The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-22
che compI.n.d h.. .hs bad The horrors; she bad at

she complained that she had the horrors; she had nt
about hAf-past ten o'clock
Cross-sxamnsd-I len her In . few minutes and did
noe return at all young lady and myself carried her
70 ner ROOM shs wss unconscious went out d twelve
Kate Burke swornrestnsd that she saw the prisoner
o. six NJ Of the dAy'of the murder she had white
skrt around her shoulders; she said she had lost her
shoes and could not ind them she unloosed her skirt
ana SAID she was going 20 pawn her oalmoral skirt for
nfiy cents after taking OF her skirt she folded up
and said she going to pawn n; did not notice any
thing wrong with her at an Q cold chill came
as she laid her hand the knob Of the door, not
the manner OF the prisoner that occasioned the chill;
ola NOT see her again ill she with officer Seaman
benjamin W. hcCready, who Is attached TO the Belle
vue hospital, and who has made the disease Of dsirum
tremens specially was then examined at length ~
TO what condition OF the prisoner upon tho
day the homicide perpetrated He replied that she
WAS aborng under insane delusions--these probably
caused by her previous habits; person affected was
NOT - general thing dangerous to others their emo
tons were rather OF fear and terror than OF 70
others They may commit violence from sudden appre-
hcnsions which enter their minds the part OF the
person on whom their violence has been committed;
danger from others The witness rsciied The instance
brought 10 Bellevue hospital. whom the nurse
Was conducting 70 bed, and fearing danger from the
nurse ne suddenly stabbed him. the knife penetrating
the lungs causing the death Of the nurse Witness
said ne had no doubt from the evidence this point
that the prisoner the day the murder labor
ing under insane deluslons In derum tremens there
are ar. insane aeusons person can have these delusSns
matters they are almost always caused by the OF
alcoholic stimulans; the time OF indulgence necessary
to.producs deirum remens varies In some cases;
may deoaach themselves for lifetime wthoa, produc-
ing this effect while in others debauch Of few days
or hours will give rise to these deusons
Cross-examined-ADy person laborng under delusicn
accompanied by terror would, II assaulted, be very
likely to assault In return In their terror and attempt
70 escape; sane person would also act in . similar
manner
RedrectA person subject to delusions from deirium
would very probably after attacking and after having
been attacked, say in q moment Of comparative sane
nesi 81 hope ! have killed him :" during the actual
existence Of attack Of derum person always
subject TO spasms OF violence have gone into cells
hundreds OF times whore persons have actually been in
deairium trsmens 1t the time; there evidence
read 10 me which showed anything inconsistent with
thu idea that the prisoner aboring under derum
tremens; Judging from the conversation with MSS
Savage her condition might have been irrational at nine
o'clock that evening saneness "a rarely observed 20
recur until after full sleep.
By juror-A person may appear to Q superficial
observer to DO perfectly and may act apparently
sane but may instant become subject 70 . sudden
ccess Of terror
BY . juror-A person might, under the impulse Of
error, say ~ doing nothing wrong, don't treat
like dog !" and not be in lucid interval
The case win be- resumed and finished on Monday.