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M02.15 ISBAMTY.The Daugherty-Van Rom MnrdnrThe young man, Lieutenant Daugherty. ofKew-port Barracks, who shot Van Horn, the slanderer of Ills rioter, at Kokomo, Ind., last, wmterT la now on trial at Tipton, Iml, From tin; tcSLimeny taken on the third day of the trial we extract the following, it win be eeen from tbe testimony of Dr. Woollen that an attempt will be made to ahow thaiThmgU-erty was humritig under temporary insanity m itie time of the commission of the murder:—Tne friends itud associates of Lieutenant Daiigh-ercy m the amy testified to His Rood character. and that he was a brave oillcer smil good to ills soldiers. The evidence of Mr, Daugherty9 liie lather of the deienduut, and the mother, Mrs. Daugherty, as also of i*nuik Daugherty, itls sister; Bridget, alured girl, ami Mr. Aaron Liud^ay. may ho Hummed up in toe tollowmp; brief way:—Heiiitiuaut Daugherty, uu Jus way home. «\is met at i mija u-apoiw by Ida mother, who Isau been down to attend r.iiu mlierat «.u a DrotUcr-in-Iaw, and met him m the Union depoL telie tola iaui that. Vau Dorn Lad been sUudenng ma siller. Mu quusCiotta vferc linked aslo tiJJn nuiuic ur nut oy . U’ltcjrtvtiut to Kokomo on me wudmgbt Halo, and aiicr a tune the jLmuUy retired. The next morning ilie Lieutenant and his JaiHer took a walk to their larm, some uisnuiee lmui Kokomo, and returned about nommud lound Aaron Lindsay m Mr. Daughci Ly’s.The Lieutenant *\ii by tlicatovc jukI dried msieen (Dicro was a little snow on the ground), ami afLer dinner Mr. Lindsay proposed some two or three tmiei That they should walk up town. Up to liiia time the aiauder reierred Do by Iuh inutHer Hie night Dtiore had hoc been ineniioned, neither by cue Juluvr In men* walk to the I arm, nor oy any oi tao iiianjy at the house. Juss before starilinr tne Lieutenant tiftiit mu me kitchen where lus mother, JtLs sister Frank aud the hired girl wore, and wild to hi* mother, MmHer, what was thuD Van Hum aaid aouui FruiiKV11 Ills momer replied thlt;?t be had said that she had had a negro young one. On hearing tins Lieu-L'fiauc Daugtiony suddenly changed color, lus lace becoming livid or purpic. His oyes became changed,| out, ;ts U sttrtmg Il uui meir socketa, umi heasked, “Arc yon sure hi: sa.nl misv” Air*. Daughertyreplied, “I suppose there can be m doubt of Is.” Thereupon lie suited ouim the house, Mr. Lindaoy gnutg wins Uiiiu At tuc doar tuc hither asked If lie MKiuin ui:tiOiiip;uiy them, lo ivuicii DauRiieriy made no ) epiy; mir, Mr. Lindsay to vited luiu to do so. The fattier walked some llttlu dittauce behind nut in, and eiucrcd die door of tun ^Herman House just as Dsrjgheily approached Van Dorn, and heard huu say, “Vou have been aUuuIeriug 1 my sister, and must retract or take Urn ! consequences. ■'* Van Bom told himr lil guess not.” I DaiigiHtrLy repeated, *l|sou have been Blundering my | Sister; you must retract, give your uiuiinr or take ■ rue consciiucuccsJ’ Vau ilorn ii-c-onneil a defiant \ atittude, raying to him, ul have iql wandered your j tl suiter, and you caumn; mu ko me retract it, and you itmtd not iroiufc wusiermg abvai me Cl me way, young uatighcrty sudueuiy reached lor Ina pistol.Van Horn seized hoJci upon him aad rushed him back upon some burreta; the pistol, went oir, firing into tlic door, when they became separuc«d, Daugu-erLy passing from Uie place wuere he wiw up towarda the comner. Vau liern, runuing around me acreenfiTt2t3'-P11uud meeting mux m auoilior part of the roum, seized ♦ g;j him by the ahouiaer naa e!atoned for his revolver. In the scuitle Daugherty sliot. mm twice, t.he third snot proving ro be cue lata! oae.Dr. U. V. Woollen was called to the stand mid tes* tilled us ioUows:—Am a graduate o\ trie Jtetlevue Hospital Oolicge; have hem infumueiy associatedI with LseiiCeuaut Daugherty since spring of ibtlo,; C-Xcept 3i ^hurt tune \vi«.i lie waa absent til a diner-• ent epntmatid: he spoke in the nigliwt cerni3 of iiljj• csiaractui*; with the exception, perhaps, of lus brother, he knew Juni ocitec tiiau any ucuor Uvi ng mau; \yai4 a surgeon in theTwsncy-aeveiibU lurtumu; treated hii^i prmesaionaliy iu the winter tr tyyi; at one ume ne iud tin uttaok of congeaUoii, scemlJigtv«d-aihitlwfrofto impiiculc ilii! brain, ami nervous sysuun; at tne ; InTJa*adlt;tune observed in him ;i reudenc.y to violence; had disease Would ordinarily be termed mulunat con-ge^iion. Wro meet it ru dMerdutiorais, ntinotiag m/lbreut organs, zu his case attacking me tram aact spmui coal. With a sbon neck, a large brum, ana hr* aerive jtcrvous temumauienL ifcs he has, a disease . . of that kiiid wlt;uurl develop cougesiion of the brain niid nervous cftntres more than of other organa. In \ 16 i the army UeutehHiit Jaugherty often complained ol‘ ’ j vertigo irom Lurniiig around and performing sorno of the evolutions made m drilling tuat required tree i ami rapid changing of the position of the body.Thai it gave him di/Klness. This is caused by a too Iree rush of blood Do th« brain.i*. tL—'Jiaunhertj was acquitted. Upon the rendition of the verdict, Mrs. Van Horn attempted to auoot Dau'flieriy.dlt;dlt;did(liCD
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Mon, Nov 14, 1870
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