Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Centerville, May 81. - (Special)-
The final effort to save Junkin from
the gallows was made this morning by
Attorney Mitchell when DR.. H. j..
Hoeye, professor of anatomy at Drake
university. testified that the negro
was a criminal by inheritance, was
oyerbalanced in animal tendencies
and had defective controlling powers.
Jllnlxin was brought before the Jury
and the alienist pointed out the big
Jaw, nostrils, lips and neck and bully
like manner as indications of the
criminal and brute.
The doctor had measured the skull
Of the prisoner and compared 1T with
the skull of Billy Arhelt, the famous
Chicago holdup man, and he said the
skulls were identical. He said he had
examined $50 skulls and brains, and
that the science Of criminology was
his hobby.
Admits He Found No Insanity.
DR.. Hoeye stated that Junkin had
no symptoms of insanity, but had eX-
cessive animal tendencies and an in
ferior brain. The brute in him he
said was stimulated by the excessive
use of drugs, coke, etc. Junkin shows
asymmetry in body and skull which
means that he Is disportionate.
CornelPs cross-eXamination brought
out the admission that there was no
rule Of measurement of a normal skull
and that all those examined by the wit
ness were Of white men.
Junkin's Mother Recalled.
Also DR.. Hoeve admitted tnat lc
could not determine whether a man
is a coke fienu by the skull and it is
not uncommon to find asymmetry in
law abiding individuals.
Redirect examination brought out
the statement that JunRin had a
coarse brain, inferior and susceptible
to drugs.
John Gray and Amy Junkin were
called first to the stand today AMI
testified to Bob Prentiss and Gus
Prentiss, brothers of Mrs. Junkin hav.
ing served five years and one year re.
spectively IN the penitentiary.
DR.. Box is on the stand this after.
noon and the rebuttal Of the state fol.
lows.
1t is believed that DR.. Box will be
the last witness examined and that
the state will then begin its series OF
addresses to the jury. County Attor
ney Roll Smith of Appanoose is sched
uled to open the arguments to the
Jury on behalf of the state. John R
Price of Abba, representing the 1e
tense, will follow. Then Judge Mitch
ell will sum up for the defense and
County Attorney Cornell will close. /,
The state may not introduce It's
alienists as they did not consider tbs
testimony of the defense's alienists
As damaging. DR.. Hoeve brought on,
the brute in Junkin, but the stats
brands him as much the brute as the
Gefense is attempting to do. DR.
Hoeve admitted that he found no evi
lences of insanity and this is the poin1
The state has been fighting against.
Smoky Row Euogized.
The extreme vileness of Smoky Row
was aired during the> Saturday after
noon session by John W. Gray, whom
the defenses called to testify to the
character of that portion of Ottumwa
TIE ex-chief'Sf police of Ottumwa tolc
Of the low persons living in Smoky
and of his raiding six opium joints ant
one coke joint While acting as the
head of the police department. He de
scribed the sensations experienced b,
a coke fiend. and also told of theil
frenzy when deprived of the drug
The question as to whether they lose
their sense of right and wrong was
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