Show MURDER TRIAL AT POCATELLO John Ennis to Plea Insanity as His Defense for Killing J Miff Davies Vies Special to The Herald Pocatello Ida Sept 30 ODem Americana or emotional insanity will willbe willbe willbe be the defense of Ot John Ennis now on trial In the district court in this city before Judge Alfred Budge for the murder of his old friend Evan Davies The killing occurred in the Short Line blacksmith shop here on the morning of ot July 21 Ennis daugh daughter ter on the afternoon preceding the crime gave birth to an illegitimate child She told her mother that Evan Davies Daies a friend of the family for twenty twenty twenty ty years ears was the author of her ruin Mrs Ennis communicated this state statement statement statement ment to her husband who after spend spending spending spendIng ing a sleepless night entered the rail rall railroad railroad road blacksmith shop at about next morning approached Da Davies Davies Davies vies from behind and without warning shot him through the left temple Death was Instantaneous Ennis gave himself up saying to the arresting om officers officers cers that Davies Dayles had ruine daugh daughter ter Insanity I Plea His attorneys are endeavoring to prove prove that Ennis was laboring under emotional insanity at the time of ot the firing of Ot the fatal shot that for some years ears he has been suffering from a dis disease disease disease ease of the optic nerve which had so weakened his brain as to make him liable under stress of a sudden shock to temporary Insanity that the knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge that his old friend had ruined his daughter had produced his condition The states attorneys are fighting against the introduction of ot testimony along this line but the famous prece precedent precedent precedent dent established In the Thaw case of oC which the Ennis Emits case is almost an ex exact exact exact act counterpart so far as the elements of proof and pleadings are concerned makes it possible that every fact which may tend to enlighten the jury will be brought out Story of the Girl GirlOn GirlOn GirlOn On the stand today the girl testified that in November of last year Davies enticed her Into his cabin and accomplished accomplished accomplished her ruin When hen her child was born she divulged to her mother its al alleged alleged alleged paternity Her mother told her father and during the heat of nt passion I or while laboring under und r emotional In Insanity Insanity sanity Ennis killed the man whom his daughter had named A legal battle is being fought over technical points The state is attempt attemptIng Ing to show that the girls reputation was bad and that her parents knew it The defense is relying solely upon proof that Ennis was told the name of ot the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of ot his daughters dishonor and he Invoked the unwritten law la while emotionally insane and that therefore he is exempt from punish punishment punishment punishment ment Technically the case Is follow following following following ing exactly the lines of the famous Thaw trial |