Evening star., 1865-07-12
SECOND EDITION,
THE MARY HARRIS TRIAL
INTERESTING EVIDENCE.

C. Arthnr Sengstack. recalled for the defence.
The clock in the hall near where Miss Harris
was sits against case about midway OF the hall.
nearer the west end of the hall. Witness did
not see Burroughs fall At all, but witness saw
him coming down the left hand stairway cling
ing to the rail, when gentleman named Cal
lender went back to him. As witness entered
the hall with the accused they were bring
ing Mr. Burroughs down. The room in
which Miss Harris was confined was on
the north side of the hail. and to the left as
You go in the main entrance. When witness
took Miss Harris to the room he did not pay at.
tention which way she was looking. She
could have seen Burroughs il she had looked
that way. She was perfectly quiet, and her
veil was down, and l could not see her face.
Witness did not see her turn her head toward
Burroughs Accused was calm and showed
no great excitement until she got to the room.
There was pillar between us and the body,
but she could have seen it by moving aside q
little. She wanted me to get her to the room as
soon as possible; for crowd began to rush to-
ward the body.
AT this period the Court took recess.
On reassembling-
Mr. j. FL. Bradley was put on the stand, and
testified that he first saw Miss Harris the third
day after her imprisonment, and at first de-
clined to take her case. For the first month or
six weeks witness saw her but seldom, and
does not think he saw her more than two or
three times ND to the latter part of February
Witness had made species of insanity study
She had very violent attack OF erysipelas in
the head in April, and he saw her several
times.
Witness here proceeded to give in a narrative
form, from notes taken, the conduct of Miss H
In the latter part of March he found her in
some excitement, and she appeared as wishing
to talk of Burroughs. Some one had sent her
an account of a seance of spirit rapDers, in
which it was stated that the spirit of Bur-
roUghs had been conyersed with. Her pulse
then was no. her head warm, her hands cold:
the pupil of the eye dilated, and the eye eX-
hibited great excitement She spoke most of
Mr.: Burroughs and his brother. On the 18th
of April he was sent for, and found her bathing
her head. She received him in a chilling man.
ner. The window was open, Notwithstanding
it was cold day. Witness demonstrated with
her about the window being open. She seemed
insensible to the cold when witness was suffer-
ing. Her pulse was 12O, top of head hot, features
fixed, cataleptic look, observed that she did not
wink her eyes, which We're dilated as before;
only answered in monOs ylables. Witness asked
II She was thinking of her past life, and she
nodded her head. She said they had locked
her up; and 81 have killed Burroughs; but 1
cannot believe it. I see him now'' Witness
talked to her, and soon she burst into tears and
became composed. Soon after she said she had
no friends; that none loved her: her church
mad prosecuted her; that she spent her nights
wakeful thinking whether she had done any
one wrong. She had another paroxysm. Wit
ness continued his visits sometimes as often as
three times per week. After the erisypelas
she told witness her history with freedom
She has 4 high nervous organization:
high female pride; she has improved the
advantages of what education she has re-
celyed. Witness has rarely met a more
intellectual human being; never heard her use
harsh word against any one except the brother
OF the deceased. She writes a beautiful rapid
hand. and is boOk-keeper. She gave a full
history of her acquaintance with Burroughs,
from the first meeting to the last. There was
nothing until the 22d of May which attracted
his attention. Witness noticed the whites of
her eyes on the 21st were cloudy, and witness
visited her on the 22d and she was perfectly
rigid for few moments, and when he caught
her eye its expression struck witness forcibly
bpinp n a Sh
few moments, when she walked towards him,
wringing her hands, saying, .sTake me out
am going OUT! Witness asked her to wait
for her things, and suggested that he could not
get through the bars, when she said, - Bars
bars! What are bars when 1 have a will -
After persuading her to talk a few moments,
appearance as before. She told him that she
could not sleep; that she hadn't slept for
two weeks that she heard cries Of mur-
der. During this time the pulse rose
to keep her in her chair. She afterwards said,
''Mr. Bradley do you think that l am q very
bad girl!' and afterwards she was composed.
In little time her face clouded up and she
said that she knew SHE (Burroughs) loved
her Witness told her that she must do as he
told her, and remarked he was her friend, and
she expressed surprise that she had any
friends. The next morning, 23d MAY, he visited
her again. and she met him cheerfully. She
told witness that she had not slept any, and
witness spoke about the article in the Chroni-
Gle. She became very much excited, and in
this excitement Mrs. Fales entered with some
flowers and great change came over her, she
excialmmg n beautiful, did they come from your
garden" On Tuesday, 26th of May, witness
went again to the girl and she asked if the
man who wrote the article in the Chronicle
would be witness. She asked witness if she
spoke Of her pranks with Burroughs when she
was great fat girl weighing 1l6 lbs. She then
asked if he thought her very bad girl, and
asked if God would forgive her; she knew
roughs SO much. She read the article
in the Chrenisle ,a & in & beantif4l INA manner As
ing Mrs. Abby had been to see her, telling her
that Mrs. Burroughs was in Chicago with Bur
and see it, and hoped that Mrs Burroughs did
not think hard of her On the morning CT the
goth of June, witness saw her again, and said
that she could not sleep. When looking the
letters over she said when one was being read.
eyes. that is the way he taught me to believe;
AS soon as Mr.. Fendall entered she was very
composed.
Mr.. Bradley resumed:-Witness thought, ap.
plying the facts coming under his own obser-
Nation 10 the experience he has had heretofore,
and what he has read, that she has perfectly
sound and good mind In certain physical
conditions her mind is far affected, not by
nervous affection alone, but by certain moral
causes. that when fact or substance connected
with those moral causes is suddenly presented
to her mind, or during this state Of excitement
OF her mind, that she is incapable of thinking
and acting in regard to that subject with
subject to certain impulses which con.
troll her will in relation to the same matter
and this is what he understands to be paroXysm
of insanity from moral causes. Witness is not
an expert, but has seen and had some expe-
rience in cases Of violent hysteria and insanity,
and as long rs 20 years ago began to study that
subject. Her case is not one of hysteria, but
the affection proceeds from physical and moral
causes combined. There is but one subject
which seemed to disturb her balance of mind
her relations with Burroughs, and whenever
any reference was made to his widow or family.
Witness thinks it proper to state that he did
not communicate to Miss Harris the character
of the offence or the nature of the defense until
the Thursday after the jury were sworn and
this was the first time he has known her to
give way. The nature and character of the
criminal offence she did not seem to compre.
hend, and when she was informed what the
defense would be she said ssshe would rather
die and was overcome. She asked witness if
he thought her insane, and he told her Nc, only
under certain circumstances. Witness thought
that it was extremely difficult to conjecture
what would be the effect of an uneXpected