The sun., 1873-04-17
JUSTICE DAILY LAUGHING.
sUR0EON- GENERAL HAMMOND ON
TRAIN's INSANITY.
George Francis Train on surgron-GencraI
Iiamuund's Corpuirney-Thc Pccuiiarity
Of VIZ. Trains -Four LAWYERS STYLE of
Entering Objections


Johson then seated himself at the table used toy
the rcrr natives Of the press, but the little
officer was again ON his heels, aud the General
was forced 20 take n back seat. Although sub
pnnas had been sent out for Messrs Peter
Cooper, Henry ward Hcecher, Horace L. Clark,
Richard Schcll, Luther &. Challis Jay Gould,
james r. Maxwell. T.. II. Chaplin, Henry &.
Bowen, Charles File and Samuel Dunlap of the
Western Uuon Telegraph Company, neither 81
those gentlemen attended. Many of the three
hundred however. found their way to- the court
room.
MFR Train, with his keeper, four lawyers and
private secretary, entered at precisely o'clock
Mr Tram wore In his lappe u beautiful red rose,
one ~ u large number sent to him Ivy lady of
Boston Justice DAILY arrived few moments
aftrrward. Then Assistant Dh trct Attorney
Lyon and n file Of physicians seated themselves
near tue bench, and the curtain was drawn up
VI, rrgin rynoyed hls brown k,d gloves, Ian. and
Ct, bean to iot down some points for his coun-
sci. The rymcn. all Of them reading Tue suN,
ctiuncd and looked AT the -sistant District At
totncy. VINO told Justire Day that MIR. Phelps
had been too much exhausted 10y his days la
burs To appear.
Surreon-Gencral william A. Hammond was
called to the witness stand. The ,,emcrals re-
Ctted comment and some Of those in the rear
who did not know him sad
"wHy, THERE'S TwEtp, SOW"
| The witness said that he was AN expert in cases
| OF Insanity and lad been called upon testify
| In many criminal cases where the defeudant
| was said to he Of ulsound mind. lie leaned
| back In his chair and good humorcdly and with
| the utmost cOmposurr told the story II his CN-
| animation OF Nr. Train ON the 18th and Eth of
| March; At times he was interrupted hy laugh
| ter and once only was checked 10y Mr.. Trains
! lawyers. He dc-' rlhed the prisoners cell In
| Murdrrer's Row. told how the self-styled Prcsi-
| dent Of the Murderers' club was attended, and
| what he said about Grant, Paganism, the Credit
| Mobier, Credit Foncter the ToW $, the Dicta-
| torship, Wall street. Omaha. and many other
| Things. He said that Mr. Train told him he did
| not bcleve in a God Almighty, who was attircd
in nAnkeen trousers stovepipe hat, and who
| spectators roared. and Mr.. Train buried his face
| in his handkerchief The Surgeon General. after
quiet had been restored. added. Il came To- the
| conclusion that Mr.. Train was lahoring under
| delusions, and made report to the District
mind The Surseon-Gcncral said that he was
thoroughly convinced that Mr. Train believed
| what he said that he was at all times truthful,
and an emlnently humane man. Dr. II mmoud
| then went on To- tell more uf his conversation
court 4 letter written 6y Sir rr-,in and adj
| dt"s~cd t. Surccuu-Gcneral Hammond was
| shown the witness.
THE PRISONERS roUR LAWYERS
arose and ia turn scanned the letter, aud aid (:
The Assistant District Attorney read the let
| tei. In 10 Nr Train said that II he put q hul {
| through the brain uf tho ~urgcon-,;tncral. now
| that thai gentleman had declared him insane,
any III, .licnt jury would eclut MN; ms
seemed TO please the Surgcou-Gcneral. who
laughed heartily. Tne courtroom was h. an
nproar for a few moments, and none laughed
louder ina! tho prisoner himself. Mr.. Lyon
then piled the >urreou-G General with other que--
| lions, which the witness ai-w'rrd ihout hes
itatiun {" the satisfaction Of evcryhudy. Then
u. lllmmoud tod Il funny story about a In
matte who hrcd cathedral, and closed hy saw
| in-. Nothing was done with him. Tn" other
huatirs said. 'Whv. he is one Of u.s. Iic ad q o.
ed that luuatics we're ~ Cniimcs aware that fhcv
would escape punishment II they were c.ty Il
SIR. All,n tried To- draw out other fiun, stories
from the SureCon-t,"uor1l hut the jury drsIr.Ui
ft rt al ffa tUf r. tI r..fI- 4 o.
lad nccu heartily laughed over and rri .ruvd :"
Mr Lyon. Nr tLrh BEL, Il counsel fUr VI.
| Train. opened his batteries upon the Wt.uo--.
and drew lt"u mm hIs view, on the e., ndlti'n
| of the citN prison. its bad Vcuttlatou ana t~
MIR tram here tcr1n iottine down points f.r
Air Bell. and MA fw moments % pl" ui mcw-
OF THE cui-cL Nr. hrIi asked tire wuu,--
whether he knew tuc
SIN 90 HH. TRAINS m 80.
Or Hammond rcpD,4 thqt hc did got. hut
| The prisoner leaned forward ana ~Hli "a. and
Justice baly bowed hi- head. Mr. Trains o., al
was not measured. The witness sl.d .oUlt very
nattcriug things about the prisoner. he liked
| lin, .,un-l ldctcd him man 81 genius, and
thought MN me Iusl person lh the W.tld y" do
any person an intentional injury. Mr. Train s
rhyme were discussed for several moments
much To- "a" ediuc1ti"n "fthc witncs
| MIR. Bcll asked him whether Mr.. Train did not
| inquire about his uhe witncs0',l health, and
whether thc lr. -"urr did ny tsu i'm that j.,
twenty pounds too much. Dr. Hammond bur
INTO NJ OF LAUGHTER, ana replied that he ala not
remember.
DIR. TRAIN PRESCRInING FOR MIR HAMMOND
IN. witness was tbon asLad vrhetber Nr
Tr,io Ala nv, ad,'ss bir, q, ,al'e ''rLish t, H.
ris % sUr.ann @ @ Gane,,i ,ncLad In bts cIatr % nJ
| beId bis sides Mr. Train ionEed earnas,,y n,
| hin, nd Tic .tnsss ranIied In ~. an r,,, ~ o.,
| ur Uarnrnnnt thsn s,id liza, W rrnt,is Ton,
| naramant vas abo,it The satme "a that ~ t'har".
| Vii ~ S,,aJ.r M, (. . .,,ner an,,aj ,Iaas,1
iiara 10 - ~. i,,r'rs retir.J ,rnn, ~, rS,,',,,
and tbe witness tied f,r n class ~ v.tar ,,hi,t
ha sInwIv sinned durin, "A Inw rnnversatinn \. II /
Wr Allan The witness then rested mntiI IN,
jurymans return, seemingly willing to remain IL
the witness box week u necessary. Ihen th'
eNanlnatinn Wa resumed, aiu tne witness DE
sctlneu more Iuill MS tam Win nr' ram hl'
agaiI spoke oi the prisoner g"od I,altiS ,aii'
ms lrlehdship Tor MN COPY "i Tue luicu'
sun containing tw"-columu "Hnnht nt lh'
SurEe"n-henerai VISIT 10 MI IRAN ia th'
Iombs' was produced
THE FOTR / IAwYERs AGAIN.
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~ a., i,''r,n,',, ,ir.d ~ iiten ~ Il S,ih
| drew bis ohiertinn and Justire Dalv ieaue,
@ @u'oN w. n's S"Ic ~, %uu % Wrps,fIui ~, ri rnni in -
,tl I,t NJ, oros ,,,,hn tio an ,snn {! hncr,l
4, wbn held the newspaper careIes.ly in hi
i | hand min cOulu ngVe been heard to lrt1