Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-04-05

DR.. Daniels, recalled, says:

DR.. Daniels, recalled, says:
II asked the defendant If he was not sorry
things were not as they were this morning; he
said he did not think Ike was'
This it is understood closes the testimony on
behalf of the State.
i The following is the evidence on the part Of
the defense.
The defendants Attorneys offered in testi
mony afidavits for continuance which were
admitted by the State but objected to on motion
for continuance as immaterial and the court
deciding against the motion, the trial pro-
crosses.
DR.. William Vate, as an expert, sworn, says;
Il live in Iowa City have been practic- |
ing physician for "a years, for six months I
was an assistant in the Insane Asylum, but
never made il speciality 10 examine medical
works on insanity. The principal divisions
of INSANITY are idiocity, imh'cili,y, mania and
deme ntia ind ocity is considered as affectii 6
person from birth; mania is the derange
lmen. of the mental faculties
Ouesfion-State whether person laboring
under monia )mania and insane on one sub
jeet, may be at The same time sane on other
I subjects? gAx
They may be sane on somessu5jects and
deranged on others.
81 have been present during the entire trial
ana have heaed all the testimony introduced
by the State; surprising all the things stated
by the witnesses to he true | would say that
the defendant at the lime OF The homocide was
latorine under lonlccidal mania.
QUESTION --S,ate what circumstances which
YOU have heard in evidence. disclose evidences
Of insanity.
Takiug ii for granted that every sane Grim
inii knows right from wrong and thst he IS
accountable for his crimes AMI transgressions
he instinctively seeks to escape. The sane
murderer does not commit his deeds before the
public. but prefers the darkness Of night, so
tha, he can make his own bosom the eralei
and The grave of his crime. The defendant
did not &C, in this manner; he committed his
deed in open daylight and seemed very anx-
ious to make his crime known. so instead OF
using his voice, applied the torch TO his house
Z home. This, in nv opinion was not done
: by d sane man, but was an oatburst OF insa u
: ity.
j; examined the wound testified TO hy Dr.
Daniel. AID think he intended to cut his throat
This is a very good place to blead patien
70 laboriur under insanity as It would soon re
. lieye the Brain."
CROSS EXAMINATION
!; II he knew ali that transpIred at the tim
he !, i nor homocidal mania, bu, wilful crime
;! If at the time he was found he could tell
n;nu.elv about the facts he was more san
se than insane when he killed his wife. Il
as shows by kis talk that he knew what he ha
= done.
* DR. T. S. Bardweil, called and sworn, says
~ Il reside at Marion, Linn county; hay
IN been practicing ply seian L years. haE
read some on insanity, but never made sle
~ cality cf it. Taking into consideration a
" ,be evidence, | think no sane man withoi
more motive would at that time Of day, mul
~ der his own wife, threaten the life Of his chi
~ destroy his property and attempt suicide.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
There are different kinds of mania, l thin
his was moral mania: This would affect the il
= ,elcct, and my Impression is that he does n
- recol!ect what iranspirel during the madnes
never saw motive in words TO provoke j
-, sanity.
y DR.. Z. W. Lake. called and sworn, says:
Il reside al Marion, Iowa. From the CIV
dence think the defendant was insane II
frs. insane actisn was breaking the furaita
:, and throwing it out. file had got into 4ua
!. re, with his wife he mi CHIT have done II AZ
!, no, been insane If she struck him i'll the ia
=. with plate, he might have struck her with
shade and not been insane, Ii he was not !
sane when he killed her he was not insa
when he cut his throat If he told what tran
n;red. and the facts, should think he "
49, perfectly sane. The response to the question
he was sorry for what he had done. had
-. been sane think he would have shown sol
regret, and If finsane that he would have ask
/" What have | done?
DR.. w. S. Huston sworn: Testified that IN
The evidence he considered the defendant
sane that madness was insanity.
DIR. .Va,e, recalled, gave = more extend
account of mama.
G. Saoua, called and sworn, says; he
!. = conversation with the defendant after
tragedy. that defendant told him where
wonla find a razor, or A. least he, defenda
thought it was there aud upon going there
~: found it.
was DR.. Badly sworn, says
. :, aIreside in Toledo have practiced meaic
h;s abou. ! years. | saw defendant dress
80. wou.,a and talked with him. From his c
con. versation he was perfectly sane. This was
tia, day after the tragedy.
Ion. Knight Dexter called and sworn says
the .Inever saw ANYTHING about defendant
rrel noting insanity.
"ao He. Foster, called aud sworn, says
'om "Hvve boon acql,intei with defend
lrow
sno for 10 y ears, never saw any thing about
10 to Indicate insanity.
but Ezra Edwards, called and sworn, says;
had Have been acquainted with the defent
ened 5 or 10 years, was in the same company
n If him in the army, cooked with him first mo
.a... -, ,r a - ~ ahout him a Indicate