The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-12-11
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tJuAy Ou1 Oue was unally 1mpanelleu
this morning.
Hawley's appearance in court today
is composed although a slight express
sion of anxiety can be noted about his
eyes. On the whole he is collected and
a casual observer would not know
from his appearance that he is on trial
for serious offense.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Hawley was formerly Mrs. Victoria
Wheeler and she married A. s. Haw-
ley several years ago. She was the
first white child born in Madison and
her mother was the first white woman
In the Baraboo valley. On October
10th Hawley was arrested on the charge
of attempting to murder his wife. The
neighbors, many of them, were present
Immediately after the act was alleged
to have been committed. His condi-
tion was such and the circumstances
were so strong that he was immediate
ly taken to jail by Sheriff Stackhouse.
AT the examination held later Justice
Halsted bound the defendant over to
this term of the circuit court.
The defense outlined the course
which would be pursued throughout
the case giving an outline of Hawley's
life and his habits since the time he
attended the grammar school in Had
ley, Massachusetts,, where he was born.
After graduating from the grammar
school and the high school he went to
college at Amherst, it seems, for a year
or more. While there it was affirmed
that he drank some. Later he went
back to his fathers farm to work. Be-
ing taken with a pulmonary affiiction
he was sent to Florida, where his ply
sician prescribed a receipt of whiskey
in connection with other ingredients
including a certain pine concentration.
Afterwards he went back to Hadley
and worked in the brick yards there.
AT that time he was about 19 years of
age. Then he went west into Mime
sofa and worked on a ranch, after
which he went to Minneapolis and
, acted as bartender for variety thea
tire there for two years or so. He went
east again for time and returned to
Chicago. This was some fifteen years
ago. While in that town he engaged
in the cement business and earned
good money. He drank heavily, how
ever, according to the attorneys state
ment, the amount of liquor which was
! consumed being almost incredible.
Some five years ago he came to Bara-
i boo. Lately it was affirmed that he
had been doing cement work in the
southern part of the state and had
some misfortunes which contributed
to his already strong tendency to
drink. Lately, it was also said, that
he had draL k heavier than usual, and
that, as the defense, expected to prove,
his condition eliminated in acute
alcoholic insanity, at the time Of the
occurring of the offense for which he is
now on trial. His fate will be de-
cided by the twelve men who were
impaneled this morning. They are as
! follows:
John Rieser, J. Howley, Henry Fer
Der, George Copley, Joseph Dresser.
A. Sorge, William Stowe, J.F. Mont
gomery, John Barker, Theodore Cas-
ser, g. d. Johnson, j. Meyer.
The state is represented by District
Attorney Gottry assisted by V. H.
Cady.
Lon Hall, F. HI. Philbrick, Charles
Pattengill and Thomas Finnegan were
called this forenoon blythe defense, the
state having delayed opening until
evidence is ready. The substance of
the testimony of these called was to
the effect that the witnesses had known
Hawley since his residence in Baraboo
and had noticed the effect of his steady
drinking. They affirmed that they
had come to the conclusion that the
defendent was mentally unbalanced in
consequence of his habits. One testi-
fled to the effect that he had see the de-
fendant and his wife at home and no.
ticed that their relations were amic-
able and pleasant. Another said that
he noticed the defendant on the way
to the Jail onathe morning of October
Is, and that he appeared to be un-
steady and hardly: seemed to know
whathe was about.
From Thursdays Daiy)
Mrs. Reuland, states witness
called to testify, by the defense yester-
day in the case of the state VS.. A. S.
Hawley, said that when she entered
the home of the defendant on the morn
ing the alleged offense was said to
have been committed, and urged the
defendant to desist from injuring his
wife, he merely looked up and smiled
Other witnesses were called to testify
to the regular drinking habits of the
defendant, among whom were Gus