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lU WINSLOW’SIWLIFE AT STAKEauvsclt;ENSLOSV’S DEFENSE TO CHARGE OF MURDER.tt01im Is Made That He la Out of His Mind and That He Haa Hallucinations—Theories1fiIIIPresented. lt;]jiahen the arguments for tiie defense are ie La the Winslow murder trial the jur-will Lave presented to them two differ-and distinct theories to account of the th of Edwin Tilton. The first is the the-of an accidental killing, This was tho t t theory indicated aa being adopted by ii defense. The second Is the theory of ■ \ killing of Tilton by the defendant while ‘ of his mind. The plea of- insanity on part of -William Winslow has been mgiy presentedzin the case by the wit-aes of the defense, but it will meet withtbe atace which will f i . •w 11113 be*u accustomed to ■ use of intoxicating liquor for a bug , e aud was often drunk. ‘^.^ory tbat Tilton met his death acci- *•vm?„n“„b infro la U»e evidence k 1 r l f without any effort to prove j Jp h people have noticed that It tke-strougest pleas of the defense. ,»t h ?uc 1Q 1110 Testimony ot Prof.' jS Crst witness put ou by the dc-^e- He was on the staud Thursday aft-i/O n •** tlie evidence of tho?iifnitvWK^ses .lcn^!ti^ tu show tbu1 11!i ? UH merely been introduced in * e ? slr°u© argument to presenti) !7' »i*? *bSfeUCe of any testi-;iy thac would show that Wiuslow and 1Minan r0i»Uly cume to^etlier on • BlKUt of the murder, there is u plausi- } eliauee of show ini: that the deceasm!3J tIarouSb an accident. No^^Wm]s1o1v tUrow cbo o* cement all?**a have killed Tilton, and one has been found who could tell auy the conversation which had ensued be-, nn^them which Jed up to lt;he tillingC.hS-w^rei0VGr,h?fini ia direction fri!Allowed- the- deceased on night of the murder, hut It cannot he n:tely shown that Winslow tv us ouu of -men-who were miking, otwithstnndiag the evidence of Stiles •Cooper aud Ute bait ms a as to Wins-fii ■ lenvmtf them to follow /niton dosvo»mrh f!aiuD? tJmt tetter was a manrn lie had it m for. there is still'a chance prove that Tilton met his- death ucci-callr, as no one saw him killedfh,1 r ]U that Til ton was killedthe fall of the ladde» which stands ia front °f the rack. It has been shown t this ladder was lying down in the rack m the body was found and it has notL ffc??rR 5hat {t was not standing up Tjh9n, jlroyo past the group of younjr i. The testimony of Prof. Hanna'yes-my afternoon was that the appearance the curbing some distance up Second ** Pi? 5£ tb?ugh a wagon had chipped S had made a thorough e.x-nationof tbe.-viclnity a ilay*or two after.£f:^i.ir?m,*t!ll4 «vi(?*ncc the plausible r deduced that ia the dim lizhtwagon run against the. curbing and re. *ed such a jar that the Judder was sbak-t ?rnPd tbH b filing it might have ick Tilton and indicted Just such a md as caused his death, srrob oration of this nossibmtv was !d-inccd jn the evidence of Mr/'Winslow second witness of the defense who was on yesterday afternoon. He testified to lug examined the hayrack where It stood the road on the Tilton property and id that the ladder was down and that it Id he raised and lowered at will te cross-examination of the witnesses for defense, as conducted lv Judge Spnr-. has oeeo the most interesting feature he tnaL In an insinuating aud a snr-:lc manner Mr. Spurrier has succeeded Urowmg discredit upon the testimony of ry witness that has so far been called evidence of Insanity- which was intro-20 by them on their direct examination '• constantly turned into evidence of; n ken ness.ic defense will not conclude todnv’and case .will he continued until Monday n rebuttal evidence on the part of the o will-follow, nnd it is not llkelv that arguments will not he commenced until o time Tuesday.
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Daily Iowa Capital
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 03, 1899
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