Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-10

how ridiculous it was that they should
be affected by such delusion; in the
case Of other persons, / do not know
whether they would remember them
or not; it occurred to me that with
the intimacy betW&en Mr.. Yerger and
myself, had he in.iact labOred under
the demsion, if-it had not escaped his
mind, ] thought he would have
mentioned something Of it since; had
the impression that it was delfrium
tremens from which the prisoner was
suffering, | should have so treated it
Immediately, for they are urgent
cases; my mind was made up posi-
| lively that il was not mania a pOrtu,
| and | did not treat II rs such; l have
not the slightest idea that he had de-
| liriunl tremcns on the occasions re-
! ferred to OF shooting the boy, his con-
| duct on the trip TO HaZ0o and back,
his interview with Sorsby, his inter-
view with Davis, and the occasion of
killing the turkeys; / do not think
delirium tremens would manifest
itself in that way at all; he could not
possibly have had delirium trenens
in Jackson without my knowledge; ] !
do not think there has been a finger
ache in the house for the past four and |
a half years without my being called |
in TO see it; but for the recent inyesti- |
CATION il regard to the matter I would |
not have been enabled to account for /
the facts testified to by the witnesses;
| believe they are only recOncilable to
q state of insanity; / had no knOWl-
edge prior to this trial of the facts
here detailed, except the time | was
lflh j., hse I'll EnA hr1v, |
question with me till very recently
until Orafterthe occurrence, for which
he is now on trial; the first in
formation had of insanity in
his family, was detailed by
Mrs. George Yerger, the mother of
the prisoner, after the killing of Col. |
Crane; my opportunities for ObserV-
ing insanity has been confined to the
Lunatic Asylum, near this city; l
have been since the war, until recent
~, supervisor of that institute, and
have been, By the courtesy of DR.. Ca
biniss, a consulting physician; when
ever l have gone out there L have
very freely with the lunatics,
and my atteBtiOn has been directed TO
the various fOrinf; of insanity to he :
found there; | never made any par
-lcular, case cut there a matter Of spe-
1ial duty, bet I had frequent cOnver-
sations with DR.. Cabinfss, who had
Sudiett them knowing that ! would
be called as 4 witness in this case, and
,Xpccted t0prOnounee an opinion on
Alr. 4ergel.k condition. I have con-
--...l ..iiesl' '..s1Ides that have been +
,,unin rnv reach, and / wanted to I
know il he was insane OF not; nom !
Inc authorities [ have read, and my !
of the case, ! Wardd eiass !
lh;s form Of insanity as emotional or /,
moral insanity, / am satisfied that :
Ray would 20 classify iii Ray says +
distinctly that emotional insanity
may. to the casual observer. b. ttd-iken
10 be that Of q man under the infu-
ance Of liquor; that he has a dispOsi-
ton to eXaggerate, to be conspicuouS;'
moral insanity, in the opinion OF medi-
cal writers, renders its victims ire
spOnsihie for acts which have been ,
under lis influences; when
4 person manifcsts disposition To
create enmity with his family and
relations, indulge in eXtravagant
is prone to get into quarrels
and personal difficulties with friends,
without cause, or for trifiing matters,
and persisted in these quarrcls, etc,
ETC., ! should say he was unqueStlon-
ably insane.