The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-04

doctors pumping laudanum out of her sto-
mach, they said she had taken too big a
dose. Another time she attempted to
shoot herself but her husband took the
pistol away. They frequently quarrelled
she said Kirby intended to desert her for
another woman. She always seemed to
be dutiful wife. Always accused him OF
improper intimacy with other women.
Her character was always good. She vas
not married when knew her in this city ;
she then lived with her mother. Never
saw Mr.. Kirby before saw both him and
the accused in Nashville together.
Adaline Jane, colored, sworn keep
restaurant near the Second market. Am
not married. Have known the accused
seven years. She was at my house the
two davs before the murder. The first
day. she came in and went down in the
kitchen. | heard noise down there, and
went TO see what 1t was about. Saw &C
cused sitting on barrel moving herself
about. Asked her what was the matter.
She said 81 am nearly distracted" She
looked and acted like she was deranged,
and / certainly believe she was. The
second day, she came again, and acted like
she was wild. Said "Tm crazy Mr..
Kirby stays with that nasty b-h, Mrs.
Licbhauser, and he says she is better than
T." Mr.. Kirby and Mrs. Liebhauser, to
my positive knowledge, were criminally
intimate. Mrs. Kirby always complained
of her husbands unfaithfui conduct. She
often alluded to places where she had seen
him 90 after other women. She mentioned
Vines assignation house. Mr.. Kirby
sometimes got mad because she COM
planned. and broke all the furniture in the
honsc.
Mr.. J. L. Bray, deputy sergeant. sworn:
carried Mrs. Kirby to the lunatic asy
lum; saw her in Jail. She was not ra-
tional. She was as much deranged as any
one | ever saw.
Judge Crump here started to read let
ter from Dr.. Striblinc, physician in charge
of the Staunton !unatic asylum, wrlttcnln
response to an inquiry of the Hastings
Court as to the condition of Mrs. Kirby,
who, it will be remembered, was by order
of the court placed in that asylum.
Judge Burnham objcctcd to its being
read on the ground that it was not pCb-
lie paper but only private letter.
A discussion then ensucd between the
counsel of the accused and Judge Burn
ham, the counsel contcnding that the let
ter was public document.
The hour of adjournment having arrived,
the Judge announced that he would take
the letter under adviscmcEs, and ad-
journed the court.
THE LETTER N QUESTION
is addressed to Judge Lyons. After
stating the treatment TO which the ac-
cuscd was subjected, says:
"Attcr the most deliberate and, | may
add, anxious, investigation Of the case,
and painfully impressed with the rcSponSi.
bil.y attaching, have to report:
al That believe Mrs. Kirby is an in
sane woman.
SO. That her insanity is parOxySmal in
its form of attack, maniacal in its charac-
ter, and blended with suicidal impulse.
''3. That she has simulated since in the
asylum, probably believing herself not
insane, and having notion she has at
tempted 10 place the marks Of insanity
over a mind already unsound.
81. That in my opinion she requires the
restraints and remedies of lunatic aSy-
lum. The assistant physician, matron,
night nurse, and such female attendants
as have been entrusted with the super
vision and care Of Mrs. Kirby, fully en-
dorSc the opinion herein expressed as to
the state OF the PATIENTS mind.
"Most respectfully,
"F. T. SrRIRLING."