The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-13

to get possession of the property. He
had to get her away from the place.
He said that every criminal was a
sion was no defense to crime.
Neither is an ingenious counterfeit
of insanity" he added.
The prosecuting attorney said that
times was not evidence of insanity.
Lying and Insanity.
If that was so. gentlemen" he said
you would probably have the spectacle
Of insane counsel defending an insane
defendant before an insane jury and
an insane court
DO not forget the prosecuting at
torney" suggested Mr.. Cain.
No, 1 will include the prosecuting
attorney" said Mr.. Rupp, amid laugh
ter.
Mr.. Rupp declared that if the body
of Mrs. Aldrich had not been found,
Barnes claim of verbal bill of sale
would have protected Barnes in the
possession of the personal property
and of his lease on the place for any
leriod of time less than a year
Mr.. Rupp reviewed in detail the act
ions of the defendant and declared that
they showed careful preparation and
were unmistakable evidence of sani-
ty
The prosecuting attorney appealed to
history to show that insane people who
committed murders always admitted
the killing and then attempted to JUS
tify their conduct.
Cited Notable Cases.
Prosecuting Attorney Rupp cited the
assassins of Presidents Garfield and
Mckinley and the cases of Harry Thaw
and Chester Thompson. stating that
not only had the murderer in each
case admitted the crime and sought
to justify his conduct but that he had
done the killing in the open without
any pretense of evasion. He said:
"Giteau shot Garfield on the crowded
ulatform of a railway depot the an
archist who killed Mckinley shot the
president at a big reception given at
one of the worlds greatest expositions;
Harry. Thaw killed. Stanford White be-
fore the gaze Of a nultitude assembled
at a roof garden concert, and Chester
Emory and shot him down In the pres
ence Of his own family.
symptoms of insanity.
'But in this case of Hezekiah ".
Barnes, what Do We and? Did he go to
her home and beat her to death with
this pickhandle in the presence Of her
friends ana hired hands? No. He de-
coyed her TO lonely mountainous re-
gion, where he thought the body would
never be found. and there committed
this brutal crime. Why, every move
ment of this defendant shows careful
preparation. the preparation that
would have been made by a sane man
intent upon carrying out an infamous
crime"
Attorney Cain Speaks.
Attorney Cain for the defense. open
ed the argument for the defense. He
admitted the killing of Mrs. Aldrich by
the defendant, Bud Barnes. He then
dwelt on the fact that there was no
attempt by Barnes to conceal the mur-
der. The side comb. the blood, the
pickhandle, the body itself proved this
fact The fact that everything had
been left uncovered that Barnes had
made no attempt to conceal the crime
but in going and coming from the scene
of the murder had made as much
noise and attracted as much attention
as a brass band.' showed there was
insanity. He next dwelt on the i'm
probable stories of the defendant. how
he had told his brothers he had paid
$500 when he knew they knew he had
never had tha.t much money.
His story was as wildly impossible
as if it had been taken from the Ara
bian Nights" said Mr.. Cain.
His alleged insanity was then dwelt