The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-17
THE GREAT TRAIN HOAX.
The "Pagan Dictator and His Prosecu
tors in Court-Who Are tho LunaticsI

The "Pagan Dictator and His Prosecu.
tOrs in C0urt-WhO Are tho LunaticsI
The curtain on the second act OF the great
Train comedy in the Court De Lunatico Inqit,endo
presided by Chief Justice DAILY, at four O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The audience was quite as
large at the matinee Of the previous day, num-
Der of ladies occupying orchestra chairs in front.
''The coming Dictator appeared with coachmans
nosegay in his buttonhoe, and smiled and bowed
on the learned Judge, Surgeon General Hammond,
the gentleman who holds George is insane, and
the audience generally. The opinion seems to
have gained ground with those who were present
in Court during the investigation of the
last two days, from the wonderful quietude and
gentlemanly bearing of the alleged "lunatic,'
that Mr. Train is playing the hugest kind Of
practical Joke on the authorities and that now,
when the farce Is nearly ended he Is willing to be.
come serious and surround himself with phalanx
OF counsel to raise his bill OF damages for all that
he has suffered in his last 'Bastile." MIR. George
Bemis, Mr.. Trains private secretary, who was &C.
companied by several ladies', occupied a seat near
the Dictator. The good Mrs. Bishop, with the law
yer whom she has feed to save Mr.. Train, had also
seats in Court, The funniest and most suggestive
scene in the whole comedy was when, at the adj
journment or the Court, Surgeon General Ham.
mond and "the coming Dictator held most ami
earnestness on both sides. Only one witness was
examined, whose testimony was not concluded at
the time OIL tne auJOuTuulcnt.
TESTIMONY OF DR. HAMMOND.
DR.. VIM. A. Hammond testiled-IIad made the
question OF mental diseases his special study for
the last nine years; In connection with this pres
ent case visited the Tombs on the 10th and nth OF
last month TO- examine Mr.; Train and to
ps Wish to see mr. rraa s tSs
refused to leave his cell; proceeded to the cell and
found him lying on the bed, with his clothes on
and blanket wrapped round him. in converse
finnh n Qni he n a N lie
from Europe, to have been elected President Of the
United States, but that he desplsed the position
he was then pagan Dictator" that he would
sweep Grant out Of power, and that he alone
S woad use nse the sSilIotne Train said no.
that he was q humane man, which ! twitness be.
leve he is; he said he was CHIEF OF the Commune;
that he would dispace Grant; that the Tombs
would be razed and that the streets OF New York
would run with blood; out or these decisions he
could not be reasoned, and that is an undoubted
proof Of his insanity; Il he could be reasoned out
OF these assumptions or his there would not be the
same amount Of delusion; ! tried him in this
The Court-state to the jury what passed be-
tween you and Mr.. Train on that point. In which
you reasoned with and cOntradicted him.
witness-I said to him, "But you are not pagan
Dictator;i but he insisted that lie was.
The Court-What did he sayf
Witness-He replied, 81 am Pagan Dictator;" I
am convinced that when he said so he believed he
sons Of insane persons that they magine and las as
sert themselves to be certain notable personages;
the Emperor Napoleon and george washington
are favorite characters assumed by persons labor
ing under insane decisions; these decisions may
exist for a lifetime with person and no injury
to any person from them; but there Is tell
ing what they may lead to, because they may ex-
tend at any mement; man may imagine himself
as Emperor OF Russia and be harmless for time;
may SIT on his chair as throne and WELD o stick
for a sceptre but he may In sudden moment
change from that, imagine himself clothed with
the power OF life and death, and kill do not be-
ieve that Mr.. Trains delus0n Is likely to extend
SO far; he rather appears to be jolly III his delu-
siOns.
Cross examined by Mr.. Clarke Bell-The connne.
ment which Mr.. Train suffered from In his cell In
the Tombs would be likely to develop insanity IN
any person predisposed to 1t In reference to the
question Of Dictator, he said he was the DICTATOR
or 1885, IN fact he said to inc (witness, IN TINS
court room, that he Is new Dictator; peheVe mr.
Train has now disease OF the brain.
O. Doctor, did he tell you what was the matter
with yourself-that you had the -f uaugnter.)
A. No; think not.
q. Didn't he tell you that you weighed twenty
poMnds too much A. | think he did; he may
have said that required additional exercise.
q. THAT you are subject to die Of apoplexyf A.
He did. Uaughter.l
He did.
o. For the purpose OF reducing your avoirdupoiss
A. suppose so. laughter with reference to the
guilty, but that he had committed no offence; he
said he would stay In the Tombs and that they
could not get rid OF him.
A copy OF the Toledo sun containing a report OF
the interview OF the Medical Commission with
Train In his cell in the Tombs, and which IL was
Train himself. was then handed to DIR. Hammond.
DR.. Hammond read the article aloud by direction
OF the Court and 10y consent OF counsel with such
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