, 1880-04-16
THE INSANE.

county Court Yesterday.
Yesterday WINS "1nsane Cases" day Mt the
County Court, nnd, though the number of
cnscs tried was not lurge In number, they it,
clulcd several Of mitch more thnn tho aver
age Interest. 1t was II rare t'ay for student
Of tho llnalucinattun phase Of Insanity, us In
fnur Of the cases the patients were laboring
under clearly defined tlelusions, which they
apoka nbout with Il readiness md frunkness
quite remarkable. The first Of these was
Joseph klu.las, a very Ordinary Gcrn,an OF
middle agc, whose hnlluclnation consisted Of
tho belief that sonic one-ha had ITO very
clear itlen WHO
WAS AFTEll HIN ALI, THE TIME.
As general rtlle lle WIS QnIet md well.be-
lAyeu niuI gave Ills friends no trouble, but,
Of lhie, his gr1nl,tfless fears liaa driven him
dangerous to himself Md hls frlcnts. Tho
eyitlence tint he WHY non conlpox Mentls WIS
clear, enough: and tic Jury OF six nst}ndged
MI! @ iSahS - nftsr very brief cons.ltntion.
patlent-.Denllis Deadly Il quiet aud respect-
able Irish laborl,g lnaI1 OF i, yeara OF ago
WIN Of q very extraordinary character. Az he
sat In his cl,air and answered In It perfectly
to him u, ordinary, everyday affairs ii was
lard 70 believe tint he was VI uns0iltt
mind, bslt when the theme Of hEs mononnNIA
WIS touched upon lle grow excited, and iii Il
the story Of his troubles. II Was to the f
effect tint tic German Government had
lRtcly. sent five hundred trulnpeters to
Anerica In searcl, OF one Dcnnis Deadly, q
On account Of thu similarity Of, the nanles,
from keeping them from taklng lin off. Al
1t WINS, the tlll Ut their trnM,Prta WINS tl Ills
enrs llccssantly., Besides this, the British
trnmpetvrs, and 80 l,ad the Cunadan a,ti--
Dut at this iolnt the Jury decided TINT they
hGt heard enough, and u took them very few
minutes to, ad]tdgo. titM an ittsanc patlpcr
TlIe Hsxt caso WI tilat Of Paaias bareli,
yollnK Swett9 Of - years of age, whom hard
work, ltH,r diet, attd sttldue religious excite
ms,,t itt le Jed.ised 1';s. to condition ot mind
easa showed thai, barell came t, Tits city
few months ago from Nuw York, where, lust
nresloiss to hts departure, ito l.ad hecnlte
DEEPLY IMPRESSED lsy A lEL1d1ous nE-
vtyAL
III which l.e 1a,l taken part Tic father of
tile ynnmE MN, when about lis agu, l,ni
bech for q ti,nn lnsAllc, uni II brother Ind
Gn'ilnittett suicide while ont nf Ills mind.
Thy Testimony Ut lIts friends WIS to the effect
VERY a1N,se reEtoncll .'ild TINT II Il, wvro not
tlnt III his religious excitement le tulkeA
freely nt converting certain ptNp!9 by tho
sW0t!I, II 0tfler means proved futile, theru
so%ntys N IL i with Z tg asS iss fsw @ days 's s
hn4 4Ally pr0pGsiet Ills death, setting y
o'ctock in tI,e afternoon az .ti,o llour. nt
WHICH u WIN to occur, and wllen asked to
awny In lns!ste.l tllnt Ills spirit tad left his
body md tint lu wsH, although apparently
nllrn, dead, On this neconnt !la tRA within
tlle past two days declined to eat anything.
MIN +, II brief examination 9s follows:
"nsssy,'ss "nMy ''a'i + Il xGS xt;as fs' wii 'y '0ys
"Why Should ti0sl not wtnt you to cat P''
"'I,NTSs'ss, "INt,ssn' y, ! nj" going to de-"
"l}eluru noxt Sunday"
~ "Ro yon Msa'. to A.! tsll @ ne tl,as God wants
"1ny, HlF; eertAlnly.H
"yl!At should liz tlo TINT Tor p'
"lae wants 'na Rs witness Of Ills coin.
,,'This ended The examination, and tle YER
;aet qeety ~ ts sss was the same rs those al
tr,r' to @as ssY s af A"m y sharer' w'c. was next
THE MOST PAINFUL EvE'. THOUGHT nEFoNE
THE cOtIer.
liz was " la.l into court BY u couple OF. guards,
atid ttie tioise te Nte attracted tho attention
OF ail the spectators wig thrnnged into the
room! tn listen to hts wild uttcrN,lCes atl1 to
Watc ss,, w W. efazy ay acs,ons o hea taut bf,
utout y tpnt ~ length, q WHICH ho callrti tiss
at.ont!0n ut all, telling them tint II WIS ate
tHtex frtM the legfni(i!g 10 the cnl,-frOm
tlle big tlre Of Chlengu d1wil tn Jer,lsalenl.H
lie snlti ttat l1a Ind coitte down to SHOW tie
people tlut thty llltl beei. deceived by n Mar
tn Luther, and tttat, although lie fiad suit
hts son u fight nga[llst l.ucirer, they would
nut ilsteil to ll!n,, utHt fto aA GUNS down to
l!ayp a fight with Ltlclfer himself. During
ta wl0lu tttua occupied ty l1!s ttiAl lie got at
y continuous jargon Ut this description, only
stdpplug ttuW aid tfell to rcbttke his fficntts
"n tho wltness-stt,lll for what thpy werU
saying atuut kint.- Tie burteil Of their
stOrIVs WINS ~ the eject that thu palient had
lecn & ,'tattlwurktng but tinfortdtlatu niail.
\ Nat!ye. Ut l3a1e'., Gerulal.y, tatty-two
years agu, lto had coi,la to .AtncrtcA Mtd MD tn
Mil!ln Tow years llnh done fulrly well.
Misfortune Oyert0nk him, i,owevur, aud III
lb1h u property whlrh l,U Ind accumulated
had beol, spld for taxes. Further business
troubles followed this stroko alld two years
aKt! u fay0rIt sou. boy Ut years Of aXe,
fcll nEa Injured hls spine, 30 that he Ind been
shsnltdett ever slltee, anl within the lust six
weeks WIS slowly sinking iMto his grave.
Under the, strain Ut these IHisfpNu1les the
lhul's lntHa gNVe Wny. Notwithstanding the
terrible 1sAtnrs OF his tlenteit!a, Dr..
itntlhrdt stuffed that l.e believed II
tue inals was removed 10 tho asy-