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EKE OMAHA DAILY ggE ; TUESDAY APRIL 9. 18S9. pficy of tils son. and knowing alt that , When ho heard of thin mnttorvo are told tbnt ho was a good. Christian gentleman .vet , when lie hears of the ending of this relation , of this trouble , of this sorroxv. knoxvine the woman as ho did , xvhon ho hears nil this , what docs ho ncnd out hero nt oncol The message is , to lot looscilho dogs Of vnr , unchain - chain the bloodhounds nnd act them upon * her , IjctXhbni Tonr Hot ( losh from her limbs , nnd limb from limb ; do- rnounco her character , blacken her reputa tion , Aye , more , sto to it that this gront ixjxvcr , this , cnalno that moulds publlo opinion and forms publlo Judgement is fixed tub press. Bco that the press Is flxfcd , nnd attend to and BCO that It hurl Us thunder * bolts at her , and hpcnktho nnmoof King In golden letters. Aye , lot not the name of our royal household bo attached to her , but call her Miss Ulechlcr. Evidently King know what moved the world. Now , gentlemen , let us pass over this. T found this woman , I bcllovo , on the morning * of the 17th of last November. I found her towed from an Ocean Of trouble and of sorrow row and landed a wrccK upon the shores of nn Uncharitable world. I found her In the bands of ttio law. in this case , kind , it is true , but stern , also. I found her a Mnntal niul n Pliyalcnl Wreck. I saw , rather : lmn heard , the cry for help ; nnd I reached out my hand ; nnd , bo there , thnt man Or woman living , no mutter ctlrls- tlan or Infidel , who has ono word to say tome mo , who necks to pass Judgment upon my 'conduct for milling to the rescue of this woman when I saw her In trouble , I want to toll him that I will Imvo It to my credit when Judgment Is passed upon mo by our llnal court. Those delicate , Golil-lmccif JjndlcR or Society , many of thorn who will take , Into their mar- bio halt * the libortlno of the world nnd Intro- tluco him to Innocent girls nnd give him an opportunity to ply iiln vocation , will turn nnd ay , "You pollute yourself by connecting yourself with this poor , wretched woman. " 1 sco in her the imago of Qed , as Christianity taught me. I know , nt least , I sco In her the imago of my mother and my sister , nnd I tell you gentlemen if Christ walked on this foot stool of His In this generation , Instead of 1,800 years ago , Ho would bo nt this bar to- Ony defending this woman ; and His teach ings from the beginning to the end of the gospels are a plea in her behalf. Wo uro told that King is a Christian gen tleman , that ho was brought up In the church , that ho tenches the principles of Christ , and yet , as I say , What docs ho do ) 1 want to refer hero to that teaching of Christ words that havothundcrcd down the ages for eighteen hundred years the grand est sermon that over was preached when ClirlstsBpoko Upon the Cross as ho saw these who hnd placed Him there nnd driven the nails through Hollands and His fcot ho rnised his voice , ho raised his eyes to His Father and said , ' 'Father , forgive them , they know not what they do. " Christ Bald , "Father , forgive them ; " King said "prosecute. " Aud if there Is ono principle that gives to the teachings of Christ the great prerogative over the teachings of all other moral philosophers , over all other moral teachers , it is the great and the sub lime Doctrine of Forgiveness. Who In this vast audience , what ono In Ihls vast assembly can'say.'Mam safe , " if you take away the doctrine of forgiveness ) Now , gentlemen of the Jury , wo are told hero that wo have put in no defense , that is , that wo have introduced no testimony In de fense. I do not suppose that there is ono of you but what understands exactly the nature pf a criminal prosecution. It is not the pur pose of the state to convict. What Is your onthl "truo deliverance make. " Ascertain the facts in the case ; nnd that is what the Halo is doing hero presenting the facts in the case. It is Not to Convict , but it Is to give you the facts connected with Ihls unfortunnto tragedy ; and , If these facts on the part of the state dhow that the de fendant is not guilty , then as a matter of course , the state is satisfied , and better satis- tied than if the facts had shown that she Is guilty. More than that : it is withlu the power of the defense to require the state to put in evidence- every partiolo of testimony conndcted with the prosecution , although that testimony will show conclusively that the party is innocent. Because , as I say , this great state does not ask conviction. The Btato wants to know , the facts , nnd like the Bi6thcr''to ' her child , 'if sho'finds ' her child blameless , thanks Qed and lots her go. Wo concede , rts I stated in the opening , that our defense would bo that of Seli-ncfonso tincl of insanity. Wo are told that thcso arc Inconsistent. If they uro , I have now law to learn. A witness is put upon the stand nnd testifies to facts sufficient , I think , when I shaill coma to analyze - yzo that testimony , to warrant you in saying she was porlectly justified , provided she was In thnt condition. They claim she was fully conscious of what she was doing. That tes timony was introduced by the stato. A thou sand witnesses could not make it stronger , because there is no conflict of testimony. Wo put Intho , plea of Insanity , nnd , gentlemen. I will talk Borao of the plea of insanity when I come to that branch of the case. Pass it over now. In other words , wo say this : Wo say that Mr. Henry W. King , the deceased , Assaulted This Woman's Mintl in its citadel ; that ho bombarded it for nearly thrco years until ho finally prostrated it. The testimony of Johnson , the testimony of Adams , shows that ho assaulted , ns 1 say , licr mind in Its citadel. The testimony of Scott shows the llnal shot that entered that citadel and swept away the last vestige at that time of > vill power. No number of wit nesses could inako It stronger. Then this Is wlmtwasay : Why should xvo put in testi mony as long as every word of testimony that 13 In is as strong as testimony can bo 'for the defense ! . Hud it been in my power to call thcso witnesses for the state , t would Imvo called every ono of them and put them on to glvo testimony showing absolutely and unqualifiedly that this woman did not com mit n crime. And I will say , gentlemen , I 'believe that If my friend , Mr. Mahoney , had taken this case before a grand jury , nnd had this snino testimony , thnt there would have been no Ind.ctmunt , nor would ho have ad vised an indictment. I want to call your attention to n case on this iioint that is probably now fresh In the minds of all of you. A short tlmoago a Mr. McCauley , u married man living with his wife and two little children , was a book Keeper in ono of the largo establishments in Chicago. As this occurred but H short tirao ago , 1 refer to it now. Mrs. McCauley was a nervous woman , a good woman , a faithful wlfo. a devoted mother. On n visit ono dav nho learned of the infidelity of her husband beyond question , She brooded over it two or three days. ho finally wont out upon State street. She entered a store , bought n pistol , and returned to her room where her liusband was. At that time u reporter of the Tribune was present In the house Interview ing the husband. She talked with the bus- bund fora few moments , went buck Into the other room , and , xvhilo Mr. McCauley was talking to the Tribune reporter she came into tlio room where they wore , placed her pistol at tlio back of her husband's ' head and tired , killing him instantly. You will say , "Hang her , " If she had been hung , as It was shown what the condition of'her mind was , it would Hnvo lloou Judicial Murder , tlio most horrible of all murders , the mur der that comes from the courts. If she hnd boQn imprisoned nn hour , it would have been a Judicial crime. The case xhis Investigated before the grand Jury and no indictment was found. The nnxlcty.tho worry , the trouble , the hysteria , the emotions , had all been beatIng - Ing against the heart and nerve centers for throe days , ntoadlly , steadily , until finally at thU time a tidal wave of blood poured In upon her mind and submerged nnd destroyed for the time being all will power. She was elinply acting with the uodyVitliout ono tithe of u sound mind. Bo rue months after .that , one morning , she was found in bod. On her right nrm was her little boy. ou tier loft arm her liuio girl the girl nbiut three years old. the boy nbout n year and n liulf , all lying apparently asleep. A rubber tuba connected from the gus Jet conducted itself under the clothing. She had deliberately placed the tube to the gas , placed It under the clothing. All three lay down together , and turning on the gas , Tlioy Awnltod Dentil. She was what the law and scientific mod- Iclna say Is Insane. The throe wcro burled together , She was not insane from her act in shooting hur husband , She had loved her husband with all her soul'with all her heart , There was notlilng left in her heart but love nnd devotion , and when vliat vessel was shuttered , reason itself swung on its liedusta1. and finally tottered over , a broken umes. Aud If my friend , Mr. Mahoney , hud flaced this prosecution before a prand Jury , no grand Jury would over have Indicted nor In tiie world. < , she U charged ; \ 1th inurdsr , willful nnd deliberate miirdor , with malice afore thought. Hnvo you over Imagined to your self , gentlemen , what n murderer would bo , ono wno Would deliberately , In his proper senses , intentionally with malice afore thought toke , for revenge or gain , It may bo , the life of a follow being ! You expect - pect to iltul there h lAonstor in human shapo. You expect to find n xvlckod , vicious spirit. The law , I bcllovo says of mnllco that it is evidence of n heart llccklcss of Social Duty. Gentlemen of the Jury , this Is the mur deress. Do you Hnd murder , do you find any Indications of murder nbout her nnywhcro ! Do you find any indica tions of n depraved heart about her anywhere - where In her conduct ) Gentlemen of the Jury , all thcso go to the first considera tion that I shall present In this case , and that Is , What was Llbbio King ! What was her character ! What was her disposition ! What was the bent of her mind ) Uccauso wo must analyze that first , so that wo may after ward intelligently apply the facts In the case that touch flfrcctly upon this homicide. Then , lot us look nt her conduct generally ; if she Is n murderess , wo will expect some evidence of n murderous disposition In her life before. Won't wo ! If she Is what the district attor ney called her , virtually a blackmailer , and you might as well apply that 'term to an nngol from heaven ns to her , under this testimony If she was that , you will find Rome evidence of It in her record , won't you I If she was revengeful to Harry King , you will find something of that in her record , won't you ! If nt 'any ' time she sought the destruction of n llfo on account of nny ot the grievances Unit , she suffered nt his hands , you will find some of it somewhere In her life , won't you ? I take up her life from the time that it Is necessary to take hold of It , nnd am not , afraid that the stain shall attach to that. I would that all men , I would that these who would sneer nt her could present before us the purity of heart , the purity of devotion , The liOvc tlmt tnln Woman. has exhibited since the time that she com menced llfo with Harry King. And , in this regard , heretofore , I shall have to bo tedious ; but I can't help It. I want to show to you , and to show to you conclusively that there Is not an element of malice In this woman's nature ; that there Is not nu element of revenge - vongo In this record ; that there is not nn element - mont that goes to make up crime , to make up n murderess. Gentlemen , let us take her character gen erally before 1 go into It in detail. The learned district attorney said , nnd thnt Is all there is in this case , us to her record before she became the spouse of Harry W. King , that , before she commenced her llfo with him , she was not wholly without sin. How serious n charge have 1 made against her In that ) Who says that banishes her from my society , that makes her an outcast ; she was not without sin ! Christ said , "Lot him who is without sin cast the llrst stone at hor. " There was not a statin cast. I said further than thnt , gentlemen , nnd this is all there Is in this record in regard to her llfo. I said further than that , that she was n poor girl , thrown upon her own resources , laboring ns n common servant ; that tiho xvns Sought in IVlarrlaco By a lover , that she felt his honeyed words raining down upon her heart , gentlemen , nnd this is no trifling matter. It Is our organ ism. God gave it to us , and wo have got to take it ns It is. It Is not sentimental slush , In the elegant language of the assistant at torney. She found , I say , his honeyed words dropping upon her heart with the glee and Joy that the parched desert received the drops of rain from heaven. And , under his promise nnd under his sway she erred. Man was the cause of her error. Man WIM the cause of her first misstep ; nnd now , gentle men of the Jury , you will find I want to apply a word that I do not generally use , but I want to apply It hero. You will find n gang of reprobate libertines around this city who would raise their hands against her and smlto her , and who want to convict her , although they make it the boast of their lives that they have turned the channels of virtue into vice. A man may spit and scorn upon you , But Thorn H n. Mvinff Jesus , who has promised you protection. Aye , she fell. I said thnt she had never become a de praved woman. Nor did sho. Now this , gentlemen of the Jury , Is all the testimony in the case , is it not , my friend Mahohoyi Nothing else will bo referred to by mo ; noth ing else , I believe , will bo referred to by the district attorney , because , allT want of you , ofyou , of you , of any of you , gentlemen , Is to pass upon the testimony in this case. And , if you do thnt , then there is not the shadow of u doubt of the result of nor case. If you will pass upon the testimony. I said that , gentlemen , nnd now then wo find here , her in the happy hopes of life , not on that day before fore yesterday that so many can refer to with heart-burning sorrow ; not the day be fore yesterday , at a time when she stood before fore the world n pura maiden robed In chastity and there is not for the earth a lovlfcr vision , and there is not for the skies a moro nngclio candidate than that little woman ooforo she was touched by the ruth less hand of man. Then wo find the deceased , what ! A mil lionaire's son , with cold back of Win by the millions , who raises his banner in society nnd says , no matter what my sin , society must take aft Its hat and bow to mo. No matter what I may dp , I have a place ou the dlas and m the drawing room , and you Must ttrinij Innocent.IVIalduns up and introduce thorn to mo , and make mo a reception center. I demand It. What ! In the name of manhood ! in the name of the qualifications of the twelve men that Christ picked out as his twelve disciples ! No. I demand it in the name of gold , of position. For I tell you that society suys that kings may commit all the sins that they please. Wo will plato them over with gold and send them out into society as the genuine thing , gentlemen , gold. I have u right to do as I please ; I am wealthy : my folks are respect able. Society bows its head when they ap proach. So , I do as I please. I want to know I , Harry W. King I want to know what rights n seventeen , or eitrhtccn , or nineteen-year-old laboring girl , working girl , has with respect to my desires. I would like to know what rights i Why , none at all. I nm a walking champion of my profession ; of that profession of which there are some followers , obedient followers , in the city of Omaha. This is the man. Why , Mr. Adams , or Johnson , I don't know which , says Him Got Him in Her Olutohco. She got him tn her clutches ! She , a woman twenty years of ago ; ho nearly ton years older. She , a irirl that had not re ceived the assistance of man or woman scarcely from childhood , and had only de pended upon that Great Father who prom ised to bo u father to the fatherless ; she bring into her clutches the cpllcgo graduate , the world-oxperloncod Harry King/ / And on this you would send her to the gallows I Or to Imprisonment in the penitentiary , which would bo worse than the gallows ! The gal lows will take her life , and there an end of it. The penitentiary will only bo a racking machine upon which her already broken mental powers would bo stretched like the inquisition until death must come in thnt way. Aye , hang her , hung her , hang her ; don't put her on the mental rack. Now there nro two persons. Hear In mind now what my object is in discussing this question as I do : I want to sco whether or not Llbbio King , when she camu to Omu- .ha on the 17th of November was the murder ess and the revengeful tigress that It is claimed for hor. That la what I want to see. I will then , as I say , speak generally of her conduct toward him before 1 speak in detail. Now then , let mo say this : Is there any question In the world , that from the time she took up with thnt life with Henry W. King , whether as his wlfo or his promised wlfo , I want to say to you hero , gentlemen , I euro not , because it docs not figure in this case from the time she took up her llfo with him until Urn time she received the message that ruined her mind she Was an Faithful to Illin , aye , more faithful , than the disciples wnru to Christ ! That is the first , that is the first. A mistress , was she ! Pity all men have not mistresses. A mistress , was shot There I * proven beyond any question , irentlomcn , that when they went to live together they wont to Iivo together as man and wlfo. Wo have the testimony that they lived in Quincy as man and wife. We have tlio testimony that they wcro introduced everywhere as rinn and wlfo. Now , as to the technical question as to whether HIQ ! considered herself engaged , I want to say to the dUtrk't uttornoy ho need wane no time on that. On the question as to whether t hero was a legal marriage or not Is a matter of perfect unconcern , and I will toll you why , I will tell you why when I coir.o to discus. : . Tlio Question of Inuniilty , that/t ( does not make one particle of differ ence whether she was his wife , or what the relation was. U Is enough for mo to say Ucie , giimioiuea of the Jury , tutu she was taken as his wlfo. thnt she xvas Introduced ns his wlfo , and that she recognized him ns her husband , and ho recognized her as his xvlfo. . < Noxv , I soy another thing , nud Johnson of Chicago , shroxvd laxvycr. could not deny It , that that ovldonco , and tno letters xvhcroln ho called her xvlfe nnd whorcln she called him husbandconstituted a common laxvmnr- ringo. That Is undisputed. Johnson ad mitted thnt upon tbo xvltnoss stand : that it constituted a common laxv marriage. Noxv , then you nsl * ! Why do thoao lottws teem xvith expressions of "You promised to marry mo. " I xvlll tell you xvhy they did. This marriage , xvhilo a common laxv mnrriago.xvns not n marrlago that xx'ould bo recognized by Bocloty. xvas not a mnrrlago that xvould bo recognized by the church. And you xvlll bear In mind , gentlemen , that I xvnnt to call your attention to this i that when she first talks of this Solemn J'romlso to ainrry It Is at a time xvhon there is gi-oxving In the bed of creation foetal life , and xynon sha looks forxvnrd lo the hour xvhon ttiorb shall bo born to her n son or n daughter , nnd aho xvnnts It born into the church , in the love of Christ , recognized by the cnurch.'nnd recog nized by the Christian xyorld. And she snysns she took her brother , nnd made her husband walk up to the church and bo god-father to the baptism , in the tiamo of JesUs she xvnnts her child the same , xvhon that child is born. "I cannot baptise the' loins of Henry W. King under the name of Lo Garde , and 1 xvlll not do it. I xvill not bring Into this xvorhi a boy child or n girl child that shall liuva upon Its mind to carry through this xvicltcd , cruel xvorld , sills that I have caused It In infancy. The burden is great onoogh. auyxvny. " Thnt is xvhat she wanted , gentlemen , That Is xvhat the murderess wanted. Thcso nro the promises , nnd xvhon I read thcso letters over I xvlll show OB 1 say , It Is a matter of laxv hero ; it don't make ono bit of difference ono x\fny or tno other. Noxx- , then , lot us go further. I have shown that , xt least she xvns a true aud faith ful xvifo during all this time. Isoxv , thou , lot us see xvhnt she generally did again. One of the llrst things that you xx-ould look for from a woman of the character that this prosecu tion , uud particularly the urixMto prosecu tion , xvould represent her to bo xvould bo * * that Slio Would Ho After Monny. "Henry W. King , your father , is xvorth millions. 1 am starving hero' . Why don't you go to your father and tnako.hlin give you money I Wbv don't youtoll yotirfnthpr that ho must glvo us iuonuy , or 1 xvlli-po'thcrol" Years roll on , and do' you Hull her niiyxvlioro asking him to go to that millionaire father for money 1 Wo will sco xvnon xvo come to the letters. There Is oho' thing , x\-o do not find. Then hoxv did they start in thnt life I Stating in Chicago and soon gathering under a little homo roof in the city of Quincy , respected by all. Let us see : Henry W. King Is nearly ten years her senior , n rollego graduate , a man of the xvorld. She bus nothing , as she says in opo of her letters , but her oxvnsoul's dox-otlon and lovo. They lived together. Hoxv did theycomo to go I Henry W. King xvalks out of his father's houso'nn outcast. Henry W. King Is banished fi om his father's and his mother's hearthstone , and driven out upon the xvorld , and the home denied him. Henry W. King xx-alks axvay from the King mansion a disinherited son , on account of the profligate and corrupt life that ho had led nearly ten years this xvoman's senior. What did this xvoman dot The Father Disinherited film of father's love , of mother's company , of home , of all. She [ the defendant ] inherited him xvith n love that mocked at cruelty , with a love that mocked at starvation , xvith n love that mocked at deprivation. She In herited him xvlth u purpose that stood like the rocks of Gibraltar against the dashing xvavcs of adversity. That is xvhat she did She gave him more , aye moro than nil that his father and his mother had disinherited him of. She found him unxx'urlhy to enter , his father's house , and f-ho took him nnd made a homo for him. She taught him the dox'Otion of loxo ; she taught him to kneel beside the child and say , "Our Father whicn art in heax'cn. " She led him into the church on the high road to heax'cii's door. That is xvhat this murderess did. When his oxvn family had driven him out , she gax'o him love , she gave him devo tion , she taught him Christianity , she led him into the church. That Is xvhat this murderess aid , gentlemen. . So mucU to do for her general conduct. ) Is this the conduct of a murderess } Is this the conduct of a vicious xvornan } Noxx' , then , ns I said , this is general conduct. Gentlemen , I xvant to ha tedious noxv , If anything is tndious to you that involves the character , life , and tntl liberty of this xvoman. You sit in a position tlio im portance of xvhichyou never occupied before , nnd xvill nex-or perhaps uirain so long as you shall live. I xvnnt to go now into the private life of J.lbbio King , as shown by the state itself , and I xvant to say hero that these , ' liettrrs Arj a Mimumonr of glory. But I hoar some ofyou say , " Why did you object to them Mr. Coxvinl" I ob jected to them because I uuexv they xx'ero six or sox'on letters out of hundreds. 1 xxMuted to see if I could got any more. I said , "If you xvill no that xve xvill lot them all go In. " Noxv , hero is a period of nearly three years to bo covered by the private correspondence of Libbio Kin ? . Hundreds of letters of devotion passed dur ing tlinttime betxveen herself and tier hus band. But lot me say to you , Jli.it xvlth the examination of great luxvyora , Inspectors , und detcctix-cs , out of the hundreds of let ters , they have taken Jive or six or seven of the very xvorst. In these papor.-i that I hold between that finger nnd t hut thumb is the xvorst thing that could bo said against Libbio King during her life xvith Harry. What could Imvo been said hid the other letters been produced I Aye , more than that , gentlemen - tlemon , BO scrupulous xvoro they In regard to this matter that ono of these letters Is mutilated , Aud a Sheet Taken Out of It. Not by tbo district attorney xvho , in his can dor , said that that was gone xvhun It-c-ime to him. So scrupulous are they , so infamous , so damnable. Ho hero entered upon a re vioxv of Ills client's private life , taking the letters introduced as evidence us the basis of his argument. Ho road them to the Jury , discussing each and every point at considerable length aud re sumed : Wo objected to tholr introduction bcc.iuse , in their pages is found the only thing that can bo used acralnst this ppor xvoman , and because they give only n One-SlilQil 1'orllon of a mass of correspondence. The faithfulness of Llbbio ns King's xvife xvas shoxvn to exist in every litut und her great sacrifices in oynry xvord , notion and deed. She xvould sell her diamond ring and go to Chicago , but not to got one doljur out of the coffers of the millionaire' . ' Ah , the day may not bu fur distant when the head of the house of King may plead of this persecuted xvouiun For Ono Drop ol" Watnr- tel cool his parched tongue. "Marry mo , Harry King , and I xvill bo content , If neces sary , to live in a barn. " This is what she said , "You must marry mo or xvo can't any longer live this kind of u life. " Xilttlo did she tnlnk whun asking him to send back her ring that King had paxvncd it uud spent thu money for his oxvn dissipation. You must , gentlemen of the Jury , digest rightly these letters , the thought , the aoul , the motive , the reason , to make up your con clusions ns to the state of mind slio xyus In xvhen slio o-imo to Omaha. After all that had taken place la Cnlcago , she still Culled Him De.troit Hurry. [ The letter xvns read ] , She had taken her little brother nnd sister Joe from u homo of poverty In Cleveland and cured for them , took them into the church xvhoro they xvcre baptized and brought up , xvlth all the tender care of a fond , u Christian and chuiltublo mother. "Joo soys to toll you , I urn trying to bo n very good boy , " isolation from the letter. He must have a murderais for u mother , commented General Coxvln. "Mr. Foot died. A poor girl xvhom I have visited xvas utrlckon uoxvn , and ono of our uoaroit neighbors lias a little bady. Aud all this occurred the day I lof L" Strange , " quoth the general , "that a xvoman should take any interest , in such things. " The negotiations carried on In Chicago , all of xvhlch have been BO many times repeated that they are thoroughly knoxvn , xvoro also gone over , stop by step , and tticlr various phases characterized by the attorney. The incident xvhero King met nnd assaulted her on the street XXMB made especially prominent. In all those letters , continued the gen eral , xvo Una that there Is uomcthlng ulio und Hurry xvoro trying to keep everyone else from knowing. What xx-as it ) Why , the fact that Tlipy AVoro M u and Wife , &nd that eventually it should come out. Here , again , woliavo a wondrous display of this woman'ATstflf.BacrlfioInir patience and faithfulness. Itahnd treated her very badly. Ho assaulted hrir. in the street , drugged her by the hair of thajhoad , yet she only felt bad because Hnrry. hauld go to Henry Woolworth - worth , King nnd llo about his promise , his bible oath to toll the truth nbout promising to marry her. fh'nt was her grief. That's the grlof of a mnrdhrcss I Hut , It was not n profligate who dia this it was a petted , courted fnvorito Qtsocloty. She says , "I hope you are not angry ntmo. " a > " 'Not angry1'ht mo,1" exclaimed the speaker. "Aftdf Ifoin'g dragged by the hair nnd knocked do n.In the street , ' 1 hope you nro not angry at top.1 To prevent the"fact becoming known thnt the man Lo GarJb living In Qulnoy was Harry King , Is what slits' struggled to avoid. Also to prevent the bills duo being pressed to n suit which would expose him. When the sheriff was knocking nt her door , nnd she hnd Not Ono Cc-nt to Buy Ilrcntl with , she wont to Chicago to got her ring nnd pawned it for money that she could pur chase the necessaries of llfo. With the creditors hounding her nnd the little brotbor crying with starvation , she writes , "It nearly drives mo crazy. " - Hut ho was uroud , and rather than hurt His feelings , she was will ing to suffer. Hut she kept everything to herself , nnd it is the retention of such agon izing strains in tholillihl without rellexaction that distracts the brain , 'I know ho lias done his best nnd could no more.1 "Hero Is what" she says of the man who had taken her dlnmo'iid ring nnd pawned It for money to spoiul In dissipa tion. She didn't think thnt Henry would toll Mr. Adams , but , because ho gave her 550 , nho thought probably that it was for the best. Had some ono not given her that money , with which she paid sonio of the bills , It would have boon impossible for her to lomjer prevent Harry from his father finding out that his son was the man Lo Garde. Hut all through this story wo find her constantly claiming "I don't care for myself. " What a good example , gentlemen of the Jury , and what n noble ex hibition of self-sacrifice. It is the end. Then came the letter written after she had returned to Quincy from Chicago nnd before Johnson , thu lawyer , wont down to see hor. She had b2on at homo 11 vo days , and had not .vet heard from Harry , who had promised to write her every day. She could not stand It nny longer. What ooas that mean ) It means that the poor distracted mind must give way. She says , " 1 Jicn'fVnut Mouny , I want you , " and this is ttio mercenary woman. The agents of Mr. Klncr tmvo done tholr work. They woi-j employed to go to Quincy and broke up the home , as dear to her as nny home ou earth. It was among friends , whcro oho had a , standing in thu church and in good society. Hut they go down , nnd it falls upon her like a thunder bolt. In another letter she says , "God knows I have done my best to pruvont your mother nnd sister from knowing this. , ' and sbo wrote it to ask his forgiveness , and to ask him to think well of the little girl who had always loved him nnd who loved him still. Afternoon. The attendance , If anything , was larger in the afternoon than beforb. Many new faces were noticed nmonp the lady specta tors. These who ( \vero donlod admission in thu morning waicd | until adjournment and tool : advantage-of tlic opportunity to get in and secure scats , . Somu brought lunches , but others deniedj.-'tyonnolves rofreshinant , preferring to fast rather than lose n sight of ono act In the no\7jcplchratcd case. Miss Uicchler xx'aajlu much brighter spirits nnd came in with it simile on her face. She chatted xvith Julgq , IJaldwiu ana loaltod moro pleased than ' , at any time since the trial commenced. , v General Coxx'iu ipsuiucil his argument , with further rofsrenco to the letters , taking the last one to read hnd comment upon. Ho said that in some re&pauts it xx'aa different from the others. They xvaro xvritten under mental strain apdj. during sljrmy timuj. After the Qulncyi ( separation Kmp : tele graphed her , "Hold yiu fort , We are man and xvifo Just the sanio. " Ho also xvroto her a letter saying , "Icajmot give you up. " In that letter ho dlutatjda a telegram , for her to send him , sayinrO-'u.Libbio ; : ( has not beard from you. I understand nnd agree , " and asked her to sign it "LIge , " so thai in case his folks should get hold of it , they would not understand. In that letter ho made : i uoxv declaration of lox'e. She went then tn" Clex'oland nnd xvroto her letter from there , xvhioh xvas the last ono until in November. In his letter ho found fault xvltli her for xvrit- ing to Harry Woolxvorth Klnjr , for in her ausxver she says it xvas don : for his { Harry's ) sake and protection. Here , too , is xvhero she uses the expression , "If you ever-go back on mo again God help you I W U Not liut You Lilvj- . " That xvas the natural result of r. mind after going through all that had pre viously occurred. Sne had ropoalodlysaid "I am going crazy and o.in't stand it any longer. " Ho had xxTiUim her to come buck and al- xx'ays bo true to him and she said she xvould bo true to him always. The first oepnratioa xviia made , not that ho might inurry another xvom.m , but to brine peaca to the home of hU parents. I am xvritinjr the life of this xvomnii so far a possible on the horizon , in letters of gold , and that you may take It xvlth you Into the Jury.fooni , and there lonni of the charac ter of the xx'onian , xvho has been so tempest- tossed upon the aca of adversity. When it came doxvn to the time of the second separa tion , hoxverer , tlio agent of King found that she hold a marriage conti act , a document that her laxvyer , Mr. MilU , told her xvai good , but it did not require the xvlsdotn of a. Mills to toll us that. They thrust money upon her and It came about by their informing her that Hurry had xvrittcu a letter saying that she xvas annoy ing him and xx'anting money. They told her when they xx'ont to Quincy that Harry had told them that ho xvas tired of her and wanted to get rid of hor. Ho mny hava B lid that , gentlemen of the Jury , bouaiHo fie xx'aa playing fast and loose first xvlth his father and then xvith his xvift . The state's attorney tolls you that she fv.nl the udvice of a brilliant Inxx'yor. That ho xvas an able Inxx-yor In true , but that ho gave hur good advice I absolutely deny. I regret to say it , for it may reach tl.e ofllco of Mr. Mills in Chicago , a gentleman - man I have known Tor u long time. Hut It is true nnd undisputed , and my oxvn per sonal knoxvlcdgo tells mo that , this xvoman xvasi not fairly dealt xvith. What says her laxvyer ! Why , he suya. "What can you expeot to do here against Mr. King xvith all hli money and name ! Ills word xvlll bo taktin xvhilo yours will bu repudi ated. " 1 have had occasion during u long practice to bo the attorney of many a poor man and poor xvomun , and I have never nl- loxvod suoti languge to pass my mouth or to bo thought in my brain as , "You are poor , your opponent Is rich , and you cannot tiioro- fore get Justice. " Hud 1 done so I xvould con sider myself unfit to rpnmin on the rolls ot tlio Douglas countyiluij. , If this xvoman had consulted mo InsteadOMho ; Chicago laxvyor. I xvould linx'o told heV flint all the gold of the Kings could not provuu-ngaitiat the Justice of her case ; that all thf | JJbxver and prestige of that royal housahold < > ' 4.'ould not bury her rights. And I xvoul\1 \ ' foavo stood before u Jury of my countryiu'cirand pleaded her case until I was hoarse , fl &iy it hero , that tbo Kings H With AlUffiin'ir Gold and their ntto'nptcdiinfluenco over the press , cannot drown aud ttdry the rights of thU little woman. rui" Again she signs tll i jflapor , self-sacrificing : nsaiu for the protection of "Mr. and Airs , King and their daughter. Hour In mind that she does not sign It * 3 ( Unit Harry can marry another xvoman. Shu Has boon told that xho can corny out to Oiyuha and Institute pro ceedings for n divorvtft and lUo a bill for alimony , but glx'os binf Up for ttio sake of the father , mother nm } sister and for the peabo of her beloved Harry , but always , boar In mind , not to hav6 him marry an other xvoman. That xvas not. thought of. Had such n matter as that boon mentioned she mix lit xvoll have said' "I can stand this no longer. " If , as has boon charged , thu relation bctxyeea the dead man , Harry , and tnis defendant was that of man and mis tress , xvhy did the breaking up of that rela tion require the aid of such men as Johnson and Mills i Llbbio King could feel for Miss Duffy and did fool for her , and xvhen I say she felt for her 1 xvant to Impress upon your mind that aho bad the dollcato fcitllugs of a Bister to- xvard her. I think that It xvas xvith thcso same feelings that shu afterward ucted , and the feelings of a xvlfo that elm afterward acted , xvben shoJearacd that ho pretended to bo married to u woman In Council Hlulfs , the Duffy xvoman , I say I do not xvunt to say ono xvord at-aliist her ; lot her go. Poor child ; I suy of her as I say of this defendant , there tvas u time xvhou aho xvas as pure us the purest hero ; there xx-ns a time when she nestlmi on her mother's bosomi there xvas n time when shoxas taught to pursue the path thnt led to heaven. She was dragged thcrofrom by n man , wbothor Mr. King or not xvo do not knoxv , nnd I xvould not charge , God knoxvs , any thing ngnlnst him that xvo do not know , bo- oauso there Is onomrh. Whether or net , 1 do not knoxv : so 1 say 1 have nothing to say against her. Poor , racked soul. Alter this , then , nnd nt this very time , although she knoxv nothing nbout U , no ono told her any thing nbout it , although Mr. King had heard about it after this she xvrltcs this letter , 1 don't knoxv xvhat the data of this Is ; it bears no date , but probably not n great xx-hllo before fore this last expression. ( The last letter was then read nnd commented on. ) Noxv , gentlemen , this is the last letter they gnx'o us ; this Is the last chapter xvo Imvo of thu llfo of this poor child , except as It Is glx-on by ovldonco , until xx-o get doxvn to the transaction the 17tb of November. Noxx , xvo find her again , then , finally making this settlement , heartbroken nnd nlono ; ngaln she Is cist upon the xx-orld , and she tells Mr. Adams , and I bollovo Mr. Adams is n kind hearted man she tolls Mr. Adams thnt if Harry Is taken from her , nil Is gone , nnd she xvlll place- herself in n convent. Her ulster U there ; her little brother Is to betaken taken care of ; heartbroken now and nlono , she ) s cast upon the cold charities of the xvo rid. Now , gentlemen , boar In mind this , that all she has sacrlflcd hero Is for the sake of mother , father , ntid Harry to the extent of his comfort , but not to the extent of allowing htm to marry another xvoman. Because it xvas often talked about at that time that seine proceed ing or other for dlx-orco xx-ould bo taken , and wmla they did not xx-ant a display nbout it , shu told us that she took Harry to her mother's house and crossed hur humble threshold , and there introduced him , as ho xx-as , ns her husband , "My mother. " says she , "has nlxvnys bellox'cd It , believes itnoxv ; I xvant evidence to show that I have not do- coved her ; I xvant it known that 1 Am Hl4 Win ? and there must bo some proceedings for di vorce taken ; or , If there Is to bo a legal Reparation , let some proceedings for dlx-orco bo taken. " Noxx- , gentlemen , I xvnnt to say this rltjht hero before xvo go any further In regard to that , that I hax'o no doubt In the world that hope still rested in nor heart , tunt it had not Itoxvn , that It had not departed. I Have no doubt In the xx'orld that xvhero her llfo xx'ns and xvhero her ilovotion xvas , that there also xvas hope , and that notwithstanding this ep- aratlon , Harry and she xx'ould comb together again , and that she could turn over thnt nioney thnt she had received to help him nud to aid him. I have no doubt nt all. Hut wo xvill let that pass noxx' , gentlemen of the Jury : I leave this branch of the case. I have shown .von her Ufa for three years ; I hax'o shoxvn you that there is not In that llfo from the be ginning to the end an clement of malice ; I have shown you thnt there is not an element of crime , there is not nu clement of revenge. I have shown you that that life consists of a continued stream of devoted lovo. Holf-sacri- ficing , humbling herself , bowing herself , to help her lor.l and muster. This is the history of the xvomnn ; this is the history of this poor defendant. When beaten about the head , nnd beaten nbout the body , and knocked senseless on the street , she still clings to him , and tells him"I ; xvili bo your friend ; I love you still. " I suy , then , xvhen nil this is done , xx'o enter xipon the final scone of this transformation xvith a xvoman free from malice , free from raven'jo. pure in thought , 4 > uro in act. Tell mo If such n woman is made in a day. Crime lingers long ; a murderer is not a murderer in a day. Days nnd years IJuild Up the Crime. You are , th'en , to say , gentlemen of the Jury , tliat from the pedestal upon xvhicti this de fendant is placed by her record , ir pedestal of virtue , of honor , of aelf-sacritico , of love , of devotion , that she leaps from thnt to the pedestal of murder in ono day. Is that human naturq ? Is that HO ! Is there any other way to account for this ? Do you believe that that is done xx'lth icanon actitiK : do you bell-vo that that is done xvilh xvill power in operation ! You can not , and If you are honest ninn you xvill not ; anrt'1 knowyou nrc. Noxv , then , with this bright light , xvo xvlll proceed to another feature of this case. Wo nro told that s lf defense and the defense of .insanity are inconsistent in the same caso. 'Now. let us see. If it is self defense it is not insanity ; that is truo. If it Is insanity it is not salf defense ; that Is true. Hut It may boone ono or the other. Xoxx" , let us see : I do not care , it is not necessary , nor xvould I ques tion as to xvhether or not this defendant fired the shot that entered the body of King and caused his death. .Let us concede now , for the purpose of our argument , that it xvas the bullet from the pistol in the bund of this defendant that entered the body of Henry King and caused his death. Noxv , it is contended by the state that xvhen she llrod that shot she kuexv xvhutsh-j xx-as doing ; she was perfectly sane ; that it XXMS thu net of malicepromoJl - tution , and deliberation. That is xvliat they say. Now , they soy this xvas the act of malico. premeditation , deliberation ; that xvhen she ralse.l the phtol an J lircd that shot oho knoxv xvhat oho xx'as doing. I con cede that for my first dofensu. I concede for the purpose of the first defense that sha knew Junt xvhat she xx'as doing , At they claim SQO did. If she knexv xvhat aho xvas doing , then 1 say that this evidence shows a case us strong as any xvnmsxn could ox-or plead. If aim did not knoxv xvhat she xvas doing , then its a matter of course , it is not a crime nnd she is notr05ponsible. It is plain noxv that If she kuew xvhat she xvas doing xvhen she raised that pistol and fired I say she had a riht to lire it , and her reason xvas properly exercised. If she did not know what she xvas doing , then she Is Not KcsnoiKltila l 'nr the Act. Noxv , for the first proposition , lot us con cede she knoxv xvhat she xvas doim ; . The revolution in criminal law for the past years has boen'probably as great as in any other department of the laxv : more probably than in the civil department unyxviioro. There xvaa a tune xvhnu it xvas ft.iid if u person knows the difference between nirUt and xvrong ho is not insane. And there used to bo number after number of Jud.cial murders Committed on that theory , that if a man know the difference botxveou right mid xvrong , that then he XXMS sanu enough to bd responsible for bis act. Why , this mutter came to bo discussed , this matter came to bo mx'cstigatcd , and , it xx'as ouly necessary to say , go to your hospital , and unless there is perfect idiocv , and there is not one such case In ton thotjs.lad unless there is absence of mi ml entirely , there Is not a soul m thnt hospital but xvlnit knoxvs the difference Jctxveurt right and xvrong1. Not one. You deprive nny uneot these men of their break- fust in the morninir , and they know they are wronged. You deprive any one of them of their dinner , aud they Know they nro xvrongcd. They disobey nn order of "the xvardi'ii , and they know they nro committing xvrong , and those men nro calculating from day to day and from month to month to par- potrnto an act of murder and accomplish it. So I say In regard to this , the courts finally came to the conclusion that they hud been guilty ot Judicial murder , because on the theory of rltiht and wrong the knoxvl- edge of right nnd xvronu' you could exouuto every Inmate in the asylum of this state if murder xvas committed. We also used to have a doctrine of self defense taught by the old MohaxvKs of the common law , that If u man xvas assaulted ho must Hue to the xvall , ho must become a coward , ho must ignorotho God-given right of self defense , and he must flee to thu xvall. That xvas the language of the books , , ore ho illicit turn and dudjnd himself. And under this Instruction given by courts to Juries time utter time , judicial murders xx-oro usain peri petratod. Wo used to IraX'o another doctrine that advanced from this , that said it Is not nocosiury to retreat to the xvallVo suy xvhon'your llfo Is In danger or great bodily harm Is threatened , that you may resist it xvlth all the force that Is necessary and com mensurate xvlth the forcnof thO attack. Wu changed the laxv to that. Then ns xvo changed onto this point , xvo used to have a doctrine which said , "you must not use the poxx'or of self defcnan unless seine reasonable man xx-ould ay you ought to. You cannot uao the power of self defense unless some reasonable person xvould have done so , under the circumstances. " We hax'o advanced from that , und xvo have loft it to the Jury noxv to say xvhether , xvhoa n party is assaulted , there xvas a firm con viction In the mind of the person assaulted that hla life xvas In danger , or ho xvas In danger of great bodily Injury ; and If ho had that honest belief , and that uiidor the cir cumstances to bo adjudged of. It xvns neces sary to use the force that ho did for the purpose - pose of protecting thnt life , or forthopjr- pose of savliif his person from great bodilv Injury , that then ho had a right to use that forco. And that U the Luxv of ilia Imnd To-Day. Now then , gentlemen , tno laxv of self do. fcnso Is not n humnu laxv. H Is not a laxv ol the statute book. The laxv of self defense Is n laxv of God. It xvas given to man nt his creation : It xvns given to every boast and every fish ; It xx'as glx'on to every living thing , the right of self dofonso. And the right of self defense cannot bo taken nxvny by human laxx' , no matter xvhat Is hi your statute books. The rights God has given you cannot be taken nxx-ay from yon by man. And the right of self defense Is n God-glvon right , nnd cannot bo taken nxvay by hurum laxv , . I have no occasion to stand by ami submit to an nssanlt on mo xvhorcby 1 mny rccoivo great bodily Injury , or xvhoro my llfo may bo In danger. God gave mo mind , power , nnd strength to defend It to the best of my ability , nnd I have n right to do It : and no man has n right to assault mo and say "I xx-ould only Imvo hurt your throat n littlo. H might have annoyed you for years , but you had no right to resist , because I did not mean to hurt you but n littlo. " No , sir. I hax'o a right to protect my person ; It was given to mo. This Is n hard xvo rid to llvo in , nt best. It Is for poor folks , anyway ; nnd xvc need every muscle , every poxvor , ox'ory x'oln , ox'ory nrtory , every norx'o , ' of our body to xvorlc our xvay through the xvorld. nud xvo nro entitled to It , aud no man has a right to take it from us. If a man assaults mo , and I am liable to lose my little finger by that assault , ho cannot complain , and the laxv cannot complain If I take his life and save my hand. On the laxv of self-dofonso there are other considerations. Whether or not tlio danger Is imminent is to bo governed In a great measure by the disposition of the assaulting party , by the conduct of the as saulting party , and by the relative strength uud skill of the assaulting party and the party assaulted Hear that In mind , I might not have the right to use a gro arm in defense of nn ass.xult that any of you xvould make upon mo ; still another person not as strong as I am , not having the suinu natural poxx'ers of resistance that I have xx-ould hax-o a perfect right to. No\x % then , I xvould have the right to use my pistol in self-defense xvhsn assaulted by overwhelming forces , xvhilo another parson stronger than I nm might not have the x , Jlicht. to Use It. " Hero the story of Miss HIcehlcr's ar- rlx'al at the hotel Nox-ombor 17 , hoxv she xvont up the elevator to King's room , xvhoro she expected to find him xvlth Miss DuiTy , hoxv shu paced the hall while xx'nltlng for him to come doxvn , nnd tholr interview In the parlor xvas graphically pictured , and the General continued : Did she , upon sight of this man , nsn deliberate murderess xvould Imvo done , blow his brains out at sight ? No , she did not come there to kill htm. We have proven that they sat together in the parlor , and that while standing at the olax-ator the fatal shot that cost Harry King his llfo xx-na flrod. At- tcrxx-ards , while in tlio olllce , she said ho took her by the throat , nnd xvo have the testimony of tx\'o reputable xvltnosscs that they saxv the marks of his lingers on the side of her neck. I spoke of this thought before In the unrav eling of this transaction. On the ono hand Harry King , six foot high , a strong , poxver- fill and violent man , xvho had demonstrated that he was capiiolu of no respect for this woman , posse-sain ? an abandoned heart , striking her in the side xx'hen ho knoxv that she XXMS xvith child. The brutes xvill not per mit themselves such abandonment , but xvitll strong Jaxvs and open mouths will protect their young. This man King knocked her uoxvn and dragged her by tno hair ot the head , not once , not txvico , not ttirico , but many times. This usage xvns impressed on her brain , and doubtless the situation In the elevator caused n realization of the possibili ties that might ensue , to flash through her brain. On the other bund Libbio King Is a small , frail woman , strong only whou her xvlll poxver Is called Into requisition. She leaves Chicago In thu middle ot lust November xx'lth the pistol tel gix'cu her by Harry in her vuliso. And xvhat a troubled night xvas that on the cur botxveen Chicago , and Omaha , xvith movement - mont confined to Its narroxv limits and sleep banished by the misdoings of Harry. Arriv ing in Omaha , Bho puts the pistol in her pocket. On th- > Question of Self Defense the statement of Libbio King is put in cx-I- denco by the state , and the state can offer her but as a xvltness xvhoso statement is to bo accepted as absolutely true. I regret exceed ingly that the assistant district attorney should seek to reflect on his own witness , and I still adhere to the position taken by the defense that there xvas no call for accu mulating testimony. General Cowin read the testimony of Dr. Kcbcrt , using Judge Baldwin us a subject on which to illustrate , to shoxv that King xvns not shot by the little xvoman. The bullet entered four or five Inches from the top of the shoulder and its direction xvas down ward at nn angle of about 45 degrees. Tlio general then continued : If she xvas holding that pistol outward , then she shot from heaven. Tlio only explanation to bo given is that xvhilo he hud her by the throat she throxv her hand xvlth the pistol in it over her shoulder xvith the muzzle poiuting dowu- xvard , and it xxas discharged. Gentlemen , xvo must dxvcll on the scone nt the elevator , xvhero the fatal shot xvas fired. His grip is on her throat. This is shoxvn to you by the testimony of a xvitncss xvho said that the throat of the defendant xvas purple from contact xvitll the fingers of some one , and this statement could have been contra dicted by txvonty xvitnesscs had it been false. And xvlth all the rapidity of thought came the reflection that the man xvns capable of carrying out his threat to kill her. How long must this xvoman submit to the grasp ing of her throat by a powerful nud reckless man ere she raised her arm in self defense. I \vant to ask my friend , the district attorney , hoxv long ho xvould have this defendant , xvitll her memory of the cruelties of this man that ought to have landed him In thopemtcntiarytinactlvo. How long must right and xx'cakncss stand In the throat-clutched poxx'er of tyranny i I might put that question to the spirit of Em- inett xvho xvas judicially murdered for the ex ercise of the snored right of self defense or to our forefathers of the revolution. I might also interrogate the spirit of Mrs. Potts , of Pennsylvania , x\-ho mot death from n blud geon in the hands of her husband. She is not a man , but a weal : xx'oman , in the clutch of a strong man , and xvlth a recollection of treatment calculated to overturn her reason , and yet the Btato xvould have her xvalt , al though the laxv sayn she xvas under no such compulsion. Lut us say that she fired the shot In full consciousness of the act , and , it she did. I say that the laxv of the land , under the cir cumstances , xvould exonerate her , And It Is not only the laxv of the land that xvould so declare , but that of Coil. Harry King Him Her ISy the Tlironr. She pulls the pistol from a pocket of her wrapper. The poor woman , in her trepidation , left Chicago xvith no other covering. Who shall Buy that , assum ing the shot to have been leveled by her that struck him In the back , In the hundredth pattof a second required for him to turn from the xvuapon , she could check the firing of the plsloU And it must bo.remomborud that this xx'as a self-cocker , xvliosu trigger raised to the firing point , xvhilo pointed at his Droast , had passed beyond control. Can you sav to that trigger , thus far shall thou go , and no further ! It is not in human power. Gentle men of the Jury , put yourselves Into u posi tion to xvltucai ) that Bueno. Would you not have given the xvoman the ommund to llrol Aye , that you xvould. Noxv , you have hoard this testimony and you knoxv that un Inatunt before thu fatal allot xvas fired this woman was pacing up and down waiting to nee her husband , nnd xvith no moro thought of murder than you have at this moment , HoW could one second end transform this xvoman Into u murderess ) I say that such a transformation is contrary to nature and to all laxv and organisation. I hud reason todoubtauch un assumption xvhon the story was first related to mo by the pris oner and to-day I knoxv it is not truo. If stio were sane at the instant the shot xvas flrod , thu act xvns ono that the laxv of God und man does not condemn. Passing to another question , Jf this xx-as the free ai't of Llbbio King I say that It xx-as Justified. If God guided her Imnd she Is not responsible under the laxv. Lot us then , fern n moment , discuss tlio mind , nnd In so doing wo enter upon the do main of omnipotence. Wo propose now to loin Into the .mental condition of the defendant Wliou Ilio Htiot Wni Fired. There1 was u time when the question of nanity und Insanity in such cases us this xvas looked upon as humbug. Aud thoru are a foxv people ple to-day taking thin vlw. Especially Is tills true of these llbortlims xvho never Had a mind fitted to human body. A foxv BtatUtlcs are In order , \n \ tlio United States bctxvocii \\yt \ \ audI pur cent of the population U insane xvnilo In nn other country dot s the percentage - ago reach mom thun half that figure. Wo have to deal particularly xvlth psychlal In- Banity resulting from ttio xvenring on tlio mind of any trouble. This lend * us to ln- qulro , what Is thu imud < U Is simply thu soul un its piwatfo to eternity. Ooo of the greatest German scientists tolls us that thd first question to bo put to n patient entering nn Insane hospital is , Have you had rooont trouble or misfortune ! To dollno the different phases of Insanity the General road n number of definitions from noted authority , nnd the methods adopted by them for ascertaining the con- rtitlon of the mind. Ideas nro formed In the brain after It has rccclx'cd Impressions , but no living being can toll hoxv these Ideas nro formed or xvhat operation the brain passes through. As a matter oC course , xvo have different kinds of Insanity , nnd It U wonder ful hoxv a person thus afflicted mny ax'oid shoxvlng evidences of his In * sanity. For a long time the test xvas the knoxx-lodgo of the patient concerning right nnd wrong , but that ts no longer nny test nt all. Instances xx'oro shown xvhoro men confined In hospitals , xvho knoxv ns xvoll the difference between right nnd wrong , hnd plotted for month * to kill , olthor the warden or doctor , nnd had succeeded. They knoxv It xvas xvrotig , but did not have the poxvor to resist the temptation. Thu actions of the Insane nro dependent on that ai'or xvhleh they hax-o 110 control , At 4 :30 : o'clock the general said ho xvas very tired , and asked the court to adjourn Until this morning. Snld ho : "I would like to tallc about nn hour longer , " nud the Judge accommodated him by adjourning. AllGtllTUCl' MEYKUS AKUlVliB. Tlio lloni'lng Commissioners lleeonic Mild ns Suuklnp DOVOH. Mr. 15. C , Meyers , nrclntect of the noxv county hospital building , arrived lu the city yesterday. For n long time noxx' , thnt Is for thrco > or four xx-ccks , the honorable board has kept the xvlrcs botxveen Omaha and Detroit Mich. , the homo ot Mr. Meyers , hot. The honorabln board desired to consuru Mr. Meyers , not mildly , but sox'crcly. Mr. Meyers arrive yesterday , and m ad- x-nnco telegraphed the board to moot him at the Paxton hotel. In responseM . Mount , O'Keoffo and Anderson took their xx'ny to thnt hostelry at half-past 10 o'clock , and finding Mr. Meyers there , hnd i consultation xvlth him , and It xvas decided tc visit the hospital lu the afternoon. At a o'clock Mr. Meyers and Commission ers Mount , O'ICeofe , Anderson and Corrlgau took carriages nnd drove to the incipient hos Pitnl , nud a careful examination of the build' ing xvas made. Mr. Meyers found n considerable portion of tbo xvork boloxv the standard called for by the specifications. Where brick arches hud been placed ho found that thu centers , or supports , had been removed too previously , nud that they xvero consequently xx'oakenod. In conversation xvlth a reporter ho said that enough had been done and lott undone to throxv the xx-nlls , xvhether intentionally 01 through Ignorance ho nvas not prepared ta say , but If It xvero the latter , the ignoranc xx-as Inexcusable upon the part of the men xvho claimed to have n sufficient knoxvlcdgo of build in i : to undertakesucli i contract. An end wall in building No. 0 , lu found , xx'ould of necessity have to bo re moved , and other portions of the xx-ork xvlll have to be done over again. While at the building Mr. Meyers took oc < caslon to glvo Superintendent Itoss some In structions , and talked to him so plainly that ho says ho thinks there xvlll bo no misinter pretation of the specifications In the future. Among other things , ho told htm thnt h should not take ardors from Individual mem bers of the board of commissioners , nnd that if an order came from the board as nn ofilolal body , to obey it , but at the same time setj that It xvns In writing. Mr. Meyers told the board that It xvould bo necessary for him to x'lsit the hospital uc least once u month xvhilo it is being com- pletcd and tlio board thought so too and no > quicscod. Under the orders made by Mr. Meyers yea. terday tlio contractors. Messrs. Hyan Ss Walsh , xvill find their profits on the Job much smaller than they xx'ould hax-o been other- xvise , but for thisr Mr. Meyers says , they can blame thomsolx'cs. In removing the sup ports to the arches so prematurely they hop-jd to save a foxv hundred dollars , but In stead , they find themselves put to an ad ditional expanse and so Is is with smaller matters In xvhich they hava failed to abide by the provisions of the spec ! llcations. Returning to the court house Mr , Moyen gax-o the board , the superintendent and tha contractors some additional instructions and courteously bade them adieu. And all the time the commissioners kept silent. Mr. Meyers xvlll return next Tuesday to sco hoxv his instructions are being obeyed. Dr. Gluck eye and car , Barker bile. Another I'llferlmPostal Clork. WASHINGTON , April 8. Postolllco Inspec tors to-day arrested Harry D. Darby , rogls- try clerk in the postofllco In this city , fo rilling valuable registered letters. When ar rested Darby had STO in his band xvhioh ho had Just taken from a letter. Ho is an old employe , Having entered the olllco as a car- rmr In IfcSO. Ho xvas taken before u United States commissioner nnd held in tlio sum o ( 83,000 to nxvnit examination to-morrox\ ' . When arrested ho had $ jG3 on his person , xvhioh , it is thought , xx-as taken from other registered letters. Positively cured by these I.Hllu IMIiM. Tlioy also relieve Dis tress fro'A Dyspepsia , In digestion nnd Too Hearty Hating. A perfect rem edy for Dizziness , Nausea , Drew allies , lad Tuslc In the Mouth , Coated Tongue1.1'alu In the Side , Torino MVJJn. They rcgulato tbo lloxrcls. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , PUOl'OSAf.S FOR INDIAN SUPPUE3 ANN , TKANSrollTATlON. Department of tin interior. Olllco or Indian Alfnlw. Washington. arch 2189. . KuHlcil prupos.ilH , indorsed "I'ropoiiius for Iteof , ( bids for buof mii8t ) > p snl > imt'-il In nopnraM envelopes ) . Iacun ) , I'lnur , JlotfiliiK , or Transportation . , " ( as the cus ( nay bo1 , und dlioulcd to thu CominlSHlonui- imlliin Airairs. Nns. in und (17 ( XVoostorslruut , Notv Vork , xvlll ) > received until i p. m. or'JMos- lay. April * ! , l ! i. for furnishing fortbo Indian urrlru uljoiit 0 10.0(10 ( p-rnmls bacon. : i.OUOC ! ( ( wunda bunt on thu hoof , 1,009,1)0) ) ) pound , * net lent. yru.U 0 pounds Deans , 71,001 pounds baking iioxvdur. liOO.ooo imwnrtH corn. 477.0JU pounclx cof Vp MKuw.O'X ) pounds flour , 7I.IMI pouinls food , . pound.i Imnt bread. OI.IM ) pounds horn- ny , ) , U x > pounds lard. 871 barrel. ! ineis pork , II.WM pouiulH oatineiil , ! J7r > , COJ pound * oat * Itiuii ( pounds rlro , Hn'U putmd-i ten , l , louni milt , 83D.00) pound * no.ip , U2IJ.U * ptiunils Hiignr. und iil.OO ) pounds xvhoat. Also , blanket * , xvoolon and cottoa oods , ( con- Hinting In pint of tlculnu'H.OOO yardi : standard rulK-o. 100'KK ) yards ; dillllnit. II.OMyurin ; cluck , freonoiHull nir.lnK.OMti ) yard * : ( u. 17,0ii < ' ; ( lliiUHmMO { : , < kU yards ; Kimtuolcy Jvmia , 7,1110 y.iritn ; chiix-lot , 12.001 yurilHj liruxvu sheet > n , itt.ilOJ yards ; blonchuil Hhimtliur , : .t'OX ' yardi ; Jilclcory Blilrtlng , lft.000 yards ; cailrc Hhlrtlir ' , O.MX ) yards ; Inany. ; i'M ) yards ) ; Moth- IIB. Krojcrlo ) , ttotlonii , Irinlxvant. medlcixl HUP- > iln . school hooks , A.C. , and n IODK list of inl * cullttiiemis arthlui. BII | I us JI.IHIOSH , plows , ixlci-s , forks , 4u. . unil for about n-V ) xvagoiisro Itilro.l for tli ( i sorvlcp , lo Ini ilollverort ut Ohlca Kti. KansaHCUy , mul rilotix I'lty. Also formich vviiBO'H u may bo renilnjil. iiiluijtoil to tiii nlllinxto "ftlio IMoIltu L'oast , xvlth Calif oral rakua. dullvorttil nt Ban 1'ranflsc.i. Al o ranipoitutlnnforiiurii of the nrlldas. mil supplies tlmt may not ! ) > > romr.u toil for t < 10 italivereil at tno IIKBIIOIPS. mas must bi nndu out nn Koveinnii'iit lilunkti. 8-huilnlci showing thu kind * und iiuamltlti * of uiil > slstonr < supnllrii required for onrh unenor uuil school , und thu kinds nnd iiuamitliM la groan , of all otlu-r good * nnil articles. t < > oui r xvltli bluuli > riipo ! ili. comlltlonMtolianlMQrx'uil by bldiltri. Imuiind plac of dullvnry. t rms nf coutrari mil piymont. lritniiorliulou | routos. nnd all 0 ! lr ' T.11.1,1'- ! ! ' . ' " " "ictloim will IM .pon nppllRHtlon lo tlio In-llmi ( ) lu > ( , luy ah- nKt.in.or Nua. IM and Ii7 Wopstt-mtreetNUM ho I'unUiiiult'ni nt thu followlnu iianiud iilaroi " ft ? , " " . ' * ? ' Ar&UIMl' ( ; ltl' . Oalihvall. Tourkn , mil Wichita. Thorliilitli imm-vt-d by tliUOY \ - uninciittorojtctniiyaiiilall U'iK ' or uuy ; urt of tiny bid. nnd UI.H-S propnunln nr invltod milt-r proviso thixt appropriation uliall bo imid or the BiinplJm ) > y CongnuH , IlliU will b i iiHinml nttho hour nud iluyatiovo Muted , and ilililinunrplnvltDd to ba preiont lit the opening. Vi tilled Chock * . All bills mukt bu uccoui- uMleil l > y cortlfluil cliocka or drntts upon emu lulled HtiUM Ocponllory or the Kln-t Nnllonul lank of I < o * Anpilo.i , Cnl , for nt leant llx-a pel .ll".t..n.f.Vlum.11 of tl10 proposal. JOHN U. UUI'lll.V ( VtiKoiluloii"- . mcu'.vaiBt