Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-28

HCyi lou noun 20 vibrant me Tor II, i suppose y he
remarked; told him | did not know whether 1 should or
not; I" IL you do" said lac, a | will put a ball through
yonr head took out u warrant; and after some diff
Guilty ne was brought up TO Squire Waters Office; who
observed that he did not consider Lawrence sane; said,
] did it more 10 show him | was not afraid of his threats
IMAM ON account OF the money; had no conversation with
him since that time.
By Mr.. Key-Got Judgment, ! think, against him; al
ways appeared insane to me when money matters were
talked OF; do not mean to say that i believe him to be
totally derangcd.
MIR. Cuvillier examined.
By M. BreRt.-Havc known Lawrence for four years
and a half have noticed an alteration in his conduct for
eighteen months past Mrs. Rcdfern requested him to
leave, but he would not; my wife is sister to Lawrence;
endeavored TO persuade him TO leave, but could not;
the reason he assigned for refusing 10 leave, was, that
they had a book in which he had found out that a large
fortune was left him in England; said he had no deeds
or papers; saw the book afterwards, il was n old book
entitled Enucks British Empire, printed in IVA had
demonstrated with him on his foolish notion; and told
nm ms best fortune was in his fingers, and that if he
did not leave, MIR. r.. would put him in Jail; he said
they could not, and that no person yet knew who he was;
that was the first time discovered him to be insane, since
then has boarded with me; used to attend Congress every
day; would not work; when urged by his sister, replied.
ION, you are are u fool; you know as well as |, what my
claim IS! lie ieftmy house, and we saw no more of him
until last October; he then agreed with me To paint INV
house; but did not one Sunday came Just before dinner,
but would not stay to dine; said he was wanted instantly.
and was going To take passage to Alexandra; he went the
following day to Baltimore; heard no more of him till No.
yemoer; Is the opinion OF all his friends that he has been
deranged tor the last Il months, on particular subjects.
by Mr.. key-Considered him as deranged rs to parti-
cular subjects only; can talk nationally on others.
hthhd> Phiitii diftltu
By Mr.. Brent.-Has known Lawrence for years: pre-
vious TO December, 1892, was a prudent, sober. industri.
Gus young man, but reserved in his manners; on return
ing rom New fo.k, came to purchase u horse of mine;
/ persuaded him to hire one instead, and he did so; hui
said l had not u saddle good enough, and bought one for
himself; he hired the horse four or five times a week; i'm
the winter OF 1888, he became extravaganza in dress; had
had two suits sent home in one day; said none would fit;
and the tailors had combined TO spoil his clothes: il was
in the spring '33, first remarked a change in him; he be.
came violent, and immoral in his habits; had frequent diff.
hcnities with ms sisters on that account; he now hiredtwo
nOrgp one NgIth n SIIA Sn1Ilo. .uog o-.A, a.. IL - ed.
with a female, who was discovcredto be u woman ofloose
character. Mrs. Redfcrn then insisted he should leave
the house, which he refused to do; one day at dinner he
se'zed Mr.. *. by the collar; he told me he should insist ON
his leaving | advised him, if so, TO get a warrant; but
thought 1t would be better TO get him locked up in the
poor-house as a deranged man, where medical aid MIGHT
be had, and his mind possibly restored was i'm the ha-
bit OF firing pistols out of the window at night various
other acts of violence were committed bv him dn.
ring the Summer and [ then advised his brother in.law
to send him to sea, as l had heard of an instance where
a sea voyage had had a good effect in a similar case. He
mad considered Lawrence as n man of unsound mind for
n long time past Judged so from his manners.
BY hr. Key;-Might not perhaps be deranged on all
SUBJECTS; could not say how far his arrangement extend
ed; should think he had lost all sense of riSht and wrong.
Judge so from his altered habiis; believe he would as
soon nave shot his own sister as the President.
Mr.. Laskey examined.
By Mr.. Brent-Have known Lawrence twenty veors.
his father was my uncle; was himself deranged and con-
fined IN a room frequently, in England and Lawrence's
aunt died deranged, in the District.
Mr.. Pardy eramiaed 6y Mr.. Brent-Lawrence had
been in his employ, as stated by H%andley;, had always
thought his conduct curious; was always talking to him
self; frequently broke out in 6tS OF laughter; never as
sociated with any ons:
Mr.. Purdy; had to work on a scaifold with him. near the
log bridge; his conduct was so strange that he was
afraid TO work with him, and complained to Mr.. Pnrdv
on the subject; thought Lawrence was mad.
DR.. .Magradcr eIantaed by Nh. Law
renee a year ago for a local disease; he talked so inco-
herently that was satisfied he was deranged; no man in
ms senses would have given such reasons as he did:
might have been able TO Judge right and wrong; but
should not like to have trusted his judgment to any amount
in either matter.
By Mr.. Key-Considered Lawrence at that time mad
on all subjects; but did not try him.
DIR. Hall examined.
By Mr.. Brent-Had listened to the evidence in This
case. "m'
Is necessary to constitute punishable crime; its deprivation
renders the individual dispunishable. What do you call
DR.. HaH--lt is, in the popular consideration of the
term, the attribute of n sound mind; and supDoses the
iaculiy OF comparing and Judging, Insanity, on the
other hand, is habitually and ~palpably, in thought and
act, to judge enormously and absurdly. Such is the dis.
tnction of the two states; though / confess myself un-
able to give a strict definition of the term; i'm the idiot.
the faculties are altogether defective; in madness. thew
act, enormously; should not call Lawrence an IDIOT; par
tiaI insanity is where the erroneous thought and action
Is confined TO a particular topic or topics, the Judgment
remaining unimpaired as to others; total insanity is
where the erroneous judgment extends to all subjects;
iunacy Is a term used to express one of the many forms
SO as to a knowledge of the cause of his INSANITY
he might know that il arose from a physical iniury'
for instance; have visited Lawrence twice; consider
him labouring under a morbid delusion on a particular
subject, and which has so deeply affected the mind that
It's effects have extended nearly to all subjects; he can
talk nationally while you can keep him from one subject
but Is very aptto run into that from any and every sub
ject; should distrust his Judgment on any point Iyb1tevar
for the reason that he always manages to connect the
subject of delusion with other subjects; from what | have
seen, believe his attack on the President was So connect
cd, and that therefore be was not capable ofiudging RIGHT
from wrong as to that act; believe it, if so, TO have been
an act OF insanity; cannot, of course, tell what MIGHT
have been his temper at that time; insane persons NAV.
even In the p~aroxysms OF the complaint, talk rationally:
do not see any thing in the physical appearance of the
prisoner decisive TO the state Of his mind or the cause of
that state.
Isaw him last Monday. In the first place asked his
name; he said Richard Lawrence; he said il was the IA.
mily name, and descended from the Crown of EngIond.
my object was 10 induce him 10 converse on subjects
not connected with the subject Of his deiusion; he y6lun-
tarly stated his supposed descent; 1 asked him as TO his
educatonj lie said he was not sent to school in Enc.
landj but, that after he came here, his father put him
with a painter, which he thought very strange, be-
cause, as he was heir to the Crown. he thouJIt he
ton. He then went on and talked so incoherently that
cannot repeat his conversation, about Rome and Hol-
land, ana this country; he said the government of all of
them properly belonged 10 him; he said, as TO his nj.
tempt on the President, that he had no personal hmostili.
~ towards him; but that c stood in his way; opposed
ms Just claims; and, therefore, he was determined 10 de.
siroy HIM he thought he had a party in this country
VINO wonld esPouse his cause, and that as soon as The
President was removed, his successor would give him bi4
rights; he spoke also in a like incoherent manner about
the Bank. Mental arrangement cannot always be de.
sec,cd by an examination Of the forehead; i'm mania. men
sometimes treason powerfully and cooIly, but more GENE
rnly rave incoherently; in some cases they will reason
acutely, but generally enormously; believe, from the con.
versalion Of Lawrence, his state is that Of morbid delusion;