Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-05-20
CHARLES KAHN|
IS MOT GUILTY" !"
Judge Ricklin's Assailant is
Insane. Aquittal Results
From Convincing Ev-
idenCe.

The case of the Commonwealth
VS.. Charles Kahni, who on January
III, 1910 shot Associate Judge
Richlin seriously wounding him,
was brought before the Court or
Monday afternoon and after evi-
dence was taken from several wit
nesses all of which considered the
man insane the jury returned a
verdict of "Not Guilty on the
Ground of Insanity"
Following is given the proceed,
ings of the case:
Commonwealth VS.. Charles Kah-
nj: Indictment for assault and
battery with intent to kill. Grand
Jury returns True Bill.
Defendant having no counsel
Court appointed Alphonsus Walsh
ESQ.,, to defend him. After con-
sultation with prisoner the attorney
informed the Court that in his
opinion the defendant is insane.
Court ruled that this could be put
in as a plea and the question of in
sanity submitted to the jury in
connection with the evidence in
the case. Plea returned was Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity"
A jury was selected as follows:
f. G. Peters, Lawrence Miller, T.
j. Clarke, Daniel Phillips, FEMME
Atherton, Albert Foust, Maynard
Phillips, William III. Kast, Porter
Higley, David Boyles, P. j. Walls
and Warden Bahr.
Jury sworn and case opened by
District Attorney F. w. Meylert.
Henry Richlin called in behalf
of Commonwealth, sworn and ex-
amined in chief. By Mr.. Mullen:
Q. Where do you reside? A.
Forks Township. Q. Where were
you on the morning of January
18th. 1910? A. / was going to
Dushore. Q. How far is your res
idence from Dushore Borough? A
About seven miles. @. On the morn
ing of January 18th. who accom-
panied you on your trip toward
Dushore? A. Elisha Sayman. Q.
Did you reach Dushore that morn
ing? A. No sir. Q. Are you ac-
quainted with the defendant in this
case, Mr.. Charles Kahni? A. Yes,
sir. Q. Did you see him on the
morning of the 18th of January
last? A: Yes, sir; l overlook him
at William Murray's house in
Cherry Township, about half way
between my home and Dushore.
@. In Sullivan County? A. Yes,
sir. Q. Who was with Kahni
when you overlook him? A. No
one. Q. What were you driving?
A. A horse and cutter. @. Is Muir
rays House near the public road?
A. Yes, it is probably as far as
from here to the back end of the
Court House. @. 1t sets below the
road? A. Yes, sir. Q. Just go on
and state in your own way what
occurred after you overlook Kahni.
A. l overlook him, and turned the
horse out, and l threw the robe
over to one side, and says, Come
get in, Charley, if you are going to
Dushore." And he says, "Now,
l am going to fix you, and pulled
a revolver from his hip pocket. l
said, "Don't you shoot" and he
kept backing up in the ditch, and
seen him pull the gun out, and
jumped out and ran toward the
house. and / had just run little
ways when he shot, and the first
shot took effect.
@. Where did it hit you? A. In
the side, right here. (Witness in
dicates the left side of the small OF
his back.) Q. How far did it pen
citrate? A. I don't know; it went
through the ribs. @. Has it ever
been removed? A. Never. o. Go
on? A. And when he shot drop.
ped, and when / was down 7 heard