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What the Inmates of the House Say to the Charge.—Testimony in Defense Commenced. Court Notes. If George Tykle were the state, de fendant, judge, jury and witnesses he could hardly be busier than he is in the trial of the case against him for the death of John A. Clark. In the taking of the testimony he crouches down behind the witnesses with his ear almost touching the speakers face endeavoring to catch the words that are telling for and against him, he being very deaf. With slips of paper and pencil he dots down suggestions to counsel and is decidedly energetic in giving advice to his attorneys, a condition of affairs anything but pleasant to these gentle men who try vainly to suppress him. He will subside for a few seconds then is as busy as ever. The bulk of the damaging testi mony against the defendant is em bodied in the evidence of Enoch Hewitt, a barber who at that time occupied rooms adjoining Tykle’s. He affirmed that in company with his wife he returned home from church at 10 o’clock the night Clark took the fatal bath; that he heard noises all night in Tykle’s apartments; that there was drinking and carousing going on in a room occupied by a prostitute and that he recognized Tykle’s voice among the rest; that he saw Tykle coming upstairs at 11 o'clock with a bucket of beer. The state rested at 9 o’clock this morning and witnesses for the de fense were examined. The theory of the defense was that Tykle was not treating Clark as a physician’s patient, but that he came there simply as a patron of his bath works just like any other customer, and that as a matter of fact he (Ty kle) did remain up in the night and administer to him. He denies being intoxicated, Dr. T. W. Gifford, of the Invalids Home, testified that Tykle was an in mate of the Home four years and was a mental curiosity; that while de fendant was exceptionally bright in many respects, there was a mental deficiency in his make up which ren dered him at times of unsound mind. Witness stated that during Tykle’s time at the sanitarium the latter was intrusted with the care of the engine in the basement and came near blow ing the Home to that bourne whence no traveler returns, by weighting down the safety valve with every thing he could lay hands to, to keep it from blowing off steam and dis turbing the invalids upstairs. Wit ness gave it as his opinion that de fendant’s mental derangement was the result of an injury. Others testi fied that Tykle’s mind was unbal anced, though none would say he could not reason from cause to effect and reach a proper conclusion regard ing the death of Clark; all thought defendant capable of knowing that fire would boil water and that boil ing water would cause death. De fendant is on the stand this afternoon. The jury will probably get the case by Thursday noon.
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Kokomo Saturday Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1891
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