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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

Mrs. L. E. Peters at the Bon-Ton
Store, is displaying a carefully Sc
lected line of linens. The store
window is tastefully decorated and
shows dainty and artistic designs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

}. F. Krohme's store disproves
the opinion that might be held that
only dry goods and millinery estab-
lishments have fall openings. An
already large stock has been greatly
augmented, and there is felt touch
of the holiday season which looms
ahead at no great distance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

r. f. Gill. another jpweier, is
making wonderful display of hand
painted china. Lovers of beautiful
china will do well to inspect this
line. The colors are rich, and show
a high degree of workmanship.
Truly a thing of beauty is a joy
forever.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

The name Osburn on shoes is a
trademark for finest quality. and
best workmanship. Mr.. osburn' 5
display this year is par-excellence
and Nhe stock has been selected in
order to cater to the refined and par
ticular.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

t. J. Lynch s Company are MAX
ing preparations for a large fall busi-
ness. They are carrying an unusual
ly fine line of goods.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

Mrs. NJ. E. BIack-Krohme is dis
playing some chic designs in new
millinery. An air of Partisan daint-
mess adds a touch of charm to the
up-to-date creations.
Miss Rose Carr, another of the
best of popular milliners. announces
her fall opening Sept. IS. Her
stock is exquisite and complete and
compares with those on exhibition
in the millinery centers of the metro
politan cities.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18
Merchants Are. Ready
For the Big FaN Trade
All the Many Wide Awake Business Firms Have in Store
Handsome and Modern Goods for the People

Clarksburg's stores are agIow with
colors. the latest styles, the cream
OF the foremost designers and i'm
porters have arrived and all now be-
ing on display. Let US look around.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

The Parsons-Souders Company an
nounce their fall millinery opening
this week. Mr.. Parsons has just re-
turned from an extended trip East
and the goods already here be-
speak careful buying from the max
ers of all that is beautiful.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

ID. A. Godfrey Company have a
rich and attractive window display,
showing the latest in curtains and
draperies, thoroughly up-to-date and
gorgeous in design.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

Highland Bros. ~ Gore have a dis
play OF the latest in fall hats and
shoes. Their display is extensive
and artistically arranged.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

Watts-Lumberd Company are dis
playing an unusually attractive line
of suits and new dress goods. They
have also acquired the agency for
the world renowned Queen Quality
shoes and Centemeri gloves, insur-
ing up-to-date styles in this pro-
gressive department store.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-18

Loar 4 White have added tn,
Regal shoes to their bright fall stock
Their windows are tastefully deco
rated with a full line of new suitings
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

sane delnsion, may be SUFFICIENT to ex-
empt, although on all other subjects
the accused may have been perfectly
sane. Whether it is or not in New
York must be termined by applying
the test laid down in section Fl Of
the Penal Code above quoted and
therefore an insane delusion is de-
Tense if it was such as to prevent the
accused from knowing the nature and
quality of his act. or from knowing
that it was wrong, but not otherwise.
People v. Taylor, 1873 N. Y. 1898. The
rule as to this phase of insanity is cor
rectly given in 81 Cyclopedia Of Law
and Procedure, page SGT, in substance
as follows: If the defendant is par
TALLY insane, that is, subject to insane
decisions as to certain things, but in
other respects sane, he is not Grimm
ally responsible if the homicide would
be excusable or justifiable in case the
facts were as his delusion leads him
to believe them to be; but il the homi-
eide would not be iustifiable or ex-
cusable under those circumstances,
the delusion is generally held not to
free him from responsibility. See
People v. Taylor, 1873 N. II. 39s;
Guiteau's Case, 10 Fed. 161.
"To illustrate: If a man kills an
other under the influence Of an insane
delusion that God has commanded him
to do so, he is guilty of no crime, for,
instead Of knowing that the act is
wrong, he believes it is right Of
course, whether he did kill under the
influence of such delusion is a ques-
ton for the jury on the evidence. The
same is true if man kills another I'M
der the influence of an insane delusion
that the other is in the act Of attempt
ing to kill him (the slayer) or to in
flict grievous bodily. harm, for If such
were really the case, the homicide
would be iustifable. And the rule also
applies if man kills another under
an insane delusion that the killing is
necessary to save his wife from death
or great bodily harm. for he has the
same right to defend his wife as he
has to defend himself.
ION the other hand If a man kills
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

Hampshire, and some Of the other
states az eye 1863; 81 eye 665), the
insanity must be such as to have this
effect. In this state section 20 Of the
Penal Code declares that IAN act done
by person who is an idiot, imbecile,
lunatic or insane, is not crime"
But section 81 expressly provides
that "a person is not excused from
criminal liability as an idiot, i'm.
beetle, lunatic, or insane person, ex-
cept upon proof that, at the time of
committing the alleged criminal act,
he was laboring under such defect of
reason as either, "a not. to know the
nature and quality of the act he was
doing, or ca not to know that the
act was wrong" and section % pro-
vides that "a morbid propensity to
commit prohibited acts, existing in
the mind of person who is not
shown to have been incapable of
knowing the wrongfulness of such
acts, forms no defense to a prosecu-
ton therefor" .:
These provisions prescribe the
only test of insanity as a defense in
criminal cases known to the law of
New York, and therefore, although a
man may be to some extent insane
when he hills another. and although
medical experts may agree in so
testifying, he is nevertheless criminal
ly responsible if, Notwithstanding his
defective or perverted mental condi-
ton, he knew the nature and quality
of his act and knew that it was
wrong. People v. Crist, 1863 N. Y. 20;
People v. Silverman 1S1 N. Y. 235.
Whether he was insane to such an
extent is a question for the jury. The
defense must introduce some evidence
of insanity, but if it does, then the
jury, in order to convict, must be con-
WINGED of his sanity beyond a reason
able doubt.
Insane Decisions.
In order that insanity may be sue
cessfully set up as a defense in a
prosecution for homicide, it is not
necessary that the defendant shall
have been totally insane, and on all
subjects, but monomania, or an in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

From the opening address of the de
PENDANTS counsel in the trial of Harry
x. Thaw for the killing of Stanford
White and the examination of wit
nesses it appears that the only real
defense will be insanity, and that the
form of insanity relied upon will be
insane delusion- that is, an insane
delusion that it was necessary for the
defendant to kill White in self de
Tense or in defense of his wife, or an
insane delusion that the homicide was
an act of Providence, and the defend.
ant the agent of Providence in com.
uniting it. There is also some intima.
ton that questions as to irresistible
impulses and emotional insanity may
arise. In view of this outlining of the
defense, it will be of interest to our
readers to publish the following state
ment of the law procured from Mr..
William L. Clark, the author of a
number of works on Criminal Law,
and reviewing editor of the Cyclopedia
of Law and Procedure, known as
eye He says:
To say that a man is guilty of no
crime in New York if he kills another
while insane, although true as a gen
eral proposition, is too indefinite. It
lis necessary to go further and ascer-
tain what is meant by the term in
sanity, for it admits of degrees and
appears in various phases; and it is
necessary to go further still and ascer-
tain what is meant by; the term under
the laws of New York, for the law of
this state on insanity as a defense
differs from the law in some of the
other states
The Test of Insanity in New York.
Under the Penal Code of New York
(sections 20 and 21), as under the law
in all other states (12 Cyc 166; 81 Cyc
42) a man is not responsible for a
homicide committed while insane, if
the insanity was such that he did not
know the nature and quality of his
act or did not know that it was wrong.
On the other hand, to exempt from
responsibility in New York, although
& it is otherwise in Alabama, New
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

so quiet, and his goodness so unobtru-
sive.''
When a man is truly living in the
Spirit it is a pleasure to live with him.
No one can estimate the untold good
that he will do.
The other day Gypsy Smith called
upon Sankey, the hymn writer, now
confined to his room, in what may. be
his last sickness Years ago when
Moody and Sankey were travelling in
Great Britain they visited gypsy
camp One of the little boys in the
camp was wonderfully interested in
the gospel wagon, and, as little boys
will frequently do, he clambered up
the side Of the wagon for a nearer
view of its contents Mr.. Sankey saw
him and instead Of reproving the little
fellow put his hand upon his head and
said, Good bless you, my boy, hope
sometime He will send you out to
rreach His gosnel That boy was
Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, who in
his recent meetings electrified all Chi
cago, and who has Just gone to New
York to begin a work under the aus
pices Of many churches He had never
seen Sankey from that dav till his re-
cent visit. Again, he knelt while San
key blessed him. Cast thy bread
upon the waters and 1t viii come to
you after many days.
8. Ours is a great salvation because
it brings unspeakable comfort. often
think, as my eye passes over my audi
ence, there is someone here tonight
who needs comfort, someone who has
entered this service with an aching
heart. Well, my friend, You will find
the remedy Of life's ills in the gospel
that Christ has brought. There is
comfort here or nowhere.
My friend, DR.. Mcleod Of Pasadena,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

was called recently to administer COM
fort to a woman, the wife of drunk
ard. She was dying, they told him.
He entered their home If there is a.
cherries place on Gods earth, it is.
the home of ad runkard. There was
no carpet on the floor, no paper to
cover the dingy wall. 1t was bare Of
every necessity. The children, shoe
less, garmentless almost, were hud-
died in one part of the room. The
woman was in her bed, and her pale
face, SO worn with sickness, neglect
and suffering told the visitor that she
would never rise from it.
Tell me, my good woman" he said.
your troubles" Il have no troubles
she answered. mo troubles!' and he
looked about himself on the scene Of
wretchedness. No troubles. she an
swered again. tsince I yielded myself
to Christ a few weeks ago. 1t has
been all comfort since. am SO glad
you, came. Won't you read or sing to
me-, she said wistfully. mo one has
been in since Sunday 1t was Thurs
day. rs.
And then very softly my friend sang
to her the song that she had learned
in childhood:
I heard the voice of Jesus say ~
1 " i u . - :
Come unto me and rest; 3
Lay down thou weary one lay down,
Thy head upon my breast;
I came to Jesus as was,
Weary and worn and sad;
found in Him resting place
And he hath made me glad,
a salvation that brings forgiveness
that transforms Character, that
enobles ones life work, and lifts one
above life's ills is the salvation for
US, and by Gods help let us not neg
lect 1t. 1
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

Penal Code above quoted. In this
state, therefore, an insane irresistible.
impulse is a DENSE If the accused did
not know the nature and quality Of his
act, or if he did not know that it was
wrong, but not otherwise, even though
medical experts may all agree in tes-s
tifying that the impulse was due to
genuine insanity, and that it was ir-
resistible People v. Carpenter, 102 N,
Y. 238.
Emotional Insanity.
Mere emotional insanity, so called,
where the person knows the nature
and quality of his act and that 1t was
wrong, is no defense anywhere, and is
expressly excluded in New York by
the provisions Of the Penal Code quot
ed above. If man under the inf1u-.
ence of excitement, passion, or frenzy,
caused by anger, jealousy, the passion
Of revenge, Or any other cause what
ever, kills another, when he has sufi-
Gent mental capacity to know the ma
ture and quality Of his act. and that
it. is wrong, he may be guilty Of muir
der in the second degree only, because
of the absence Of the elements of de-
liberation and generalization, which
are necessary to murder in the first
degree people v. Barberi, 149 N. Y.
256; 81 Cyc. 1922, but he is not ex-
empted entirely from responsibility,
even though his excitement or passion
may have been apparently uncon-
trollable, and, it has been held, even
though he may have also been labor
ing under some mental defect, render
ing him more liable than a perfectly
sane man to yield to the influence Of
such excitement or passion. 81 eye.
666; People v. Foy, 1873 N. Y. 664.
This rule. however, does not ex-
clude as a defense genuine insanity,
as distinguished from mere turbulence
of passion, merely because it was pro-
duced by anger, jealousy, revenge, or
other like cause. If it was genuinesin-
sanity, whether total or merely partial
as in case of delusion, and prevented
the accused from knowing the nature
and quality Of his act, or from know
ing that the act was wrong, it is as
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

another In revenge under an insane
delusion that the other has inflicted a
serious injury to his character or for
tune, he is fully responsible, for even
If the supposed facts we're true, they
would not justify or excuse the homi-
eide. And the same is true If a man
kills another in revenge or jealous
passion under an insane delusion that
the other has ruined his wife or is at
tempting to take her from him, for
such facts, if they really existed, would
not justify or excuse. See People v.
Taylor, 1873 N. ". 39S.
In any case there must, to exempt
from responsibility. be a direct con
nection between the monomania or de-
fusion and the homicide; and care
must be taken to distinguish an insane
delusion from the erroneous conclu-
sion of sane mind, which is no de
Tense. 81 eye. 66S.
Irresistible Impulse. II
It is held in Alabama, Massachu-
sets. New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
and a number of other states, that a
man is not responsible for a homicide
committed under the influence Of an
insane Irresistible influence, although
he may know the nature and quality
of his act and that it is wrong, on the
ground that medical experts practi-
cally agree that such a mental condi-
ton may exist as the result of genuine
insanity, and if it does in fact exist in
any case, then the person laboring UNI
der such an infirmity is, in so far as
criminal responsibility is concerned,
in the same position as if a stronger
man should seize his hand and compel
him, against his will, to commit the
act. 81 Cyc. 665, collecting many
cases in the various states.
I'm other states, however, this phase
of insanity, in spite Of the medical
testimony as to it's existence, is not
recognized (21 eye. 664, 665)s; but
such a condition Of mind is regarded
as mere moral perversion or passion,
SO long as the slayer knows the nature
and quality Of his act and that it is
wrong; and this is true in New York
under the express provisions of the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14
The Defense OF Insanity il the ThaW Case

comnlete defense as like insanity
produced by any other cause; and Il
there is any evidence tending to show
such genuine insanity, it is within the
exclusive province of the jury to de-
termine whether as a matter OF fact,
it did exist. People v. Foy, 13S n. Y.S
664. "a w X;
ThaW May BE Innocent.
Referring to the case Of Harry
Thaw, who is now on trial in New
York for the murder of Stamford
White, it seems clear from this sum-
mary of the law that he may be In
nocent, and the homicide merely
great misfortune. He is certainly not
responsible If, by reason of genuine
insanity at the very time Of the homi-
eide, by whatever cause it may have
been produced, and the testimony thus
far introduced, if true, would seem to
show ample cause for at least a tenn
porary overthrow of reason, he was in
capable Of knowing the. nature and
quality of his act, or incapable Of
knowing that the act was wrong. And
even though he may have been in all
other respects sane, if at the very time
Of the homicide, by reason of brooding
over the supposed wrongs, or from any
other cause, aided perhaps by threats
against his life made by White and
communicated to him, he was laboring
under a genuine insane delusion that
it was necessary for him to kill White
as he did to save either himself or his
wife from death or great bodily harm,
however unnecessary the homicide
may in fact have been, then he was
guilty of no crime at all, for if such
were the real facts, the homicide
would be justifable.
OF course the existence Of such in
sanity or insane de1usion is question
OF fact to be determined by the jury
from the evidence, and the defense
must introduce some evidence to
prove it. If such evidence is intro
duced and it is sufficient to raise al
reasonable doubt in the minds Of the
Jury as to whether it did exist or not.
then. under the law Of New York. the Y
defendant must be acquitted . .S
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: So Great Salvation

crimes that education has been I'M
able to wipe out.
a know something Of Cornell, some
thing of Princeton and a good deal
more of Lafayette, and WISH to say
that when you send your boy away to
college you are not sending him to
a paradise free from the thought or
practice of evil.
Legislation-Here lies the remedy
for our ills, say the law makers, but
unfortunately it is not true. We may
in the manner of the ancients, who
built protecting walls for their town
and battlements for their roofs, place
laws safeguarding city and home But
a legal enactment is not self operative.
The prohibition law is case in
point. / cannot conceive of better
law, when it is enforced by the senti-
ment of the people and the faithful
ness of the official. But it has no
power in itself There are laws
against felony, against impurity,
against drunkenness, against gam
bling; but we still have and always
will have, until some greater force
than law comes in, the thief, the Iiber-
tine, the drunkard and the gambler.
Reformation-I have great respect
for the reformer and always hear him
gladly. He is the exponent Of law,
and better than law because he is
flesh and blood. visited the reform
school at Mandan recently and was
favorably impressed with the disci-
pine, the excellent teachers and the
pleasant surroundings. But all that
the reformer can do is to look after
the outward man. The heart. from
1 which flows all good and evil he NAV
never reach. You can whitewash a
| fence, but you cannot change its fiber.
You can dress your boy up and send
him away to college, but you may NOT
1 ~ ~ it1AC ILL a lutu IHOTGDy. re
CHARACTERIZATION There remains a
fourth, more excellent way. Quite
1 recently two evangelists entered a lit
tie city in Illinois of 1000 inhabitants
/ So marked was the interest in town
/ already religious, that at the end ii
four weeks all but 1S9 were avowed
followers Of Jesus Christ. IA day was
given to fasting and prayer. with th.
result that that night there were forty
additional conversions. This was {
/ Friday; on Sunday evening practically
Eall had Yielded.
We would like to live in town like
that, where all were Christians. WI
would like to pay taxes there. Allow
ing for apostacy and that the love 81
some will wax cold. and that the amaz
4 Ing fertility Of this spiritual soil ail
\ produce weeds as well as wheat, never
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14

At the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening a very attentive audience list
ened to the sermon of the pastor on
the words $50 Great Salvation, Z from
the text, Hebrews the I'd chapter, 4th
verse. Mr.. Harris spoke as follows:
0 You are interested in the salvation
of society. There was never a time
when men were more interested in
the enlightenment and betterment of
the race, than they are today. To this
end much has been spoken, written
and actually done. Many plans have
been tried, many solutions offered to
meet the vexed problems that arise in
seeking to overcome Incidence, sin
and crime. Men have given up specu-
lating as to the origin Of the devil. The
problem today is how to destroy his
works OF the plans tried the solu-
tons offered let me speak briefly of
four ID e5
Education Herein lies the redemp-
ton of society, many say. They sup
port their contention by saying that
ignorance is the mother of folly and
crime; and verify, when we see our
jails and penitentiaries filled with in
mates, the majority of whom can
neither read nor write it would seem
so. The enlightenment of barbarous
and semi-cfyilized races has always re
suited in their moral betterment.
Civilization has meant in the South
Sea islands the passing away of canni-
balism, and in India the suppression
OF those immoralities, which in time
past had been part of the worship OF
] the people.
And yet the height of civilization is
often attended with the gravest evils
One must acknowledge this, who re
calls the time of Judae's supremacy
Her golden age was that Of Solomon's
rule, and it was also her most degen
crate age. Fl
Greece, the third century before
Christ, had reached the zenith Of arts
and culture. Her world wide suprem
!. acy is freely acknowledged. In some
respects she eclipsed the arts Of every
age. But in that very time were sowr
the seeds Of decay that reaped a har
vest OF sin and sorrow. It was hard
In those days to find an honest maj
or pure woman on the streets q
Athens.
England has known thousand
years Of civilization There are no bet
ter schools IN the world today thar
hers. The largest university in thu
4 world il the London polytechnic
whose students are for the great par
from among the working classes, an.
vet England and London in particular
has most difficult problems. she face,