nip ni Killing of Philip Barton Key by General Daniel E. Sickles. HISTORY OF THE TRIAL It Excited World Wide Interest Be cause of the Prominence of the Parties Involved. J < IN. ' ' Jut a Husband Who Kill* the Uistroy-jr »>; (Ilit Home Will Not Uc Convicted ol' Murder—Mrs. Sickles' Irttul ISeauty ami the Man ,\Vlio Met His Death as the l tuse of It. Tlie marriage of Miss Sickles and Mr. Or.yreil Crackanthorpe is announced. It is impossible to refer to an event which so closely concerns General Sick les without recalling the memorable trial in which he was the chief actor. That trial established for Americana the rule that a husband who kills the destrover of his domestic happiness will not be convicted of murder. General Sickles went further and es tablished for himself the rule that a husband may forgive an erring wife without dishonor. It was on Sunday, February 27, 1850, that Oaniel E. Sickles shot Barton Key tie: d in a W.i.sliin. on direct, Sickles, whose career began in New York, was already a lawyer and politi cian of note. Iu is.-,:; had married Miss Teresa Bagioli, daughter of an Italian musician living in New York. She was seventeen years old, beautiful, with the grace and fire of the Latin races in her figure and in her nature. When Buchanan was appointed Min ister to England he took with him aa secretary of legation Sickles, who re signed the office of Corporation Attor npy of New York City. lie took his bride with him, and she was the ad miration of the English, Russian and French courts. Her residence in London was an uninterrupted social triumph. She received most flattering attentions from Lady Palmerston, Claren don and other persons not. only aris tocratic but famous. When Mr. Sickles returned to America he was elected member of Congress. He went to live in Washington. His house was in Lafayette square, then the centre of fashion. His hospitality was generous. His wife added charm to it. In Washington the betrayer entered the Sickles' home. His name was Philip Barton Key, a name famous and honored in the land, for this one'a father, Francis Scott Key, composed "The Star-Spangled Banner." Philip Barton Key was District-At torney for the District of Columbia. He was a brilliant ornament of Wash ington society. Phisically lie was tall, well made, and handsome. In old fashioned parlance, they called him "a great ladies' man." It is a mild expres sion. He boasted thatfio woman could resist him for more than twenty-four hours. Mrs. Sickles did not resist him long. She was the most tempting bait in sight for this bird of prey. He was much older than Sickles—almost old enough to be Mrs. Sickles' father. That fact caused him no shame. The sinners were audaciously indis creet. Their meetings became the talk of Washington. On February 24 Mr. S:ckles had a dinner party at his house, after which he and his guests went to a dance at Willard's Hotel. As ho was going out he received a letter which be thrust unopened into his pocket. On his return home he read the letter. It was anonymous and revealed to him the relations between his wife and Key. It specified their meeting place, a house in Fifteenth street, between K and L streets, leased from a negro. The husband sent an intimate friend to watch the house. He returned tj confirm the allegations. Mr. Sickles accused his wife, and she at once con fessed everything. She made a long written statement, in which she con fessed without reserve all that had hap pened between herself and Key. This confession Mr. Sickles laid be fore his friend, Mr. Butterworth, and asked his advice. As they were talk ing, another friend rushed into the room and announced that Key was at the moment making signals with a handkerchief toward tho house. The advice of Mr. Butterworth was: i "If you are sure that this is common knowledge, there is but one course left for you. You need no advice." According to the subsequent testi mony of Butterworth, he then left the house. On the street he met Key, whom he greeted. He turned to leave him, and saw Mr. Sickles coming frem his house. Mr. Butterworth then heard Mr. Sickles exclaim in a loud voice: ' K v, you scoundrel, you have dis honored my house. You must die!" Key attempted to hold Sickles, who freed himself and drew a pistol. As Key was backing away Sickles shot at him. Altogether he fired three times, wounding Key twice. The wounds were mortal. Mrs. Sickles regarded her husband's action as the only one he could tako. In letters to him she expressed tho deepest admiration for him and contri tion for her sin. He treated her gently, but took away her wedding ring and wedding presents. In response to a heartrending appeal he returned tho wedding ring, but it was broken. In Jail Mr. Sickles received the visits of membf-rs of the Cabinet and eminent personage. President Buchanan sent a message of condolence. The trial excited wor.d-wide interest. More than a hundred talesmen were re jected because they declared they wunld acquit Sickles. Mr. Stanton made the chief speech for.the defence. lb bo'.d ly claimed that it was absolutely nec essary for the security of the homo that a husband should destroy a man who so wantonly invaded it as Key had done in this case. Mr. Sickles wept copiously during the trial and betrayed intense mental suffering. The verdict was "not. guilty." It was received with thunderous and uncon trollable applause. Then a thing happened which as tonished the public even more than the slaying. Mr. Sickles took back the wife whose conduct had caused him to kill a man. It appeared that he had frequently ex pressed his intention of forgiving his wife in case he should be acquitted. One great reason for this was his de sire to save his innocent daughter from the consequences of her mother's error, as far as possible. Mr. Sickles' action raised a storm o£ comment, largely disapproving. It of fended against the moral code of many men who had applauded his act of de struction. Lovely, broken-hearted and penitent, Mrs. Sickles surived only a few years the tragedy which her sin had caused. She left a daughter to the care of the husband, who lfad forgiven so much. General Sickles lived to become one of the nation's prominent men. He fought through the war and com manded the Third Army Corps at Get tysburg, where he lost a leg. Since then he has held many offices and been concerned in many events. To-day he is a conspicuous figure in New York life—rich, active in spite of his years; one of the regular lirst nighters at theatres. Bin hi? greatest claim to human interest is that he made the rule that a man may slay the invader of his household. INHERITED A RIGHT TO GET DRUNK. One Man iu the World Who Is lt«-tter Off Financially Uy Drinking. A young man in Chicago lias been making himself conspicuous recently by appearing almost constantly in a state of intoxication. He is the only man in the world who may be said to have inherited legally a tendency to drink. His name is Robert Atwater Sanders, of Alabama, and he is a grandson of Grover Sanders. Lawyer Paul I'. Har ris, of Chicago, is young Sanders' counsel, and knows all about him. "In ISOo the grandson, my client," Lawyer Harris, "was engaged in busi ness in Birmingham and failed. He had indorsed notes for friends to the amount of ijWS.OOO, and these, together with his financial liabilities, aggregated an indebtedness of over £."><>,OUo. He was sued on the notes and judgments were entered against him for the full amount. Ho w-as also sued for his business indebtedness, and, though he fought some of the claims, lie was de feated in the courts. The grandfather faiied to como to his rescue and refused to see or have anything to do with his grandson. "When the grandfather died. a year and a half ago, he left his property, amounting to about $200,000, to his grandson and granddaughter, my cli ent's sister, in equal -lnv.< . but with reference to the boy there was a clause in the will that read something r- fol lows: " 'And if at the iiiut o;' my death or thereafter the said Robert Atwater Sanders shall be drunken, dissipated or vicious or shall habitually drink to ex cess ol wine, spirit 3 or malt liquors, the said share in hereinbefore men tioned property shall be held in trust by the said trustee, who shall pay only thc income of the same to the said Robert Atwater Sanders during such time as In his judgment the said Robert Atwater Sanders shall continue to drink wine, spirits or malt liquors to excess or continue to be drunken, dis sipated or vicious.' "Now you can readily understand Mr. Sander's jags. If he is sober and in dustrious the trustee, who is an uncle of mine, at ones turns over the princ ipal and the judgment creditors at once jump in and gobble up pretty much all of his property. If, on the other hand, he is drunken and dissi pated, he enjoys an income of pretty nearly $15,000 a year. Anybody can stay very comfortably loaded on that and have money to spare." The SpaniMh uiug poorer by a thousand or so nearly every deal. He had won out about SIO,OOO the r.ight before a::;! when his lucked changed for th worsr> tb word was passed aioug the row of faro banks that Jack Smith va. up against it for fair. Another gambler, kno. . a Simon, concluded he would take a'iviiiingi of Jack's bad streak and .lotne-i in 'the play at Ivirkpatrick's. ,; e followed Jack's play right alone. placing his money to wiii when Jack played card to lose and < opiv>rlny played it to win. Jack's s'i -ale .-nnk to him and Simon was rev ral hundred ahead when Jack got rattled ;.t his persistent coppering. No man likes to lie followed all the table by another who t»ets the other way. So Jack we; roiled aid when Simon taunted him 011 li's poor play, Jack turned to Kirknatrick an- >unt<>d out. and with what he had Smith made up $7,000. "Limit don't go thin crack eh. Tom?" asked Smith. , "Pile It tip." tli" grim man Üblnd the box replied. "We'll cut a hole i:i the roof for you. Tack i: th<> stack goes that high." "Now, show up with y.uji- dn -t!" r<- marked Smith, turning t ■ th«» nan who had Iwxn taking ndvani g- of his hard luck. There 3 S7,(MI() on the queen, open confound you! Copper it for the same money, if you dare'.' Simon sized up his pile, thought a little and walked away, it was too much for him togo on one turn. Smith though, let his money stay on the queen, and in three turns out of the box the queen was the loser. Smith never said a v/ord and walkt otr. to awn It another da> when ixck might be letter. In Dawson stud poker and faro are (he favorite games. Smith considers that roulette is all luck, and heir ex tremely proud of his abilitk;- a. a gambler. But in the end, h<~ <\ vcr, the bank always boat - him; and the "cntlcmcn who hang around the sa loons and look innocent and friendly always come out ahead of him in the end by playng a cinch game of stud poker. All the houses, however, main tain that their ,- anr ar-i strictly "on the level" and that they are joined together to prevent fraud. There are few quarrels in the gam bling halls of Dawson. Only ouce has a. pistol been flrci. The man who tired it took a boat down the creek that night without waiting for a hint from the police. The peaceableness of the mining town due for one tliinr. to the Northwest mounted police of Canada. Their powers are exceptional formatn talnlng order and they do not hesi tate to use them. 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