The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-07
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credit the testimony, showing what
had occurred on the night of the MI.
ing of Bywaters Bywaters mad an
along done the 'improbab'e " things
1t was improbable that kinsman ana
a protector should have betrayed Viola
Strother. 1T was improbable that
man should have subjected woman 10
such treatment as that TO which Nlo,a
Strother was forced to submit after
the operation. "lIc brought her back
here to face those men, he said, which
knowing these Strother boys, was tins
most Improbable of all things he hau
done. When French Strother brought
home to him the facts of his treatme".
OF his sister, what did Bywaters 40
Tie laughed.
Calmly Smoked Cigarette.
Again he smoked cigarette when
her brothers were charging him WIN
the wrongs committed upon their SIS
ter. ,,
Are you surprised that this dereliet
upon the ocean of morality shoulu
have struck this rock upon INA.
niglt?" he exclaimed, arguing ths
probability of Bywaters having 'r'e'
60 escape. -,
3 Mr. Moore analysed the evidence IN
seyeral particulars and spoke upon MI.
fcitb's having dwelt upon the fact that
The defense had not asked Miss Nioia
concerning various things, moluu,ns
the scar upon Philips face WY
didn't you ask herr he exclaimed, ui'i
said the defense was perfectly "liiiiis
to have the witness recalled now ana
questioned on that and other points. re
ranped CAPTAIN Woods as the > aflock
Holmes of this case, standing III ms
own handsome person BY the s'ue ol
clothing store figure on whlel Mas
fitted the clothing of the dead nan,
..rhe private prosecution ne tei
Captain Woods, 'he is an expert III
prosecution said Mr.. Moore.
The speaker dwelt upon the frank
moss of the defendants in telling every
thing connected with the affair. tneS
Ind not made an effort to conceal the
slightest fact connected with the shoot
ing. 49,,
"All that has been done has been
disclosed to you, and you Know en
nerfect picture of what was done III
that room on that night" he declared.
The prosecution had made an effort
70 ridicule a solemn defense, put tits
court had told the jury it was d great
and valuable right and must be con-
sidered seriously by the jury.
II know the popular idea about m
sanity" he said, that 1t is supter-
fuge. n preteA. But thatNs true wheh
The question is whether man IS
III subject for a madhouse. The plea
Of emotional insanity is dlhereht
matter We can know the Ills that
affect the body. We cannot know we
ills that afflict the mind me poos
is discovered continent. inc nina
is dark continent. Inc niiho. w.
&c it? 1t is the immortal part OF man.
~ lives when these bodies of ours are
turned to dust.
Very Recent Study.
Mr.. Moore said he had had occasion
IN the practice of his profession to IN
yestiEate the subject of INSANITY ano
had been surprised to find how recenlls
Scientists had entered upon study OF
mental trouble.
The ancients believed the evil one
had afflicted an insane man. or thai
he had been touched by the niger o.
God. In the universities of medica
colleges in Europe. there was no chal'
devoted to teaching OF the dlsorder
oe the mind. The defense had brough
DR. Clarke to the stand, because ~ wa
natural that n man who has made
life study of a subject should knoN
more about it than anybody els
knows.
5s ''tf you wanted information on lega
question YOU would naturally go t
Captain Woods for 1t. ! do not say
unpleasantly, he strikes us as KNOWN
little more about everything tina
we know about anything.
Mr.. Moore defended the plea Of emo
tional insanity, trying to show that tn
cNmtt ntions of the defense that cir
ouinStances could dethrone reaso
Tor a moment, and render Il ma
irresponsible for his acts.
An interesting feature of the arSumel>
at this point was the parallel drawn be
tweer the testiomny of DIR. Clarke ft
the defense and that of DR.. Drewry p,
on the stand by the prosecution. ID
Drewry had said, however, that with a
the facts before him he did not thin
he could say the defendants We're II
sane. But DR. Clarke had said TIN
evcry mind was liable to give WHY VI
de- stress.
Invokss Aid of History.
M II was~not strange that two brother
with the same blood in their veins Il
same historic line behind them, shou
have given way at the same insta
under the same terrible strain.
Commentators upon the plea Of Han
let said the strain upon the Prince
Denmark had made him insane; Ophe
had also become insane. How mu
more probable that the same s,re
should cause the minds OF two brothe
to break at the same instant!
When Marie Antoinette learned IL
her son was TO be put to death by
revolutionists the following morning
hair turned white in an hour, the eff
of stress upon the body; yet sire
upon the mind had a much more str
ing effect"
The STROLLER boys had done more tn
most men would have done to avert
tragedy. so help me, God!' he
claimed, though | knew the law forb'
st, 1 should not have restrained mya
could not have done ~
If the strother boys believed homes
that Bywaters was trying to escape, I
fact should be considered by the "
They must have believed 1t; they IN
have known that to Kiln that man me
the very publicity of their dishonor WI
they We're trying 10 avoid Why she
n do more than tell you they killed
cause of The terrible stress and sti
put upon them?
we celebrate this year tile Booth
nivprsary of the founding Of Virgi
1t is not known that in the 800 years
this Commonwealth greater strain I
ever has been put upon the mind q
Wirginian. The effort OF BywateTs