering
from al Insanity known az paranoia
"a sort of deusion that will make q
brilliant man insane,
20 Two Doctors Say He. is Insane.
y DIR. r. 7. Styll, of Newport News.
known as an expert OH insanity. who
was witness in the famous August
case here, declared emphatically
that Pavlinic is insane. He is a
paranoiatic, and Dr. Styl believes
the man was insane ON that night
when alone in the comfortable little
home with his wife near Salters'
Creek, when he sent seven bullets
into her body.
DR.. Loeb, of Newport News, at one
time family physician for the Pavlin-
les, also told the jury that he BE-.
rlieves, Pavlinic Is insane and he oil.
fered medical reasons for that be.
lief. The testimony of the physi-
clans would indicate that Pavlinic
is also sexual pervert.
DR.. Drewry viii Testify.
: Dr. w. A. Drewry, the supcrintend-
ent of the. insane for the colored
in Petersburg. and recognized as one
of the leading alienists of this coun-
try, will examine Pavllnic anu to-
day will tell the jury just what he
thinks of the mans mental capac-
ity. DR.. Drewry was brought here
by Commemorative Attorney Bur-
dette A. Lewis and his testimony
ct#ill no doust be, strong with the
Jury. Dr.. Dfewry visited Paylinic in
his cell last night. !"
q THE first day of the unusual muir.
tders case was made interesting by
reason of the fact that Julian Paw.
linic, the self-confessed wife. murderer
/ was witness. For more than two
hours Pavlinic rehearsed the harrow
ing story of how he shot his wife to
the twelve men. who now have his
life in their keeping.
PavIlntc Gives His History.
PayIlnic began with his coming to
America nine years ago; told of his
residence in Petersburg; of the hap
piness that once filled his humble
home; of how the "fiend' insanity
4crept into his wife's brain: of the
fortunes that he suffered while she
was in the Williamsburg asylum; of
her escape when he removed from
Newport News to Camden. N. j.; of
how he again located her In the
asylum; of how happy he felt when
Z Hhe was again released from the In
sane asylum; Of the happiness that
again filed his home, until early III
the spring, when signs of insanity
again appeared I'm his wife, and then
SIN detail he explained to the jury
the manner. IN which he ended her