The New York herald., 1870-04-26


that the deceHe ed and his wife were locked in each
others arms; the hequent reference 70 the amount he
had 70 spend IN recovering hls son Percy and The
II he had $40 600 he could upheave the word his
peated conversations with personal friends on the
subject OF his domestic troubes-this being the alb
sorbing topic In his mind on which he invariably
enlarged whenever opportunity offered; his inability
wans b MS suc kns 6smeae' 70 procure sleep; his
and two children with him; his loss OF
their society and company; his dwelling upon sui
him TO start from hs bed aslf he had or as though
10 seize the deceased by the throat the voice OF his
absent child crying to him in his sleeps his belief that
he saw strange figures and objects about and near
him. his feeling and irresistible impulse TO kill him
walks Ut unreasonable hours OF the night
into desire for sleep; his statement as
rc and flashes OF light before his eyes, the involun-
tary working OF the muscles OF hts chin and Of his
mouth and nose when In state or great apparent
times unusually contracted; Wild expression Of his
eye whenever he alluded to his domestic troubles and
frequently when he did not his incoherence OF Ian
guage and misuse Of words his inability to converse
in rational way, leaving his subject he was talking
upon and going to something else different from IL;
ms introducing his grief 70 comparative stran-
gers; his talking to his fingers and muttering
10 hmsef the loss at times Of his personal identty
his changing from pleasant agreeable literary
panon into one tolerated from pity and tenderness
on the part Of his riends his desiring people 10 be
with him or to look after him lest he should commit
sucide the uIsteadtness Of his hand, 20 az almost To
prevent The feeling OF his puse the nervous motion
Of his hands when engaged in conversation; the snf
FUSED face frequently changing into paleness and then
again into reness; his tendency TO press his head
with his hands and TO pull his hair, and his COM
plants OF pain In the head, that his brain
was Il e." the unnatural disention and staring OF
his eyes (as testified to by William Marsh); his neg
lect OF his person; the difficulty of pleasing him in
what he ordered for his meals; the mpossbility OF
his being Gained by his friends though spoken 10 In
the most earnest manner by them; his pulse varying
from 100 to 100 per minute, when the normal pulse
\ ty-0y enV his n nU
personal physical resemblance 10 first cousin who
died nom constitutional active insanity, no
cept feelings occasioned by the loss OF his
properly; the duration OF these troubles In the pr
sohss ,n Irom, su ~ 1901 70 November ~ lse. ms
troubles within some thirty minutes Of the time Of
me alleged shooting, beng then shown to have teet
II me witnesses are beieved-in q state OF nenzy
aud absolute distraction In reference to the conduct
Of the deceased toward him, and the supposed sale
removal some distant place With his youngest son.
aud then the unexpected sudden appearance OF the
Q. Taking all these symptoms into constdera-
In. diseases OF the mind and brain, coupling
with all this yonr knowledge OF the prisoner based
upon actual careful examination and inspe ction OF
him, since November 25 1859, was the condition Of
his mind on and throughout November, @, 1862 and
pal ucufariy at the time OF the alleged shooting Of
the de easedy A. say, unhesitattngly that he Is
not In his right mind, and That he was an insane
man. tlHNt
Q. Was he or not insane on that day and at that
particular point OF timer a. should say lie was IN.
sane. L hNngt tr
q. Under all the circumstances Just supposed and
to which your attention has been directed was the
prisoner at the bar IN your Judgment aud according
To your belief sane or insane the day and at the
point of time IN question: A. He was insane. g.a
u Under tie same circumstances was the prisoner
at the bar In your Judgment and according to your
beieI, al ue time OF tic alleged shooting OF the de-
ceased on November rs 1859, aware Of the nature,
character and consequence OF the act he was com
mitttng?' A. No.
y. Under the same circumstances was the prf.
soLer 1T the bar IN your Judgment and according to
your be lei at the Tine OF the alleged shooting OF lhe
deceased on November 26 1860, "in such state Of
mind as t. know that The deed uniawfuiiy and
morally wronRp' A. don't helleve he was.
q. Under tie same circumstances, was the prisoner
at the bar, In your Judgment and according TO your
beef at the time OF the alleged shooting Of the de-
ceased, on November %, 1862 I'm consequence Of the
infIrmites Of disease Incapable OF distinguishing
between good and evil and Of forming judgment
upon the consequences of the act which he was u en-
about TO cOmnitY" A. lie was incapable, certainly.
After short consultation with counsel on The case
the court was adjourned at one O'Clock until eleven
O'Clock this morning. H
THE BOGUS TELEGRAM.
The senior coun e for the defence wished to take
the opportunity through lhe Court and I'm the pre-.
sence oil the reporters who the rcple entatves
OF the newspaper press Of the world, to deny
mont made in Western paper, and copel into the
had apOlOgiZed, or In any way intimated that wha
he said as to Mrs. Calhoun was other than fne truth
and what he believed To he true. He had not don't
80, he did not intend TO do So and should dt
| 80. He wished, therefore, 10 make this contradlc
| ton as emphatic as possible
The District Attorney said that no such conversa
ton as mat reported had ever taken place.
Tie court then adjourned.