| Show youth who brutally killed his father with an ax declared insane the verd ct was received W th much disfavor in spokane there being talk of and feathers for jurymen Sp wash not guilty by reason of insanity was the verdict returned by the jury in the case ot sidney sloane the 18 year old boy barged with the brutal murder of hia father james F sloane a pioneer merchant ot spokane the thial which has lasted five weeks was the longest and most sen sat lonal ever held in spokane court it was clearly proved that on the night of august the boy came be hind his father who was eating a mid night lunch and struck him six terri ble blows on the head with an axe then took money from the dead man ii pocket picked up the corpse carried it down stairs loaded it into a wheel barrow trudged it about two blocks and dumped the body of bis father in an alley returning he made clumsy efforts to wash the blood from the rugs and floor of the room he att part of an apple and calmly went to bed when the body was found neak morning he was quickly arrested and confessed the crime he said he be came enraged at things his father said about his mother the defense claimed the boy had shown signs of insanity from infancy no verdict ever given by a jury in spokane county has been received with more evident disfavor than that in the sloane case an insanity ver diet was almost beyond the hopes ot even the prosecution and the result was heard with surprise and greeted with dissatisfaction here there Is wild talk of tar and feathers for the jury and lynching tor the boy but no real danger that either will occur after the verdict of not guilty oung sloane arose as it to leave the court room but was stopped his at torney F robertson desires that the boy shall be sent to the insane asylum and this a doubtless be done |
