 Landis was found not guilty based on temporary insanity in a sensational 1875 trial.This may have been the first time in American judicial history where a person claimed insanity as a reason for being not guilty.Carruth had moved from Wisconsin to Vineland after reading of Vineland's "healthful climate" in one of Landis' promotional advertisements for the city, but later came to create a rival newspaper to Landis'.