The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-02-18

uary sth. Of riding In the patrol wag-
on With Sheriff stoner and Sudier 10
Marshal cafter's ONCE, where they
found Meaars Seabrook and Weant:
that both these attorneys told Sud
Ter that he need not say anything un-
+ less he wished to 10 30. md that any
+ thing that be might say would Be used
+ against him, that he replied he wanted
+ TO tell all about l.. that he then said
F that he left the house before MT. Will.
thai n answer 10 the question Of Mr..
/ Seabrook where did you Ko7" he
! replied ~ vent TO the barn and
/ waited for him lie said that he
killed him With : stone as he stopped
over pouring mill from bucket Into
/ the milk ean. that after he stopped
/ trembling ne too the pocket book
from his hip pocket that he went
20 the buggy she1 and cot the rope.
and 10 the stable and put the heavy
| harness Or the horse md put the
rope around the body and with the
horse dragged IL out the gate across
the fields: hat he came hack. put the
horse away. changed hi clothes and
ran away.
Beajamin Sunderland. Cheltsnnam
visiting ofIIeer confirmed Mr.. Hur-
ley's statements n TO what took place
and THAT vas rad by sudler n the
MarEnal's once. lie also stated that
+ the records of the reformalory showed
that sudieT whcn committed there In
1909 vas entered - being ten years
old. which i correct would make him
: IL years oI1 at the time.
The State then closed.
For the defense onlY three ~it-
nesaes were examined. Frances Sud
+ Ter. ne grandmother OF the prisoner.
and Nary. hIa sister. These testified
that nIa father aHz mother aFa dead.
! his mother having died about three
years ago. They produced q record
] containing The dates of the birth of
q number Of members Of the family.
Including that Of Solomon. whose
name In Ine record appears before
I thai Of hIH mother The record Il
said To be IN the handwriting Of his
mother. and thai of the birth Of the
prisoner II given - March 9Th. 1883
J The chief witness for the defense
was Or. Purdum. the Eell-knoxn all
enlaIs of Springfield State Hospital
He testified that sadler vas examined
by himself md Dr. Clark on the night
Of January zard, Hhen he vas brought
TO the institution IN The way from
Baltimore % Westminster: thai two
hours we're spent n the examination.
thai ordinary questions such a. those
relating 10 his place OF birth. age. past
life. &C. were answered fairly we'll.
but fhat when the series Of questions
were asked and other methods Of .
acaie which IL In ne universally. the
development Of : method OF examin-
alton prepared b certain French
! psychologists. he was shown 10 be
defective IN mental development. On
oroaazexamInation Or. PuT1um repeat
ed IN detail. using memoranda made
at The time. and the test booE. the
examination made: he also described
fully the measurements Of Sudler's
head. which showed him n be nracti-
cally : normal tyne OF negro of his
class: and % those. who heard the
testimony o. the witness Ina defective
neaz If tns prisoner seemed % be
more along the lines Of educational
than otherwise. The witness further
+ testified that deIaetiveness dId not
! mean insanity and that n his indg-
menI The prisoner vas oI such men,
j tai capacity as ID know right from
wrong.
: The defense closed shortly before
noon. and States Attorney Seanr0ok
rose u address the Court in the open
ing argument for the State. when Mr..
: RelfanIder asked him 20 suspend for
n moment and after brief conauita-
ton proposed To submit the case 10
the court without argument. To this
proposition the State aeeeded.
! Judges Thomas. BraHhears and
+ ForaeIhe, Who sat n the case retired
] 10 Judge Thomas Office On the first
floor. for a few moments and return
ing INTO Court, Judge Thomas said
that the Court wished To call the at
tention OF those present to the fact
that hey we're In \ Court Of Justice.
that the proceedings which the. had
witnessed xere solemn proceedings.
involving on one side an outrage to
the State and on the other side the
life Of human being. His words
which in themselves seemed 70 fore
shadow thai which followed were re-
ceiyed with almost breatblesH ST.
IeHNG Iy IUUaG VIII mtdIu ntltf anu q
hush Of awe fell upon al present as
he admonished them to refrain from
any expression OF approval or dIsap-
proyaI Judge Thomas then alluded to
the brutality Of the crime. the clear
ness of the testimony and the unim-
passioned manner n which the case
had been presented by the State. and
said that the Court had listened most
carefully to al the evidence and Efyen
full attention TO every word Of IL;
that IN their rulings the Judges
had not withheld any evidence that
would shed any light either upon the
motive or the character Of the offense
or anything that should properly in
fluenee the Court IN its 1ndins. and
that after dne consideration the un-
animous finding and verdict Of the
eourt Is thai Solomon Sudler is guilty
Of murder IN the flTaI degree and that
he waH sane at the time Of the COM