New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-18
THE COURTS.
THE SIGNS OF INSANITY.

DIR. UAMMOND's COMMENTS UroS TRAINS VAGARiEs
The examination in the case of George
Francis Train was resumed yesterday afternoon, before
Judge DAILY. The testimony Of DR.. Hammond was CON
timed:
He read long epigram by Mr.. Train upon tho Foster
and other He said That tho chlet lhleec
tual faculties were Judgment and memory Tho passions
the emotions In state Of activity Jugnent - 'u
thought IL that product OF mental action by which an
idea is obtained He had idea OF the process CouI
IL frequently the result OF bis knowledge OF his own
strength Cautiousness and that class OK faculties are
not distinct things they eorroaries oil the cheI
faculties. IdiOcy Ia form OF insanity. Insanity
might be natural condition, as IN man porn an idlot
though Is Is not the normal condition. very eccehulo
men have been seem who were not insane insanity the
manifestation OF diseased BRAIN The VIII Is we1keneu
or destroyed while tho consciousness renains Ecceu
trio people stand upon the edge and may topple over
any time. Monomsna Is the perversi0n oil the NINA IN
regard single object or small class Oi OBJECTS WIN
tendency 10 insanity. monomaDao may reason ooi u,
recty many subjects but he Is TO Dc regared as VI
unsound mind the MIND may he sound on all other SUD
ecta man who is insane subject will generally
DO found to have an Unbalanced mind man WIN
monomanla must be treated as man OF unsound mian
DIR. Hammond said that he did not recognize any such
thing partial insanity. mans mind must DO very
ee-pot. portion Of mans brain may DO removed
and yet no may retain his c0nscOusneSs. some nen
ayo more brain than they require; cases nave Deen
known where half OF teacupluii OF inc gray maCr
has removed without much difference IN tne idcu
ties insane person might nationally commit an act
of crime anu be punishable Tor IT, heyolutiohaLy 5
always produce more insanity than others lie coulu
reasoning from puDno acts, VI nus
man was The people who founded new re-
lgions apt to have hauenations; as Mdhomet
Luther aud Joe Smith The fact Of mans being an IN
suecessful reV0lulIJnist does not make nm insane
Emmett was lrishman, ana might naturally thihk Ms
countrynen would follow him. Train has no sncn
chance and from the evidence he gives, Is the victim OF
an insane deiusOn. Whether or not Jeanne dAfc was
insane Is usDOted question lie could not say thaI
GariDadI insane judgment could not De iVrineu
John Brown enthusiastic, anu allowed MS Gu
thsIasm 10 get the better OF nm. He was not necess
rlly insane. Oliver Cromwell not certainly insane
because ne believed he had seen an appantOn IN that
age OF the world men believed IN apparilons'
Gen. Cespedes's action Is perfectly CONSISTENT Mr.
Train SHOULD 10 kept quiet, win eAoT-
cise ia the open AR and fuh net. IL
II not necessary put him into an asy um As TAR as
tho examination Of Mr.. Tram shows, he IL harmless
take. His health should be taken care OF. Outside oil
these delusiOns Dr. Hammond was In DOUBT whether OF
not Train capable Of taking care OF his business al
fairs. There Is such thing rs Ieigned INSANITY; DuJ
Train did feigu It, He had 40 OBJECT, NOT KNOWING
the design ofthe visit The delrun OF his dictatorship
doned none OF tho haucnations or deiu-
sions. Fever and ague has no permanent
effect upon the mind Ghlo sunerlng from
that disease "A person might have balucinatiOns'
Train has not the ability OF great leautfi ne sup
ported none Of his decisions by argument; most OF MS
conversation OthcrN ise logical; his imagination Is
vivid; lao has doubtless. been OF marked eocen-
tricky for many years, Out ho IS something more hoH
BE- mas shown disposition 10 aSsOcldte hIbs"h WIN
every movement; he put himself at the hehd Oh the
Irslmen the Commune, the murdererS IN the lOnDS,
and me gasIpeu ON strike another delusi0n was thG
they were trying set tire 10 tue lOmDs 40 OrueT W
burn hun be sail they had tried to poison him.
At this point the examination was adjourned until to-
morrow, at r. IN.