The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-12-01

Cafe, and said it was a disorderly
place. ! assured him that as a mem
Der of the town council that l would
take the matter up at the next meet
ing of the council. He was nervous
in his talk and showed that something
preyed on his mind. But he quieted
down although he looked as if he was
under a nervous strain. When he
spoke of the Greek case he made me
think that he was not right when |
looked in his face. After l talked
with him, although he was nervous,
he was apparently satisfied. He
says, am sick. l didn't sleep fifteen
minutes last night. He said there
was somebody prowling around the
house all night. He said hoboes came
around but not all of them were ho-
boes. but that there were others, but
that when he got up that it was fun
ny that they disappeared. l would
say that j. J. Baker was insane at the
time talked with him, Tuesday, july
18TH. On cross examination Mr.
Deich stated that what he meant by
the strain on Bakers face was that
of anger, both by expression and talk.
Mr.. Deich further stated that after
the sprayer was fixed that Mr.. Bak-
er seemed to be contented.
The testimony of T. E. Smith, who
testified as to having conversation
with Baker several weeks ago, was
stricken out by order of the court.
The testimony of J. E. Menter for
the defense was as follows: l saw
j.. j. Baker the evening before the
shooting, Tuesday July 18th. was
IN Tho hlonkuui<h show o-l
working heard some loud talk. said
Whats all this excitement" Mr..
Baker said: "lt's time some one is
getting excited" He told me the
story about Rozell being down to his
house Sunday morning, and in try
ing to show me what happened he
made black and blue spots on my arm.
He appeared very nervous. l would
say that he was certainly insane at
that time.
The testimony of Mrs. Hazel Gil
lette. who related an incident at the
Baker home was striken out by order
of the court.
Documents were introduced in evil
dence by attorneys for the defense
tending to prove that Matilda A.
Baker, deceased mother of the de-
fendant was committed to the Hin
ois State Hospital for Insane, in the
years Of 1874 and 1879.
Rev. A. J. Waller was placed on the
stand and stated that he had visited
the defendant in the jail in Julesburg
on July 18th and identified book
written by the defendant and offered
in evidence by the defense. The con-
tents of this book were read to the
jury by attorney Hastings.
DR.. F. G. Ewing testified that he
had known the defendant, J. j. Baker,
for the past three or four years, and
that he had been called to see him on
number of occasions. The first
time that he was summoned the de-
fendant complained of stomach trou-
BILE. DR.. Ewing stated that the de-
fendant was Of nervous tempera-
ment and that his stomach trouble
was only imaginary. He further
stated that he treated the defendant
at various times. The defense at
tempted to use DR.. Ewing's ~testi-
mony as expert testimony relative to
the defendants sanity. Upon objec-
ton of attorneys for the prosecution
DR.. Ewing was disqualified as an ex-
pert witness.
Shortly before court adjourned
Wednesday evening Dr. E. P. Murdock
was placed on the stand to give ex-
pert testimony relative to the de-
PENDANTS sanity. Dr. Murdoch stat
ed that he had been an assistant ply
sician at the Mt. Pleasant State Hos
pital for Insane for several months
and had charge of fourteen wards.
He further testified that he had been
examiner and member of the in
sanity board in Keith County, Nebr.,
for about five years, during this per-
iod the board probably had handled
twenty cases. In answer to a hypo-
thetical question asked by attorney
H. A. Dano, relative to the defend
ants sanity, DR.. Murdock testified
that he thought the defendant in
sane.
Court adjourned Wednesday even
ing at 5:15 o'clock with DR.. Muir
dock still on the stand. "A recess was
taken until $3.50 o'clock this (Thurs-
day. morning. 1t is expected that the
hearing of the testimony will be COM
pleted this Thursday evening. The
attorneys for the People expect to
produce number of rebuttal Witness
es, among them being Drs. Delehanty
and Niehouse, expert alienists from
Denver.