Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-21

pelied TO an act by an unseen Influence In de-
termininr this they had to take tire declarations
OF the patient 10 some extent.
| GUIrEAu COMPLIMENTS CIaRk Mills
Mr.. Scovlle having gone into the question 40
| to what influenced the will, the prisaner said:
THE will lie influenced by spirits and
| not by mental operations You had
better drop this gentleman and put Clark Mills
| on the stand. He is a better witness FOR you,
| Scoville. Mr.. Mills was at nv cell and took q
| bust OF my face and he is the man who made
the statue of Jackson. In front Of the White
House jackson was Presidents I am not. Yet.
NILS thinks ] am great man. he took my bust,
10 That people who want TO see how | hook can
seeit Mr.. Mills wanted TO mmortalize himselfby
| SettinC MS name on my bust. ! took of NV
beard to let him do IL. He is good deal better
| man than this gentleman for you Scoyille He
said one side of my head was badly deficient"
MORAL. INSANITY.
The witHess continuing. said II was fact that
| the superintendents of asylums were sometimes
mistaken. He did not believe In moral insanity:
he thought this term was used by Maudsley and
Others to excuse acts prompted by ungoyern-
| able anger or lust. He believed that there werc
moral expressions Of int electual insanity speak-
| ing OF what was called moral insanity the wit
Ness said that SO far as the punishment Of such
acts are concerned. he Thought the perpetrators
should be treated as other people
MODEST WITNESS
The witness said that there was no book On
insanity that considered an authority i'm eyery
particular. The witness had written book on
nervous diseases; he supposed it was considered
:n authority.
Being pressed by Mr.. Scoville to say whethc,
he did not consider his book an authority. the
witness said. laughing: III you want me To
make a conceited speech will say that do
You have found modest witness remarked
Mr Dayidge, (which is very strange thing In
| this world"
'He is exceedingly modest II almost over
comes me, retorted Mr.. Scovie.
Mr.. Scoville quoted from Maudsley Raw
Dickson, and other writers on insanity and
| questioned the witness TO his views on the
points raised. In one of his replies the witness
said madInan may know the legal conse-
| quences of his acts. hut II was a question how
far he able 10 control his act IL was true that
a man may be insane and yet for years transact
business. He did not think there were many
persons who had homicidal tendency who did
not SHOW il; hereditary tendency 10 insanity
might exist for a number Of wears before II
manifested itself. IL was difficult for sane
person TO feign insanity so as To deceive ex-
perts. The witness had expressed an opinion
before being summoned; he had said he Thought
the prisoner was responsible.
'ihat shows he is on your SIDE" said Mr..
| Scoville 10 Mr. Dayidge.
II think they are all on our sice-all that
have been here, " said Mr.. Dayidge
The witness said he had made no arrange
ilent taboutc0mpensation; Unexpected 10 charge
for MS loss OF time &c.
"liow much do YOU expect TO receive I'm this
case?" asked MIR. ScoVie.
That depends on how easily you let me OF"
You don't expect to charge NE, do your"
asked Mr.. Scoville.
mo. sir"
Il wish to leave the witness stand before I
cay anything about money!" the witness ex-
planned
You expect to say something about it then,
do you not?"
''Yes, sir, expect to send nv bill in"
And You expect to be paid?"
IL hope SO, sir"
AN OBJECTION BY MR. DAyIDGE.
Mr.. Scoviile. taking up pamplet publication
by Or. VIM. A. Hammond respecting the Daniel
Mcfarland case, was about TO read paragraph
to the witness, when Mr.. Davidge objected.
Mr. Davidte remarked that Or. Hammond was
very prolific writer. aud If they were entering
upon that field the examination would be in
tolerably long. "We have gone over Mormon
ism and spiritology. +" he said: NOW We come
to the vag rant publications. of New York
doctor-Dr. Hammond"
Mr. Scoyille having said that instead of read
ing he woud question the witness upon the
points named. the court allowed him to read
When Mr.. Scovlle concluded DR. Hamilton
was questioned i'm redirect examination by Mr.
Dayid@e and he stated that there were a great
many people medically insane who were cana
bic OF Judging between right and wrong The
witness explained reply that lie gave Mr..
Scoville Friday by saying that there were often
unconscious processes of reasoning in which
memory was scarcely perceptible.
upon re-crosseXam!nation the witness sad
that inmates of insane asyluins were not held to
the same strict accountability for t heir acts az
those outside.
The witness. at Mr. Scovflle's request, acaiK
exhibited the diagrams shown 10y him on Friday,
nla.,,
prisoners head. He said he thought the left
side was smaller than the other; still it was
fair shaped head.
Now. to make this short" said the prisoner
"Clark Mills will tell YOU about NV head You
had better get that bust. and not spend any
more time with this witness.
The witness said he did not place 80 much
dependence in forming his Judgment, as upon
the shape Of the head taken az a whole.
An Expert from Boston.
Or. - Worcester. of Boston, who was called
to the stand on the 5th of December by Mr. SEQ
vile, was then called by the district attorney.
He testified that four weeks before he was sum-
moned, influenced by the circumstances, as pub
lshed. he wrote to Mr.. Scoville asking il he
could be of any service; he was brought here on
Mr.. Corkhill hereread Mr.. Scovile's hypotheti-
cal case to the witness. and asked him why he
declined to answer the question when Mr.. Sc0-
IT,
The witness said he was not permitted 30 20
into an explanation. The witness said he had
examined the prisoner at the Jail, and had been
present in the court since his arrival in the city,
excepting one day.
''DON'T YOU FORGET 1T, MR.. CoRKuI-"
"Ask the doctor, colonel, If he knows
whether my free agency was destroyed on the
I'd of July, and 1t will have some pertinency to
this case. That's the issue here, and that is the
issne the Lord is going to take care of, and
don't you forget it. Mr.. Corkhll."
The witness said it was his opinion, based
upon his examination of the prisoner and hie
observation of his conduct, that the prisoner
was sane.
"How much pay do You expect to get for that
opinion. dOctor?" asked the prisoner. II sup
pose it will be worth $500 to you, doctor. It's
not worth snap to the jury"
Mr.. COrkhl then read TO the witness hypo-
thetical question. embracing the facts Of tho
case. as alleged by the prosecution.
THAT'S not true" remarked the prisoner,
while Mr. Corkhill was reading. "Why don't
you stick to your facts in your hypothesis, or
whatever you call ii. / guess Porter got that
up. Corkhiil. You haven't brains enough fog
that