people by a detective who, when near enough for them to hear, said, “Mr. Holmes, these people are witnesses in the case for which you are to be tried here, and I wish to see if they can identify you.” MOTIVES. Had my early life and associations been such as to predispose me towards such criminal proceedings, still the want of motive remains. I can show that no motive did exist. Those who knew me personally can see that it could not have been avarice, for whenever I possessed even a small surplus of ready money, those whom I was owing or friends in need of same could always receive the most or all I possessed. Any ungovernable temper is excluded, for I do not possess it. Appetence cannot be ascribed as a motive, age and other circumstances to a great extent excluding same. The principal motive thus far ascribed, namely, that I had first involved my alleged victims in, or made them parties to, dishonest transactions can be excluded, from the fact that all such transactions are matters of recent date, and almost without exception they are found to have done nothing criminal. Either one of the foregoing I should prefer having my supposed shortcomings attributed to than the only remaining motive I can think of, namely, insanity, to which, either hereditary or acquired, I can plead not guilty, and be substantiated in so doing by a sufficient number of medical experts, whose testimony cannot be lightly overlooked. Of the three more important cases, first that of the Williams sisters. Nannie Williams was wholly without means. The following account will show that had I given Hatch the $500 he wished to borrow of me in Burlington, there would have been little due Nannie Williams; nothing in fact, if I had included various small sums paid her from time to time, of which no account was kept. It should also be borne in mind that she still holds the title to the $10,000 Wilmette property, which, on this account, is valueless to me. RECEIVED OF M. R. WILLIAMS. April, 1893, Cash, $2,500 April, 1893, Real Estate, 7,000 August, 1894, Cash, 600 ————— $10,100 PAID M. R. WILLIAMS. May, 1893, Cash, $2,500 July, 1893, Cash, 1,000 December, 1893, Cash, 750 January, 1894, Fort Worth Incumbrance, 1,725 February, 1894, Cash, 1,750 October, 1894, Cash, 1,000 October, 1894, Cash, 412 ————— $9,137 ————— $963 Shown by cashed drafts and checks endorsed by M. Williams, and other forms of evidence.