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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 1885.
Beck, the Wife-Murderer, on Trial
in Rabun County.
THE flEi OF I5SAN1TY HADE IH DEFENSE.
A Dramatic Trial, a Sell Possessed
Prisoner and an Anxious Crowd.
A TILE KITH BECK AND BIS FBIENDi
The Lawyers, the Jury and the Gos
sip of the Trial.
[ Tht crime ft,' which II’. Deck it tried, cu
tfeecri'ett herein, tithe murder of hit wife ami
ike attempted murder of hit titlrr-in • law, which
veicfuDy dmrihed in hit tmk'e Cuiutitutiuii,
and in no ether pa]ter,]
Cuvtw, G», September 72.-j8p*clal.J—Stand-
Ini on tbe pleUonn et Reban Oep Junction on
Belli reap evening, poor correspondent noticed, In
tec cron d ol rlibtwora, e remerknblp handsome
men ol menlpe physique, drrated In e w*U suing
null ol black, ti lth blech hair, pete law end blue
ejn, Ola manner nee ceroleat, bla epee rverp
quick, and ellotctlicr he looked monUemen ol
eeap acll poaaeaalon.
"Who lalbet?" I Tentnred to eak ol ncompu-
Icn.
"Eucenc W. Beck," tree the anatrei.
Just then tho etrsuger lilted hie
Benda, dlaplaplng around the wrlata
the manaclta which proclaimed him
u dangerous criminal. A* abuddercrept orermp
frame aa I looked npon the red-handed murderer
ol tno week nomeu-tha one hla wile, tha other
lieralater.
"lithe women!*; Babnn cenntp had thla matter
to rattle," returned mp companion, "Beck would
not need n trial."
"That man," continued mp companion, "haano
more tenia ol moral rtaponalblllip than t Berk-
ahlrc pi*. When you hare aald that he la a flno
apecimcn ol phyUcal manhood pon hare oxhanit*
#d what loodpon can lap ol him. Qla lather waa
aolorioua u a dronkard, and died In delirium
Iremana. Aa • bop around tha Illicit eUlle which
dot tho conntrp ho (row up with whltkp aa hla
dallp drink. At a man ha waa a law breaker who
plied hla vocation aa a moonablnor Irom Andcr-
aon, Pouth Carolina, to Atlanta. For months at a
lime ha would be beaaUp drank, taklna poaaeaalon
ol the communltp In which he llred, lordlug
It ever theee who did not loot
Inclined to ilfhl, thoroughly rcttrdleaa ol tho
atlbta ot othcra, and n terror to nil who know him.
Boarding tho train lor Talln'ub, I obaarpad the
man eUll more cloaelp, but aaw nothing to I to*
prove mp Impremlona ol him. At operpalatlon
yonsg men and bops would step aboard, and,
■baking banda, lap:
"Uowd’pe, Genet"
"Neva lilt batter In mp tile," he would repip.
To one ol hla companion! ho related aome Jail
goaelp with much goalo. levetal ladiea atepped
In and odcred him apmpathp. At klaaca wars
preaaad upon hla hloodp Upa, Imagination did not
need to be verp vivid to lee the ehadowp lorma ol
poor BUn and Addle floating abort tha aoanal
on vita wav to cuttow.
Taking a scat In Jack Hocklna’a hack, at Tallu
ol linger*' volcet prcceeded tbereirom. Back
never onoe looked la that direction. Getting ont
ol the wagon be stood with hla back upon hla old
heme. About twenty men were gathend,
who ahook hands with him, ana
upon him carlotulp. The pulp then tamed
towards the Jail door, and In, and opUaln, Into
tha hallway. Here the ahacklea were taken off,
Aa the laat one waa undaaped hebrnahtdhla
wrlatacffwltt a wilap like morcmtnt Irom both
handa. Hla wrlata were red and awollen. Bat
never e token ol tiding could bo canght Irom hla
lace. He waa tumid Into a cell, anppllod with a
Un dipper and n bucket ol water, the door
locked, and he waa left to Memory and God!
The next dap n aa Bnndap. There are three call
windows In front ol the Jaft. AU day long Beck
could bo aeon at either one ol thee*. He wore
decp-catvcM, exposing a wide expanse ot shirt
front. Idle groups ol pontha would gather In the
apace outside and talk lamlllarlp to "Gene.'
A1I dap Monday people arriving Irom tha esufl.
trp would aland around and talk to him.
"I wonld not go awtp II the doom were left wide
open.” aald Beck to orient hla altars. "I have
nothing to ran Irom. 1 am not gulllp ol murder,
and do not feel that I have napthtng to be alratd
of. I Ice! Just as Innocent ail ever did.
the can on vain.
Thiciaii, Oa .September 22.-[8pedaI J-When
the cam waa callod at nine o'clock this morning It
iODBd n great crowd ot people present. Tha un
expected appearance ol Captain lurry Jackaon
for the defense made up an array ol counsel hard
to match. Ex-Senator Pope Barrow, czJudge
Logan E, Bleckley, and Mr. Findley, ol Galoea-
vlllo, had been algned. For tho proso-
enUon there appeared Bollcltor General Erwin,
Genual Phillip., Captain Claud# Kites, and Mr.
rnlteiaon, ol Camming. Judge J. B. EiU
once act about the organization of a Jury, which
was n metier cl some difficulty, owing to
the extended relationship ol tho prisoner and tho
loot that tho atrocity ol the crime had led many
Into the expreaalon ol an opinion on the case,
O'laytow, On., September -21—(Special,1-Tiio
hope ot Eugono W. Beck now lion In being proven
to have boon drn nk, or Insane from lla odbeta, at
tho time ol tho commlaalon ol hla dastardly
crime. Consequently tho great Interest In the
trial has been (hilled Irom tha evidence proving
the crime, to that ol Br. II. V. M. Miller, of At
lanta; Dr. Philip., ol Clarkavllla; Or. Ballsy, ol
Gainesville, and Or. Smith, ol thla place,
non nacxKinrncrH axcuax cams?
Thla 1» a question which hu cogaged tho atten
tion ol court, ever since their organization.
Blackatono, considering the eais with which
drankcnnrf-i might bs simulated, and bow weak
an excuse II Is when real, aaya: "Tha lawol Eng
land will not suffer any man tens to privilege one
crime by another." Sir Matthew Hale, dlacnmlng
tha dementia affcctata, or temporary Inniylnto
which men tall by drunkenness, aaya: "By tha
laws ol England such n pa non (lull havn no priv
ilege by this voluntarily contracted madness, hot
•hall have tho lame Judgment aa It ha were In hla
right aenaea." Than when la a man
drank enough to avail
thla excuse? One ol Jndga BIcckley'a moot noted
dcclatona holda n man to ho responslblo lor hla acta
aa long aa ho la sober enough to point and aim a
I lilol. He moat ha drank enough not to ha nbla
to form aid Intelligently carry outan Intent.
TiiaxiKOTiDt'Ana.
Thera an tn o noted eases, one Irom Oeortla,
which an quoted tho world over as authorities
The Aral la that ol Cboloo, repotted In the 3lat
Georgia. Hla crime wae committed in Atlanta,
and cam# near creating n riot. When tout case
waa taken to tha supreme court Judge Lompkln
raid:
Whether anyone Is born with no Irreeiattble
desire to drink, or whether inch tblnt maybe
the remit ol accidental Injury aene
to the braln.lt a tht
It ever can be. And 11 It wn», how I»r this ctazy
- 9“'«“ “nwir wouid^ximsa ftumattmauned
lab, your correspondent StarJet ont In advanco ll mor rnsy bic iul'rnd by llivi 'r^iid fc.UiVntU
In the little Bine BMjoJow^frlle Ifte mnrdaavr, sort n-t r...i-iie^ :«■ between the aamflh u£ the tree irtilch he vu
" " k ln'Tcourio ol ludnlganee will ; .prQdaoaalpateJ
became general that "ll 'Gene would leave hla
wife alone she wonld make him a living.” Mrs.
Beck wonld gladly have continued this, feeling
tally repaid U by It the could win her husband
Irom hla vicious wan. Bat aha was subjected to
numerous mortifications. On several occasions
tha couple ware Invited out by trirada, whan Beck
made bis appearance ro drunk that be waa not it
to beacon. He would Interrupt her conversation
at any time by the Introduction ot
The wUegrew fretful ever thla state 01 thing!.
She at lint [pleaded with her husband to
reform; aha then became disgusted with hla viola
tion ol every promise made. In thla latter Mate
ol mind the upbraided him bitterly, and began to
Ignore him, merely tolerating bla presence. To
add to all this aha aeon discovered that ho waa
untrue to her, and on tbe Monday before
her mnrdcr had received
aage Irom n disreputable woman that she
might prepare to lore 'Gene, tor bla love had
duoitds
TO* INTRUDER COMES IN.
Itwu while matters were thus attained between
husband and wile tbat Miss Addle Bailey made a
visit to bar sister. 8ba waa shocked to find her
slater In such n pitiable condition ol mind, and at
once legs rated tbat on her return home, ahe
should remain then Indefinitely. She mid to her
brother-in-law:
"'Gene, I am going to take Ella home with me,
■nd she must not comeback home till you quit
Cricking/'
"Ton are not going to leave me that way,"aald
he to hla wile.
"It la hard to say what 1 will do,” waa therm
spouse.
Here, ft la claimed by those on the very Inside
ol the whole matter, la where the trouble began.
Beck saw that ha had earned the contempt ol big
wile; he aaw that MIn Addle had entered bla
house and advised hla wile to withdraw thero-
Ircm; he nw the preparations lor departure, and
felt In the preparation!
Addle's wedding that he waa whoUy
Ignored, He grew morose, desperate. Hie feel-
Inga aa a huibacd were crowd lu their tenderert
•pet. The Ides of hla disgrace, ol hla abandon
ment, ol hla alater-ln law’s Interference,
maddened him.
“'Gene baa made, big mistake,” aald a close
bland ol Beck today, "In placing hla defenae on
the groand ol delirium tremena. He ahonld havo
told how he wu harraiacd in bla feelings aa n hus
band, and thua erased Into Un commlmlon of the
crime. Ho would have won et once tlw sympathy
ol Jury ind people, end after a short while In pen
itentiary could have secured a pardon,"
That Mrs Beck waa a noble woman It attested
by all, whether friends ol the prisoner or not. She
had won the highest place In tbe confidence ol the
people.
cnaay non nimii,
ciavvoir, Ga„ September H5.-J8pccIal.J-Tho
•Testaol today have strongly strengthened the
cue ol Beck. Tha very atrocity ol the crime has
been med as evidenced the prisoner's Insanity,
and tha debaucheries of hla previous Ufa hare
been testified to aa proving n diseased mind from
hla mother's womb.
Thaflratwftiemlorthe;delenaewaa Mrs. John
Back, a cousin ol tho prisoner, whose former name
waa Mrs. Hilton, She related an Incident In which
Mia Heck, tbe mother ol thcprlsoner, acted wild
ly. Across from tha hotel, which at that time
was kept by Eugene's lather, was a atora, also kept
by him. Mrs, Back ran tha hotel and Mr. Beck
staid over at the storo. On ono occasion, when
Mrs. Wilton waa Handing ut the store door with
Mr. Beck, hla wile, In the hotel across, stood
upon the doorstep, and with a shotgun took
aim at the old mu and gave him
scalp wornh1. Mrs, Beck thought her hnsDend
ahonld not talk to other women.
Berry U. Beck, Eugene's uncle, teaII(led that
John end hla will Hand with him In their young
married dajA Era Beck always acted In n craay
manner.. On onexcculon, shortly after her mar
riage, aha went ant to the forest when one ol tb
witness' bands w»" cntUng Umber, andstnahod 1:
under guard orsnettr GoJfnV. ruiiowca aiowly
behind. Tha road lay through a country rloh In
scenery, and forests thick with Umber -In which
Iberoebonldbs n fortune. Sweat shrubr, wild
violate and the flora Indigenous to the country
gladdened the) ya. Tht road, at times, lad along
mountain It decs, on one aide tha mountain rising
precipitately tor hundreds ol leaf, while on tha
other aide deep down, ran a pretty purling broos
whose wateia were hall-hidden by the tallage ol
wild grape vlntA which wen laden with luw-lous
Irolt. Then agnln, finding lie way between eon-
Uncut ridges, the road ran along vallaya cool
and Inviting, such aa might
chut n post's fancy.
llwut altar snnaet when we landed, but tha aky
waa eltar ud vision waa lUllperlaot. On one aide
ol tha read wu the hotel, which once belonged
to tha Biek family. now kept
by Mr. Have Bunktn. Juat aeroaswaa a two-
story frame honsa, surrounded by n verudah.
bright light wasalesalngoul one ol Ih* windows.
"Bo yon its that!" 1 was asked,
"Tts.”
“That Is the room In which Mm. Book and her
•later wars murdered. And hen la tha nun Irom
where Beck sought protection," Introducing me
go Captain MlUngkam, the town mntahal.
The Jell waa situated Juat one hundred
fret Irom tha scene ot tha tragedy, an open
apace between, tha verandah floor Are test Irom
The ground. Icon tha whole panorama waa before
me. Mr. Beck, Mn. Back, Hits Addle Balley and
others wart plajleg croquet. Thla waa about lour
o'clock eu [Tuesday evening, Ism. OnteeBatur-
day following MUs Addle wu to leave tor horns
Icr ker marrlago. The cruel brutality ol Beck had
been so great that Mia Beck neolvndto accom
T*ny Ear (liter home, ud had made up her mind
not to return until aha ssur substantial signs ol
reform In her huahud. It waa while playing
ere'i net it the time stated that Mia Beck told her
husband oi bar Intention. He aald nothing, as
wu hla custom whan very mad, bat tamed away
from Use party. He tell that tho end had remA
Burned la hla moral reputation, bla property
almost gene, hla wile's threatened
departure, oil conspired
hla heart with devilish
HaitsolvtdUutaheahoildnot|o,ud that aha
ahonld die lint. Thu hla ablet In law-had aha
sot prompted hla wile to this atop? II
to prevent it, both ahonld die I Meeting Captain
Dillingham ho borrowed hla pistol, oatraalbly to
shoot sowed Oft. He reached home altar dark, Ud
wentto bed, taking tho little one, so aa to oompel
hla victims to be together in the double bod, AU
thlitlme, oa teeUdcd by all, ha wu absolutely
sober. Tho hour cane-Mr«. Beck waa Joined by
her staterl Slowly arising, ud preparing htmsalf
lor travel, ho graaped his pistol firmly In hand,
Jumped upon theslde ol the had. striking hla wife
two murderous blows upon tha head with tha
butt el the pistol, ha thu placed the
morale to the brua ol her brain ud
■red, and with lla Utah Use
Ute spark was extinguished. Mlti Addle, who
wu under the demon'# knee, shrieked, and pull
ing tbe cover under bar head, with n violent
cfioit contorted her bead and ahoal.lcxa around
■one to bury bar bead In the pillow. Carefully,
cooly, deliberately the murderer placed hla putol
under tht bed cover ud felt lor a vital spot In tbe
bach ud And, the bullet coming out in icoaL
Withdrawing his weapon, he snapped It at the
attract, who itoed at tha door. Hearing the
acnndj of people, knowing tbe enormity ot hla
crime ud the fate which the Indignation ol the
people might have In store toe him, he thought ol
ibe jell u a place o! protection. Out ol tho door
lamping iveleet to the ground, II look him but
A moment to find the Jell door, ud
demanding tha protection ol the taw, ho begged
lor the security ol u Interior cell. Several days
alter, specking to u acquaintance about tho
event, he laid:
"I never taw neb a scared man eaOeptali Dil
lingham was la my life.”
not xiacwnvnxTuwx.
About an hour after my arrival tha wagon coo-
Ulnlr.g the murderer drove up Into the apace ho-
twem the ;au and tht Back boost. Thought waa
still shining from tha bloody non, ud the round
——;g eouno of indulgence will prodae
olrgical or organic chance In tha brain 1 venture
no opinion. Upon thla proposition, however
I Plant myself immutably, and Irom It
nothing eon dislodge me bntan set oi the leglsla-
tore, namely: Tbat neither moral nor legal ro
sponithtlfty can he avoided In that war.
Tbe reccnd remarkable decision la n Tennessee
ease In which Cornwall waa convicted ol murder.
Judge Crabbeoondemncd the Idea that manta
Statu should be n mitigating ptoa lot crime,
and said tbat 11 such a doctrine passed
Into accepted law "even the calculating, cold
blooded assassin will aerer bon sober homicide;
he will always exhibit lilwsell at thoberoljuallco
as a ipeelmen of Insanity produce! by drunken,
ness. And thus this degrading and disgraceful,
yet too common vice, Instead ol being hnntad
from society as the bane el good morals and so-
ciul and domestic happiness, will be oonveried
Into n shield to protect from punishment the worst
ol crlmcA
nix iwuirirv win™ docs gxicstr.
Tbe Insanity produced by Intoxication whleh
palliates crime must be ao deep as to destroy ab-
■olutcly all cooielousncm ol right ud wrong. It
must not be tha passion ola tew mtnntcAbntas
wall dedntd as other cases ol insanity, and ol
•even! days duration—three to dve days, it hm
been ruled by neatly every supremo court In the
union that "temporary Insanity produced Imme
diately by Intoxication, does not destroy respon
sibility, when the patient whu sue ud rrapon-
slble, made blmielt voluntarily intoxicated.”
Ciayyow, aa., September St -[Special 1-The
court room is dally crowded with eager •pectatora
Aa tha prisoner wu brought In thla morning,
•very ejo wu turned to him. Baring Ute program
ot the (rial Beck would occasionally utter a long
drawn sigh. He rcemrs to watch everything with
Interest, and still bellevca that he will bo acquit
ted. It took three hundred ud fifty mu, from
which to select i Jury-
tux n>nr.
The pennel selected wu osfollowa
Andrew J. Bitterly, David Rend, C. C, Leadlord,
D. y. Dalton, T. M. Ramey, W. R. Powell, D. Dun
can, J. L. Watts. V. M. Love, W. A. Martin, A. J.
Kelt, 8. Taylor.
Solicitor General Erwin submitted tho cue tor
the state. The state Introduced Dr. B. T. Smith,
to prove the violent death ol the victim, William
Etlllogham to prove the poeiatslon pI the pistol,
by which tho crime wu committed, ud tho ntgro
(errant, to prove Beck's gntib This cloud tho
prosecution. Wltaemeo lor tho
examined by Oencml PhllllpA
Fx-Senotor Pope Barrow opeoed tho defenae In
n touching manner. Tht dele dm announced wu
ttatolmanta potu,or delirium trtmanA Hoaeld
they Intended to show that Back had Inherited
Ibis thirst tor liquor, aad that hla parents, espe
cially hie mother, frequently hod symptoms ol
Iniully, ud that tha defendant had had frequent
attacks oi mule potu hlmselL
aw iu. auowtxd nxaauce.
The story told by Back's Irlenda In
extenuation ol the crime with which
he standi charged exhibits him u the
party to an Ul-amorttd marriage. They
•dBltthathtaconlcu growth to manhood ud
Intemperate Indulgent* In strong drink unfitted
him lor the muriate relation. It Is known, also,
that ibe tastily of Mia Klta Briley also opposed
the marriage, knowing the dissolute character ol
the mu. Bock, however, wuo splendid type oi
physical manhood, lost such u to enchain the
heart ol o anvceptlble girt.
whim iwcowravuturr xrrxxaxn.
it wu not long, however, Scion Influences were
at work which led to tho terrible tragedy. Mn.
Deck was a womu ol great doc 1x1 eu ot character,
proud ol bar family name, ambitious ol hu sur
roundings, ud anxious to succeed In Ute. Bho
wu n Diligent reader ot books, delighted In eon-
venation upon elevahd topics, and gladly sought
lnttlilgeut company. Back, on Ute other hand,
wu u Ignorant mu, had neither tula lor hooka
nor conversation, end growled among carter
ttlngv.
nt citraxmr crows won disked.
It wax In tee execution ol this purpose that la
January, 1IM, ska cttahUahed a sc tool In tell
piece. ihcisoHachievedincccaAud teesayiug
cutting, barely escaping a horrible date. Thla
waa before tea birth ol Eugene.
Mr. William Oox, hotel keeper ut Monnt Airy,
teeuded that ono night In 1882, Eugene Deck,
suffering with delirium Iremena, culled at hla
hotel. He took filly dollars out ot hla pockot,
divided it Into two parts end placed one hilt In
tee hallway to pay aome one to keep hla alleged
•isallanlsofl. Next day Mr. Cox tendered Beck
his s ouey, which he refused to take, uylog It wu
bleed money, and he would not touch lb
nw. NiiLin'aixmtvvmiTiwoHT,
Generally It was proven that Book'
lather ud mother were addicted to thenuol
intoxicants! teat Mrs. Book had
sue ms while pregnut with Eugene: that tec
child Inherited tee vlcuol hlapnronte; tent nil
through life, up to the commlmlon ol tee murder,
his drunkenness. Irritability ud lack ol oontrol
stamped him u being ol nnsonnd mind. The
ground o work having thus been laid,
defense called In Dr. H. V, M. Miller, ol Attanu,
who bo nstlveol thla county, toglve expert teatl
mony,
Captain Horry Jackson, who hu studied up tea
authorities on mind dlacueA con-
ducted tea examination ol Dr. Millar,
ud framed all tea hypothetical
questions:
"Bupporiog," uked Captain jackaon, "teat an
act had been committed teat ihocked tha com-
inuuity, and yon were called on proleosiourily,
how would yon determine whether It wu tee act
ol o line mu or ono aofitnfni under delirium
tremens r"
Hr. Miller answered: lit—From tee atrocity
end peculiarity ol tho act oemmitted, giving ex
amples; :M, from the presence or abseuoeot mo
tive, fid. whether there had been preliminary
preparation (or the deed, ud lor escape after Its
commission; tte, whether teen had been at
tempts to escape.
Till HYrOTMTIrll. qt-mios,
"Doctor," arid Captain Jackaon, "1 now with
to propound to you, oa on apart, tee following
hypothetical question:
"Buppou emu had llwd lor several years In
peace ud harmony with hto wile, lu apparent at-
fictional, relations with her; that about thirty,
five or forty days before tee oommtarion ol tec
main tact, to ho hereafter stated, ha haft com
mand drinking huvlly, ud so. continued lor
too length ol time chow staled; suppose further
toot about (week or ten dan halore tho main
tact, whilst In that condition, he had purchased
Irom o druggist strychnine, a tiling that
wished tt to poison flogs [that had Infested hla
premiers, and et toe same time hid borrowed tram
n Mend a pistol with which to ahoot tee dogs;
suppose further, that on the evening ot tee day
and a tiw hours belort tee commission ol tee
sarin tact, ha had again borrowed tee aura pis
tol. repeating toattoc dogs or hogawaro again In-
letting hla premises, and had entered hla kitchen
ud broken aome utensil therein; suppote,
farther, teat niter thua obtaining the plalol he
hod gone to hla wile's room end'convened with
her u hour or two In u affectionate manner,
having tee appearance ot being perfectly sober,
having recently ceased cxccaslve drinking,
ud after tela conversation had tain down
bed In the room and slept u
hour, when ha awoke oomplriniug that tee eon-
venation between hla wile and tha Berrast gtrt
had aroused him; snppoee that ho Immediately
went u alevp again, ud to remained tor a hall
boor, whu he got op, put on hla boots ud coat,
when hla wile eskad him to tarn up the tamp, tht
lJlht from which was dim, and he had compllad
with hir request by turning ft up ao high tent tt
endugered tee honse. and immediately sprang
open hla wile's bed, ud blew her brains ont with
one barrel ol tee borrowed pistol, ud snipped tee
second nl tte servant girl, ud shot hla wlfa'a
lister, who wu in tee aame bed with her, with tee
third barrel, ud Immediately went down te tee
jail, where tee town marshal slept,Irom whom ha
had bonowed tea pistol, ud In tea Jail ntnrnad
ft to him, saying that ‘they had ran la on him
agnln,' hut ha had got two ol them, aad soon
thereafter asked a blend who occupied tea rams
room with said marshal, to knock htabmlaaont
with the ax, snd u this wu declined begged that
he might be confined ud protected; now,
lug the above to ha the tacts, what would be your
opinion ol the condition ol teat man's mind
tee time ot tee commission of the homicide.'
Dr. MUler-My opinion would bo Butt bg wag
unquestionably insane.
Dr. [Phillips, ol CtarkosTUle, concurred In tot
above,
THE IWD OFTHX Tf.IXh,
CI.IYTOW, Oa., September 2C.-[8pectaI. J-Eutenc
W. Beck hu been louud LUlltr ol tee murder ol
blaeleeplng wile.
Mr. Merritt,# local attorney, testified to business
transactions conducted with Beck both on
da j of tte tragedy and tee day after showing that
he knew hla rights at all UmeA He alw establish
ed unpleasant relation! between Bock ud hla
victim. Theaenaatlon ol tec morning wu reached
whu Hr. Jullu, Bock's brother-in-law, wu
placed on too aland. Beck looked at him stolidly
with cut a ray o! feeling or recognition. Mr. J alien
testified to a conversation with tea prisoner,
which the latter admitted a knowledge of every
transaction, except the moment ot the killing.
Mr, Jnllan proceeded to toU the story ol tee night,
when reaching the vital part describing the scene
cl tee murder, hla emotion overcame him, ud he
hung hla head in teasA
All eyea were tamed on Beck,
But not a tear wu to be seen, not even n quiver
ol tte nerves.
Finally Mr. Julian retained: "Beck told
teat he onght to he hang u u example to tee
yoong mu ol Rabun. 'Tall slater,' uld he, (Hra.
Jnllan)'that I love her, ud I wuthcr to pray
forme. TeU Annie (tee wile olEr. Bally,
GalnttvIUe.) to pray tor me too.'"
inx ruaowxn tsika
Tbe evidence being concluded, tee prisoner wu
told by bla counsel to take the aland. He arose
In a shambling manner, stepped .round to the
stand, ud In a tore ol voice allghtly husky ud
hesUsylnga little nervousness, taldt
"I have been a drinking man all my Ute, For
five years 1 wonld have delirium tremens For
forty dejs I bed been drinking hard, when I tried
to stop. On tee day ol tbit tragedy 1 had but little
Itqucr tvllh Jell Dunktn. 1 Imagined 1 could see
tilings coming around me. I don't rorne - -
shooting my wife or slater, nor did I hear _
until next day. 1 never knew It folly till the pi
Hmfcerr Irtet. My wife wu kind tome. 1 .
never raid anything while I wu drunk, but wait
ed till 1 got lobar, ud talked to me She loved
me, end I loved her u well u my own mother."
Aa ho reached tee concluding sentence there
wu n aUgh t exhibition ot emotion, but u he Step
ped back Into tee dock, he quickly threw 11 off.
Mr. Ctande Estes replied lor tee statA Dom
ing to n description ol tee rceno of tee murder
herald:
"The list time Mrs, Beck wu seen alive wu
kneeling nt her bedside Bobed In white, with
her eyes turned to heaven ud her buds duped
In tee prayer el anguish, she wu calling upon the
only Bring to whom she could appeal. Bute few
mlnutca later tee arm which ahonld never nsvo
been raised save in her detenu, sent a murderous
bullet crashing through her brain. 1
At tela point, lot tee lint time, Beck bowed his
head, ud hla eye* wen soen to be auffitsed with
tears.
Captain Harry Jackaon followed. He described
how tec first news of too murder shocked him,
“When I reed It,” arid he, "I laid the paper down,
and raid, 'Surely no sans man could hues com
milled inch a deed.’ ” He entered upon tee study
ol this dasa el cases, and became convinced
teat Beck must have keen
Impelled by a drnlrc to uvo Geor
gia Irom tho disgrace ol a Judicial
murder, he bad come Into the case. II Beck, In
hla senna, committed tho crime, no words conld
express tea depth of hlagulltud depravity. Cap
tain Jackson then entered upon en analysis ot tho
crime, to thow teat II wu the act ol a mu aufler-
ing from ddlrlnm tremena.
Ex Eenalor rope Bartow recalled tee fact that
Jut one year before he bad entered a carriage to
leave Clayton. The carriage drove uound to tee
hotuAjuatacross the street,lor another paaara-
baa. A gratlgmaa ol..ooxamudlpw-pre-meg,
ilcd by hla wills, stepped down (o the
curb. As tea luuhlno fell serosa tee ti
tee Isdy, lending a glory to her head, he thought
bebad nover seen a more beautiful woman.
Her husband looked upon her with pride.
Aa tee carriage drove off, tho party
looked back upon the picture, and with
one voice argued teat a more handsome couple
waa never seen. • That mu Is now on trial In
this court for the killing ol teat womu.
Aa the audience recognised the picture which
Mr. Barrow wu painting with such consummate
skill, the ladles were aflected to team, strong
men wept, end the prisoner turned his eyea to
ward tee window and utterly broke down, Hla
heart had been touched at last.
Colonel C. D. FhlUIpe ol Mulatto, had tea con-
elusion for tbe stata.
Shaking bla finger significantly almost at Book's
nose ha mid:
"Engeno Beck to silting bare. Look at him, gona
Uemtnof tho Jury-tea murderer ol a gentle,
loving wile ud confiding slater. Sir, you nro
guilty before tha God ol ua nil, ud you dan not,
under tea tacts of tela cue, deny It"
TH1JUEY AOUXXA
The Jury went cat nt neon. As tee boon
edty, tee ballet prerrilcd Uata mistrial wonld
be tee result- Darkness came, and later nine
o'clock, ud with ft thaunouncameat tent tec
Jury bad sent tor Jcdge Estia. Crowds nt onto
flecked to Ih* courtroom. But one taper tamp
wu rifting upon tbe Judge's desk. Tha attorneys
took their ptacce; tee prisoner, still walking with
firm alep snd mrintrinlna hla stolid look, walked
In, escorted by Sheriff Godfrey, Iwhoeo efficiency
during tee trial had been ao [often noted. Tha
Jory slowly filed Into tea courtroom. The priso
ner looked upon each one u ha pasted. Tha dim
light mads tea soana look weird.
"What lay yon, gentlemen of tee Joiy p»
Tha excitement wu Intense.
VOremu Walts handed tea Indictment
Bollcltor General Erwin. Ha rand:
"We, tee Jury, find tea prisoner guilty ol mur
der, and recommend him to tec mercy ol tea
court. 1
Beck never stirred a muscle, nerer even baited
hlstycA He sat undtr the gtzaol tho crowd with
the Indifference cl a stone.
how vhk vxxnirr was itucHgo.
Finding ont ol the Jurymen, tee story ot te* at-
tcrnceu wu learned Irom him. Daring tho
whole time ol tho trial, tee cue had never
been mentioned between them. When tea oaae
wu glvu to team they retired, ud organised by
sleeting Mr. J. L. Watts foreman. On asking kow
many were ready tor u Immediate vote without
consultation, bat tour iron ready. For aome time
te* condition ol tea prisons r srudiaonaud, sev
eral members believing teat Back wu Insane and
ahonld he acquitted, ud all agreeing teal tee oast
ol Insanity wu undent to forbid hla execution.
A ballot was thu taken with te* mull:
GnUty. srith penitentiary sentence. 7
HotguUty...
VI|UUIJ,.. - O
For five boom longer tee debate continued,
When n second ballot resulted:
Guilty, with penitentiary sentence .... tl
hot guilty Z. ... t
At ball put eight tee stubborn juror, eeetng
tent the verdict agreed upon by tee majority,
raved tee prisoner Irom the gallows, want over
•nd thua made te* agmment complete,
A TALK WITH TH* MUSOWgA
A trip to the Jail found the murderer pacta*up
and down tee tall hall, la on* ud of Utensil
wu a smell oil tamp, which shed uncertain light
tipen ibe aceuA t op* Barrow wu seated upon a
chair, teejallet wae aftttagoaa box, ud Sheriff
Godfrey wu at the door.
"Hew doyen Uke tee verdict?”
’’ltsm net whet I expected/' aald Beck. "The
- jy did net scent to Utlcn to l>r. Miller. He mid
hod delirium tremens. Sol had. I now note
lbgol what I did."
••Wbat do yon think ol tee Jury?"
1 think ft warn good Jury, but It ahonld not
re lound me nifty. 1 have flooe no crime 1
wit! cot rest under tne verdict, but wtU ask tor a
new trial."
"Have yon anything yon wenld Ukt to say In
tb* light of yourtipenenre?”
"Tea Say to the p*opla that It la tec first drink
which makes satan drunk. II badoet not take
that he will not need tea second. I have a gnat
many friends In at'anta"
nx rcTcu or vnx cash
Fx-ficrator Barrow bet already mad* a motion
tors n«w trial. In tb* treat tent the prisoner's
ttoaael poshes this matter, te* pmaaentton sriU
at one* press te* cat* ays tnat Back to* tea murder
olMta* Addle Britoy. Kor ttls cam artuitxa of
neat will b* obtained, tens taking the earn away
Ires local inilueseaa Pxa Jar.
TRAVELAKDADVENTURE
Pictures of Strangs Lands and
Stones ol Stirring Incidents.
AN ALASKA MONSTROSITY.
From tea Bait* city Mountain.
Yesterday afternoon u tee garrison train stepped
at Btaart a most slotolar looking mu wu seen
descending tee steps o! the smoking car upon tee
aide taring tee little town. The man wu appar-
ently about thirty-five yean ot age, stood five Icet
ton Inches In height, wu powerfully built ud
wonld probtbly weigh aomewhere near one ban-
dredud eighty pounds. He bud on n writ worn
drab colored business suit, heavy shoes, a light
colored slouch hat ud sported a full heard ola
reddish cut. Beep ut, dark bine eyes, a promi
nent note ud cbln, square Jaws ud
a head covered with closely cropped, brown
hair surmounted unusually broad ahouldem.
Hanked by a pair ol umosentararmauone could
find In a crowd ol a thonaud men. But the most
stngolar thing about the mu Is the appearance ol
a third arm, which, •tartlogout from between the
tower points ol the shoulder blades, extendi out
ward atleutterce feet from tbe body. The arm
la of extraordinary rise ud strength, hu u easy
working elbow end ends with n hud ol unusual
proportions, provided with e thumb anl tons
fingers. When not loose It Is carried over the
right shoulder, the hud resting over tee pit ol the
stomach.
jumping from tee lower step to the ground
with tee cue ud grace oi n well-trained ethlete
tee ilngntar looking atruger wut to tbe baggage
car, whence tee baggage muter drat shoved out n
huge trunk, weighing at leutlSO pound!, then n
well filled vallro and lutly n huge roll ol blankets
and fur A Taking the trunk by tbe btek hand,
tho valise In the tight ud tee blankets In tbe left
band, this fretk ol entnre made hla way lo the
ncarcat saloon across the streak Of course he wu
tee obsetved ot all obaerrers and many were the
remark! and speculations Indu'ged In concerning
bis slngulv physical structure.
It wu hero that our informant, one of the most
reputable citizens ol Butte, uw him ud inter-
riewedblm. We give too substance ol thelntor-
view ultwu received by our reporter. The
stranger said hla name wu OrloO Kamenskl, ud
that he wu bora ol poor but respectable parents
on too banka ottee Yukon river, In Aluka,Alteon
hundred miles above Its month. He received a
common school edncatlon In bla native village.
When ’be arrived at men's. estate
Aluka, ft wu hla
Intention to travel aometvbat extensively lathe
United fits lee.
While he wu talking to onr Informant Hr.
Kamantkl rested bis nunral banda upon either
knee end with hla hack urn over his shoulder
lanced bis lace rigorously. Our informant, not-
Ing tbe cam and dexterity with which he handled
tbe odd member, rtntnrrd to inquire If ft dU
commodcd him In uy way.
"Ob, no," said tee genuemu. "On the contra
ry, I find ft la a great convenience. Ia tee first
piste It 1s tee strongest limb I have. When I am
t aring I use a ten in my extra hud ud keep
line from my toed. 1 can carry two buckets
water end et tee same time mop tee sweat Irom
my brow or blow my nose. I can drive alx hones
•nd at tbe rame time hug on behind. 1 use tent
arm and hand in a ttouund different ways.”
“Are three-armed men common In yoor conn-
try V" Inquired tha listener.
"They are not uncommon, sir," replied K
•kl. "f knew n greet muy on tee Upper Yukon
with three arms, among them several f-MUSICS.
The extra hand romss tn good pity with the
Yukon beans, and they cu generally have their
among the wealthiest dodceol tee Un
t extra arm nnjt hand or^Tcry
Ictaals and set the table at toe aamettniA a
can I wee p tha floor and carry the baby, too, with
out lni-ouvi-nIer.ee. Bho eu do numberless other
tbiCM test two-bufled ladlee cannot do. Bot
beware bow yon offend one ot them. That back
hand then becomes a terrible weapon ol destruc
tion. I once saw three bootjacks,! poker ud a
broom thrown at a mu at onoe. 1 wouldn't put
with my third arm, but I would never marry
woman with oua’J
METIIUSALEHS IN MEXICO.
Mrxlcu Utter In teeBoiton Herald.
The other day an old Irilow named JouOnoIre
Ojeda, died over In n town ol tho atate of Jallaeo,
aged one hundred aad fifteen yean. He had been
married twice, end, only a year ago, thought
scrionily ol a third wile, when death came
along tostephlsmatrlmontalichcmM. Bomotloe
•go an old fellow waa living nt Ban MJgnol do
Allcnde, aged 135 yean, a mu sttll vigorous The
rcccrdt ol the parish chrrcb confirm hla claims to
a treat age. Not long ago, down In tea pretty lit
tle troploal village ol Orizaba, then died an old
wemu aged 110 yearn ud a tow montti ago
women named Martina BIrleradled here at the
age el ICO yean, a fact thoroughly attestod.
The Indlua have a proverb teat their hair
black whu teat ot tea 8panlard It
alnggray. A local paper noted theotborday
... sale of toe Indian, Joan Santiago, who died
n D M, at tha aga ol Mt nan. This old chap left
two dependent grandchildren, both aged man,
whose years ware reapcctlvtly lit and 1(0 yean.
Tha grandfather married, t* the Indiana do, very
~ouog, ud II to not surprising that he should
ava left descendants who were themselves cen
tenarians.
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’They" themseivea'say" test VhonVn
lrdlu goes Into aervlco ud eats tea food ol tee
white mu the Indiana' tealh begin to <f
Thrlr perpetual grinding on tortillas keepa
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II Ut Xaaayo Medico ol Caracas, a Journal un
earthed by tee Lucet, may bo believed, tee seem
ing impossibility ot n tolled mu need no longer
prove a stumbling block to te* faith ol would he
evolutionists. In tea last Issue to hud ol thla
print tha following paragraph occurs: "There has
Just been u Interesting discovery In Paraguay ol
tribe ot Indlua furnished with tails. Ono day
number ol workmen belonging to Tacura Taya
were engaged In cutting gears, when their mala
wen attacked by Guayacogu Indians and
ana ot them killed. Tha workmen punned teem
uditroeecdcd In capturing a Ultle boy of tight
yean ol aga. Ho ivaa taken to Senor Francisco
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row tea tails are worn—whether proudly aloft
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SOME ADULTERATIONS.
Krarly everything we eat and drink Is adulter
ated.
Floor la adulterated with rice, beans, alnm,bons
dost ud ptaator ol par It
Bakin' bread In aoma cttiri contains mashed
potatoes, rice, heaaft chalk, pip* clay, plaster ol
peris, aud ud chalk,
8uiir has wheat ud potato flonr, tapioca,
•torch, lead, iron, water, ptaator ol peris, and ud
chalk.
Candy la largely mixed with chalk, starch ud
pipe clay, ud colored with poisonous plgmantt
Soma ol te* impnritla In brown sugar are such
to render ft nnfit for nit
Fickle* contain sometimes alt ol copper.
Fepper has what and pa floor, ground rice and
mas lard lee da
Venetian red la used to [color coyoune repper.
Ginger his what rago, potato floor, ground
rice and mustard hutkt
Honey contains flour, cue sugar, chalk ud
Coffee la mixed with chicory,toasted what, rye,
routed bane, icorni sad burnt ngu.
Tobacco la mad* chiefly ol water, anger, molar-
act salts, oil. rhubarb, potato, sawdert, eortby
matter, and and nitrate of coda.
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