Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-24

of Mrs. Edith Marshall Wilson at
Perth Amboy on March IL. shortly
before IL o'clock this morning, stat
ed that he was not defending the me-
gro, but assisting the jury in arrivs
ing at a conclusion as TO the degrees
cs guilt. He stated that he WAS not
there to shed tears as had been done
at the trial of William Fitzsimmons.
by the lawyer for the defense. The
lawyer for the defense requested that
the jury consider the testimony and
bring in a warranted verdict.
The attorney for the defense spoke
of knight as an aimless, shiftless in
dividual, whom he likened to a cap-
tured gorilla, and who was assisted
in becoming a crazed drunk by the
proprietor of the saloon who had
sold him drink and had also violat-
l ed the law. He stated Ie did seek.
"Je4sey JuSs .se. TIE laE1nr
not object TO the defendants conf69
( sion going in as evidence as this
I corroborated the statements OF In.
Rosewater, that the man was of .
type that would readily answer ques-
tions in the affirmative.
Glueckfield pointed out to the jury
that il was up TO them to decide
whether this man was capable OF
able mentally 10 commit such an at
rocious crime.
IF the man was mentally able
to commit such a crime. you should
(, find a verdict of first degree mur-
der" the lawyer tsated- IF not. q
lesser degree should be returned"
The lawyer pleaded that the jury
take the evidence into consideration
and not railroad the man unless they
I <ff11rr rnrxrfnnaA that q
what he was doing.
knight was on the stand for
short time this morning. and con-
tinued a denial of the different things
in his confession. He said that the
questions were put in his mouth by
the officers and he answered yes"
The negro admitted selling the
watch TO Cranshaw for $3.50, but
was unable TO say where he had got
the watch. He told the court that
he did not recover his memory un-
( Il! $3.50 o'clock Sunday morning, and
7 felt rotten from the drink he had
secured on Saturday night.
II was expected that Prosecutor
Ssricker would cross-examine him at
length, but only a few questions were
asked by the prosecutor. The negro
/ in / eply TO a question admitted that
Z he had talked TO DIR. Charles Rose
water in jail yesterday, but denied
that he had spoken TO the doctor
since his trial had started. The pros
+ ecutor also questioned him in re-
gard to telling the court about the
part of the attack that he remem-
I bered, and he stated that he remem-
bered up to the time that he grabbed
somebody.
The negro first denied talking with
/ the prosecutor in the jail shorty
after he had been taken to New
/ Brunswick. when il is alleged he adj
mitted the attack on the woman. He
/ later stated that he remembered
/ talking to the prosecutor.
The prosecutor questioned the
negro about the statement made
1 that a Perth Amboy police officer
/ had blackjack in his hand when
/ he was making his Confession Tho
man identified Calvin as the officer
who had the blackjack. The negro
admitted telling everything that was
/ in his confession TO the Perth AM
| boy police.
/ There were only two witnesses for
/ the defense. the defendant and DIR.
I Charles Rosewater, a Newark spe
( cialist In mental diseases and dis
I orders from alcohol and drugs. DIR.
Rosewater and Dr. Henry examined
the negro al $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning. but DIR. Rosewater on the
stand stated that he had not talked
with the man since. He stated that
he tested the defendant for mental
/ ity, and pronounced him mental
I defective, known as feeble minded
or imbecile. and is the type Of man
that when lie becomes drunk. be is
rnaufaeal drunk
DIR. Rosewater stated that the de-
ferdant was the type of man who
becomes drunk in the brain. and
suffers loss of memory, either tenn
porary or permanent He stated
that knight for these reasons an
swers any questions with an affirm-
afive reply.
DIR. Rosewater was cross-examined
by Prosecutor Stricken who notified
the doctor that DIR. Christopher Bel
ing OF Newark. aud DIR. Henry Got-"
ton OF the State Insane Hospital had
examined the man as to his sanity
The witness stated that he was a
expert in his line. and he was Ql1e1-|
toned by the prosecutor At IouG<1
in regard to drink and drunkenness.
and the doctor stated that al<nouUA
he never drank. he knows <ho 80
ticns