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tL €|f ffftfytf, John«W. Holmes Editor »nd Proprietor LAKOWT OOVKTT OIRCULATION .. -.. TIIUR?DAV\ JtiNK 16, 1881. — .1 : THE TEKfflHLK TKAGED¥». A- Coffp'ete and Comet Oflidal Ac count of the Trill of William U, Prienter for the H« mi- cide of his Fitber.- CorarCALMiOA*.—J«n« 8.— fUmual eolofed, 1 with m- Mult with inteat U kiil, WMirttkif 0. 1)ub- om B«llinn*r, Baq.. r*pi%*«Bt«*l lK« 4«f«ud •at. A rervlict **f act foilty wm found. The Gmnd Jury rt|»orted a t roe bill against Serena Murphey. houae breaking and larce ny , preeenied their repott and were dii- charged. The fvllowingAeikeir report STATS OF 80UTIW3A1OLINA, BapawiLL Cuntrfe, JtiwedlthyliM. To II* Honor T. /. Mackry, /^tiding Jodgr, Jtmt Ttrm: .The Oi and Jury beg leare to eubmit lb) f diewing n pe^-; That in the dteeharge ot their duties they bare ritited the iail and hare made a formal emsMinalien of iheeerrral county otices and report them ia good oonditn-n. aave the Wteheoaad faeteniaga to the oftoe wimtewa, the total Ineeenrity ef whleh admoniehee us for the safety of th* public recor<U again te urge upon the County Commlsstouan tbriar- porttaeeaad aecereity of impioreweal aad protection. The Grand Jary weuld rw^wetfury call the at leu t lea ef year lleaer te the fac* t 'rat the Trial Juetleee hare not in all inetaaene obeerred that ragularity ia mahlag their re tame te the Ceunty Audiler whleh ia re qulred by law. Aad reeegaltlng the de- moraliMtioM and meat to M erlia whiah arie* from the naUeeuead aad iodieeriminate eale of imloiieatiag Uqnen ae wed a* the •tty ef auah Infurmatien ae will theihuie the epecntteu ef the law iweommead that the Geuaty Caaimteeteaeve prepareaad puhlteh aa otwtreet eMt.iarag the eeileal pvtete »t a* Aet ef the Oeaeral Aaeaaihly ee tilled -An A at la fheedhw regaleie the ante ef ia«e Bleat* la the Atate Apprereil He •ill aeehedulr appeadeu. •hieh ihe rarteue M- 6 y |mated eutetde ef TetlWgae eapiim ewhahmd L V. Yetatse. for* re* nit’Tte tsiau Viliam leery frWer a M hr-aahi-lme • the eeart ream a tew memeete before tea a'etaah ea Thureday Hie atte rad eeeeta. Utae Aaaie Mamar. eeeemperM him. Me waeeaim. umpised ead •ppamae.y ladder tl ateed •f dhwead J M id# fc* I bar Mheamad with hie Mtae Aaaie frieaaf aad i ead M . 1. he aaea ter Iter Itaiei— all the weary day feteadear ml laylag'vllh the wtihenag palate af a ma^m* hah a. eaiMT f M . whea. Ima.a, head ward aad ramiag hte head ap-a a uhie, he dreppoa lata a Bale* rlaap Oa mrSiea ef hte eeaaeel he •ee earrted la ihejaey • e He aa e heaeh. te • he enteaee ae eepted ■ ef the prmiJieg Judge a. d. w. aataee. ewaes. dlsd la eee deeaaeed ealheSSU ef II I teaaJ him ia had ei hie rtah tear wuaade in hie imen peamag ihrmrgh lertug the had; helweea the rtha aa the kaA tedo af hud; . Thigh**!hr; Ttr. ul Too of Ihum weru eateuluai u prudueu duath —eHhuruflhum Hu died uf thuuu wuaada oa Friday night, the day after he raeuirad ihum. I praueal wheu Trial Juetiee Mueiiuk eallad ua deeeaeeil Drreeuud waa dying whua he made hie deelareliea. lie eeid he wuuld die. 1 had Ukd him m aad it epioiua. The diagram renreeeate the tlwelliag HU Were wee between Udead 100 yard* from dwellieg. fThe wit. neee here etplaiaed the digram te th« jury.] I mu him after hie death at the i lag down looked behind and new me and eeld t# hie wUh.' 'Ella, I want la knew what kind of secrets yWW and paafp on this more* ing. ' lie was standing near hU wife, agaiu»t the door when he* aaid this, I didn’t hear what she mid. He lien stepped ont of ike deor Into the paw IM* tether wae then steading oa piesxa stogp. Defendant went ■ear him and shot him id hte left side, just as deceased turned his Iteml. When deceased was shot hestnnibledanii groaned and oaughl the bmrtetor ie keep from falling. Ilethcu sfraek With his siith ei defendant across the banister, and as lie was raising Ida hand to strike the second time defendant fired ygain. Hefore 1 got on? of the bouse I Ifttrd two more shots, and then another bnfora I got out xtf the gate. 1 heard Arc shots in all. After defendant naked bU wife whateecret site had defendant nated his wife whateecret she bad out of his window at malt or barricade his 7Tr u 7 « JL . IT. . i. . ^ vtlih Ida father he stepped towards his fluher door. I never knew him lo lenre ihe houso ^ th« and aaid. “IV I want to know what Bert of secret you aad ElTchfe out on thia morn-' iitg*’ He askud hie tether this twice, iseid- ftig Ihe pistol behind him. His father then answered: ‘-I’m not out on any secret with your wife. I only stopped beeauee she asked me to stop.” Defendant then eatd, “Pa, I Lty its a g—d d—n lie, repeating Ihjs oath a second time and >then saying lo his faiher, “You ate a g—d d—n raycal," he fired the pistol at bin* He 1 joked baek at me before the first fiVe,*'he was stnrding then in the hail deor*) C't^«-examttltfs^'.• Defendant came out of breakfast room after his wife went into thk h*!>. I then went into Ihe boek door of the hall and defendant want up atairs and came down immediate y and slopped uearthuside of hits wife and aeked her about secfeis be tween her and his ftitlief* w*!' li’ase staled After defendant sliot,ilie first time he ran up in the corner of thepiaiia and l ran to it)* kitchen. I didu tsee deceased do anything to hi* son to make him shoot him. i had been looking all the time for trouble in ihal family. Defendant waa jealous of his 'Vile, and didn’t want heviewnt* :tf hjs faiher or brother. 1 didn’t see unythtng strange in defendBntVctmdhet before this. He bad a pistol and dJfUfie-barrtl gun in his room.— Homuthwes he kept the pistol on a chair rear bteiM, aad aomeftaim under his pillow. RoiWWtfmes the gun was uadee the edge of the Usdwatl sometimes oa the chair. The pisiol was rocked all the Gum. If ikWpMtol whs la Ihe oharr er uudfr the plTIcw it was cocked, aad so wBe ihe gun. He always mured trunks aad sewing msehiuos and thing* from his door tu lot um la whea 1 weal tor Hotkey ia tbo moraing. Owe day whea hie wite ueul te heeauat Rrtwees s he teemed dietreauud, •ad kept ea asking me all day whether she was |<dag to (ears him aad ge te her tether's. Heassuelote euMhe hauae whea hte wite aad’ I were getliag aul the meets. Oar daf be got np la the I /ft aad luuhed hohind ^l)e hones nad barrel*- Ms laid hte wife he wmi teak, lag ter hte Bat. He terbid me u» eorry nesw bn us* a hte wite aad>te brasher, or tegs la the tSsre uhera hte brother atayed. He taM •« I k asu all about hi* wite's tad hte teth er aad hr*bar's accrete. He laid are I was ike mail oarriarbatwasa them. Ilewaataway »•• night bom lha huusa. hut iharw ia the meraleg uhea 1 Mass H# had baaa ruratag /aad guisg oa that eight ahmst hte tether aad fte. I triad ia shame hiuhea I Iret ibar*. Wy ruquost at bta utfe. Ua •astd I mat quarrel with her aad ihe aesl mo- kiss bar. The whole temity waa ateasd at him. Hte bihar IuMbm heloahed to he tewt dawa rrovy day. Hte teihae taU sm ta bs wars of him Ms bad baaa euratag me. aad uhea hte fathar mappelo* of the ream ha of beta« wtd* rsi 'hr cute o**o s mo sa msay Hat Hmtethert takd ma tfW Mtd he ussald ehcat me ha da It aad I'muai ha so rate I. aad Mtdme ta Mahady hag ha— tatetag name I woo ia basttfp to barw Imdey. I saw hteadsat aH thwiteaa. I a I woat lhara tea* Jaausry I say etgW* *f hta brteg tra^ He I am a Trial Jaattea aad lash lhadpiagdar* UrotUo of ihe lumssd. whteh I ataubau aiiovxaa Pvjgrrioa j5 •*. • a«|ueat. OP PARTtSB. H K L • • a a • • • a. a<wa A A. Fcoot Plassa. C „ p. W ota* Rossi. P. tec* Dear.* H. tealrraw. X Qapt. William Prirat-r u X. WiUtem Henry I’rtcstcr. am Henry Printer, llnyra. RHRA RATI, gV«tg. _ whaa the sMaotiag aeenrrad / oaahiag them. I saw -*-,*,-.1*81 whea M his tether, WIMaa* PHootor. It waa • e'eteek ia the Bsamiag, jaat altar The paraaas at break taat were laatar, Peter P riant er, iha da. hte wide, aad ViHtam Printer. left hatem tha^dkleS!/^^ la U I dear what eaaha hi ml ta rule us sndhtwt the place. DsfaadaaVkad everything bo whnted What ever he ached fur my faiher gore him. I do not believe ti waa attributable to any other cauat. I didn't know until after ihe ■hoot ing ihnt my Arui her fvrbid his wife lolkpenk tenie or my father, 1 converted with her as any geOllmuan would with hte sister-in law. Thry would ten<l ma dinner te store when I was siek when they chose to send it. He threw uty trunk out of the house becatiae we •IBarreled about my plough bridle that I for- hid bitWasiug. I thought that was meat.ness in him. Whenever he cou'.dn t do as he pleat ed he would curse us. I look it at patiently aa 1 could. My faiher submitted to it. De fendant never accused us of plotting with his wife agnsuet him. I never knew bliiitoakovt. at nigh* except on one occasion, when ho went to* my ttnolo George's and borrowed piste! tmi'teMjeer* Tbat waa about four weeks before the lioniicide. 1 never heard my father ray wbst he intended to do with my brother. He oa id hw lived in hopes be would do bettor. I never bWardiny father say he thought bis mind was affected or speak of having him trontedby physicians. If we differed with (Jefoiuiuiit he got mad for anything. I did not Iniow the C iuseof his trouble. Ho wns ulways that way I etippuau. Hu aiwavedid gut mud with me, evott at. school. He got mrire violent of lata years; b"t he always did have a very vluleut temper when vexod. HwootZanai with puwuuMMitaand l.k«*i to tliud thrWu or fuur yearn ago. 1 have had two attacks siuoe lie hod it, I never hoard my father cay my brother was crusy or going ernxy. I never knew thatmy father rrguestetl the humis on place lo be gei/tle Willi hhiv. I never knew him to vent hie oihger on i us n I in ate objects. xii reply: I never heard my father nay anytnmgvibuut the sanity of my brother. He said he thought he was nut iu--aiie.— I h<-tv rhs a do- r Mt foot of stairs but not at the top. IMendunt occupied the roo'ii above. 1 had charge of store and defend ant of farm; but he insisted on taking chargwttf%t rosnd toy Talher let film do It wild I look the farm. He kept hi* boohs correctly. I here was no other door tout* perTtBiui nxoeptthal at the foot uf stalls Hit's th« state rest d. UR. «. R. O ToDD, SWORN. I sin s pbTelclan and surgwun. I have Awectk-ed about thirty J Care, X have trnat- •ul Ins me peraoits and have visited a uuui- te r of say liras. 1 do not prufens, however, to be a speblaltet as to Insanity, Insanity K -eaenis broad dlrUh>na: moral sad HleCtSatlsaanlty. Istelleatwal insanity Isdivhlsd ISto steiauch.dta, m*iiU andde- meoUa. Mania may be gwoersl. partial or upon a , W**le subja-t • mono man la. De- uteotta tnay occur »i Igluaily; but Is more ofheit a i!• •graded, exb tuated tnnnlnsllon h>f\Re utbar vartellss. Mar 1 end !tinaM.-v tual lusaaUr ottmvarS nuna-lnml Jo tnw samseasn. Hdhlilsmte diusitalalfcctliiws C l ha v* sunganital hihmy and acquired locy—moral or m< n*sl tmbecil ty. Is- eanlty m ybesttendmlbyaperfmtkaoai- •dge •»! rlgi-raiel wroag. by I naans dalu- steoa. insane itMpuiaea ix br a total or par- i!AI iiulfiMlag or alwanc* of s hn<iwn«lga of ilHMaM wrung. Maa laboclag under vIUmt of tSaaa tua v be oaiMml to I a* a hie. though ft her w*e rat h>na' IfamssaUn- oat any apparadt'nauas wars suddenly to lako up lbs Idea that hie failp-r and broth er wrra Inteat upon etui .Uog ihv choautr nf hta wite. that would la ll.ao- la-amty — If a •• as were tu laaa wn Uvs i lew. wteAual pewrocaUos, that hi* fstesr. brut hue and man to hCnt terra I Went t<> Um regebet of Us cuuuswl. I did say that 1 thnuuHt hsJisri been feigning lunurflty. i bat wan ratner my opinion up to yester day rooming, from what 1 h d beard. 1 im e I'hangsU It soqp-what since tbs last «P<miowt|Qn. whlokwastfewonly otiWworth chiling an oxamlsgtlon. L do-Mot think How that he was feigtiing liiaan ty. bMt Its* iftaaiM delusions, fl y opinion Isbwsvd up- dn the uinlfotinstion i f lite head and his gtaUwueitl. If his suteinsot were proved Mpt true II mlglit cliange my opinion. I SaeuatuiHeti liaudsiy's worn oh thesnity 'during ths post two weeks to rdfiteh my- •scITon inU sdbj-ct. • In reply: 1 never made a thorough ox* ‘and nation of defendant untK* yesterday mon.iag. i Miss Aonie Prlester, sworn ; The de- ceased was my first cousin. P rtelted Jlth of February lost thers. Defend ant's wife on that evening went out tb' give out the supper, nud I remained In ths room with the defendant. He then sutd to me he bad enemies hitter enough to shoot him throuifh the wall If they knew the place to point the gun or to shoot him through the floor. He then got up and closed the blinds and put the cut tains down snd removed out of the light into the shade of the room. I tried to reason him out of tbnt Idea but could not. I bad no rea son up to that time to suspect his san ity. I heard afterwards as a public ru mor before the kilting of his father that he was deranged. I have viaited defendant every day since the killing, except for two -weeks. He expressed no regret fog’killing ills father, seemed wife wwtw ptotllug • uuhl bws P**mb of Insasdljr. If a I Uy iMaglulag that hw saltLsgwr la to- (Utie the wiisessread djiag lealsiaitea ) vae Mioa swasstrtes. StAfft ur»oOril TAtuLIX I, . i Daaaweia Coortr. ' PeiWaga.ty appearw I hetere ’■*•, W. M. ■etlsh. a Trial JuSUcBlae mtd sarSiy IB ■aid teate WiMtasi VrlaWtr. aad amhew soiB te view ediba aaar approach af death aad •»- ef sweavery. that te eCCd aad-ewteCjtea IBS JRih day of April, 4. aae Wnltaa Hoary PfieciaS, ihe asa of aaewi. did, wtrhaui say eswee whaicvrr, ohee* kia ana a CoU'v cartridre shawlar He. M iaflieliwa tear wowed*. Thai Mid Wit- Hum Hear; Pi teal er hadwhraaieaed Ihe Ute of lha dwpaeeal preeiaaily cs easu.ua ihwac ead had Mid early la the merutug of that da; ha wawld bill dreaacai Thai lha wite ef Wklklaai Haary Priaatar had reqaaeted de- peaaat ai hreahtesiieMapa tented te have a eneensttea with hiw, ae tec waa tel la Male mmc arrsaruMeeU ta ge Mher tether’s; whrrewpaa Williaoi Hrar; Priewrv oral ter his plorai cow* In aad hegaa firing spaa him. terd WiIImm Prten- tar also 4as*aaa that far wwathc he has lived la dread that blanea Wittiaai Hear; would bill him. Thai hr it sew ralieeal sad ta per fowl; aware of the truth of lha faregoteg itftiftineni of ftect*. Hwara tc befure at ihisTOik day af April, 1 tel. William I’sitrraa. W. M. Baerics. T. J. s. r. rnisoTBB swots. On the morning cf April 'Jftih last I waa at my father's store. He and Ephraim Prieater and aiyeelf slept in bnck room of etore. I am the twin brother of the defendant. On Ibnl morning my father waa abet and killed by my brother in my (athcr'e dwelling house in Barn well oouniy. As 1 ran in at the door my hi other was snapping his pi*toI at my father. .Iran up localch my brother by Ihe throat, sad he then struck my father with the ham mer of the pistol. My fhthe.* was trying then lo hit my brother with a stick, and had al. rMdy made two small gashes on him. De fendant wnestaMiing when I got there in the tower room, near the fire place. 1 caught my bra*her by ike tkroel ead gfiter e long jt m g. gie threw him down aad choked him. My faiher aaid, “Let me beat him,” and then Mid, “No, I’m not able." I Mid, “Rather, what must' I do with the boy f’and he said, “Let the law take iteeourse.” When Iletmy brother up he made towards the staircaec. I pulled him down and told him I'd choke him good if he attempted te go np main. liken went up main and found the gun on staircase, nocked, both barrels cocked, and tke gun loaded, "‘hen 1 got Ike gun defendant aaid tame. “Ton ve get the gun now, but I'll have l.j *lrwl u -t. that »..uM >u i. o( ir a- u< mi of •taegwr u. hi wh n UOSM rtmudn If Such '.teegVM imoi a uua.tw-r.dil rs:: mr-itu HoiTms •o-pl wfth .tw-W-! sun* b; hm i —. i rhawriwl UU 4--W Wllh-jwt ua r ■ «-Wi uf oiUMa. khoh Wuwl I i^uUiowtw ia* aalitMth'te afw as sally d rwetod Uhr*r se»r*ui hiagSMt-tlMMU whom ikwyl wuuld satusuMy^ h.wo. Wueu a mm hula busily and P Wrlly mod Mealf a‘aa«> iug'*d ■mw Is uaeute a wf w hut bom hum -4 him. It wwuMteteMtemeeui inim lu ws^^^W If uue wwia prugl p swh te tuau- lty by mbly ps •* tpiMSw a par 1 terw a ns tat" kiu le fendanUheit went to the lot and caugbt bit horse and put ilrto the btspgy and drove off with hie wife end her little sister. Tk«y got into the buggy with him. On the day before defendaut wentte the store audtold hi* teth er then were polee te haul, and his father teld him very well, *0 take male# and haul Mi am. After dinner defendant walked in and cureed ay tether, and aaid he didn t intend to keul lue pelea. I inurftred and eaWi “Brother, I wouldn't curse ay father that way." Defendant then said to me, “Yeti get eut^heve.es riieune ym er sheet yoe if yen Aeu’stetaouteuB-” Aheet iwe meeihs baterekeeuruad my talker aud laid kirn ke putUsg up Ike house. At rime be sold te my teiker. “If yen era retagu g>*e meewytkiag. glee te tame* Ny tether said, "li e ay pupasep aad FU At ae ( pteaee wiiDifi.*! VkM he eae mud h* ■ u4 met tetk a great Ml ntUlMI U Men, ami Item lypOdlmmsMM I* aud t iawvefV cute on lAw head. It wuuhl pruu- •ny*M nf isea sits. - jf Meuul teuauHt, Iweamiy. 1 wi w« t>i m*w Ihe 1>l*wdim •Ims* U bumtcklB; HHutef Msttha Moudan afift hyuteste."?teususd that ke had nut U r .vme time. I ca«e him aa 0*4^10 tee wae uvesue tu tWHH Mmttrtua- Uu my nrxt vlvt 1 guvw him oa urtivw cuU arttc. hwt With Po rSveC He tteeu t-iwUnete tuerol lu take any <<tbec ep*rtm.t 1 halted Umeaerlff oat Mm prtety of aetau Mural or pa yal al eurrAua. le deUlimd tehtag tbo rMpuaethlUty aad 1 eto,.|wd •asm. 1 aolmd uu him M fcuud hi u very mIm 1 dHted hlM ho five um e hi.- tery uf Um peat guar uf hU ITW, cum liif with June uf Uet year. He huM hw that ae aad hte brut has had f oread w wu- away from uwtr lattem'e pi.< v afu'hei hte will tee aaid Iter bring tborw wOTited klM. heaebeuwledgvtl taut he drrur a ?***?” B ‘fk* will sbeot yotr”_ De^fTew sptymrAtrqBUbprorr'thejuatbJmi tot oa hie fetaac fur that lie elated that hte father bad oa hte left br«>w a l«rge eput tike a ptecw uf muoterd, and that ha called hte father's attention to It aa) Ute i hlmaaif to wipe ft«ff that hte father liuag aed It waa wiped off. but hw (the defendant) oouhl aae H still, and la or der to ounvlnoe trie father it was there be had bfMugbt trim a Mirror. Mn said that eput remained Uiere fur eU«ule weeh after that. Deferment went off Utkin* about many other singular Uringn and than ac- kuowlrdged be had killed hi* father, but It was like a hasy dream to htm-a dim rw- membranoe. I reuariol to bis r ind hie fath-r’s tender care and liberal treatuirnt uf him, lavishing morry on Iriui, end thou asked him, ‘‘Why did you kill that pour old man/*’ Hw quieUy, witliuut auy appa- icnt rwgret, aaht in a cut-elo*« way “I don't km>w. 1 aaked him If he had money if bu wuuld given half dollaror a dollar tu have his father beck. H» hm-»- i . ..i.k-; “Yee, I'd give more than that.‘ r Ha said he had soma dim memory nf crossing the river after killing bis father. He seemed to have lust all sensu of remorsw or con- sdoucw. Hs said hw alsn had a faint rwco - lection of selling hte horse ami bugg) In Waynesboro, tia., fur rlxty doiteru aad took the o->-s thru*gh Augusta to Char lotte, N. 0- and was accompanied by the tlgura of hte father, with the mark on his brow as desot thud. Hu said he went front Ohaiiutte to Linco nton. N. C.. and thence to Greenville, 8. (J. Lincolnton wae tho place be was tried formerly for killing a negro. Ha said ha was Impelled by the spirit uf hte father to go to Lincolnton— That aa soon as he left Ltucolntoii for Greenville he wae rulleved lu his mind ami fait that hte mission wae doom lo my opin ion be wae laboring under a mental delu sion, if hie statement made to me was true. J he authorities on insanity speak paroxysms of Insanity. Tiie'prisoner’s head te peeuliar. The prisoner's skull te depressed tu a considerable extent at the frontal fontenelle of the head—a very un usual decreet ion. ‘J he effect of sdoh a de pression would natu irally be that the de pressed bone would enter the cavity of the skull. There are three membranes, one around the skull and two attached to tho braie. The brain tr In elevation quite indifferent. He said ho killed bis lather Lee a use he had a presea titnetit that he whs to do K. That he aaw a yellow spot on hie father’ll forehead and that was the presentiment. He said that he had a presentiment that he must go to Charlotte, where be oboe killed a negro, und that hit' fathers ■ipirlt accompanied him. He said be uoLt thrre and then went to Lincoln- too, N C. r where be vxpeeled to meet hte wife, if she bad good there, sod then be expected to go and meet hte father and mother In Heaven. He said that waa the rourae marked oat for him. 'Hte father sod brother were kind nod aflprtlooate to him. He bad no real cause for trouble urith them. He bad at home everything that heart ootrid with to make him happy. Groai examined ; Defendant etlll •eeroa fond of hte wife. At times be would treat her unkindly. X lived erv en miles from him. I saw hlmUt-t about four weeks before the killing. I never noticed anything remarkable about him until that night he put down the rurtaloe. \llev Cornelia H-•Hy. sworn : The de fendant te my Crut eouala ; the deceive- a>| rftia my uncle—my mother's broth er 1 vl-lted drorasrd about % month abfor* hw death. Oo tbat oeoM toa'te- feh'Jufft went to bed Very early. He roe* <H 1 at eight aa*l a»k-d fur water, a’td SAM It W«*beri Iltne. I theo hear t him gvt up. He cum* to the door an I oulletl out to nr aad hte wife that It was brd time, (the thee retire# I aaid I was m4 wetf. aad ke auM It waa a |4oC betueua u.e aad bic wife lo play of aloh y that hr had sera atx horwM kltrhed at the geke. aad Ikat I aa liter wife were pfuitiag agetuat bln. He e*ll a ten there were several Mea la Ike ptesae plenlog with uaegaluatkin. He ooj§ Ikat aU brwtbrr aad Mr. Wtl- ileoi Bkciaett were aatoag the mmd plot Uog. He evened v Erl ted aad talked all utetet.' The seat noretag after Ibis hte wife told bin aba wotted tut Dvr fetkef know bow be was doing, aad Would Writ# to bln, »y Oto rodMa t utaad'!! aay loager' He left the rue than an! west up atulra. and 1 bau d fclro'praylag. Hte wtfe fullowud bln aad oalkal out that be worn going to kill binarlf, I Weal up aad euo kin ke hed'a plat'd enrkvd la hte head aad was gfiftlag hte teeth, with hie ryea rolled bark He looke.I Mke a m*i<lac But sood aftet be waa very pkuaaat. oo eooa aa kte wife t- l.l blot uUe would sot writ* to her faiher. • Cl ueg examined I teld Mn beaded an to keep Me wife fro« writing to her father. I saw defendant the etondng of the kHUeg. after It, at Mrs. Wil itaaa'e lo bed. H * ha 1 a Very allybt wound ca hte head. I asked bin why be shot hte father. He answered that be bad often aaid If ke g>d to be a nao be would bare rrveoge. here nee when a boy kte father whipped bin with buggy whip. He showed me ble throat, oo wblrb I saw no marks, aad euld he wee going to kill hte brother to». He Msked me for A lunch, wblrb I gave Site ; be ate boanliy and thru got la b!h buggy aad drove off alone He hud asked me about suudowa buw hte fath er was. I told him they thought he couldn't live until tAurning. He left about 9'o’olock at olghr, after bidding bla wife good-bye aflkctlboaidty. He told her several tioieu that aba wna too good for him. In reply: I never heard him say hie wife was plotting agatue. him, ex cept oo the night I have referred to. Mlaa Mantle Long, sworn. I am tea years okl. I atayed with my alsler, de fendant’s wife, about six weeks. While there be would pile up sewing machine and trunks end barricade the doors.— He would lock the doors and take the keys opt and hide them under the alata of tha bed ; he would then taka the light aud search all through the house to see if his father and brother were concealed in the bouse; he would set hte nistol so that when bis bed room dbor opened it would Ore down stairs ; he hardly ever slept, but would go out With hte gun and watch the bouse. He asked bis wife to let him go Ashing, but instead of going he bid under the house until 3 o'clock In the morning, ribe raised the window and he came in It and said to her, * 0 yea I you heArd some one knock and you came at the tap. Another bight he locked bis wife In the room up stairs, while be slept down stairs with hte gun; be got up in the night that time awl Jo hte wife’s rooin aad Jit a which defendants skull te depressed would press upon tbe btala or root upon It In lie rises and falls, end would cause a thicken ing of tbe membrane at that point, and al so inoreased raasuMky rf Mood, aad also grebeble adhselon of tbs mem braae to the at that point. I think that malfor- aitekt have maned Me mestai d*- I A deter® k alfon of blood lo trie Mtekleetltln rn .Uos. I saw several •a hte hood, but I attack d aa in- to them ta tkeanvlcua. thouek and my*Tacr WouM b*g him not to eb^>ot bibiScir. Another time be lay down In the awamp and put a razor to bis throat td kill himself if my tUter* went off fforft him. l£he whs duly go ing to pay »!' vhlt. I’buw blth throw the blinds at night aud shoot bU pistola off; be tli“iight bU fntber and brother were odtskib, and would call nut to them that they must go away. I have beard bis father And his. aunt Rebecca Willialus tfiy he was cjhxv. I heard his father tell his brother that, defendant was crazy, and his brother said he was not. Cross-examined : I live in Green ville. I came to vUit my either about all weeks before the shooting. I stayed Ih the same room with her ami defend ant. The door was at bottom of stairs; be barricaded Abe door next to Uitdi- *n ; he bad hie arms upataira, I heat'd him quarrel with eistef two dayb after my. arrfYbl. Thave talked to de fendant's eouusel about this thing, und also to thy ulster sod father; def^nd- aut ttl-d to keep my sister from writ’- log fp her father. i . In reply r Nobody tbll mo what I must tell here, I have told oulv what l eaw 1 a'n dkniw myscl f. Agnes Rt>berts, sworn : I visiteddi- f , uHaut*B wife- on Friday before the killing •, in' the motning I sow a pistol in a chair, with a box of matches and a candle In chair and a gnn lying on tbe floor ; nothing had occurred to mako rbe fire arms necessnry ; he locked me m my room and took the key to Ms room. I lived about a mile from de fendant and It was the current talk In the neighborhood before the killing that be was ernzy^ —J^C^Barr, sworn : I knew the de ceased snd know defendant. I lived three or four miles from them. I trad ed at their store. Tbe deceased enld he wouldn’t have bad any trouble with defendant II ha bud half sense. That was in January of tbU year. Cross-examined: I think Capers Prlester was present when deceased told me defeudaiit dtriu’i have half sense. The deceased and defendant bad an affray a abort time before he luld me this and both were bruised up. Edwin Unset, sworn : I lived admit three miles from deceased weeks twforeibe kitting place, and he stayed at the gin bouse And made me go to Mr. Pilaster to ght cartridges. He bad none, so defend ant gdftbem from Mr. Bennett. Tpa| was abput two raontha before the kilt- fog. Uu told me on eaitiH night tn*t bis wife was plotting with his fathsr abd brother against him, and he naked fitfe to kill his wife, and said he yrould clour me, that he didn’t want to kill her, bnt he would kill hte father and brother. I told him I couldn’t do such a thing. Cross examined r Defendant was drunk that night. Capt. J. W.'ltiley, sworn: I knew deceased an f | hte famfly; was their friend, and liVed about seven miles from Mi out', ifbout four weeks before the kiilforr heard It rumored that de fendant was crazy f stopped and talked with him'; he seemed cxcited^and said he had been knocking around all nighi; Ms eyes looked strange. About ten days before the killing, as I drove up tb store, defendant jumped up and ran around the house as If to hide from me. The general report in the neigh borhood then was that he was crazy. Cross examined : I don’t know if he was intoxicated on this second occa sion when he ran from me. Lawrence McLemore, sworn: I heard deceased sayriiis son, the defendant, wus'dhizy. He said that on tbe first day of huvt Juue Court. " Cross examined : I had gone to sT- rest deceased as a witness when he told me that, Defence closed. • - - . rar btatk nr Rttrir. J. B. Cave, sworn : J saw defendant after h* bad shot ble father,* f.ft s tme day. HeBatitdie had heard /rom him and be was going to make hi escape. H« off-red to pawn hte watch to me for 873, and asked me If I had a pistol.— He told hte wife good-by*, and arid he didn’t know if be would see her any more. C. E Carter, sworn ; I live in Green ville, H. C.; am a po|in*mao there. Af ter tbe killing saw defendant to Green- vilte on the first or sec <ud Sunday in May ; saw Mat at a livery stable : Sev ers I young men who bad reoognti*d . him Informed me that he was lo ata- About three bis. I weut nod arrested him. Hsask- it waa the I me uhat fur. I aaid, “Ain’t you the A C-neral rumor or uptoioa in the neigh-1 man who married M -a L mg uf thia b< rhuod that drf. orient was efrzy, c-moty r U- aaid. “Ho. that wot my Henry Ptleuter. awuro : Ths .U*o*aa 1 brother.- H* then arimlltei that he e<1 my nrHt ronufti. I knrw >n * the nnn an l to wl(b well; we were on terms of ln)i«iutc |,|| M t4> a-* his wife. I had sent for ftteorieblp. On nee uecsMon riereeseri (Vpt. Patrick, hte oiri levsher at «b* told me hte e*M. the d*fso<Ufi. »«• MHItaiy luatltule, before h* Mrimowl- Deo sne I s<> rzpress That ws« mm match and accused her of thr owing a note out of the window ; he then got a big stick and said be was going to beat her to death. I begged him not to beat her, and he said but for me be would beat her to death. He would put stripe of paper under the window sashes so mcittnnnf }** 10 kD0W >f btl fl>ther find brother. . _ ., came in tbrongb tbe windows at bight, t0 tasaniiy lB tbeoetgbt aa if the sash were raised the paper [’5 > ° < i WB * due aomewha|, I think, would fall out. On one occasion my stater let tbe canary bird out of tbe cage accidentally, by leaving tbe door ope* ; beseemed her of going to tbe store where Lie father sod brother were and leaving us children at tha house, and aaid ws let tbe bird ont; ha then weot to tha store sod curbed hte father aad brother sod got drunk. My sister begged him oat to drtok. •early peak ad her do wa; be ^ U^eegroae oa pteoa aad la certainly cresv. eri btauertf to toe often. September. Ornes eiamln~d I know d*f-n tar* well 1 caa't asy atsml hte tv«fip*r I never w»e with biro Prog at a it n* — Du*«-a«e I aW<f def-nd »st had had a riifB *ul«y 1>ef’We ri*f*u taat waa m .r- rleri, sari rivesoavri tbon I'ri-I m* <te- fre taut was etaty. 1 a»v*r a*»tt v * seytht-x p*culur about A*tsarism I •iLlo't ear say sigua of laaaaity about tiro. J. G P»l*oc*v. ewnc» D-feudan* te my enuma. I knew Ik* dir*mu J — Aterot f.ror or five yoars ago il.i r*srri told to* deTea taat ha I aa a<lack of shkarws uhi. b Mu te hint u*ok la mlari. Las* (f*rtrMb*r wh»a rirrvuoeri o(4 itefeerisot tMri a »**W H* taM M* kte S-'S was rtekv. rraty f«»r Ms M*uet ( aa I that b* ril*lo*t wsot him sbrot, that b* ( lrf«-* .|»o«) w«>m1.| kill him. — D rvasvd sal t h* i>| let • «at rreay p*nr4* about him. Tbry ikvu ow*!* up their quarrel sr»*l rivfra.lqpil *<l I, * |’» I'im gt’litg ta Wulk »•»••*■ IVrrssvri tnhl at* last 1> mub-r <>r/aauary that rivt-ariaet Hid got w**ra* ulore Us mairtovre, sari ha dhiuT know ahat la do alih trim. Cr*m* *A*mlne*l . The prt*ne*r ha I a Mglt temp*r at r^gK* , would get eg ragvri for aothlog. I bate •n-a .1*. f'a«tebt oflrt. I e«n t aay | ea* aay- Iking preulter aboat him. Daairi Prlester. aw <ra ; Tb* defeetd sat l« mg a*e*ro«1 cuaelii. I board his father eay bs aae uarioubtsilly er»iy; ba a vhl It ua tb* third Sunday la las< ttefriembrr; my father aa*l I wets oa a vteit to tbe dcceaDcd wbro be mid It. Or «S examine*! : That was brfure d*f yndunt married Tbe %lgbb*<rLoo-l •rids l think be was erssv simply bs caua* bo bod beulro Lis fa*h<r. CHat<>n Pdritf, sw(*rn: 1 knew da- ceased and defeodaot. I was at tbelr bo ua* taking cenaua Uet June. 1 atayed at their house. Oo that occaeMn de ceased aaid he dMa't know wtmt waa lb* tnau< r wph d* fendant, he must be crazy, or he couldn't act aa he dl l. Cross examined : Whan drceae*.| said that we were talking about a diffi culty be had with hte a»n. John Hays, sworn : I married tha slater of deceased. About three weeks before the killing I learned is the neighborhood from several souices that defendant wan crazy. David Barker, sworn : I waa at the house of deceased about I aet Cl.rtet- maa. Defendant then accused hte brother of eavesdropping around the house, and he auddenly jumped up and drew hte platol and ran out to look for tracka ; I held the light for Ltim ; we only found a dog track. Melissa Barker, sworn ; I liyed pt the house of deceased last Chrtetmaa. One nloht anout that time defendant Jumped tip and aaid ho believed his brother was eaves Iropping around the bouse; he made me take a litrht and go with him to hnHtfor htetrachfl ; hte wife said to him then, “Mind, if you kill any one I won’t hide it. Mra. Rebecca Williams, aworn : De ceased was my bro'her. I heard de fendant wae crazy from hte wife before the killing. (Objected to by Solicitor and excluded). I heard it generally In the neighborhood; It was rumored about that he was crazy. Many thought he was crazy and many that he was not crazy. Crose-rxamlned: Defendant went. to fhy B'ouaa after ths killing, 'i he flret eriirrri he wsa 4be man. H* asked me ft hte father was really dead. I told Mm he w.»», und bs Issue | up aualnst tbe wall sn 1 ocvtncri Very mU'Jl af fcH**l. F. I war I L -roaf. aw re - I live le Otee«iVril*; am (-•rer at F.t'-hang* H • 1*1. IW« n tent rum* tob< trlami a*k* d me. uftef I ha*I bcosb**! him, to g • t a*able aeri get s hufs* *u*l buggy foe bun. II* then gave in* t*a o-a's an*I It d t' d fur Lim Out I att*D*l*<t jf-arc ag* o*.w-e- .ff ri falhel h« « y*ar ag LI me if at*T ••t»* a*nl tell IS Wh«-fe hr Dr I. N Hav Bwi-r* • tig riefettalant aie-wt thr f»r poeum'-ote. I o*o n *t I with th* I l a tha' hte nitnd sas e*l. | gee*r knew nf the Ni«l**atat«'M •4 Ida h*a<l untH t*» day. I thh-k I wrograttal aa*t thv If >1 •*• o-o aronun* lo S*.arb | na«**r h*ard r-t"’Vt* uf bis li>-n>|ty until af'«r lb* kUlbg Hte • «VffI *d'y Sttb Iritta air•*• t In S li). h alrtearr*! Wga SO* ( In th* h*w>t—me Igatf*-val nrletV I ba-t ia* i ran m f*t sngpect tl>at the i W.*und aff e|r t kin brsih. * Cr<ow t z imlneri . Th*- utalf-arroaiWwa of «tef raotsa.4 '• evant***a W «atd re* enuag gr|b*ug rrentui, I eu|«pnas If It g.-fn e* ng i.ltal It w rol I aff-s btala if (•ra-luaed Ly a mn-iiaohal Hr Jury. It Is p*«*|i h- It might aff--*-* th* hrain, rv*a if groit'al. I ct*orur with Dr. f-ahl lu m-a* <4 hte tes’lm-roy n* In laagntt y, nuri agr* *- wph hint Li kte . pn.rnt up*ro I he h) p*M b** taal t *g»a | p*<t to l.iUt I have IfNol of Lut nneOaar ’ nuppxgal lu l<* byntrila In o tuar*. Dr H W. K-a»*e, m «||g.|; I dtri sot. x .min* tl g malform tib-u oa tbe 1 bra 11 f prte roer. I caa't *••* how a I cuageettal d>-pr<>st-*a of tbit kind could off ct Ms ttiibri. I ttietnirri thr Pitester fatnlly rccarkxally, orrerub- arrvrd anything lu d*M» 'snt tndkrat- lug a wnrog **a»* of mind. Com* exaarii* d; Deprcovloa of tbs sLull uf i bat kind would ruikrr pro- due- rpltep-v or rom<, rather than iiiaaul'y ; If ths bone ut ths l*prv*aton is a« thick thrre at Harwbere It wonlri trtitat* the bral.i. I concur slih Dr. T<eld lo Iris views uu tbs hypothetical canes. I exprees no opinion as lo tbs present sanity <*f the prte( n-r. lu reply : I dlff-r with Dr. Todd is tu ill* dcptregl 'ti iu the head. O. O. Rii-y, sworn. I am ths Rherlff sf Iternwed county; saw Dr. T»dd nt J*il visiting th- ih feDriiint once; he U uot ths county physician; defcodsot wus very nervous and t xcttsd sod bad chortnetwof hreatli when Dr. Todd called on him; have sf-en him so with other people; ut other lim-a bs was quite culut; he read the btbla often; ha fretted greatly wheu hte wife was ut sent. at or Henderooo cioood for the State lo q speech worthy Of hte well woo and wall established reputation. / rtjDoa macxrt's cmaror. Mr. Foreman an>I Oenlleronr of the Jut The Prisoner at tho bar, W tUtem He ry I’riestor, stand* charged with the crime ot murder; in thte, that on the 18th duy of April, 1881, in the c mnty of Barnwell, lie did felonioutdr, and df liik malice utercihought, kill und murder Willuim I’riestcr, then and there being iu the peace of the State. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Tito term malice afterthought menus tins deliberate wk-ked intent, which wlietrcx- ccutcd by the taking of luim.-tD lift; stamps till act as murder. When the fact o( int ntional killing is proved, the law presumes malice, nud * imposes upon tho prisoner the burden of . Rebutting that presumption, unless thu testimony id behalf of the State incident ally rebuts it. The prisoner at the bar pleads insanity as his defence, and on thia groondchriniH immunity from punishment. When this pte^is sustained by fopal proof it forpisKes a complete defence xcainst thq penalties of the law, for no man is guilty, unless guilty in his mind. Tiib'criminnl intent is necessary to c<>tiu stitutc legal guilt, end the insane are therefore held to b« incapable of critnc- As a necessary safeguard for human life, andjor the due protection of society . the law presumes every mao to be sane, and responsible for the natural Conse quence of his arts, until the contrary shall appear by legal evidence. The burden of proof U therefore upon the prisoner to esUblteh to the satntec- tiun of the jury that by reason of his in sanity bs cuinmittrd the deed for ubitli be is now on trial. The plea of ieianity, ia not, as held by many, a plea of eonfraaioo and avoidance. It ia rather a plea te tbs jurisdiction, whereby the prisoner a I lev c* that being iiL-ene with retcreace to the art charged, be te not responsible to ths tribunal of the law. The law, however, docs ant rrqui.J^ ths aoniarri »> establish kte plea *1 in* •so ty beyond a re vs •noble doubt It wart Le deemed reftciently suppurtrd »f such evidence te adduced ns, span tbs whole case, creates iu the mind -f tke jsry • resMToabte duwbt of tke sanity of ike fwt*orsr st ffce iiom and witk refer- •oes *e ikr partieakr act (ur wkick ke U bring tngrik. To roqtnre a pciavacr oatreing tki* pl«t to ortsbiisk it bry usd ■ rgasuoalrie JuubA wnald be *pfdyiag a banker Zest la h'BB tk*a tbs Ws pocMiU as Is any otker rlnaa ef s'rssgJ pevsna*. As aodor saekpba wuriry aad gwi t are c* avonibls terms. *t wuwU bs viaWtiog a funds mm s' |>«ia- cp’e of (ewaiasl tew sere f hr arri*ssd rrepire I tu rstskitek kin pies nf iasCimv k cood a reaa»a»bte drotb*. Thte w«ro d. fr efrs*. k» rv*pin»f tks jmy a* reod>r s «s*unt uf gai.lj, wkris at ikg *aro* tom the* MMfcl't safer s*a a roam as Mg dsmb* as te th* guilt of tke f rwesir, la •bis, a* ia off w*k*r mmto, tbg Uw per- tke pr1s«g*r g* tk* hoe fr w- aafrl bis gwth In pcwo«d U-yaud * Tkte pewNtef ►•a t-f ads tke prle*a*r fktougk ef tkfr irfrl. it staada by bis mfr sod ckeiiera kia slik# ia prwoa sod is ikssMUt, aad «• pcw'artiagvfiiwkl p va'j wkbdnwa whoa (be ju*y pro- auoaes »k»ir irfdkt of “gwiby. Tke totm ••rra*.iDsk'g dowte' te a eerily iDaoirated ikso deinsri ft te a bare pomitelay that iks orwc Sue sai, bat a u seek s d okt « Uro'y of aiiad as would govern tke duet of a i* asoasbte maa os lo asy p-fiaot truosasiioo ia Ike srdw area sf life. U kea ike mtad ef tks jsror *ftrt rev iso tag ika akufr care as mad* sp by iks pruot isquirse for a# farther •\ Mlcoee aad iks irvtebling balance uf hm jadgUKiri do loager weiars, but reposr« iu s ftxed coaclusioa, ih-o sad tbca < can it be truly nitl ikat lbs guilt of ccrured ha* been piwica leyosd a nas. oaabW doubt. Tbe 8late te only required, liowcrnr, to establish lb# guilt of tba prisoner tu a mural certainty. Absoluts cerUiuty of aay fact resting ^ upon proof, is only aUaiuabls throagh mathematical demuartralioo or divine inspiration. You are called upon, gentlemen of tbs jurv, under the colcmn sanction of vour oaths lu solve the most dclicutc and com plex problem that tbs learning aud ge nius of man encounter iu the field of sci entific iiiTeetiuatioo. It is a remarkable fact that nowhere in the eighty odd vol- nines that have been published in thy words he said to me were, "Aunty, don’t be scared ; I can’t stand every thing ; there’s some one hurt tbii time besides myself. I noticed his head was hurt. I didn’t know then what be bad done. I bathed hie wounds and found be was not hurt badly. Tbe irapres- bor. ■J to bis treatment of his father. I once neld to Iris father hie mind waa cer tainly affected, and iris father said, Ho. be could do buaioeaa behind tbe counter as well as any one.” I said theo a person might be deranged oo some one point There baa been no of iDDaolty in my family. I don’t know anything about hte Bother’s family. Wallace Hays, sworn : I lived oo tbe piaatatloo of deceased when he was kilted- Tbs defendant oa# night got ot wbtekey and earns sad rort of ay boaaa aad asked bla te 204 yniris frum dwelling house; nev er heard plctd sbutH Ht the dwelling house; never beard of them until after my father’s deatb. George I, Prlester, aworn : The de ceased whs my hnlf brother; visited hte home, but not very often; saw de fendant there; can’t nay I saw any thing wrong about him. W. It. Wright, sworn : I was present when deceased made a dying declara tion; heard him Bay to me, “Bill, be has murdered me; Lis plea Is going to be insanity, but be is uo more insane than I am. George I. Prlester, recalled: I heard deceased say when he was dying that defendant was no fool, _Abanl a year ago, when deceased had a difficulty with defendant, he said defendant was crazy, or foolish or something of that kind. Nt F. Prlester, sworn: After deceas ed was shot, about a half hour after wards, when he said he was murdered, he said that defendant was not orkzyl. and ha waoteg.. the iow to take tuT N te- J. P. Prlrsfer, recalled: Tho store languages of many, civilized astioas upon OAfi . to .4 refill.. aL~ -..I* A _ C A.l J • the subject of mental dteeaee can an ex act definition of insanity be found. I nm warranted, however, by the highest au- tliori'ies In medical jurisprudence, in charging that mental delation te incident to insanity throughout all ita varying lortns, and that in the case of every in sane person there is an sbecnce of the power of will to control the imuukgq. u-The mere conecigusness of rtflfcl 'and wrong te no longer held by alienists or those skilled in the treatment of the in sane, and who are learned upon this dark subject, to be the test of sanity. For a man to be held sane be must uot only M eosseiottt of right rod wrong, hut course. Tbe deceased was my brother. Cruse-exsnrineri: I bad previously heard that defendant wasenzy; It bad been rumored in the fatnlly about three weeks before tbe killing; de;eud- aot’e wife bad rumored. It. Dr Kearse, recalled; The dt ceased after ba waa abut said be looked upon defendant as perfectly sane. Thte waa when ba was lo a dying condition Bute closes. tvs ARoevnrr. At 10 A. M. Friday tha a^famaat was opened bf Mofiteltor Cteau for Lha ffieie bn* 1* aad forcibly. Hwban Aid- rich. Esq . follovred tor Um -Meaea la • epreefr iff three aori a half bouns la wrong, but a have tbe power of will to resist the com- mission of the wrouj. " V If he knew at tbe time that the par ticular act was wrong, and was sensible of hte legal responsibility and lutd tho 9 power of will to resist its commission, then the law holds that he was sane. - AH forma of iMtnltj may be f'clgitcd. $ven in their most extreme types, exce pt that known as "delirium tremens,” which is marked by physical indications that cannot be rimulsted. You will impar tiallj yet severely scrutinise the cridcM^ to dclermioe ubather insanity is teignefll ia the ease before you. You an not te judge by the tertimo- ny alone. You are sworn that you will “* true verdict reader socurdioz to the