The New York herald., 1872-11-17
HERAlD sHEEr

and even in the convalescent stage. have never
seen one that could exercise the same control over
dence Of the sane condition q her mind: as !,
shows she has control over the power Of will.
her taught to obey the mandates OF priests and
bishops and to believe IN these with all confidence
Claim n to seIfsoycrnment, thus developing child
like simplicity and confidence. Again, we see her
alter term Of persecutton--this simplicity and
confidence Is to great extent gone. Her charac-
ter IL somewhat changed, and there has been de-
vcloped the character OF suspicion and caution
and q sense OF sefpreServntlOn IN such manner,
In my opinion, as to be OF eccentric characters 80
that in her we have pecnliarity of gesture, sus-
pic,on and caution; peculiarly OF manner and de-
iOrtmsnt, a good command over the power OF
will ana asense OF pride and love OF appreciation;
from the TACT that they reflect back to the patient,
! are not founded Cn delusion anu are according to
q liked system.
Cross-examincd- said some OF the priests
| were more in league against her than others; she
ATTACHED no blame TO bishops and sad also II she
should wilte 60 the Pope she believed he would
acknowledge her sisternood; as to her sister
Bridget She said she thought she was In league to
get her sent TO the Lunatic Asylum; at times she
| spoke In very friendly terms OF her; he never
heard her mention her brother.
O. Has she spoken kindly Of any prests9 A. She
spoke kindly or Father Barry; he had heard her
tell about giving portions OF her clothing away:
she was cautious about her papers and he believed
deny that she was eccentric; she expressed fear
o. Of yonng man sleeping IN room room opposite ner at
tne mousse Wnefe sue Veu IN Tnlrty-EItn street ana
| also OF some priest or doctor.
To the Judge-The fears were regarding her
papers.
10 Mr. yandcrpoel-If she had friends who would
take an interest In her and dissuadc her of her
ntr,citics she would, In his opinion get along
TO the JudGe-Hc assumed that she was the vic
TIM o. from the story as first told him by
nes counsel; tne M iact OF her being driven from
that priests Ind used her unkindly.
| 10 Mr. vanderpoei-Shc said she had refused food
hn hy irfnrs orn ole that o1,n ha
lieyed Dr. Mason had left medicine for her to take
which was poison, and that she had given it to Dr.
Miss Cusick. DR.. Brown and priest on the Island
were in oonspiracy against her.
TO Mr.. Townscnd-It was portion Of his study
or her case to have her repeat ner story her idea
VOW; he had said She had confidence in Father
Joslyn and had mentioned other priests in
whom she had conadepce whose names he could
not remember; she had never mentioned to him
parties being IN conspiracy against nst but
and that there was sort Of communica.
ton between them; she said she was suspicious OF
the priest on the Island because he had asked her
Father McAieer; she judged from DR.. Parsons
therefore was bound to report against her; She
said Miss Cusc& used very bad language and there
fore she could not have confidence in her.
| STATEMENT OF AN ATTENDANT.
| Miss Lucy Brennan Yves next examined. She
al for na @on she asSm aa
quently seen Miss McCabe and visited her often in
| her room.
@ Did you ever see anything in her behavior or
talk indicating insanity A. She was very doubt
full at first, but one by one these doubts were
ierred from haii 5 to han Q; halls and are the
only ones the public can see; after Miss McCabe
was removed to han she (wtness) was not al
lowed to visit her; the attendant at the door said
that no one but Miss Wright would be allowed
to see her; Dr., Parsons asked her what she
she was very sensible; the doctor seemed impatient
and said her testimony would not amount to mucn; !;
showed indications OF violence; very few would un-
derstand her, unless OF congenial spirit; she was
! herself Catholic.
Cr0ss-examined-Miss McCabe was never in her
care; her duties were night watch; at first she
thought her peculiar; she thought 1t peculiar that
| she should talk against priests.
q We're you congenial with her A. Idon't know
that ! am worthy TO be congenial with Sister of
Charity being myselfa worldly person.
MISS McCabe was now called to the witness
stand. She had quite a lengthy, private talk with
wished to ask her few questions. The impression
seemed to be that she had no friends among the
Ali my trouble arose from Father McAieer; no one
but he ever told me to take Off my habit; have
hundreds 3 Of friends among priests; have no
TO Mr. Vanderpoe-ln the bags she brought to
Court were her own, papers and books; she
was afraid they might be stolen if she did not keep
them with her; among the papers were letters.
Mr.. Vanderpoel-Well, go on.
Miss McCabe-lfI go on talking you will say am
Judge Sedgwick-You need only answer the
| questions asked.
Mr.. vanderpoel-why did you leave the convent
| at st. John, N. B.p
Miss McCabe-He is not my friend, Judge, but
| only means to quiz me. Shall ! answer him? and
he looks so good d-natured, too (Laughter)
Judge Seddgwick-You need not answer unless
| you choose
| Mr.. vanderpool-I will look stern if that will do
| better.
Miss McCabe-He only wants to make fun of me.
| Dr. Johnson makes no such gestures, and he is q
| perfect gentleman DR.. Parsons rolls his eyes
| about and pays no attention to me.
Alter the above interchange OF remarks nearly an
| hour was consumed in questioning Miss McCabe
| and in listening to her story. She said, among
/ other things, that she had
LIVED THREE WEEKS ON STARCH
since she had been in the asylum. Sne stated also,
| that on another occasion she subssted on "a cup
! OF tea and crumb for a week." After time the
Judge said that she must be atgued and that there
was no necessity that the counsel ask her any fur
| ther questions.
On Miss McCabe again taking her seat it was
| stated by counsel on both sides that they had no
further witnesses to call. The Judge asked them IL
they wished TO sum up, and upon their stating that
they did, an adjournment took place till eleven A.