Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-05-13
DISTRICT rNnnI

Friday afternoon the prosecution
rested its case AGAINST Florancc Q,
Hay on trial for the murder of Joe
Carroll and Judge King of Sail
Lake made the opening state nent
of the defense. He said the defense
a admitted that the shot that killed
Joe Carroll wcs fred by the de.
PENDANT and that he was willing ia
have that statement written into
the record of the case. He out
lined the defense to be emotional
insanity. He claimed that Carroll
had obtained considerable money
from the defendant and refused to
give it back to her. That he was
trying to shake her. That before
she fired the shot Carroll kicked
her. That her mind was a blank as
to what happened in the the alley
the night of the killing.
After Judge King concluded.
Judge Brown adjourned court until
10 o'clock Saturday forenoon.
Charles Sykes, the step-father of the
defendant, was the first witness
called today for the defense. He
testified that the mother of the de-
PENDANT was subject to spells of in
sanity and that she was now con-
fined in the Utah insane asylum.
Deputy Sheriff Rutherford was the
next witness. He testified to the
defendants physical and mental
condition since she had been con-
fined in the county Jail.
At the conclusion of his evidence.
the court took a recrcss until l:3O
tbs afternoon.
The Florence o. Hay murder
trial still holds the attention of the
district court. The evidence this
forenoon was directed to the rela-
lions existing between Carroll and
defendant up to the time of the
killing. The witnesses were all the
associates of the defendant during
her residence here and at Carlin.
1t also tended to show the physical
and mental conditions of the young
woman. All the witnesses testified
that the defendant acted more or
less like an insane person during
the afternoon of the day Carroll
was killed.
The trial moves along slowlyb
Difficulty is experienced in holding
some of the witnesses down to an
swer the questions put to them.
Occasional tits between Judge
King and the district attorney re-
lieve the mOnotony. The evidence
this forenoon was unfit for publica-
ton.
The defense is nearing the end of
its case in the Florence o. Hay
murder trial. The defendant was
placed on the stand Monday after
noon and told of her relations with
the man she killed.
This forenoon DR.. S. c. Gibson
Superintendent of the insane
asylum at Reno, was called to the
witness stand to testify to the in.
sanity of the mother of the de.
PENDANT while she was an inmate OF
the asylum. On cross examination.
the district attorney called for the
doctors opinion as an expert on
insanity and he rebellcd as he had not
been |subpOenaed as an expert and
had not studied up on insanity in
general. He finally said that he
would not answe the questions un-
less he was paid an experts fee as
he was here on his own expense.
Being assured by the court that he
need not answer if he did not want
to, the doctor finally at the solicita.
ton of the district attorney con.
scntcd to answer a few questions
touching insanity in general.
He was then excused and the de,
PENDANT took the stand and on
tinued the story begun yesterday Of
her relation with Carroll. The
story she told drained the very
dregs of depravity. 1t was such
a story as made every decent mar
in the courtroom ashamed of hi!
sex. She was led along by Judge
King up to the night she fired tn,
fatal shot. When she reached thai
point, all she remembered was tina.
she saw the dead body of her victim
lying on the floor in a large room
She did not remember firing the
shot and did not come TO hcrsel.
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